Project title/Contract number: MSCA-NIGHT-2014:
European Researchers' Night (NIGHT) "Researchers in the Knowledge
Triangle" Acronym: K-TRIO 2 633175 - K-TRIO 2
Implementation period: 2014-2015
The K-TRIO 2
project European Researchers' Night is funded by the European Commission on
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions of the Horizon 2020 Program.
In 2014, for а
consecutive year, the event took place in Varna under the auspices of the
Medical University of Varna. During the European Researchers’ Night in 2014 we
did a little journey in time to introduce the participants to one of Bulgaria's
most brilliant scientists: the patron of the Medical University of Varna, the
genius of Bulgarian medicine - Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov.
On 26.09.2014,
the citizens of Varna had the opportunity to watch the film telling the
incredible history of the great Bulgarian scientist. At the same time a
photo-documentary exhibition was held at the Medical University of Varna, revealing
little known and curious facts from the life of Prof. Paraskev Stoyanov.
The culmination
of the event was at the Museum of the History of Medicine in Varna, where we
are moving back to the years after the Liberation to learn why Varna was the
leader in the development of medical science and practice in Bulgaria at that
time.
The journey back in time ended
with a performance in music and prose, and there were also awards for the most
memorable guests of the event.
In 2015, the
theme of the tenth anniversary edition of the European Researchers’ Night was
the light. During the day in the Medical University of Varna, students and
guests of the event had the opportunity to see the photos from the photo
competition "The Light - a source of health and life".
For the future
of the new science, opto-genetics, in which, the vice dean of the Faculty of
Medicine Prof. Zlatislav Stoyanov told
that with the aid of light, the medicine could cope with Parkinson's disease
and even with cancer. Assistant Professor. Marin Jelezov, MD from the
Department of Anatomy presents one of the strangest psycho-physiological
phenomena in 2-4% of the people on the planet in a very entertaining and
interesting way, and namely the synesthesia. The Vice Rector of Innovation and
Translation Medicine, Prof. Hristina Groupcheva, MD presents the light through
the eyes of an ophthalmologist with many years of professional experience and
knowledge.
Scientists from the departments of
Chemistry and Physics, who with the help of several flasks, tubes, lenses,
telescopes, mirrors present to the visitors the "magical" world of
scientists.
By uniting all member states in the
European Union in this common platform to popularize scientists and their work,
we demonstrate the importance and influence of the science itself in our daily
busy lives through demonstrations, exhibitions and discussions on the latest
significant innovation and technological developments in different sectors such
as energy, new materials and quality of life.
Implementation period: 2014-2015
