Over 170 students from secondary schools have participated in the “Express PhD!” an initiative to reconstruct in a couple of hours a small research project that covers the entire process of undertaking a doctoral thesis through a range of activities. At the CNAG the students learned how DNA sequencing is performed and they did an experiment on genome alignment.

The activity was held on November 17th and 19th with the aim to address the differences between the stem cells of a healthy tissue and those of a tumor. The students visited several labs at the CNAG, the IRB Barcelona and the PCB Core Scientific Services.

The Express PhD! is an activity framed in the Science Week and it is organized by the Parc Científic de Barcelona.