As every year Fondazione Idis-Città della Scienza participates in the Biotech Week: a week of events and meetings all over the world to tell a vast and heterogeneous audience the increasingly important role of biotechnologies in improving the quality of our life thanks to their different sectors of application (from therapy to diagnostics, from agri-food to industrial processes, through environmental remediation to renewable energy, just to name a few).
A scientific dissemination event launched in Canada in 2003 and arrived in Europe in 2013 by the will of EuropaBio – Association of the European bioindustry, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the discovery of the DNA structure.
Since its first Italian edition, the Biotech Week has been coordinated and promoted nationally by Assobiotec-Federchimica.
The interactive museum of Città della Scienza becomes the protagonist of the Biotech Week through some events, both in presence and remote, on the theme of biotechnologies, showing how much they represent a boundless resource, capable of offering solutions to the great challenges of global company.
PROGRAMMA DEL FINE SETTIMANA
Sunday 3rd October at the interactive museum of the human body Corporea will host a online conference “From anti covid vaccines the new prevention perspectives” created in collaboration with I.B.B.C. CNR Naples with the participation of the researcher Piergiuseppe de Berardinis who will inform the public about the state of research on Covid vaccines, what are the future prospects and what technologies are used in their production.
“From the anti covid vaccines the new prevention perspectives”
Online conference
Sunday 3 October at 12 am
An online meeting created in collaboration with I.B.B.C. CNR of Naples with the participation of the researcher Piergiuseppe de Berardinis who will inform the public Covid vaccines’ research, what are the future prospects and what technologies are used in their production.
DNA in one, two, three, four “steps”!
Science Show in collaboration with Le Nuvole Scienza
Saturday 11 am and 3.30 pm
Sunday 11 am/ 2 pm / 3.30 pm
DNA is present in all living organisms, from animals to plants to bacteria. It is the precious “instruction manual” that contains all the information necessary for cells to live and reproduce. Visitors, guided by the communicators of Le Nuvole, will be able to extract the most important molecule of biology and discover the secrets and curiosities related to it in four simple “steps”.
60 minutes
from 7 years old
“We turn you into a biotechnologist!”
Laboratory in collaboration with Le Nuvole Scienza
Saturday at 10 am and 2.30 pm
Sunday 11 am / 1 pm / 3.30 pm
Biotechnologies … how unknown! Yet we are talking about a science unconsciously applied already thousands of years ago by man. On the contrary, today, with awareness, they are used to achieve many purposes of common utility concerning biomedical, pharmaceutical, industrial and agricultural processes mainly through the use of living organisms of which the biotechnologist knows and studies the DNA and all the techniques that allow you to change it. We will therefore try to turn you too into … biotechnologists! Like?
Learning about the structure and function of DNA and simulating a gene transfer technique in order to obtain a “genetically modified organism”. Naturally with the help of the science communicators of Le Nuvole.
60 minutes
from 7 years old
OPENING AND TICKETS INFO
Days and opening hours
Tuesday to Sunday
Public opening hours: 9.00 – 17.00
Museum offer
Corporea Museum + Workshops at weekends and on public holidays;
Access and visit
Reservations are no longer required for access to the museum, but all visitors over the age of 12 must show their Green Pass and, if requested, a valid identity document. Only those exempt on the basis of appropriate medical certification are exempt.
A mask must be worn from the age of 6 years and upwards, and people must be kept at a distance.
Visitors may remain in the exhibition areas for as long as they wish and interact directly with the exhibits, even without a guide.
For schools, booking is compulsory by calling 0817352222 or writing to contact@cittadellascienza.it, as usual.
Tickets
For adults: museum entry € 5, guided tour on meeting point included in museum entry ticket;
For school groups: museum admission € 5, guided tour/educational activity € 3;
Tickets can be purchased online at Etes or at the ticket office of Città della Scienza.
Free admission
Children 0-3 years
Disabled people + 1 accompanying person
ICOM card holders
Health personnel
Citizens living in the district of Bagnoli (Naples)
