The World Biotech Tour (WBT) is a project which aims to “bring to life” biotechnology in the collaboration with museums and science centres around the world. By involving students, teachers, researchers, museum professionals and the general public in practical activities and discussions on issues related to biotechnology, the WBT presents the role of biotechnology in society, and how these can be stimulating and fun to understand.

During the three-day Milan edition at the Museum, the visitors can investigate various fields of biotechnology: from bio-remediation to biotechnology for agriculture, from applications in the medical field to those related to biocompatible materials.

Programme:

 

Wednesday, September 28 – Event reserved for secondary school teachers (booking required)

National Museum of Science and Technology “Leonardo da Vinci” – Via San Vittore 21

Open workshop on biotechnology | 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Experiments and models to talk about biotechnology at school.

 

Friday, September 30 (as part of Meet Me Tonight)

National Museum of Science and Technology “Leonardo da Vinci” – Via San Vittore 21

Biotech party | 6:30pm to 10:30pm | Recommended age: +8

Plants that use less water, bacteria that make plastic or eat oil, cells that can repair our hearts: in which direction is biotechnological research moving? Learn more, directly from university researchers and young students who got involved in the activities of the Italian edition of the World Biotech Tour.

 

Saturday, October 1 (part of Meet Me Tonight)

Porta Venezia public park

#Biotech | 11:00am to 10:00pm | Recommended age: +8

What are biotechnologies? How do they influence our lives? With the Museum of Science and Technology and the young Biotech World Tour ambassadors, let’s test and experience how living organisms can help us obtain different useful products.

 

Sunday, October 2

National Museum of Science and Technology “Leonardo da Vinci” – Via San Vittore 21

Biotech party | 11:00am to 5:00pm | Recommended age: +8

Let’s meet the young ambassadors of the World Biotech Tour to learn more about plants that consume less water, bacteria that make plastic or eat oil, cells that repair our hearts. Take part in a scavenger hunt in the exhibition #Foodpeople to discover the secrets of biotechnology around us.

 

Sector: Agricultural, healthcare & industrial biotech

Location: Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia “Leonardo da Vinci” – Via San Vittore 21 e Giardini pubblici Indro Montanelli – Corso Venezia

Registration: not required

Discover more: www.museoscienza.org

Organiser: National Museum of Science and Technology “Leonardo da Vinci” for ASTC (Association of Science and Technology Centers) and Biogen Foundation in collaboration with Biogen Italia