PubhD UMinho ((pub + PhD) - A glass full of Science consists of individual presentation of doctoral projects. In the second season, after summer, we changed the format into two PhD projects presentation per session (previously were three).The participants have a white board, a pen and 10 minutes to talk about their research projects, followed by 20 minutes in which the assistance can ask questions. To approach science to the citizens and to raise other research perspectives that can open new opportunities for scientific investigation, are the great challenges of this initiative.The idea began in a pub, in Nottingham, in 2014 and reached Portugal (Lisbon) in 2015. PubhD UMinho is a monthly event organized by STOL since January 2016 and will run across alternately two cities in the north of Portugal - Guimarães and Braga.
The city of Guimarães welcomed the 13th session of PubhD UMinho, at Bar C.A.R., on 24th of February
In this session André Coelho and Pedro Simão Mendes were with us to talk about “Bioplastics with antibiotic activity” and “The role of memory in good grades", respectively.
"Science Communication - Why, how and for whom to talk about Science" was a dynamic (theoretical and problem solving) 2 hour workshop, in the scope of the XVIII Conference of Applied Biology, held by STOL (Alexandra Nobre, Daniel Ribeiro and Andreia Pacheco). The Workshop main goals were: to present several approaches to communicate science to the general public and to provide some tools for the dissemination of research work (in order to allow better interaction with the different target audiences). Why do the seminars of scientists seem all the same to you? How many times have you watched the presentations about what should have been an inspiring theme, just to be packed to the rhythm of a monotonious tone of scientific jargon? While scientists are considered "domains of authority", science and technology (S & T) are often called into question, for example on issues such as vaccination or climate change. This challenge reflects the way in which S & T is sometimes miscommunicated in society and therefore not understood by the common public.
In the scope of the professional internship of Joana Martins of the Master in Education - specialization in Adult Education and Community Intervention, to be developed in the Venerável Ordem Terceira de São Domingos - Guimarães under the supervision of Clara Costa Oliveira appears the project "Towards the inclusion of the elderly: an educational project with institutionalized elderly people". The main purpose is to promote the inclusion of the elderly in different social and community contexts - and at this point, the partnership with STOL-Science Through Our Lives (Alexandra Nobre) enables topics on "Science of everyday life". These themes will enable the elderly to understand various everyday phenomena for which they "had no explanation", and bring them closer to Science by undoing the idea that it is very complex. 
The intervention project "(Re) Learning to learn through active participation: new paths for lifelong education in a Senior Center" is an educational project developed by Marco Freitas during his curriculum internship under the supervision of Clara Costa Oliveira in the Master in Education - specialization in Adult Education and Community Intervention. This project is developed at the Elderly Center of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Vizela and one of its main tasks "Science of the day to day" has the partnership of STOL - Science Through Our Lives in the person of Alexandra Nobre, whose help and scientific training is essential for the promotion of science activities in the context of non-formal education among the senior population. 
