Puerto de Ideas: Puerto Ideas, the largest scientific fair in Chile, begins in Antofagast with a trip from the mind to the Universe
A Journey from Wit to the Universe This will be the motto of one of the most important scientific festivals in Latin America, Puerto -EideWhich begins this Thursday, April 24, in the Antagagast region, in the northern part of Chile. In this new edition, which will end on Sunday, 27 years, will be devoted to achievements in the field of neurobiology and astronomy.
In the event that about 18 universities and dozens of institutions devoted to scientific research will participate. Among the 70 guests who will offer negotiations are a molecular biologist Ardem PataputianIn 2021, he awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology for conclusions about a sense of touch. Your conference, which will take place on Friday at 12:30, will be focused on dividing the details of your research on receptors that allow the nervous system to perceive pain, pressure and temperature. This is the ninth time when this scientific festival invites the Nobel Prize. In previous issues, the German Astrophysical Reinhard Genzel, American biophysicist Erwin Necher, was attended by French physicist Serge Karosh, Israeli crystallograph of Ada Yonat, among others.
In a conversation with the country, Chantal SignorioThe President of the Puerto Foundation -Do Ideas emphasized the relevance of the festival: “Similar cases that are associated with the world of science with a citizen on foot who want to understand what is happening in her own country in the whole world.”
Argentinean neurobiologist Rodrigo Quian Quirogrecognized as a discovery Jennifer Eniston NeuronsWhat led to evidence of memory functioning, debuts in Puerto Ideas Antofagasta: “I have high expectations to enjoy the fascinating combination of science and art offered by the festival.” He will have two participations, one on Saturday, and the other on Sunday, in which he will decide the aspects of his last book, Things that you will never believe inRefers to the ideas of science fiction and neurobiology.
Also in this space there will be a biologist Felipe Cort, who leads some of the most outstanding studies on aging. This topic will be explored by a neurologist Andrea Slachevski. For her part, the Chilean actress Paulina Urrutius, whose testimonies were fundamental to increase the perception of the effects of Alzheimer and Cancer, will lead the activities oriented to care and mental health, based on her own experience.
The festival held next to the hidden mining company | BHP is open to the public and is free and expects to participate more than 16,000 people. More than 100 free events are planned, which will be performed mainly in the zero place of the port of Antafagast. “Our idea is to show the amplitude of the research that occurs in Chile,” adds Signorio.
Discover the riddles of the universe
For Chile, one of the most recognized world centers of astronomy, the product of its pure sky in the north of the country, will also give a place to find out the latest achievements in the construction of the world’s largest optical telescope, which is in Antofhasta: The ELT (abbreviation in English of an extremely large telescope)The Spanish Astrophysica WITHSIAR de Gregorio-Monsalvo, the head of the Office of the Sciences of the European Observatory in Chile, will be one of those who are responsible for sharing details about the construction of this monumental structure in the attack desert.
Various Chilean astronomers will participate in this event, for example, as Teresa PunkMonica Rubio, Maria Teresa Ruis and Priscilla Nodeevski. It is this last scientist who works in the Alma Observatory that will offer girls and boys a conversation that will explore various planets, stars and exoplanets where life can be. In addition, for the first time during the Puerto IDEAS, an excursion with a guide will be held to enjoy the sunset from the paranal observatory, a place with the dark sky in the world.
