ENTRY-DM DCs will be trained in outreach activities as part of the transferable skill courses. They will participate in open days at schools and in universities, will mentor young students and will set up various social media channels to reach a wide audience. As information becomes available, it will be posted here.
On Friday, 9 October, DC4 Moubani Das participated alongside a postdoctoral researcher as a volunteer guide in a public outreach activity organised by I-Stem, France, as part of the Fête de la Science. Together, they welcomed visiting students, guided them through the laboratory and introduced them to the research activities carried out at the institute. The visit gave the students an opportunity to discover a scientific research environment and learn about the work undertaken by researchers. This activity provided an opportunity to engage with young students and communicate scientific research to a non-specialist audience.
DC8 Mireia Gromaz participated in Researchers' Night at the Faculty of Biology Of Adam Mickiewicz University under the topic Gdy RNA staje się pulapką- dlaczego chorują mięsnie? Dystrofia Miotoniczna - DM (When RNA Becomes a Trap— Why Do Muscles Become Diseased? Myotonic Dystrophy (DM)). The presentation was attended by approximately 10 elementary school children aged 8-10 years old.
DC9 Yasmine Ferchichi conducted research training and supervision of Erasmus Master's Student Andrea Sardina: “Strategies to Improve the Internalization of Therapeutic Oligonucleotides.” Andrea is a student in Molecular Biology at the University of Palermo, Italy (Andrea Sardina), undertaking an Erasmus research placement focused on strategies to improve therapeutic oligonucleotide internalization. Attached is a photograph of the Tecan Infinite 200 Pro microplate reader used for the primary screening of approximately 200 natural compounds and the dose-dependent secondary screening of 17 preliminary hits using the HeLa EGFP IVS2-654 reporter system.
DC10 Valeriia Gorbunova participated in the IQAC Young Researchers's Day organised by the Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia. This event is an opportunity for PhD, Master’s, undergraduate students and early postdocs to present their work to the rest of the IQAC scientific community and to the general public in 10-minute oral presentations, flash-talk presentations and poster format. Valeriia presented a poster to a general audience of around 40 people.
DC13 Malin Larsen created a linkedin post about her first published review paper.
DC8 Mireia Gromaz gave a flash talk to the annual forum for PhD students, a conference organized by AMU. She presented her PhD project to other students and teachers from the Faculty of Biology and the Faculty of Geography.
DC9 Yasmine Ferchichi was invited back to her former university to give a seminar where she talked about her current ENTRY-DM research project.
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DC8 Mireia Gromaz participated in the Poznań Festival of Science and Art 29th Edition, which is an event to promote science in the region of Greater Poland. AMU was one of the organizers, and the workshop was about teaching high school students how to perform ddPCR (digital droplet PCR) and let them know its applications and introduce them to the technique and also teach them how to pipette. It was held by a teacher at the Faculty and 3 PhD students, including Mireia.
DC10 Valeriia Gorbunova presented a poster about her work in the ENTRY-DM network at the IV PhD Research Day at University of Barcelona (Jornada de Recerca i Divulgació de Doctorat de la UB) .
DC10 Valeriia Gorbunova participated in La Fira d’Empreses UB. This event is an opportunity for students to connect with companies involved in activities related to the studies they are pursuing. The Business Fair also provides a framework for researchers from research groups to establish relationships for research and knowledge transfer. It represents an effort to overcome the barrier between university and business, and to promote technological transfer, which is so important for the future. More information about the event is available here.
DC3 Timothée Caboche organized a lab visit about discovering where EU funding goes for 8 EU digital ambassadors in the framework of Youth Dialogue. For more information.
DC8 Mireia Gromaz led a class at a class at the Faculty of Chemistry of Adam Mickiewicz University. Sixteen physics and chemistry students attended. Mireia developed a game in which they had to choose different chemical modifications to "generate" the best Antisense Oligonucleotides.
DC6 Àngela Natividad participated in the “Con Ciencia Té” (“Science with a Sip”) activity organized by the Association of Biotechnologists of Valencia (ABiVa). This activity is aimed at the general public and is held in a pub/bar. Its main goal is to share scientific topics with non-experts and initiate a scientific debate.The event was attended by approximately 40 members of the general public and the title of Angela's presentation was "What is myotonic dystrophy?"
DC6 Àngela Natividad participated in a Rare Disease Event organized by the Polytechnic University of Valencia and a student group from the university called Microengineers. This event brought together researchers, patients, and associations with the aim of raising awareness about rare diseases. It was especially targeted at university students mostly from biotechnology, biomedicine, and biomedical engineering. Àngela had the opportunity to talk about myotonic dystrophy, share her knowledge about the disease, and raise awareness among the students. The program is available here.
ENTRY-DM DCs set up a dedicated instagram account for the project. To see posts, click here.
ENTRY-DM DCs set up a dedicated linkedin account for the project. To see posts, click here.
The ENTRY-DM doctoral candidate group met in person for the first time in Paris, France for the first network-wide training event. For more information, see the following posts:
The ENTRY-DM doctoral candidates worked in small groups to develop a new project logo. The idea was to develop a logo that reflected the disease, the research and the MSCA programme. The new logo is now used on the project website and will be used on projedt outputs.
Click here for an interview with DC9 Yasmine Ferchichi about her journey to her current MSCA PhD position at University of Valencia.
DC Anton Simoes participated in Spiertocht, a bike ride across the Netherlands to collect money for muscular diseases. Over the course of the bike ride, he spoke about his ENTRY-DM research with other participants. More information about this event here.
DCs Vasilina Gavra and Panagiotis Strevinas (INSERM) presented their research projects to first year students in the Sorbonne Univeresity doctoral school. Approximately 70 people from various disciplines attended the event. To view Vasilina's poster
To view Panagiotis' poster
DC Francisco Javier Suarez Lopez participated in the Debug Homecoming at the Science and Engineering Campus, University of Verona. This event was attended by research groups showing their projects and activities to students, families and PhD students from other areas. More about the event here.
A brief infographic providing an overview of the ENTRY-DM project timeline can be viewed here.
Coordinator Mario Gomes Pereira and project manager Clare Desplats created a brief Q&A factsheet for the project which can be viewed here.
Coordinator Mario Gomes Pereira posted posted on X and Bluesky about open positions in the network.
The ENTRY-DM kickoff meeting took place in Munich, Germany at the Friedrich-Von-Siemens Foundation. See a linkedin post about the event here.