10 A niversary of IIMCB
10 A niversary of IIMCB
10 A niversary of IIMCB
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Centre for Innovative Bioscience<br />
Education (CIBE)<br />
(Formerly: Science Festival School)<br />
The aim <strong>of</strong> the Center for Innovative Bioscience Education<br />
(CIBE) is to reduce the gap between science and society in<br />
Poland by conducting educational activities popularizing<br />
biology: workshops for students and all interested<br />
participants as well as courses for biology teachers and<br />
various science communication events. All activities are<br />
focused on improving biology education and awareness <strong>of</strong><br />
biology in society. The co-founders <strong>of</strong> CIBE are as follows:<br />
International Institute <strong>of</strong> Molecular and Cell Biology (<strong>IIMCB</strong>),<br />
Nencki Institute <strong>of</strong> Experimental Biology PAN (NIEB), Institute<br />
<strong>of</strong> Biochemistry and Biophysics PAN (IBB), Warsaw University<br />
<strong>of</strong> Life Sciences (SGGW), BioEducation Foundation and<br />
Warsaw Science Festival. <strong>IIMCB</strong> hosts the CIBE laboratory,<br />
<strong>of</strong>fice and administration. Additionally, CIBE leads another<br />
laboratory at Warsaw University <strong>of</strong> Life Sciences. In 2008,<br />
over 1,600 young participants visited laboratory workshops.<br />
At the same time, over 200 biology teachers attended<br />
laboratory workshops and courses, approximately 350<br />
children attended hands-on practice experiments.<br />
12 th Science Picnic (14 June 2008)<br />
Like in previous years, The BioEducation Foundation and<br />
CIBE organized an exhibition and science show during the<br />
12 th Science Picnic in Warsaw. The year 2008’s motto was<br />
“The language <strong>of</strong> science”.<br />
• Can you see DNA? – DNA isolation from onion<br />
• How scientific investigation works? – hands-on practice<br />
experiments<br />
• Let’s become a researcher! – children could make their<br />
own investigations on Picnic’s visitors<br />
• The magic <strong>of</strong> colors – how the pH indication works.<br />
Science Festival<br />
The goal <strong>of</strong> the XII Warsaw Science Festival (19-28<br />
September 2008) was to make people to realize that the future<br />
<strong>of</strong> our country depends on our ability to use achievements <strong>of</strong><br />
science as well as their practical applications in our social life.<br />
The Science Festival is organized every year by scientists, not<br />
by the government. About 140 scientific institutes and about<br />
<strong>10</strong>00 scientists are involved every year in the organization <strong>of</strong><br />
this event. In 2008 CIBE organized laboratory workshops for<br />
open public and for school groups such as:<br />
• “Explore your own DNA”<br />
• “Do you know, what you eat?”<br />
• “Yeast – the leaving micro-factory”<br />
• “Investigate evolution signs in your DNA”<br />
“Explore the biological world by yourself” was the title<br />
<strong>of</strong> our presentations during XII Science Festival in Jabłonna<br />
Palace, 28 September 2008. The same presentations were<br />
repeated during X Science and Art Festival in Siedlce in<br />
October 2008.<br />
Laboratory workshops<br />
Guests <strong>of</strong> our biological laboratory may take part in real<br />
life experiments and learn how to use laboratory techniques<br />
and equipment. The practical experiments are always<br />
supported by lectures presenting the theoretical basis <strong>of</strong><br />
molecular biology, genetics and its techniques. A total<br />
number <strong>of</strong> 1,606 students visited CIBE laboratories last year.<br />
The workshops for secondary school students take one day.<br />
We <strong>of</strong>fered the following themes:<br />
• Explore your own DNA - examining DNA by PCR methods<br />
• Let’s play with bacteria – plasmid isolation and restriction<br />
map<br />
• Green bacteria – bacteria transformation with GFP gene<br />
• Protein fingerprint <strong>of</strong> different tissues<br />
• Miracles <strong>of</strong> biotechnology – purification <strong>of</strong> jellyfish protein<br />
from bacteria<br />
• Investigate evolution signs in your DNA – methods <strong>of</strong><br />
molecular evolution<br />
• Yeast – the leaving micro-factory<br />
• Do you know, what you eat?<br />
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