The Wednesday program of the Genoa Science Festival
The nineteenth edition of the Genoa Science Festival continues on Wednesday 27 October, an event with a hybrid format that aims to mark a return to being together and experiencing science firsthand, with an important in-person program and an online schedule. On the seventh day of the Festival, nine conferences, a special event, two appointments of “Scientists in schools” and a show are scheduled: Ale’s adventures in nature (10 am), At school with Nuvolario (10 am) The great European map of Niccolò Paganini, first touring artist in the history of music (10 am), Discovering teledermatology (2.30 pm and 3.30 pm), Science and knowledge of art (3 pm) Mapping dolphins and whales (5 pm), The Itinerarium di Petrarca: a tactile path (5.30 pm), Nine words of physics (5.30 pm), Knowing the Neanderthals (6.00 pm), The 10 cents disease (6.00 pm), ‘Living’ materials from bacteria and fungi (6.00 pm) , Nuvolario (6 pm), The universe is a mat (7 pm).
With Saverio Russo, former professor of Industrial Chemistry at the University of Genoa, he talks about the use of bacteria and fungi for the creation of construction biomaterials, such as cements and bricks, with the conference ‘Living’ materials from bacteria and fungi , at 6 pm in the Sala delle Grida of Palazzo della Borsa (also in streaming). At 6 pm at the Mog, Sarah Zambello, who designs reading education interventions and creates storytelling workshops in schools and bookstores, and the illustrator Susy Zanella, invite you to look at the sky with new eyes in Nuvolario. Together with Guido Gnone, scientific coordinator of the Aquarium of Genoa, we discover the cetaceans present in the Mediterranean with the meeting Mapping dolphins and whales at 5 pm at the Auditorium of the Aquarium of Genoa organized by the Amici dell’Acquario Association. The appointments with scientific cafes and shows continue. Scientific coffee The 10-cent disease with Agnese Collino, scientific supervisor of the Umberto Veronesi Foundation at 6 pm (Ostello Bello), retraces the stages of the fight against polio and the still relevant innovations they have generated.
At the Teatro della Tosse (Dino Campana room), at 7 pm the Universe is a mattress of the Compagnia del Sole is staged, in which Time itself tells the story of time, Cronus: first Emperor of the Universe and then, after being defeated by his son Zeus, who ended up more and more on the sidelines. For the cycle The maps of Man of the University of Genoa: Science and knowledge of art (3 pm) with Sandro Baroni, Paolo Bensi, Giorgio Bonsanti, Maria Clelia Galassi and Elena Parma and Petrarca’s Itinerarium: a tactile path (5.30 pm) with Stefano Mantero, Alessandro Meloni and Stefano Pittaluga. Scientists in schools also continue with Ale’s adventures in nature at 10 am (Istituto Comprensivo Centro Storico) with Daniele Zovi, one of the leading experts in the field of forests and wild animals, to let the little ones discover the importance of safeguarding nature while, at the Don Bosco Institute in Sampierdarena, it is the turn of Sarah Zambello and Susy Zanella with A scuola con Nuvolario (10 am).
As part of the Paganini Genova Festival in The great European map by Niccolò Paganini, the first artist on tour in the history of music, Clarissa Biscardi leads to the discovery of the figure, value and artistic legacy of the great Genoese musician (10 am, Berio Library) . At 2.30 pm and 3.30 pm at the Galliera Hospital, Sanja Javor, Cesare Massone and Luigi Priano guide the participants Discovering teledermatology. In addition to the in-person program, the La Scienza va in aria! Project, created thanks to the support of the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation and in collaboration with Orientamenti, offers a completely digital schedule consisting of 59 online activities including workshops, meetings and virtually reserved guided tours. to schools. In this way, students and their teachers can also participate directly from the classroom or from home, choosing from online laboratories (digilab), webinars and live streaming meetings (digitalk) and virtual visits to the main research institutes (digitour).