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The Night of Researchers - 24 September 2010

The Night of Researchers is an exhibition organized every year in more than 250 cities across Europe. In Bologna, the exhibition took place in the University area, thanks to the partners of the event and the coordination by ASTER.

Special thanks to:

ARIC - Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, for exhibition logistics

Follie d'acqua for the aquariums

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Setting up the booth in the afternoon.

 

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Marco, the aquarium technician, is setting up the tanks.

 

Michela brings the coral skeletons to show to the public.
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Clips of the fieldwork missions are displayed in the plasma monitor.

 

The scientific diver tools. Visitors start to look inside the microscopes.

 

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The booth is finally set. Microscopes, posters and informative material...

 

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...the tank with dead coarls...

 

...and with live ones. The two aquariums.
  In collaboration with Follie d'Acqua.

 

 
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Marta, Chiara, Mauri and Francesca.

 

Fiorella and Pilar.

 

Stefano is interviewed by the TV!
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The visitors are arriving!

 

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Fiorella explains the informative material to the TV.

 

Two fully equipped scientific divers are wearing their gear, and will walk around the exhibition with calipers and meter ropes!

 

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"Artistic" picture.

 

Giuseppe with his daughter and Stefano. Kids are always impressed by the two walking divers...
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...and not only kids.

 

The divers start measuring biometric parameters.
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One perfect meter!

 

Who's the most scary? The diver or the machine? Inside the rectorate.
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The collection of biometric parameters goes on.

 

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All kids are really having fun with the two scientific divers.

 

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All these activities bring many visitors to our booth.

 

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The aquariums are fascinating.

 

Francesca, Erik and Shelvia. More and more people arriving.
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Ok, we are full, no vacancies.

 

A picture with our friends at the UNIBO Research Area. We are about to finish!
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Erik and Marco.

 

Also the statues are interested! An ale after the long night.
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Ale and Stefano. Shelvia and mauri. See you next year!