Eva Cernadas and Manuel F. Delgado rehearse their participation in the upcoming ‘European Researchers’ Night'
*Both took part this Friday in a preliminary event organised by the University of Vigo as a prelude to the global outreach day on 24 September which, for the tenth consecutive year, will be held simultaneously in 371 European cities.*
Eva Cernadas and Manuel F. Delgado took part on Friday 18 June in a workshop organised by the University of Vigo (Uvigo) at IES Carlos Casares in Viana do Bolo, as a preliminary event for the upcoming Galician Night (G-NIGHT), a meeting organised within the framework of the European Researchers’ Night, which will take place on 24 September. The event was attended by first- and second-year secondary school students and included online connections with different research units and academic institutions, such as the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC) and the Marine Research Institute (IIM-CSIC), as well as CiTIUS and the University of Vigo itself.
Among other aims, this activity focused on highlighting the social and economic importance of research, not only in Galicia but also at the international level. The participants also sought to underline the advantages of interdisciplinarity and gender diversity. The workshop also aimed to send a message to society about the importance of integrating women into the development of engineering projects, making it clear that software construction is not an isolated activity, but requires teamwork in which very different people take part and cooperate.
CiTIUS technologies for marine resource management
Eva Cernadas and Manuel F. Delgado focused their presentation on the cycle for estimating fish fecundity, starting from their capture and continuing with microscopic preparations in the laboratory, and finally moving on to their analysis using one of their most recent developments: the STERapp visualisation system.
STERapp is software that performs stereological analysis on histological images of fish gonads to estimate the fecundity of different species, a key parameter for the efficient management of marine resources and the sustainability of the seas. The software, developed as an app, reduces the analysis time of each sample by between 40% and 70% compared with the traditional method, while increasing calculation accuracy. STERapp is currently available for download from the CiTIUS software repository.
This project is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, under grant agreement 101035979-G-NIGHT.
Eva Cernadas and Manuel F. Delgado took part on Friday 18 June in a workshop organised by the University of Vigo (Uvigo) at IES Carlos Casares in Viana do Bolo, as a preliminary event for the upcoming Galician Night (G-NIGHT), a meeting organised within the framework of the European Researchers’ Night, which will take place on 24 September. The event was attended by first- and second-year secondary school students and included online connections with different research units and academic institutions, such as the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC) and the Marine Research Institute (IIM-CSIC), as well as CiTIUS and the University of Vigo itself.
Among other aims, this activity focused on highlighting the social and economic importance of research, not only in Galicia but also at the international level. The participants also sought to underline the advantages of interdisciplinarity and gender diversity. The workshop also aimed to send a message to society about the importance of integrating women into the development of engineering projects, making it clear that software construction is not an isolated activity, but requires teamwork in which very different people take part and cooperate.
CiTIUS technologies for marine resource management
Eva Cernadas and Manuel F. Delgado focused their presentation on the cycle for estimating fish fecundity, starting from their capture and continuing with microscopic preparations in the laboratory, and finally moving on to their analysis using one of their most recent developments: the STERapp visualisation system.
STERapp is software that performs stereological analysis on histological images of fish gonads to estimate the fecundity of different species, a key parameter for the efficient management of marine resources and the sustainability of the seas. The software, developed as an app, reduces the analysis time of each sample by between 40% and 70% compared with the traditional method, while increasing calculation accuracy. STERapp is currently available for download from the CiTIUS software repository.