Dissemination of scientific culture: Institut Cochin has participed in the "forum de Provins"

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Institut Cochin participated in the Provins forum, invited by the association "Terreavenir" which designs and organize events to disseminate scientific culture, by hosting classes and groups of adults for a week at the Provins cultural center. This year, the theme was "biotechnologies"

In parallel with the visit to the exhibition in the fields of health, agro resources, food, the environment, energy, workshops were offered involving researchers or engineers. We animated two workshops for 6 different classes divided into small groups:

  • See and read DNA, organized by Laetitia Waast and Juliette Hamroune
  • See the microbes! with Florence Niedergang, Claire Desnos, Fatah Ouaaz, Manon Depierre.

 

 

Conferences or workshops were also offered in high schools in the region. Sophie Vaulont gave a lecture on “discovering a biomedical research institute” for 70 students from the Charles de Gaulle high school in Longperrier (Seine-et-Marne).

The forum in figures – more than 3,100 people met.

90 classes spread across 28 establishments in Seine-et-Marne for a total of 2,622 students

  • • Elementary schools: 20 classes from 9 different establishments
  • • Middle schools: 35 classes from 11 different establishments
  • • High schools; 35 classes from 8 different establishments

A group from a leisure center and a group from a social center also participated, as well as many teachers and class supervisors.