Biology week
"I don't eat DNA", You only use 10% of your brain" and "Mosquitos are attracted to light". These are some of the biological misconceptions people have. This year, during the Biology week we try to debunk some of these myths. Biology week is a collection of activities througout the country, from public lessons and symposiums to excursions and escape rooms. Biology week is organised by the Dutch Institute for Biology in association with Maastricht University (among others).
In association with Natuur Historisch Genootschap Limburg, CNME, IVN, Universiteit Maastricht, Flora van Nederland, Pollennieuws, Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht.
Programme
Lecture - Tiny Forests in Maastricht
Maastricht is the first city in Limburg to plant four tiny forests. These are mini forests in lesser green neighbourhouds, close to schools. This way kids can play in it, residents can come into contact with nature and animals can feel at home. This is continuation of the city/nature vision of Maastricht that was released in 2018.
Speakers
Gijs Ketelaars (CNME)
Tineke de Jong (IVN)
Location
Universiteit Maastricht
Collegezaal 1.009
Kapoenstraat 2
6211 KW, Maastricht
Lecture - Nature and health
Natuur en gezondheid toegespitst op de trits Hittestress, Pollen en Hooikoorts, waarbij klimaatverandering en verschuiving van plantensoorten naar het noorden (Ambrosia) worden toegelicht.
Nature and health, focused around heat stress, pollen and hay fever, with explanation about climate shift and the shift of plant species towards the north (Ambrosia).
Speakers
Maurice Martens (Flora van Nederland en Pollennieuws)
Location
Universiteit Maastricht
Collegezaal 1.009
Kapoenstraat 2
6211 KW, Maastricht
Lecture - Mushrooms
Lecture about scientific research Mushrooms in Limburg
Speaker
Henk Henczyk (NHGL - Kring Maastricht)
Location
Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht
de Bosquetplein 6
6211 KJ, Maastricht
Mini-symposium - Biology in development
Maastricht University is working hard to expand the natural sciences in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Biology is a big part in this goal. In this mini symposium (3 x 25 minutes), three main programmes within this new biology are explained.
- Systems biology
- Biobased materials (in English)
- Biology in the Maastricht Science Programme
Speakers
Michiel Adriaens (MaCSBio, Universiteit Maastricht)
Luisa Bortesia (AMIBM, Universiteit Maastricht)
Roy Erkens (MSP, Universeit Maastricht)
Location
Universiteit Maastricht
Collegezaal 1.009
Kapoenstraat 2
6211 KW, Maastricht
Excursion - City nature in the footsteps of Jac. P Thijsse
The guide will show you that there still is a lot of nature to be found in the city, if you just know where to look. Just like Jac P. Thijsse already described in the early 20th century in one of his Verkade albums.
De excursie start om 14.00 uur vanaf de volière in het stadspark aan de Hubertuslaan.The excursion will start at 14:00 from the bird cage in the city park near the Hubertuslaan.
Guides
Maurice Martens
Tineke de Jong
Escape room: Escape from the bio lab
A test lab, a scientist taken hostage, a dealer and lots of pills. Help our scientist by unmasking the dealer. Find the code and send the information of the dealer to the police.
This activity is suitable for students with a Nature/Technic or Nature/Health profile, because, next to biological tests, you have to solve assignments that involve other natural sciences.
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1 October - 20:00Lecture - Misconceptions: Paleontological and biological nonsense dissected
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2 October - 20:00Lecture - Tiny Forests in Maastricht
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3 October - 20:00Lecture - Nature and health
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4 October - 20:00Lecture - Mushrooms
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5 October - 20:00Mini-symposium - Biology in development
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6/7 October - 14:00Excursion - City nature in the footsteps of Jac. P Thijsse
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1 t/m 5 October - 11:00 en 14:00Escape room: Escape from the bio lab