sábado, 30 de abril de 2011

CAC - Noticias

CAC - Noticias

La Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias organiza una exhibici�n de ajedrez con Anatoli K�rpov

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 04:07 PM PDT

La Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias ha organizado para el próximo miércoles, 4 de mayo una exhibición singular en el marco de la exposición del ajedrez gigante del artista Juan Ripollés, compuesto por piezas de 2 metros de altura, 80 kilos de peso y realizadas en cristal de Murano, que se encuentra expuesto en la Calle Mayor del Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe.

A partir de las 19:30 horas una de las leyendas vivas de la historia del ajedrez, Anatoli Kárpov iniciará la partida simultánea con 130 niños que la continuarán con 13 maestros ajedrecistas. Al mismo tiempo que se desarrolla la simultánea, Kárpov se enfrentará al subcampeón autonómico absoluto 2010, Javier Alcaraz y el tercer clasificado en el campeonato autonómico, Carlos Carbonell reproduciendo una partida histórica elegida previamente. El campeón autonómico, Carlos García, hará de comentarista y explicará los detalles más interesantes de la mítica partida.

Para la realización de esta actividad la Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias cuenta con la colaboración de la Federación de Ajedrez de la Comunidad Valenciana y la Fundación “Valencia cuna del Ajedrez”.

Expertos del Oceanogr�fic logran por primera vez la estimulaci�n ov�rica en tortugas en peligro de extinci�n

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 04:45 PM PDT

El Departamento de Investigación del Oceanogràfic de la Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias en colaboración con la empresa Rara Avis Biotec S.L, ha logrado por primera vez a nivel mundial la estimulación ovárica en reptiles, en concreto, en una tortuga boba, especie en peligro de extinción. Esta labor se ha desarrollado para la reproducción en cautividad de la tortuga boba mediante técnicas de reproducción asistida que hasta ahora sólo se habían aplicado con éxito en mamíferos.

El director general de la Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Pedro García Ribot, ha destacado las líneas de investigación “pioneras” que se desarrollan en el Oceanogràfic para contribuir a la conservación de la biodiversidad marina, uno de sus principales objetivos.

Por su parte, el responsable del Área de Veterinaria del Oceanogràfic Daniel García, ha explicado que “lo novedoso no sólo reside en la cría en cautividad de animales en peligro de extinción, también, en ser la primera vez a nivel mundial que se consigue la estimulación ovárica en reptiles”.

Este éxito tiene una enorme proyección en diferentes campos y en una amplia lista de especies ya que no sólo permite obtener resultados a nivel reproductivo, sino que además “dará pie a la realización de numerosos trabajos y publicaciones científicas que ayuden a esclarecer algunos de los misterios de la fisiología de los reptiles, muchos aún sin resolver”. Se trata de la primera vez que se logra la inducción ovárica en esta especie en peligro de extinción para que ponga huevos. La primera hembra tratada- a la que se le ha realizado hoy una ecografía- ha respondido de manera excelente, tal y como se esperaría que evolucionara el proceso en otras especies e incluso en medicina humana. Por ello se estima, una primera puesta de huevos en unas semanas.

Las crías se liberarían en el mar “lo que abre una ventana para recuperar una especie mediterránea de la que cada vez quedan menos ejemplares” ha explicado Daniel García. El proyecto iniciado hace siete meses cuenta hoy con cinco ejemplares adultos de Tortuga Boba (Caretta caretta), cuatro hembras y un macho. Según ha explicado Ignacio Giménez, director científico de Rara Avis Biotec, se han obtenido avances muy esperanzadores en este campo. En este sentido, ha añadido que este logro “hace un año era algo impensable y la madurez alcanzada por los óvulos es un hito en si mismo” al haber podido inducir el ciclo reproductivo.

En el Mar Mediterráneo, durante las tres últimas décadas las poblaciones de la Tortuga boba han sufrido un importante declive por lo que es necesario aplicar medidas para garantizar la conservación de este reptil, presente en el mar desde hace más de 100 millones de años.

A la labor de concienciación se une la investigación científica para conseguir asegurar la permanencia de ésta y otras especies amenazadas. Una de las vías que más éxitos genera es la reproducción en cautividad de especies en peligro de extinción para su posterior liberación, línea emprendida por el Departamento de Investigación del Oceanogràfic.

Ciencia e investigación en el Oceanogràfic

Desde su puesta en marcha en 2003, la investigación y el desarrollo de programas para contribuir a la conservación de la biodiversidad marina ha sido una constante en la trayectoria del mayor centro marino de Europa. El Oceanogràfic cuenta con un Departamento de Investigación integrado por profesionales especializados en el mantenimiento, la biología y la sanidad de la fauna marina, que trabajan diferentes líneas de investigación, que se desarrollan tanto en las propias instalaciones como in situ.

La creación del primer banco de tejidos, el proyecto de evaluación del impacto ambiental en la Antártida, la cinética de fármacos y tratamientos farmacológicos son algunas de ellas. Un aspecto de enorme interés son los estudios sobre comportamiento de las especies marinas, en concreto los que tienen que ver con la bioacústica de belugas, delfines y peces óseos.

El Oceanogràfic dispone de laboratorios clínicos dotados de las últimas tecnologías y un edificio de Educación e Investigación que alberga los laboratorios para mantenimiento y labores de conservación de especies, además del ARCA DEL MAR, centro de recuperación y conservación. Asimismo colabora con la Conselleria de Medio Ambiente y más de 70 instituciones entre Centros Oficiales, Universidades, ONGs, Laboratorios de Investigación y Empresas privadas.

The Easter School starts

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 04:30 PM PDT

The Oceanogràfic (Aquarium) of the City of Arts and Sciences has started today its Easter School, an opportunity for primary schoolchildren to enjoy themselves this holydays while they learn in contact with nature. During the activity, kids had the chance to know at first hand the beluga whale and walruses, sea lions or dolphins and the special feature of this marine mammal.

Until next April 29, participants will enjoy a variety of activities related to conservation of the marine environment and its inhabitants. Among the planned activities, highlights "Sleeping with Sharks", which will take place the evening of Thursday, April 28. On this day, children will fall asleep surrounded by these animals in the Oceans Tower, where species as the sandbar sharks and grey sharks lives, besides the saw fish and ocean sunfish. The following day the children will have the opportunity to take part in the releasing of loggerhead turtles into the sea. These animals will be returned to their natural habitat after their convalescence in the installations of the Oceanográfico, to be precise the ARCA (Área de Recuperación y Conservación de Animales del Mar or Area for the Recovery and Conservation of Sea Animals).

The Interactive Bus of the City of Arts and Sciences visits Torrent, Moncada and Paterna

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 05:21 PM PDT

The Interactive Bus of the City of Arts and Sciences visits tihis week Torrent ( 26th-27th April, located  Plaza Corts Valencianes), Moncada (28th-29th April, located Avenida Mediterránea) and Paterna (30th Apri- 1st May, located Explanada de la Torre C/Mestre Ramón Ramià Querol). All visitors who come to the bus can take part in special promotions and draws, as well as some of the contents of the City of Arts and Sciences.

The Interactive Bus is an initiative that aims to bring the contents of the City of Arts and Sciences to several villages through an interactive tour that includes multimedia material, demonstrations and games around Hemisfèric, Science Museum and the Oceanographic.

Anyone visiting the interactive bus of the City of Arts and Sciences will receive a pamphlet with general information about the complex. It also includes a leaflet with a special offer; anyone who brings it to the ticket booths of the complex will only pay a child’s rate for an entrance ticket.

There is also a special offer for any of the Councils of the towns visited that wish to organize a tour to the City of Arts and Sciences; their residents will also get a special price.

Finally, the pamphlet also includes a coupon for giving one’s details and entering a raffle with prizes such as Annual Passes with the Club CAC and weekend stays in Valencia.

Around 2000 visitors have already 'Met the Penguins'

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 01:28 AM PDT

Since last September, around 2000 visitors have enjoyed taking part in ‘Meet the Penguins’ in the Oceanogràfic as each becomes a “keeper” for the day, sharing the secrets of the Humboldt penguins in their own special area, feeding them and learning all about their special features.

‘Meet the Penguins’ is one of the attractions that the Oceanogràfic offers to visitors as part of a unique day of immersion in the marine world. ‘Flying with Dolphins’ and ‘The Birds of Prey Show’ are among other special activities that enrich a visit to Europe’s largest marine centre, with its 45,000 animals and 500 different species.

Through ‘Meet the Penguins’, visitors to the City of Arts and Sciences can both feed and get up close to the birds. They also visit parts - such as the hatchery, where the young are kept before being transferred to display areas - that are normally closed to the general public.

Offering a unique learning opportunity, the animals’ own keepers and veterinarians give educational talks during the course of the day in various parts of the Oceanogràfic.

Humboldt Penguins

Humboldt penguins normally grow to between 65 and 72 centimetres and weigh from three to five kilos. Living in colonies, they are known for being particularly gregarious and are excellent swimmers. Their diet is mainly fish, squid and other small marine creatures.

Visitors who ‘Meet the Penguins’ learn from the keepers themselves about these and other features of the birds as they watch them in one of the pools on the upper level of the Temperate Tower. Participants can also visit the bird hatchery and rearing area, where some chicks are raised by hand before being transferred to the display area.

“Meet the Penguins” takes place daily at 3.15pm in groups of between six and ten participants and costs only three euros, in addition to the normal entry price.

Flying with dolphins, living with dinosaurs, and science supporting Valenciacia Football Club: some ideas for easter

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 06:13 PM PDT

The City of Arts and Sciences of Valencia presents a wide range of leisure activities for Easter. The new activity 'Flying with dolphins" at the Oceanographic Park, the exhibition 'Living with Dinosaurs' at Umbracle- opened from 10 to 21 h until May 2- the IMAX film "Hubble. Exploring the Universe" or the exhibition 'Science and Sports support Valencia Football Club" are some of the proposals of the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia. All these activities are held in an area surrounded by open spaces where visitors can walk, eat at the open air terraces and enjoy their holidays.

Exploring outer space is possible at the City of Arts and Sciences in "Gravity Zero", the amazingly cubic room at the Science Museum where motion images of space are shown. At the Hemisfèric, the IMAX film "Hubble. Exploring the Universe" is now on show. It describes the fifth maintenance mission of the Hubble telescope in 2009.

The Hemisfèric also invites viewers to travel the largest river in the world, with the film "The Amazon", to discover the secrets of an exotic and fascinating region in "Arabia", and to participate in the exploration of one of the biggest dinosaur trails ever in history in "Dinosaurs Alive!”, among other IMAX adventures.

And from space to the underwater world of the Oceanographic Park, which features the main marine ecosystems on the planet, with more than 45,000 specimens, and from 18 to 24 April longer opening hours, until 20 h. The activities include Flying with Dolphins: four acrobats jumping from diving boards at different levels -as high as 25 metres- combining their acrobatic numbers with the dolphin's exercises. Another popular activity with the audience is the "Demonstration of Birds of Prey".

Activities with children

Some children’s activities worthy of note are 'The Children’s Zone' at the Museum, the Junior Space Classroom, and the exhibition 'Marvel Superheroes' in a new area on the third floor of the Science Museum, where children will discover Spiderman’s secret, be able to climb a wall , or find out whether or not science can explain Hulk’s anger.

Children will also have a great time emulating their football heroes in the exhibition "Science and Sports support Valencia Football Club" or discovering how a colony of Atta or Leafcutter ants live inside their nest. And at the Oceanographic Park they will certainly enjoy the experience of feeding the penguins in the workshop 'Meet the penguins', held daily at 15:00 h, and will get to know the bottleneck dolphins or any other species from the 500 that live at the facility.

The 3D digital movie "Giants of the Océan. Sea Monsters" is on show at the Hemisfèric cinema. The film recreates life in the sea millions of years ago. And the film 'Animalopolis' features some of the most fascinating animals on Planet Earth.

More proposals can be found at the Umbracle, where visitors can see the open-air exhibition 'Ripollés’ Univers’, with 20 sculptures by the artist.

MARIO ALBERTO KEMPES VISITS THE EXHIBITION "SCIENCE AND SPORTS SUPPORT VALENCIA FOOTBALL CLUB"

Posted: 19 Apr 2011 03:36 AM PDT

Former player of Valencia Football Club and world champion with the Argentinean team in 1978, Mario Alberto Kempes, visited the exhibition “Science and Sports support Valencia Football Club” today, at Príncipe Felipe Science Museum.

Accompanied by the club’s President, Manuel Llorente, and another former footballer of the Valencian team, Fernando Giner -currently a member of the club’s board of directors- the Argentinean forward visited the exhibition modules dedicated to science and technology applied to football, and saw the display cabinets with trophies, photographs, and football kits representative of the club's history.

DOCTORS MARIO R. CAPECCHI AND FRED H. GAGE RECEIVE THE 2011 SANTIAGO GRISOL�A CHAIR AWARDS

Posted: 19 Apr 2011 12:37 AM PDT

The doctors Mario R.Capecchi, a distinguished professor at the University of Utah’s Faculty of Medicine and researcher of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute of Utah, and Fred H. Gage, professor of the University of California in San Diego and of the Genetics laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies of La Jolla, California, have won the 2011Santiago Grisolía Chair awards, organised by that Chair and which in turn forms part of the City of Arts and Sciences Foundation.

Each award winner will give three Master classes at the Science Museum on the studies that have made them worthy winners of these awards. From 3rd to 5th May, the doctor Mario R. Capecchi, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology and Medicine in 2007 together with the doctors Oliver Smithies and Martin Evans, will provide a course on “Gene targeting in the 21st century: Generating models of human illnesses: from cancer to neuropsychiatric disorders”. For his part, Doctor Fred H. Gage will talk on “Cerebral plasticity and diversity”.

The main contribution for which Dr. Mario R. Capecchi received the Nobel Prize was the development of the methodology called “gene targeting” in cells derived from the embryos of mice. This technology has allowed researchers to produce mice with mutations in any gene of interest. This methodology is very versatile and allows the researcher to make a detailed study of the function of any gene during the development or in the later stages of the mouse’s life.

The application of this technique has been very successful in various fields of biomedical research as it enables one to generate mice in which the expression of one gene or more has been knocked out. By studying mice that lack a particular gene, researchers can analyse that gene’s specific function. Some mice that have had certain genes “knocked out” develop illnesses similar to those of human beings, which enables us to carry out an experimental study into the progression of an illness and the testing of therapeutic treatments. Currently Dr. Capecchi’s research is aimed, among other things, at producing models in mice of human genetic illnesses, gene therapy and the programmed reordering of the mouse genome.

Dr. Fred H. Gage’s research focuses on the central nervous system of an adult and its plasticity and adaptability to environmental stimuli that are present throughout the entire life of a mammal. His work may lead to procedures for replacing or improving the cerebral tissue or spinal cord lost or damaged as a result of neurodegenerative illnesses or traumas.
Dr. Gage showed that human beings are capable of producing new nerve cells throughout life. This discovery constituted a revolution in the field of neuroscience and eliminated a dogma that had held up progress on the understanding of neurogenesis for decades. Now, new therapeutic possibilities based on the repair of the damaged cerebral tissue can be considered, which until this breakthrough had been thought impossible.

He has shown that environmental enrichment and physical exercise can increase the growth of new cells in the hippocampus, a cerebral structure that is essential for memory formation. Furthermore, he is studying the molecular and cellular mechanisms that control these processes and how they may be used to induce the repair of the brain and spinal cord damaged by age or pathological situations.

FUN WHILE LEARNING IN THE CITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES' SUMMER SCHOOL

Posted: 17 Apr 2011 10:30 PM PDT

From 27th June to 15th July, the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia is holding its Summer School with a comprehensive programme of recreational and educational activities to be held in facilities of the Hemisfèric (IMAX and full dome), the Oceanogràfic (aquarium) and the Príncipe Felipe Science Museum. This is one of the best events in the calendar for children's activities in Valencia.

Aimed at children aged between 6 and 12, this initiative is ideal for the young ones to learn and have fun during their summer holidays. In the complex they can enjoy spectacular activities that are both fun and educational, all related to culture, science, caring for nature and understanding solidarity.

A visit to the Oceanogràfic’s technical areas that the general public can’t see, attending a training session with dolphins, taking part in a scientific treasure trail and riding on a boat across the lakes of the complex - these are just some of the Schools’ activities, in addition to the live planetarium sessions in the Hemisfèric, experiments with "Science on Stage" and the chance to interview a Valencia CF football player in person in the museum.

These and many other activities, such as the unique experience of sleeping with sharks, returning a recovered turtle back to the sea or taking a trip to the Albufera lake, all await children who wish to take part in this year's City of Arts and Sciences Summer School.

Those interested may register for one of the three editions on the calendar: 27th June to 1st July (first edition), from 4th to 8th July (second edition) and from 11th to 15th July (third edition). Each edition has two groups; one for small children in 1st and 2nd years of primary school (6 & 7 years old), and the other for those in 3rd to 6th years of primary school (8 to 12 years old).

The timetable is from Monday to Thursday from 8:45 am to 5:15 pm except Thursday, when the participants stay in the park to sleep in the sharks’ section. On Friday, the children are to be picked up after lunch at 3:00 pm.

The registration period will begin on Tuesday, 26th April. The City of Arts and Sciences’ Summer School is run in cooperation with ONCE (Spanish National Organisation for the Blind), the Polytechnic University of Valencia, the Valencia City Council’s Albufera/Devesa area Service and the Valencian Community Region Sailing School.
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