Each year, the National Science Week in Norway, known as Forskningsdagene, is held to make science and research available for the public. As part of this, the Medical Faculty at UiO organized a Forskningstorg at Teknisk museum in Oslo on September 21st and 23rd.
Here, researchers set up stands with various activities to showcase the research being done at the Medical faculty, as well as the Department of Pharmacy, Department of Psychology and the Faculty of Dentistry.
Inês Almeida Lapa and Veronica Careddu from Camila Esguerra’s group at NCMM participated with a stand on zebrafish. They are currently visiting the group as interns, and work with zebrafish as part of their research projects.
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Over the course of the two-day Science Fair, they gave visitors insight into the everyday life of working with zebrafish.
The visitors got to learn how to tell the difference between male and female fish, how they are fed and how to monitor the condition of the water they are in. This included testing the acidity and nitrite content of the water using colorful indicators.
Up to 1000 students from many different schools came by the stands on the first day. On the second day, the museum was open for all, and the stand was visited by people of all ages interested in science.
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