{"id":4484,"date":"2014-03-25T17:08:12","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T16:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emblog.embl.de\/ells\/?p=4484"},"modified":"2021-06-23T08:05:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T08:05:19","slug":"virtual-neuroscience-italian-students-discuss-brainy-matters-with-embl-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/ells\/2014\/03\/25\/virtual-neuroscience-italian-students-discuss-brainy-matters-with-embl-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual neuroscience: Italian students discuss brainy matters with EMBL scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week ELLS has hosted its very first Science Chat in 2014, connecting Italian high school students from the Istituto Scolastico Cattolico Paritario &#8216;Vincenza Altamura&#8217; in Rome with EMBL researchers from Monterotondo and Heidelberg via the web.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4470\" style=\"width: 426px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4470 \" src=\"http:\/\/emblog.embl.de\/ells\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screenshot_-103-web.png\" alt=\"ELLS Science Chat Screenshot (2) 20 March 2014\" width=\"426\" height=\"237\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The virtual ELLS meeting room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Postdocs <a title=\"EMBL School Ambassador Profile \u2013 Jose Viosca\" href=\"http:\/\/emblog.embl.de\/ells\/embl-school-ambassadors\/embl-school-ambassador-profiles\/embl-school-ambassador-profile-jose-viosca\">Jose Viosca<\/a> presented his work on behavioural traits such as fear and anxiety, and postdoc Federico Rossi discussed his research on microglia \u2013 the macrophages of the brain.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4471\" style=\"width: 426px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4471 \" src=\"http:\/\/emblog.embl.de\/ells\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screenshot_-94-web.png\" alt=\"ELLS Science Chat Screenshot (3) 20 March 2014\" width=\"426\" height=\"237\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Microglia in the spotlight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The engaging presentations led to lively discussions between students and scientists during the Q&amp;A session in the virtual ELLS meeting room.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back at the Science Chat, <a title=\"EMBL School Ambassador Profile \u2013 Jose Viosca\" href=\"http:\/\/emblog.embl.de\/ells\/embl-school-ambassadors\/embl-school-ambassador-profiles\/embl-school-ambassador-profile-jose-viosca\">Jose Viosca<\/a>, who initiated the event, says:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4467\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4467\" style=\"width: 365px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4467 \" src=\"http:\/\/emblog.embl.de\/ells\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0339-web.jpg\" alt=\"Copyright: Jes\u00fas Miguel S\u00e1nchez Esp\u00edn\" width=\"365\" height=\"243\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students of the Istituto Scolastico Cattolico Paritario \u2018Vincenza Altamura\u2019 in Rome listening to the Science Chat presentations. Image: Jes\u00fas Miguel S\u00e1nchez Esp\u00edn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The students surprised me with their mature (and socially meaningful) questions about gender differences in the brain, how much politicians support research, how much genes vs. environment influence personality, and many more. It was a stimulating and challenging experience at the same time. I am looking forward to repeating an event like this!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week ELLS has hosted its very first Science Chat in 2014, connecting Italian high school students from the Istituto Scolastico Cattolico Paritario &#8216;Vincenza Altamura&#8217; in Rome with EMBL researchers from Monterotondo and Heidelberg via the web. 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