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Today\u2019s most pressing global issues demand scientific inputs, and creative public outreach has increasingly become important to attracting a new and expansive generation of scientists. This was the basis for a scientific exchange between EMBL and 16 professors, teachers, scientists, and students at different levels of education from Ru\u0111er Bo\u0161kovi\u0107 Institute<\/a> (RBI) and the University of Zagreb. The latter visited Heidelberg recently, as part of a European Science Foundation<\/a> project to improve capacity building and popularise science in Croatia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think both our organisation and EMBL are really doing similar things with regard to our scientific public outreach; we\u2019re just doing it at on a smaller scale,\u201d said Renata Kobeti\u0107, who organised the RBI visit and who also leads a science education group at Eduka-Centar lokalnog razvoja<\/a>, a Croatian civil society organisation. In fact, the group  includes children and young people of all ages who each work with a yet younger group of students to share their scientific interests and knowledge. This \u2018trickle-down\u2019 approach can motivate a pipeline of young scientists starting at preschool age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Educators, scientists, and students from the Ru\u0111er Bo\u0161kovi\u0107 Institute and University of Zagreb visited EMBL to exchange ideas about informal science education and popularising science in Croatia. Credit: Massimo Del Prete\/EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The visit was made possible through a Memorandum of Understanding<\/a> between EMBL and RBI signed in 2022. This MoU recognises the long-standing collaboration between EMBL and Croatia and highlights the partners\u2019 shared goals and expresses interest in strengthening science-related cooperation between EMBL and the Croatian research community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis event follows up on a number of awareness events<\/a> and visits organised in cooperation with our Croatian collaborators to further stimulate links between EMBL and Croatia, including initiatives on increasing awareness of EMBL in Croatia and empowering the next generation of scientists,\u201d said Plamena Markova, EMBL\u2019s head of International Relations. \u201cThis visit was a wonderful opportunity to make EMBL\u2019s unique tools and cutting-edge expertise available to the curious eyes of young learners who might one day populate our laboratories.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

RBI is Croatia\u2019s largest multidisciplinary scientific research centre. Founded in 1950, its mission is to support excellent scientific research in the natural and biomedical sciences as well as marine and environmental research. Croatia joined EMBL as a member state in 2006<\/a> and the two have enjoyed a mutually constructive and evolving collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This particular visit was unique, having included young students who are part of Eduka’s science outreach programme. The visitors brought varying perspectives on ideas for popularising science in Croatia and how best to encourage more young people to pursue the sciences as a career choice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the engagement, the visitors toured EMBL\u2019s new permanent exhibition, the World of Molecular Biology<\/a>. It creates a vibrant, interactive discovery space that celebrates molecular biology with a special focus on the work, people, and technologies of EMBL. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Julija Vrbani\u0107, the youngest visitor of the day at age nine, learned about the structure of a toxin-antitoxin complex within the  tuberculosis bacterium in a PacMan-like exhibit activity. Credit: Massimo Del Prete\/EMBL <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In addition to being interested in a hands-on display about AI-use in image data analysis, Julija Vrbani\u0107, the youngest visitor of the day at age nine, learned about the structure of a toxin-antitoxin molecule complex within the tuberculosis bacterium. Based on this knowledge, scientists design drugs to uncouple toxins from antitoxins. In one of the exhibit\u2019s interactive games, Julija took on the role of toxin \u2013 PacMan style! Once freed from the antitoxin, she could eat up the bacterium\u2019s energy reservoir, spectacularly defeating it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think my friends would really like the PacMan game,\u201d said Julija, who is very interested in game animation. Hailing from Elementary School Klin\u010da Sela just outside Zagreb, she was also able to test out a virtual reality headset that sheds light on the very first cell division in a developing embryo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the older student visitors, Leon Lenuzzi \u0160uper, an undergraduate chemistry major at the University of Zagreb, equated the importance of strong public education and outreach about science to that of public health and fitness campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leon Lenuzzi \u0160uper, an undergraduate chemistry major at the University of Zagreb, was impressed at how much interactive information the World of Molecular Biology could convey in its limited space at EMBL\u2019s Imaging Centre. Credit: Massimo Del Prete\/EMBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn so many cities, we have stadiums and gyms that encourage our physical fitness, but in very few cities do we have such a public display about science,\u201d he said. \u201cI think everyone should be involved in sports for their physical health. But science is also present all around us, and very few people understand how it works. If we can educate everyone in science, they can be aware of how it affects them in literally every way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For other visiting professors and group organisers like Sanja Gottstein, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, the exchange at EMBL was important to get new ideas for public outreach to take home to Croatia. Gottstein also leads an informal science education program at Eduka with Kobeti\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was really excited to come to EMBL to see how we could further spread this knowledge in a younger generation,\u201d Gottstein said. \u201cIt was particularly good to see ways to connect to current science, hear about new ideas and new explorations, but then also see how it can be simplified to share with ordinary people and spread a huge amount of information. That\u2019s something I think we can adapt back at home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day also included a lab visit and discussions with EMBL\u2019s Science Education and Public Engagement Team (SEPE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKids are our future. That\u2019s the bottomline,\u201d Kobeti\u0107 said. \u201cWe need to teach the kids about what is good and what is not for this planet to try and improve our lives. In our civil society group, children come for the first time, and they don\u2019t know just how exciting science is. But once they come, they don\u2019t stop. It\u2019s about creating awareness.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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