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             <p style="text-align:center">These events were organized with the intention of familiarizing more and more people with the <b>scientific popularization</b>. The team worked hard in order to invite students and people from non-scientific fields and professionals of the concerning fields. We found it extremely interesting discussing with all these people and <b>sharing with them our knowledge</b> in order to <b>open their minds but also open a little bit more ours</b>!</p>  
 
             <p style="text-align:center">These events were organized with the intention of familiarizing more and more people with the <b>scientific popularization</b>. The team worked hard in order to invite students and people from non-scientific fields and professionals of the concerning fields. We found it extremely interesting discussing with all these people and <b>sharing with them our knowledge</b> in order to <b>open their minds but also open a little bit more ours</b>!</p>  
  
             <h1> This year, we focused on two insteresting topics which are:</h1>
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             <h1> This year, we focused on two interesting topics which were:</h1>
  
 
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             <h3 align="center">Change your mind on GMOs!</h3>
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             <h3 align="center">Change your mind about GMOs!</h3>
 
              
 
              
             <p align="justify">Most of the time, when we talk about GMOs what comes to people's minds are the modified plants used by the food industry. Associating them uniquely to this use, many people think that GMOs are a great danger for the society. However, GMOs may also save lives when we use them to find new therapies for diseases. <br>
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             <p align="justify">Most of the time, when we talk about GMOs what comes to people's minds are the modified plants used by the food industry. Associating them uniquely to this use, many people think that GMOs are a great danger for the society. However, GMOs may also save lives when we use them to find new therapies for diseases. Our first Apéro Science had as a goal to explain to our audience <b>what GMOs are and which existing GMOs are used in the different fields</b>. Our objective wasn't to convince them to be for or against GMOs but to inform them on this topic and make them consider more this complex question.</p>  
            Our first Apéro Science had as a goal to explain to our audience <b>what GMOs are and which existing GMOs are used in the different fields</b>. Our objective wasn't to convince them to be for or against GMOs but to inform them on this topic and make them consider more this complex question.</p>  
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             <h3 align="center">Science and Media</h3>
 
             <h3 align="center">Science and Media</h3>
             <p align="justify">In the industry and research fields, researchers have to be conscious of the latest scientific innovations and discoveries. Thanks to the scientific media, they may know about the advances of their colleagues in the whole world. But outside these areas, information is often obscured or sometimes distorted or false.  <b><i>How do the general media see and explain the Science</i></b>? <br>
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             <p align="justify">In the industry and research fields, researchers have to be conscious of the latest scientific innovations and discoveries. Thanks to the scientific media, they may know about the advances of their colleagues in the whole world. But outside these areas, information is often obscured or sometimes distorted or false.  <b><i>How do the general media see and explain Science</i></b>?<br>
 
             For our second Apéro Science, we organized round tables with different professionals (journalists, researchers, scientific mediators, and others ...) in order to have our questions answered.</p>  
 
             For our second Apéro Science, we organized round tables with different professionals (journalists, researchers, scientific mediators, and others ...) in order to have our questions answered.</p>  
  
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            <h5><i>Click on the pictures to discover the summary of our two "Apéro Science" !</i></h5>
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                 html += "          <p align=\"justify\"><b>Denis Dupuy<\/b> spoke about the differences between the title of non scientific media publications and the real one which appears on the initial publication. He explained that mainstream media often have to simplify scientific research, findings, and conclusions in order to appeal to the public. <br>";
 
                 html += "          <p align=\"justify\"><b>Denis Dupuy<\/b> spoke about the differences between the title of non scientific media publications and the real one which appears on the initial publication. He explained that mainstream media often have to simplify scientific research, findings, and conclusions in order to appeal to the public. <br>";
                 html += "          Therefore, they have to render these articles attractive and make their content both motivating and simple. This leads to the media making huge leaps or shortcuts that often lead to false statements. The spreading of information often starts with a single article or a single study, of which data that is not always verified. Moreover, there is an article selection where only articles that seem \"revolutionary\" (even after simplification) are published, which usually discredits science.<\/p>";
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                 html += "          Therefore, they have to render these articles enthralling and make their content both motivating and simple. This leads to the media making huge leaps or shortcuts that often lead to false statements. The spreading of information often starts with a single article or a single study, of which data that is not always verified. Moreover, there is an article selection where only articles that seem \"revolutionary\" (even after simplification) are published, which usually discredits science.<\/p>";
 
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                 html += "        <h3>Event Assessment<\/h3>";
 
                 html += "        <h3>Event Assessment<\/h3>";
 
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                 html += "          <p align=\"justify\">The « Apero Science » event was quite enjoyed by the guests. They all find the subject very attractive and appreciated the availability of the professionals. They were not listening to a lesson but actually participating in a debate between people with very different professional and personal experience. Even without any scientific background, people were able to easily understand the presentations and enjoy the “open-mindedness” of the debate. <br><br>";
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                 html += "          <p align=\"justify\">The « Apero Science » event was quite enjoyed by the guests. They all find the subject very captivating and appreciated the availability of the professionals. They were not listening to a lesson but actually participating in a debate between people with very different professional and personal experience. Even without any scientific background, people were able to easily understand the presentations and enjoy the “open-mindedness” of the debate. <br><br>";
 
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                 html += "          We asked people if they came there with their own opinion or without any ulterior motive. For some of them, the three presentations make them listen several opinions in order to construct their own. For others who had already one on this question, they were conforted by knowing that they were not alone to share the same ideas. To summarize this conference, people understand that explaining science is a real dilemma. We have to choose between telling all the truth which could be very complex and simplifying the terms and forget the details in order to present science for all, but it may have some misunderstandings. <\/p>";
 
                 html += "          We asked people if they came there with their own opinion or without any ulterior motive. For some of them, the three presentations make them listen several opinions in order to construct their own. For others who had already one on this question, they were conforted by knowing that they were not alone to share the same ideas. To summarize this conference, people understand that explaining science is a real dilemma. We have to choose between telling all the truth which could be very complex and simplifying the terms and forget the details in order to present science for all, but it may have some misunderstandings. <\/p>";
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                 html += "          <i>Student in Bioinformatics at Bordeaux University<\/i><\/p>";
 
                 html += "          <i>Student in Bioinformatics at Bordeaux University<\/i><\/p>";
 
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                html += "          <p align=\"justify\">\"For a conference on Science and Media which seems to me to be a large topic, I think it was a little short for explaining everything. I hope that next time, we will focus more on some parts of the topic. The discussion part was cool but it was not easy to debate and eat at the same time! <br> In general, this event was very interesting, the guest seemed to be free to talk of what they want, that is better for me compared to TedTalks. \"<br><br>";
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                html += "          <b>Axel DUBROCA<\/b><br>";
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                html += "          <i>Student in Informatics at Bordeaux University<\/i><\/p>";
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         html += "                  <p align=\"justify\">\"When it comes to “Science and the media”, few keywords come to my mind : “journalists”, “newspapers”, “researches”, “cancer”, “cure” and way more. Mr. Denis Dupuy pointed out one thing that I have never really noticed until then. The question mark at the end of an article's title dealing with science most certainly is a mean to put some distance between the media and science itself. This was seriously informative. Yet, nobody applauded. <br>";
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         html += "                  <p align=\"justify\">\"When it comes to “Science and the media”, few keywords come to my mind : “journalists”, “newspapers”, “researches”, “cancer”, “cure” and way more. Mr. Denis Dupuy pointed out one thing that I have never really noticed until then. The question mark at the end of an article's title dealing with science most certainly is a mean to put some distance between the media and science itself. This was seriously informative.<br>";
         html += "                  Then, Ms Estelle Dumas-Mallet ended her clear presentation about how reporters and journalists exploit and misinterpret the results of researches. As the lecture room was applauding, I could hear somebody saying : “I don't understand why we applause now but didn't for the first presentation”. I was thinking the same thing. <br>";
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         html += "                  Then, Ms Estelle Dumas-Mallet ended her clear presentation about how reporters and journalists exploit and misinterpret the results of researches.<br>";
 
         html += "                  Following up, Mr. Arthur Rafié presented “Youtube and Science” and since when and how science has been popularized there and by whom. He raised some questions that were later discussed during the debate : “who really can talk about science on YouTube ?” and “is it good for science?”. I feel like these will never be answered. <br>";
 
         html += "                  Following up, Mr. Arthur Rafié presented “Youtube and Science” and since when and how science has been popularized there and by whom. He raised some questions that were later discussed during the debate : “who really can talk about science on YouTube ?” and “is it good for science?”. I feel like these will never be answered. <br>";
 
         html += "                  Yet, as an outsider to both the science field and the media backstage, I could easily understand the issues that were presented at this conference.\"<br><br>";
 
         html += "                  Yet, as an outsider to both the science field and the media backstage, I could easily understand the issues that were presented at this conference.\"<br><br>";
 
         html += "                <b>Houchia LYFOUNG<\/b><br>";
 
         html += "                <b>Houchia LYFOUNG<\/b><br>";
         html += "                <i>Student in Political Science at Bordeaux Montaigne University<\/i><\/p>";
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Latest revision as of 09:32, 18 October 2016

Sleep with EpiC elegans

The meeting between People, Science and Food!

"Apéro Science" which means Science Aperitif in French is a series of events organized by our team in collaboration with M. Marc CHEVALIER, assignment manager of Talence innovation Sud Développement. The first event was held on May, 26th at the Forum des Arts et de la Culture in Talence and the second one was held on October, 6th at the Bordeaux University. For an hour, professionals made a presentation about a chosen topic in order to explain it to a large public (60 persons for the first, 100 for the second). After their presentation, the audience could have a discussion with them in order to make their questions. Following the debate, everyone was invited to an aperitif prepared by the team!

These events were organized with the intention of familiarizing more and more people with the scientific popularization. The team worked hard in order to invite students and people from non-scientific fields and professionals of the concerning fields. We found it extremely interesting discussing with all these people and sharing with them our knowledge in order to open their minds but also open a little bit more ours!

This year, we focused on two interesting topics which were:

Change your mind about GMOs!

Most of the time, when we talk about GMOs what comes to people's minds are the modified plants used by the food industry. Associating them uniquely to this use, many people think that GMOs are a great danger for the society. However, GMOs may also save lives when we use them to find new therapies for diseases. Our first Apéro Science had as a goal to explain to our audience what GMOs are and which existing GMOs are used in the different fields. Our objective wasn't to convince them to be for or against GMOs but to inform them on this topic and make them consider more this complex question.

Click on the picture to see more..

Science and Media

In the industry and research fields, researchers have to be conscious of the latest scientific innovations and discoveries. Thanks to the scientific media, they may know about the advances of their colleagues in the whole world. But outside these areas, information is often obscured or sometimes distorted or false. How do the general media see and explain Science?
For our second Apéro Science, we organized round tables with different professionals (journalists, researchers, scientific mediators, and others ...) in order to have our questions answered.

Click on the picture to see more..