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2021. Activity (hands on) about ocean acidification in the pre-school (kids of 5 years old) from APPC, Gondomar. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021. Participation on the Europeans Researchers Night initiative named "Science in the Castle" at Forte de S. João Baptista, Porto, Portugal (introduction to the origin of species using marine snails as models)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2019-2020. Video from Roger Butlin's lab on evolution at our beaches. I'm working on subtitles and translations, which should be soon available here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2019. Talk for kids at Ciencia Viva School, Parque Biologico de Gaia, Portugal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2018. Translation to Portuguese of a colouring book for kids about research with Ancient DNA. A colouring book by Christina Warinner at the Max Planck for  the Science of Human history. (http://christinawarinner.com/outreach/children/adventures-in-archaeological-science/)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2018. Manuscript sharing our experience in organising a long course in bioinformatics for evolutionary biologists:

Faria R#, Triant D, Perdomo­Sabogal A, Overduin B, Bleidorn C, Santana C, Langenberger D, Dall’Olio G, Indrischek H, Aerts J, et al. (2018) Introducing evolutionary biologists to the analysis of big data: guidelines to organize extended bioinformatics training courses. Evolution: Education and Outreach 11:8.

 

2018. Speciation at your beach. Activity where we presented the local L. saxatilis ecotypes in one of our sampling sites to people visiting a rocky beach in Thorwnick UK, aiming to stimulate their evolutionary thinking to explain how was local biodiversity generated.

 

2018. Contribution to the Evolution Letters blog about one of our manuscripts in Littorina saxatilis:  Speciation on the beach: solving the mystery of the most misidentified marine organism in the world

 

2018. Discovery night at the Animal and Plant Sciences Department, University of Sheffield. (activities about adaptation using Littorina saxatilis as model)
 

2017. Discovery night at the Animal and Plant Sciences Department, University of Sheffield. (activities about adaptation using Littorina saxatilis as model)
 

2016. Participation in the initiative “AMBIENTAR­-SE” as invited speaker, where I discussed the movie “The age of stupid” and the impact of climate change (Organized by Vento Norte, Famalicão, Portugal).
 

2013­-2014. Participation in the initiative Ciência Viva in Summer under the topic: "evolution in colours", which intended to foster the understanding about the process of natural selection and its contribution to the emergence of new species.
 

2013. Participation in the initiative "A book about evolution". Edited by Rita Campos (CIBIO/InBIO) and funded by
the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Educational book in a ‘Q&A’ format about evolution (http://umlivrosobreevolucao.blogspot.pt/). Role: member of the jury and co­author of one chapter.

 

2013. Invited talk at Serralves (Modern art museum, Porto, Portugal) in the initiative "Café com Ciência" (coffee with science) where I explained my research to a general audience.
 

2011. Invited Lecture at “Infante D. Henrique­ High School” for high­school students (Braga, Portugal) on the topic: “Scientific method”.
 

2009. Participation in the organisation of the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park’s (PRBB) open­ day (Barcelona, Spain) dedicated to Charles Darwin.
 

2008. Participation in the organisation of Scientific Cafés (scientific discussions held in Cafés throughout Barcelona). Organised by PhD students and Post­docs of the “Science Meets Society” from PRBB, Spain.

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