Science and Technology Week

Description: The meeting aims to bring together researchers, patients and families to discuss the "past, present and future" of research into Machado-Joseph disease. This initiative is part of the European network ESMI - European Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3/Machado-Joseph Disease Initiative.

Type of activity: Meeting of researchers and patients

Scientific field: Neurosciences / Biotechnology / Science Communication

Date, time and duration: 19 November 2022, 14h00-17h00

Number of vacancies: 50

Format: Presential, Exploratory

Registration: shorturl.at/cAPQ0

Responsible for this activity: Magda Santana, Beatriz Neves and Sara Amaral

R&D Unit | Institution: CNC

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More information:https://www.cnc.uc.pt/en/cnc-promove-encontro-de-doentes-com-doenca-de-machado-joseph

Description:

- Conversations about the heritage of the UC Science Museum and the Preventive Conservation strategies that are currently being applied in the Museum spaces.

- Visit to the UC Science Museum new museological reserves located in the Colégio de Jesus building and to the space where the anoxic chamber is installed

Type of activity: Series of lectures / visits

Scientific area: Museology/Preventive conservation

Date, time and duration: 19 November 2022, 10:00am -5:30pm, Amphitheatre of the Laboratório Chimico.

Format: Presential

Person responsible for the activity: Gilberto Pereira (ggpereira@ci.uc.pt)

R&D Unit | Institution: UC Science Museum / IIIUC

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More information: http://www.museudaciencia.org/index.php?module=events&option=calendar&id=1104

Description: Did you know that the perception of a visual stimulus, or the way it appears to our eyes, can be greatly influenced by the context surrounding it? On November 21st, take part in our optical illusion activity and learn more about how our eyes and brain perceive images with different contexts. For the activity we will use anaglyph glasses with coloured lenses (green and red).

Type of activity: Hands-on

Scientific area: Social Sciences of Humanities

Date, time and duration: 21 November, 2:00pm - 6:30pm

Number of vacancies: 9

Format: Presential

Registration: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/bk873mXd

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Responsible for this activity: Mariana Coimbra

R&D Unit | Institution: Proaction Lab

Description: André Barata (UBI) and Joaquim Braga (UC) discuss the impact of new technological devices on the social organisation of individuals and the image they form of themselves.

Type of activity: Lecture

Scientific area: Philosophy

Date, time and duration: 21 November 2022, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Format: Presential, Amphitheatre III, FLUC
Person responsible for the activity: Joaquim Braga
R&D Unit | Institution: Institute for Philosophic Studies

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More information: https://www.uc.pt/fluc/uidief/act/

Description: The famous photograph of the Third Battle of Ypres, by Frank Hurley, recently arrived from an expedition to Antarctica, is doubly illustrative of how, yesterday and today, it is important to rethink the environmental issue. Thus, with this session aimed at the school community, we intend to show the new interdisciplinary paths of research on the First World War, focusing on environmental and colonial issues and their reflection today.

Type of activity: Lecture for primary school (9th year) or secondary school (12th year)

Scientific area: Social Sciences and Humanities

Date, time and duration: 21 and 24 November 2022, 10:00am- 10:45am

Number of vacancies: 30

Format: Presential

Person responsible for the activity: Sérgio Neto

R&D Unit | Institution: IIIUC | CEIS20

Scientific area: Chemistry

Speaker: Paulo Abreu

Date, time and duration: 21 November 2022, 2:30pm,

Format: Presential, room C.16 of the Chemistry Department of the University of Coimbra

Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbZ-lx64TipGTRd4HIOujd7v8hE1x670_ksCS555cklGdPhw/viewform

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Description: Watercourses are among the ecosystems with the greatest loss of biodiversity on the planet. Despite the numerous services they provide, the relationship between rivers and streams and man is not always "peaceful". To protect them and anticipate the consequences of anthropogenic activities, it is necessary to know these ecosystems, how they function, how we can assess their health? This workshop will include a theoretical "visit" to forested watercourses and will present experimental approaches (simple and accessible) that can be developed in the classroom.

Type of activity: Workshop

Scientific area: Biology/Ecology

Target Public: 2nd, 3rd and secondary school teachers

Date, time and duration: 22nd November 2022, 2pm.

Number of vacancies: 30

Format: Presential

Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdydopuUp7XOd2R0aZTVK6yjTZZ8lfxpwSS2kGXdugGrfP5A/viewform?usp=sf_link

Activity Leader: Cristina Canhoto

R&D Unit | Institution: Centre for Functional Ecology - Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra

Scientific area: Chemistry

Speaker: Bernardo Albuquerque

Date, time and duration: 22 November 2022, 3:00pm

Format: Presential, room C.16 of the Chemistry Department of the University of Coimbra

Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbZ-lx64TipGTRd4HIOujd7v8hE1x670_ksCS555cklGdPhw/viewform

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Description: Open online course that provides training for the development of social inclusion and the promotion of gender equality through traditional games and sports. The course presents 5 modules, the first one being dedicated to the game as cultural heritage and element for education, and the following ones are dedicated to the promotion of inclusion and gender equality, as well as providing practical experiences in these contexts. The MOOC offers, free of charge, a manual for inclusion, a manual for the promotion of gender equality, and an APP for mobile devices related to the themes in question, for the evaluation of the impact of activities carried out in the field and the generation of evidence of their impact.

Type of activity: Training action

Scientific area: Physical activity sciences

Date, time and duration: 22 November 2022, 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Format: Online,https://meet.google.com/uwc-pryq-pge

Person responsible for the activity: Ana Rosa Jaqueira

R&D Unit | Institution: Faculty of Sports Sciences and Physical Education - University of Coimbra

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More information: anarosajaqueira@fcdef.uc.pt

Description: Soapbox Science is a global science communication initiative promoting women and science. This initiative transforms public places, such as parks and streets, into an arena for public learning and scientific debate. "SoapBox is a concept that originated in the 1870s in London at the Speakers Corner, where debates took place in the open air, and where speakers, to stand out from the crowd, would climb into wooden boxes carrying soap. This first edition of Soapbox Science Coimbra intends to give the opportunity to all people to enjoy, learn, question, interact and be inspired by 12 women scientists from the University of Coimbra. These women are challenged to climb a wooden box, and without a microphone, to present their research in a simple and understandable way in the streets of Coimbra, from Alta to Baixa.

Type of activity: Lectures/Lectures

Scientific area: Multidisciplinary

Date, time and duration: 23 November 2022, 2:00pm - 5:30pm

Format: Presential, Chemistry and Physics Hall, Café Santa Cruz and Chiado Building

Head of activity: Ana Santos Carvalho (santoscarvalho@uc.pt)

R&D Unit | Institution: iiiUC

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More information: https://www.uc.pt/iii/iiiuc-apoia/soapbox-science-coimbra/

Scientific area: Chemistry

Speaker: João Pina

Date, time and duration: 23 November 2022, 2:30pm

Format: Presential, Amphitheatre of the Chemistry Department of the University of Coimbra

Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbZ-lx64TipGTRd4HIOujd7v8hE1x670_ksCS555cklGdPhw/viewform

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Description: This activity features three short interventions (about 10/12 minutes each):

• A story of a citizen movement in the area of energy, for inclusion in the fight against Climate Change: Mozambican Women in Energy (MWE)
• An analysis of how the media has addressed CA: A content analysis of two periodicals in two regions of Macaronesia, one in Madeira and one in the Canary Islands, over a 10 year period is shared: 2008/2009 and 2018/2019.
• A Theory of Networks: Thinking society and climate change through the 'Web of Life'. It aims to encourage academic debate within the scope of the Social Dimension of Climate Change.

Type of activity: Open Workshop

Scientific area: Social Sciences / Environmental Sciences / Earth Sciences

Target Public: Students, technicians, scientists, politicians, general public.

Date, time and duration: 23 November 2022, 3:30pm - 5:30pm

Format: Online, https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/97020961893

Activity Leader: Ana Mendonça; Jorge Moreira; Vanda Viegas

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R&D Unit | Institution: Societies and Environmental Sustainability, Centre for Functional Ecology, Science for People & the Planet, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Description: This seminar presents some reflections on the (re)production of values (use value, exchange value and ethical values) in grassroots communities that aim to build alternatives to the capitalist agro-food model in Portugal. We look at our experiences with Rizoma Cooperativa Integral in Lisbon and with three Associations for the Maintenance of Proximity Agriculture in Palmela, Alvalade and Montemor-o-Novo for this purpose. We discuss, in particular, how this (re)production of values and the tensions that emerge between divergent values manifest themselves in the processes of decision-making and self-organisation of work in these initiatives, and what effects are generated in the experience of their participants. The experiences brought to the debate illustrate everyday and structural factors that (dis)encourage involvement in social and solidarity economy experiences in contemporary Portugal.

Speakers: Guilherme Raj (PhD student/University of Utrecht) and Filipe Olival (PhD student UC-CRIA) | Commentaries: Pedro Hespanha and Luciane Lucas dos Santos (CES)

Type of activity: Seminar

Scientific area: Social Sciences

Date, time and duration: 24 November 2022, 3:00pm (GMT), Event in digital format

Format: Online

Registration: No registration is required but the seminar is limited to the number of available places: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84676297342 | ID: 846 7629 7342 | Password: 162176

Responsible for the activity: Research Group on Solidarity Economy of the Social Studies Centre of Coimbra University

R&D Unit | Institution: Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra

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More information: https://www.ces.uc.pt/pt/agenda-noticias/agenda-de-eventos/2022/desfrutamo-nos-ou-esgotamo-nos-na-experiencia-comunitaria

Description: In the 2022-2023 edition, the Gender Workshop proposes to continue the "Feminist Interviews" with people from different areas of intervention and work in the field of gender equality and women's dignity and wellbeing in Portugal and Spain. The interviews will allow us to map relevant work carried out in our country and in the neighbouring country, not only in the academy, in the sciences, but also in activism, the arts, care, work, trade unionism, etc. The format of an interview with an audience, in presence, will allow an initial dialogue between interviewer / interviewee and an opening for debate. The selection of interviewees and interviewers will be aimed at mapping diverse feminisms, particularly in the daily and concrete practice of projects far from the major centres.

Type of activity: Workshop

Interviewer: Adriana Negreiros (CES PhD student)
Date, time and duration: 24 November 2022, 5:00 pm., Room 2, CES | Alta (Coimbra)

Format: Presential
Person responsible for the activity: Activity within the Gender Workshop Series XIII: Feminist Talks

R&D Unit | Institution: Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra

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More information: https://www.ces.uc.pt/pt/agenda-noticias/agenda-de-eventos/2022/conversa-feminista-com-manu

Description: 3 PhD students talk in a bar. Informal science communication initiative that promotes the doctoral work of University of Coimbra PhD students from different scientific areas. Monthly initiative promoted in a city bar, Liquidambar, every last Thursday of each month.

Type of activity: Lecture/Informal conversation

Scientific area: Multidisciplinary

Date, time and duration: 24 November 2022, 10:00pm - 11:30pm

Format: Presential, Liquidambar, Coimbra

Person responsible for the activity: Sara Amaral, Ana Carvalho, Marta Costa and Miguel Ferreira

R&D Unit | Institution: iiiUC (supports)

More information: https://www.uc.pt/iii/iiiuc-apoia/pubhd-coimbra/

Description: For much of their life cycle, most fungi live in the form of an entrenched network, the mycelium, hidden from the human eye. But there are species that show themselves for a few days of the year, when their fruiting bodies - the mushrooms - emerge and become striking features of the landscape. Have you ever stopped to observe them? In this visit guided by Susana C. Gonçalves, dare to let yourself be fascinated by the mushrooms of the Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra.

Type of activity: Guided visit

Scientific area: Mycology | Biodiversity and Conservation

Date, time and duration: 24 November 2022, 10:00 am - 11:00 am.

Number of vacancies: 20

Format: Presential

Registration: Send email to jardim.botanico@uc.pt

Person responsible for the activity: Susana C. Gonçalves

R&D Unit | Institution: Functional Ecology Centre | Coimbra University Botanical Garden

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More information: https://www.uc.pt/jardimbotanico

Scientific area: Chemistry

Speaker: Sérgio Rodrigues

Date, time and duration: 24 November 2022, 2:30pm

Format: Presential, room F.42 of the Chemistry Department of the University of Coimbra

Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbZ-lx64TipGTRd4HIOujd7v8hE1x670_ksCS555cklGdPhw/viewform

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Description: Launch of the podcast "Brain Gain" aimed at secondary and higher education students, aims to promote careers and curiosity in the area of neuroscience. The podcast consists of a series of interviews with professionals in the area involved in the neuroscience dissemination project.

Type of activity: Podcast

Scientific area: Neurosciences / Science Communication

Date, time and duration: 24th November 2022

Format: Online

Responsible for the activity: Catarina Seabra, Mariana Laranja, Carolina Caetano and Sara Amaral

R&D Unit | Institution: CNC

More Information:

• project website: https://braingain.pt
• CNC website, project page: https://cnc.uc.pt/pt/scicomm-projects/brain-gain-a-descoberta-das-neurociencias

Description: On the 14th Anniversary of RÓMULO Centro Ciência Viva da Universidade de Coimbra, National Scientific Culture Day, after singing Happy Birthday and participating in the magusto (chestnut roast), we invite you to participate in the Round Table: "The Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry 2022 explained", moderated by Rui Travasso and with the participation of João Teixeira, Helena Alberto and Marta Piñero.

Scientific area: History of Science

Date, time and duration: 24 November 2022, 5:15 pm

Format: Presential, Rómulo, Physics Department, Floor 0, Pole 1

R&D Unit | Institution: Rómulo Centro Ciência Viva da UC

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Description: The Legal Institute invites all master's and doctoral students of the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra to participate in a dynamic activity on Open Science. Through the game "Is there an escape from Open Science?", the participants are transported to a future scenario in which all research is published in diamond access, that is, without costs for readers or authors. This activity is included in the Science and Technology Week 2022, Ciência Viva programme.

Type of activity: game

Scientific area: Open Science / Law

Date, time and duration: 24th November at Trindade College, 5:00pm, 1h

Number of vacancies 10

Format: Presential

Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdt_aR8r8RfXxGl3DRCWRBTQ1z6U7j1jU9NHLZS20B895ydzA/viewform
Head of activity: Fernando Borges

R&D Unit | Institution: Legal Institute

More information: https://www.uc.pt/fduc/ij/agenda-ij/ha-escape-da-ciencia-aberta/

Scientific area: Chemistry

Date, time and duration: 25 November 2022, 2:30pm

Speaker: Marta Piñeiro

Format: Presential, room C.16 of the Chemistry Department of the University of Coimbra

Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbZ-lx64TipGTRd4HIOujd7v8hE1x670_ksCS555cklGdPhw/viewform

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R&D Unit | Institution: CQC

Description: Workshops about materials and biological pests that affect the museological heritage of the Science Museum of the UC

Type of activity: Workshops

Scientific area: Museology/Preventive Conservation

Date, time and duration: 26 November 2022, 10:00am -1:00pm, Amphitheatre of the Laboratório Chimico

Number of vacancies: 10

Format: Presential

Registration: Send email to ggpereira@ci.uc.pt

Responsible for the activity: Gilberto Pereira

R&D Unit | Institution: UC Science Museum / IIIUC

Description: visit from Santa Cruz Park ("Jardim da Sereia") to Terreiro da Erva, via Sé Velha (Note: the visit may be postponed if the weather conditions so justify; in this case, those enrolled will be notified by email)

Meeting point: Jardim da Sereia, gateway near Praça da República.

Knowledge to be covered: transformations of the city, from Medieval times to the present day; links between urban green spaces and the health and well-being of those who live and/or work in the city.

Target public: kindergarten teachers and primary and secondary school teachers of all groups, in active or initial training, and families.

Type of activity: Guided visit

Scientific area: Museology/Preventive Conservation

Date, time and duration: 26 November 2022, 10:00 am - 12:00pm, Coimbra (various locations) with a duration of 2 hours.

Number of vacancies: 20

Format: Presential

Deadline for registration: 23 November

Registration: https://www.ces.uc.pt/pt/agenda-noticias/agenda-de-eventos/2022/historias-na-cidade/inscricao

Responsible for the activity: Maria Amélia Campos (CHSC), Rita Campos (CES)

R&D Unit | Institution: Coimbra Centre for Social Studies; Activity supported by the Institute of Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Coimbra (IIIUC), through the programme "Promotion of Scientific Culture 2022".

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More information: https://www.ces.uc.pt/pt/agenda-noticias/agenda-de-eventos/2022/historias-na-cidade