“We are aware of the current trend for young people to be attracted particularly to economics and the humanities. For this reason we organise activities of this type showing little known areas of science that are never encountered in the classroom and so we give them a chance to discover the scientist in themselves,”said CEITEC director Markus Dettenhofer.
For example Karel Říha, who has spent time at the prestigious scientific institutions of Texas A&M University in the USA and then in Vienna, attracted students to his projects in the areas of genetics and molecular biology. Thanks to other experts the young visitors were able to observe cells in previously inconceivable detail, using a cryo-electron microscope, one of the most expensive instruments in CEITEC and the only one of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe.
“We want these youngsters to become part of building the future and have an interest in working on projects that open up new horizons for people,” added Markus Dettenhofer.
The Open Day took place with a contribution from the SYLICA multidisciplinary project, financed from the EU’s 7th framework programme, which links research in the life sciences with advanced materials and technologies.
