Science outreach with EPSAA
An unusual experiment
Nowadays, science popularization is expanding, and its use is not only limited to a general public, but is also extremely useful for researchers. Indeed, researchers have their own domain of expertise and do not necessarily have a clear idea of what their peers actually work on. It is particularly the case in a pluridisciplinary environment, as it is the case within PSL-Qlife.
In this line, Carsten Janke (group leader at the Institut Curie), initiated a collaboration with the school of graphic arts of Paris, EPSAA (Ecole professionnelle supérieure d’arts graphiques de la ville de Paris), for a science outreach project. Every year, first year students are immersed in the world of research and split into different research teams affiliated with PSL-Qlife. The students visit the lab a couple of times and exchange with scientists during a period of 4 months, generally from February to June. Two types of drawings are produced, one aiming at representing how they spent their time in the lab, and one representing in a simple way the work of the lab.
Through drawing, this project aims at developing a new way for scientists to communicate about science, but also about their work environment and their way to conduct experiments. It is also the occasion for the student to discover the world of research and apply their skills to a concrete project.
The drawings produced during the project are exposed during different events such as the annual end of project exhibition, the annual science fair or their school's annual open house. The researchers are also using them for presentations or for other scientific mediation initiatives.
Researchers involved
2018-2019
Amaury Lambert (Collège de France), Marie-Hélène Verlhac (Collège de France), Julia Fuchs (Collège de France), Nathalie Rouach, Armelle Rancillac (Collège de France), Isabelle Brunet (Collège de France), Fekrije Selimi, Severine Sigoillot (Collège de France), Julien Dumont, Benjamin Lacroix (Institut Jacques Monod), Yannick Rondelez (ESPCI), Damien Vandembroucq (ESPCI), Justine Laurent (ESPCI), Philippe Petijeans (ESPCI), Etienne Reyssat (ESPCI), Sandrine Etienne-Manneville (Institut Pasteur), Ines Drinnenberg, Héloïse Muller (Institut Curie), Bruno Goud, Kristine Schauer (Institut Curie), Patricia Bassereau, Oleg Mikhailov (Institut Curie), Carsten Janke (Institut Curie), Martin Lenz (Université Paris sud)
2019 - 2020
Julia Fuchs (Collège de France), Isabelle Brunet (Collège de France), Julien Dumont, Benjamin Lacroix (Institut Jacques Monod), Damien Vandembroucq, Justien Laurent (ESPCI), Martin Lenz (Université Paris sud), Carsten Janke, Magda Magiera and Sudarshan Gadadhar (Institut Curie), Jean-Léon Maître, Francesca Tortorelli (Institut Curie), Henrique Teotonio, François Mallard, Sophie Labaude (ENS), Nicolas Desprat and Dario Dellarciprete (ENS), Sylvain Gigan and Julien Guilbert (ENS), Chris Bowler and Maria Helena Cruz de Carvalho (ENS), Bruno Goud and Kristine Schauer (Institut Curie), Danijela Vignjevic and Cécile Jacques (Institut Curie), German Sumbre (ENS), Daniele Fachinetti and Solène Hervé (Institut Curie), Antoine Coulon, Kyra Borgman and Veer Kiezer (Institut Curie), Marc Baaden (IBPC), Angela Taddei, Justine Mine-Hattab, Mathias Heltberg and Manuela Baquero (Institut Curie)
2020-2021
Isabelle Brunet (Collège de France), Julien Dumont and Benjamin Lacroix (Institut Jacques Monod), Damien Vandembroucq and Justine Laurent (ESPCI), Martin Lenz (Université Paris Sud), Carsten Janke, Magda Magiera and Sudarshan Gadadhar (Institut Curie), Jean-Léon Maître and Francesca Tortorelli (Institut Curie), Henrique Teotonio and François Mallard (ENS), Nicolas Desprat and Dario Dellarciprete (ENS), Sylvain Gigan and Julien Guilbert (ENS), Chris Bowler and Maria Helena Cruz de Carvalho (ENS), Bruno Goud and Kristine Schauer (Institut Curie), Danijela Vignjevic and Cécile Jacques (Institut Curie), German Sumbre (ENS), Daniele Fachinetti and Marie Dumont (Institut Curie), Antoine Coulon, Kyra Borgman and Maciej Kerlin (Institut Curie), Marc Baaden and Antoine Taly (IBPC), Angela Taddei, Justine Mine-Hattab, Mathias Heltberg and Manuela Baquero (Institut Curie)
