Pedro Soler, Imanol Miqueleiz and David González, winners of the first edition of the #100ciaen10 monologue contest.
The competition, organized by the Science Museum of the University of Navarra, was attended by professors, students and graduates.
The microbiologists Pedro Soler and David González, and the biologist Imanol Miqueléiz, have been, respectively, winners of the first prize and the two runner-up prizes of the first #100ciaen10 monologue contest of the University of Navarra. The contest, organized by the Science Museum, aims to promote the communication and dissemination of science in a fun and entertaining format.
The winning monologue, entitled "African Swine Fever: Viral Pandemic in the Animal World", was given by Pedro Soler, PhD in Microbiology. The two runner-up prizes went to the monologues "IUCN Red List for Dummies", by Imanol Miqueleiz, PhD student in Environmental Biology, and "Are we evolving towards the holobiont? Data from our other half," defended by Microbiology professor David Gonzalez.
In this first edition, 10 monologuists, students of health sciences and philosophy, professors, researchers and alumni participated. Each had a maximum of ten minutes to present their monologue in an informative and accessible tone for all audiences. Among them was this year's finalist of the international monologue contest Famelab, Iñaki Echeverría, a doctoral student from the Department of Physics and Applied Mathematics of the academic center, who will take part in the national final of the contest in May in Madrid.
The 1st edition of the #100ciaen10 monologue contest was held in the context of the 12th Conference on Research in Experimental and Health Sciences, organized by the faculties of the health sciences area with the purpose of bringing out the research being developed in the laboratories, through oral presentations, presentations, posters, etc.
The jury of the contest was composed of teachers, a student, staff from the communication area and the director of the Pamplonetario, Javier Armentia, as a guest. The gala was conducted by the popularizer Ignacio López-Goñi and by little Sofía Cobreros, a first year ESO student from Miravalles School.