Government of Navarra
Our team is sponsored by the Government of Navarra through its educative program Planeta STEM, whose objective is to encourage teenagers to choose and study STEM degrees. The educative program is managed by Pamplona's Planetarium, a science divulgation center that belongs to NICDO, the Navarrese Governmental organization for Impulse and Promotion of Industry, Culture, Sport, and Leisure.
NICDO
Planeta STEM is managed by Pamplona's Planetarium, which belongs to NICDO, the Navarrese Governmental organization for Impulse and the Promotion of Industry, Culture, Sport and Leisure, whose objective is to encourage youngsters to choose and study scientific and technological degrees.
The planetarium of Pamplona is a cultural center that enables the public to come directly into contact with astronomy and the mysteries of the universe. Without moving from their chairs, visitors watching the shows begin a journey through space during which they can see 9,000 stars, accelerate the passage of time by hours, days, and years, discover new firmaments, observe the birth and death of a star, escape from the laws of space and time and witness the birth of the universe itself. Situated in Yamaguchi Park, next to Sancho Ramírez Street, the 20-meter projection dome of the Pamplona Planetarium is one of the largest in the world. So, it is a good place to inspire young people to take care of our planet and show why STEM studies are important for the future of Navarra.
CSIC
Finally, our iGEM project is supported by researchers and scientists of the Applied Plant Biotechnology Group in the IdAB (CSIC, the Spanish National Research Council - Government of Navarre). Scientists of CSIC have been the team´s teachers during the project, and we have used their installations in the Institute of Agrobiotechnology (IdAB) in order to work on our project.
