on December 17, 2006
IRB opens a dialogue with the Middle School science teachers of Canton Ticino. In an on-going effort to increase awareness of the IRB in Ticino and to encourage young students to consider a career in Science, an initiative was launched by Federica Sallusto to open a dialogue with Middle School Science teachers. On the 13th of December a group of 26 teachers from all over the Canton participated in a workshop designed to explore ways in which IRB and the Middle Schools can collaborate. Several ideas were tabled including the organization, in conjunction with the International Day of Immunology,of an event.The teachers were especially interested in the idea of collaborating to develop new innovative teaching materials to help them explain the basic concepts of immunology to their teenage students. Nobel Laureate lectures at the IRB.
