Stay at home edition

When: from July 6 to August 8

Where: Zoom, Canvas

Open Call: From June 8 to June 17 

Requirements: Mexican nationality. Having completed the second year of high school 

Language: Spanish. Some of the material could be in English (presentations, videos, etc)

Description: This initiative consists of a series of six online workshops for high school and undergraduate students. We developed these workshops in collaboration with the University of Chicago. There will be two or three weekly sessions of 2-3 hours each (the schedule is pending).

These Clubes will be taught by young scientists from the University of Chicago and other recognized educational institutions in Mexico:

1. Proposing new therapies: liquid crystals and medicine

• Jonathan Salmerón Hernández, Universidad de Chicago
• Loria E. Hijar Soto, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua

2. Understanding blood clogs with microfluidic chips

• Andres Moya Rodríguez, Universidad de Chicago
• Claudia García Gil, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

3. Designing superheroes: solve problems with proteins

• Elena Cortés, Universidad de Chicago
• Ericka Barrientos Zavalza, Universidad Autónoma de México

4. The great world of small organisms

• Shreya Ramachandran, Universidad de Chicago
• Viridiana Villa Islas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

5. Molecular life: seeing the invisible 

• Jessica Morgan, Universidad de Chicago
• María P. Castro Gil, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica

6. Meet the enemy: use cancer genetics against it 

• Juan Ápiz, Universidad de Chicago
• Jorge E. Buendía Buendía, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Learn more about each club at Clubes 2020

Limited spots are available! 

Contact us: contacto@clubesdeciencia.mx