25-09-2023
After the success of the first two editions in 2022, PubhD Açores returns on September 29th, at 9:30 pm, at Baía dos Anjos, during Macaronight '23, an event that will be held at Portas do Mar, in São Miguel, the European Researchers' Night.
With this 3rd edition of PubhD Açores, the Azorean version of this international event is consolidated as a regular event and hopes to continue to bring academia closer to the general public, making bars a stage for PhD students in the Azores to present their research in a relaxed way in an informal environment and with accessible language, making science reach new audiences.
During the European Researchers' Night, the stage at Baía dos Anjos bar will be attended by two PhD students in Biology from the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of the Azores: Rúben Luz, from CIBIO Açores - Research Center for Biodiversity and Resources Genetics, will talk about the diversity of cyanobacteria in the Azores and their possible biotechnological application, followed by Hugo Renato Calado, from GBA/cE3c - Azores Biodiversity Group, who will talk about his study of the adaptation of pests and control agents biological to different environmental conditions.
Pedro Garcia, member of the PubhD Açores organization, hopes that "this will be another science communication initiative that helps bring the public closer to science in the Azores, growing as they have, in number and quality, a whole set of events and science activities, about science or with science in recent years". PubhD Açores arises naturally as a result of a growing science communication environment in the Azores, with a direct partnership with doctoral students from the University of the Azores through the support of the Gaspar Frutuoso Foundation.
This edition of PubhD Açores takes place as part of the Macaronight Science festival, which will take place in Portas do Mar, on the night of September 29th, between 6pm and midnight, organized by Expolab - Centro Ciência Viva, with the support of the Vice-Presidency of the Government of the Azores, through the Regional Directorate of Science and Technology, of the University of the Azores and with the Science Centers of the Azores as partners.
