Pavilion of Knowledge
Lisbon, Portugal
World Biotech Tour 2015
Recruitment
The ambassador recruitment at the Pavilion of Knowledge was conducted in a “FameLab” style, meaning students presented a biotech topic on stage for 3 minutes in front of a panel of judges and public audience. Students with the top scores moved on to a biotech training day at the museum after which there were asked to apply for the WBT ambassador program.
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Two of the ambassadors were able to travel with the WBT to the European Commission and European Union to advocate for the global program with government officials and science centers in Belgium.
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Training and Exchanges
Ambassadors studied and developed presentations for their biotech topics. During this time, ASTC hosted several online exchanges between the ambassadors so that the students from different countries could meet and learn from each other. Exchanges included science communication exercises, Q&A, and updates on the WBT events and activities occurring at each site.
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Festival
The festival was officially opened with the exchange of the WBT trophy. Each science centre displayed the WBT trophy while they hosted the WBT festival.
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The first two days of the festival were held in the Pavilion of Knowledge science centre. Ambassadors and museum staff facilitated the Lab-in-a-box activities, including a PTC taste test activity led by Biogen Portugal employee volunteers. Ambassadors presented their biotech topics alongside their mentors.
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Over 50 stalls represented researchers and scientists from all fields of biotechnology in Portugal.
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On the third day of the festival, the World Biotech Tour went to Time Out’s Mercado da Ribeira, a public market and food place in the heart of Lisbon. The pop up festival focused on biotech related to food, eating, and the mouth to show visitors how biotech can be found in a market environment. Activities included the PTC taste test, Take a Cellfie, Algae ice cream, and genetically modified rice and grains.
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Additional
After the festival, ambassadors continued to go out to their communities and schools to present their biotech topics.
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A number of the ambassadors moved on to internships in the biotech field and have selected to study biotechnology or other STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) topics at University.
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SCWS2017 Ambassador
The museum staff selected ambassador Tomás Velez to represent the Pavilion of Knowledge at the 2017 Science Centre World Summit based on several aspects, including the student's level of activity in the program, biotech presentation, and overall enthusiasm for science communication to name a few. Tomás will join 11 other ambassadors in presenting biotech activities and topics during the world summit in Tokyo, Japan.
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