Alvaro Castells, PhD student in our lab, has scored second in the RIN4’ (Research in 4 Minutes) competition. This contest, open to all doctorates in the UPF, aims to promote the communicative abilities of the doctorates students in the Pompeu Fabra University, in order to improve their scientific communication skills.
Alvaro won the second prize, valued in 600 euros, with his presentation “Using super resolution microscopy to study RNA”, which allowed him to win for second consecutive year the second position.
His presentation was centered on STORM (Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy) technique, which bypasses the resolution limit of conventional microscopy (200nm) and allows the study of different cellular processes in a previous unachieved resolution.
Here you can see it!
