Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is one of the deadliest infectious diseases worldwide, leading to 10 million human cases and 1.4 million associated deaths in 2019. Most cases are found in Asia, Africa, and Western Pacific regions. TB drug resistance is one of the major threats to control the disease, and its expansion is […]
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GHTM for Teens – PSI Parasite Scene Investigation – Come to be an Investigator for One Week!
The internship «PSI Parasite Scene Investigation – Come to be an Investigator for One Week!», a joint project between GHTM and «Ciência Viva – National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture» grabbed the attention of four secondary school students. The four secondary students and Prof. Sofia Cortes, PhD. GHTM’s Prof. Sofia Cortes, inspired […]
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GHTM for Teens – Insects and other bugs! To know and to preserve in scientific collections!
GHTM’s pesky critters allured a secondary school student for the internship «Insects and other bugs! To know and to preserve in scientific collections!», a joint project between GHTM and «Ciência Viva – National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture». Pedro Ferreira, a 16-year-old student, that had just finished his 11th year of schooling, […]
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GHTM for Teens – Biobanks: discover their importance in scientific research!
Two secondary school students came to GHTM’s «BIOTROP – Biotropical Resources Biobank» for the internship «Biobanks: discover their importance in scientific research!», a joint project between GHTM and «Ciência Viva – National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture». On the third week of July, Carolina and Inês, two teenage girls from school years 10 […]
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GHTM for Teens – Creating Future 2021 (Ciência Viva no Laboratório)
«Ciência Viva no Laboratório – Criar Futuro 2021» / «Ciência Viva in the Laboratory – Creating Future 2021» «Ciência Viva no Laboratório – Ocupação Científica de Jovens nas Férias» / «Ciência Viva in the Laboratory – Scientific Occupation of Young People on School Holidays», is a summer scientific internship program for students from 9th to […]
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