Yesterday, the researcher, member of the European Academy of Sciences and Ikerbasque Professor at the Centre for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials in San Sebastian (CIC biomaGUNE), gave a talk to science students at IES La Cala, entitled 'Manipulating the smallest to solve the biggest problems'.
It is not the first time that Luis Liz Marzán, one of the most cited researchers worldwide in Nanotechnology and Science, visits our town to offer our students one of his interesting talks about his projects. Awarded with the Humboldt, National Research and Jaume I Basic Science prizes, among others, he presented this lecture to the science baccalaureate students at IES La Cala. "It is about explaining the relevance of nanotechnology in many applications that are important for everyday life and especially those related to health", said Liz Marzán.
- El investigador se mostró encantado de poder compartir sus conocimientos con los estudiantes.
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He is currently coordinating the manufacture of tumours in the laboratory in order to understand better how cancers evolve and to find targeted therapies to destroy them. "Deciphering how cell function is altered on individual tumours and even individual cells so that we can look for more efficient medicines, and try to help in the transition from traditional medicine, where the same medicine is used for all patients, to customised medicine that tries to understand what treatment and dose will work best for each patient", explained Liz Marzán.
This project, entitled 'Four-Dimensional Monitoring of Tumour Growth by Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering', receives funding of 2.4 million euros over five years from the European Research Council. These research grants are considered the most prestigious at European level. According to the ERC (European Research Council), applicants must be "exceptional leaders in terms of the originality and significance in their research contributions".
- La alcaldesa de Mijas, Ana Mata, no quiso desaprovechar la oportunidad de compartir unos momentos con el investigador al que le dio la bienvenida a Mijas.
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The researcher is happy to be able to share his knowledge with the students: "When it comes to young people who are studying, I try to encourage, at least, some of them to be curious about the world of science and knowledge in general, and to keep research, innovation and the development of technologies moving forward".
The mayoress of Mijas, Ana Mata (PP), wanted to share a few moments with the researcher and welcomed him to Mijas. "It is a privilege for Mijas to be able to count on a person of his stature, giving a lecture to our students, who will soon go on to university, and who will have the opportunity to capture all those years dedicated to research", said Mata.
- Momento durante la charla al alumnado de Ciencias del IES La Cala.
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"The students are very interested in the researcher, we are lucky to have him and, especially for the subject, especially motivating for them", said the Erasmus+ coordinator of the Cala high school, Alberto Bermudez, who added that "the Erasmus+ project of the school aims to motivate students in STEM education, science, technology, engineering, mathematics and art, as well as to improve multilingualism, especially English and French".
Today, 24th of April, he has developed a workshop and has shared his experiences with nanomaterials in the laboratories of IES La Cala with the students of the centre.
- Mañana, 24 de abril, desarrollará unas prácticas y compartirá experiencias de cátedra con nanomateriales en los laboratorios del IES La Cala con el alumnado del centro.
- JACOBO PEREA
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