A project brings cancer researchers into the classroom

The fifth edition of 'Get to know them' by the Spanish Association for Cancer Research (Aseica) "puts 350 female cancer researchers on the map", ten of them from the IIS Aragón, to reach schools and universities throughout Spain

La Spanish Cancer Research Association (Aseica) has organized the fifth edition of 'Get to know them', on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science which is celebrated the February 11 and also to Bringing science into the classrooms of educational centers throughout Spain. Making female scientists who research cancer visible in one way interactive and dynamic is the main objective to offer references to students.

Patricia Sancho, IP of the group 'Metabolism and Tumor Stem Cells' (GIIS107), is coordinator and head of Aseica.

Over the years we have connected more than 32.500 students in Spain and abroad with Aseica scientists, in person and virtually, in one-on-one talks with more than 350 female researchers, the 'Cancer Detectives', the working group that is responsible for making women visible in science.

Patricia Sancho, researcher at the IIS Aragón and head of Aseica-Mujer

“The goal is that the Students meet the many women who day after day dedicate ourselves to learning about the particularities of cancer and to form a common front to stop its advance, through basic, translational and clinical research," says Patricia Sancho.

The map of female cancer researchers

To complement the activity, Aseica has developed a Interactive map to put a female face on cancer research in Spain and abroad. A total of 1,000 women have been collected 350 researchers, these appear ordered by Autonomous Communities and accompanied by the information about your research topic and the laboratory where you work, as well as an image of his personal side.

The launch of 'Get to know them' - Aseica International a Meeting of Spanish researchers abroad working on cancer, is one of the aspects of the initiative. Coordinating the programs to make women visible and creating Collaboration networks between foreign researchers and their Spanish counterparts, Aseica wants to take a further step in its internationalization and act as a link between scientists working in Spain and abroad.

This initiative aims to promote the scientific profiles of female researchers working in cancer, both within and outside Spain, to give them visibility and to put them on the map of oncological research.

Oskar Martín-Béjar, researcher at Aseica-International

In the words of president of the Association, Rafa Lopez, “from Aseica We will continue working to generate new scientific vocations among students., but above all for to make visible the role of women in science in educational centers and in society in general, fostering networks between researchers working in Spain and around the world.”

Main Image: Aseica has developed an interactive map to put a female face on cancer research in Spain and abroad.

Source: Magisnet