Soapbox Science comes on September 19th from 3-6 pm (GMT+1) for the first time to Portugal. This year due to the COVID-19 pandemic the event will be online and you will be able to see it all with your family and friends, in the comfort of your home! We’ll have three 1 hour sessions, with three speakers per session, each in their own Soapbox Arena, where you can listen, interact with and ask questions to the scientist.
Details of the location and timing of the event
Dates & Times: September 19th at 15:00 – 18:00, (GMT+1)
Location: Online; Interactive via Zoom Webinar and Live Stream via Youtube Channel
Free Registration for interactive Webinar here
Youtube stream for passive Webinar here
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Speakers
Selected from a competitive pool of researchers, our 10 speakers will be sharing their work in technology, science, medicine and engineering. The speakers and their discussion topics are:
Amaranta Kahn, CIIMAR (Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research) – University of Porto, “Under the sea” [EN] LinkedIn, Twitter, Google Scholar, ResearchGate
Sara Silva Pereira, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes – Lisboa, “O perigo de parasitas pegajosos” [PT] LinkedIn, Twitter, ResearchGate
Mariana Ferreira, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, “Espreitar as células interceptando as suas mensagens” [PT] LinkedIn, Twitter
Edite Figueiras, Champalimaud Foundation,“Um olhar ampliado pelo microscópio – O que é? Para que serve? De que é feito?” [PT] LinkedIn, Twitter, Google Scholar, ResearchGate
Marta C Lopes, European University Institute, Econ(ã)omia [PT] LinkedIn, Twitter, Google Scholar, ResearchGate
Belisa de Aquino, Institute of Physics at Polish Academy of Sciences, “Estruturada, eu? – Quando proteínas e física se encontram.” [PT] LinkedIn
Joana Neto, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia – Universidade Nova de Lisboa, “Body hacker” [PT] LinkedIn, Google Scholar, ResearchGate
Adriana Sánchez-Danés, Champalimaud Foundation, “Why is talking about stem cells so common nowadays? What is their role?“[EN] LinkedIn
Amparo Ruiz-Tagle, University of Lisbon, “Reading the mind, a superpower?” [EN] LinkedIn, Google Scholar, ResearchGate
Ines Mendes, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, “Virus de computador” [PT] LinkedIn, Twitter, Google Scholar, ResearchGate
Soapbox Science Lisbon Team
Simone Lackner, Nova School of Business and Economics
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Oihane Horno, Champalimaud Foundation
Catarina Gomes, Institute for Experimental Biology and Technology
Read more about the team, our amazing speakers and their research as well as experiences of being a women in STEM on our blog
Sponsors
We couldn’t run this event without the generous logistical and financial support of our collaborators
The broadcasting of our event will be brought to you supported by
Many thanks to A.Marta Ferreira for the Poster design and visuals
