On the 11th of February we shall celebrate the sixth International Day of Women and Girls in Science!

For the occasion, the Athenaeum Museum System (SMA) and the Guarantee Committee (CUG) of the University of Pavia will unveil a video series titled “Past, present and future of women in science”; from the 11th of February until the 7th of April, we will remember women who gave their fundamental contribution to scientific fields, here at the University of Pavia (more info on the event over at Unipv News).

A new video will be posted on Thursday the 11th of February and after that every Wednesday, at 11 AM on the CUG and SMA museums Facebook pages and on the related playlist on the SMA Youtube account .

Unipv News program includes:

• 11th of February: CUG – Annalisa Malara tells of her experience identifying Covid19 patient 1; Francesca Ermoli and Giulia Vitali will talk about Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier, 2020 Nobel prizes for Chemistry (genome editing); Introduction to the event by Annalisa Marzuoli; Pavia University History Museum – Maria Theresa of Austria, by Manuela Blanca and Alessia Chiarenza
• 17th of February: Kosmos Natural History Museum – Rina Monti. Teaching, alpine lakes and yet unsurpassed knowledge – Jessica Maffei
• 24th of February: Pavia University History Museum – Lina Luzzani. Science, courage and social conscience – Maria Carla Garbarino
• 3rd of March: Electrical Technology Museum – Hedy Lamarr. The Wireless Bombshell – Elisa Lipari and Carla Spiga
• 10th of March: Pavia Botanical Gardens – Eva Mameli. Eclectic and vanguard botanist – Nicola M. G. Ardenghi, Ines Piccoli, Pierpaolo Massari, Francesca Mesiano
• 17th of March: Pavia University Archaeology Museum – Between Crete and Etruria. Luisa Banti, archaeologist at Pavia University – Maurizio Harari
• 24th of March: Camillo Golgi Museum- Golgi. A feminist scientist? – Paolo Mazzarello
• 31st of March: Anatomy Collection – Anna Morandi. A woman, the body and Anatomical Science – Gabriella Cusella, Alessia Latini, Francesca Cuzzocrea
• 7th of April: Pavia University History Museum – In the name of the modest group of women… Rita Brunetti – Lidia Falomo