This year’s edition of the “Feria de la Ciencia en la Calle de Jerez” is being held online. ICN2 Group Leader Prof. Lechuga is contributing an interview on her research on nanobiosensors for COVID-19 diagnostic.
Prof. Laura Lechuga, leader of the Nanobiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications Group at the ICN2, participates with a video interview in the IX Feria de la Ciencia en la Calle de Jerez, “Science in the Street” Fair in Jerez (Spain). In the video, available on the virtual platform of the event, she talks about her career path and what pushed her towards science and research; then she discusses the European project CoNVat that she is currently leading. As she explains, the aim of the project is to design a new system for fast, reliable and cheap diagnosis of COVID-19 and similar viruses, by using a nanotechnology-based biosensor.
This Fair has the purpose to create scientific vocation amongst schoolchildren, to promote citizen participation in science and to foster the development of new teaching models based on experimentation. This year’s Fair (May 9-June 10) is being held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it offers various talks related to this topic, such as Prof. Lechuga’s and one about vaccinations given by Dr Isabel Sola, virologist at the National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC).