✨ Creativity, science & teamwork on stage!

Last May, CeMM's team secured 3rd place with their performance at the #EULIFE #ScienceVision Talk Contest at @ceitec.eu 🏆

📖 Discover the behind-the-scenes journey with @tatyanatys.bsky.social: bit.ly/4g0FTgE

🎥 Watch the full performance: bit.ly/41CEBCF

Tatyana Tyschuk © Franzi Kreis / CeMM

🎨🎭🔬 From poetry to illustration, Inter_Acting brought science & art together on stage at the EU-LIFE #ScienceVision Talk Contest 2025

@tatyanatys.bsky.social is one of its authors and shared the experience with us ➡️ eu-life.eu/newsroom/new...

Watch the full performance ➡️ youtu.be/r-L2XKMpGOs?...

✨ 🎤 🎉 On May 22, Tasos Pavlopoulos (Head of the Developmental Morphogenesis Lab) and Theodoros Kosteas (Head of the Animal Facility) gave an amazing performance at the @eu-life.bsky.social #ScienceVision Talk Contest in Brno.

Watch their performance!

🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uml6...

Mafalda performing on the stage of the EU-LIFE Science Vision Talk Contest 2025

🎭🔬 Ever wondered what it feels like to go on stage & share your science through performance?

In our latest #EULIFEblog post, Mafalda Araújo Pereira, Postdoc at @bric-ucph.bsky.social, shares her journey through EU-LIFE #ScienceVision with a Shakespearean take on the KDM5C protein! ➡️ bit.ly/4kjz5v2

"I am very grateful to have taken part in the EU-LIFE Science Vision Talk Contest because it is absolutely one of the highlights of my PhD experience! I decided to participate because I felt that it was something out of my comfort zone and whenever that happens, I tend to just go for it anyway (within reason)! I don’t regret putting myself out there, it was an amazing experience and I met such great people!" said Eleonore Ocaña, PhD student at Rayon Group, The Babraham Institute.

💡Welcome to #EULIFEspotlight!

This month we celebrate Eleonore Ocaña, PhD student at the Rayon Group in the @babrahaminst.bsky.social (UK), who was the winner of the EU-LIFE #ScienceVision Talk Contest 2025 with a rap about optogenetics!

She shared her experience in this interview ➡️ bit.ly/3TtvjEx

Did you miss the @eu-life.bsky.social #ScienceVision Talk Contest last month? You have the opportunity to watch it now!!

Celebrating the diversity of our community, research and creative approaches - great to be able to relive #ScienceVision!
So proud of Ellie, a PhD student with @trayon.bsky.social for her winning rap on optogenetics, which everyone can enjoy now (from 1.13:34). Look out for the costume reveal!!

EU-LIFE Science Vision Talk Contest 2025 The first EU-LIFE Science Vision Talk Contest was hosted by CEITEC in Brno, Czech Republic, on 22 May 2025. It was aimed at bringing together scientists for a bold and engaging science communication competition. 18 researchers representing 15 EU-LIFE institutes presented their research in a 4-minute performance in different creative formats that included rapping, dancing, dramatising and other innovative communication techniques. The contest was streamed simultaneously to all EU-LIFE institutes across Europe, allowing colleagues and supporters to watch and cheer. 00:00 Welcome 13:07 Mafalda Araújo Pereira (BRIC, Denmark) 20:25 Wiktor Antczak (IIMCB, Poland) 27:10 Dragomira Majhen (RBI, Croatia) 34:08 Xanthi Lida Katopodi (CRG, Spain) 41:07 Lucas Morales-Moya (FMI, Switzerland) 49:15 Vojtěch Bystrý (CEITEC, Czech Republic) 54:57 Francesco Pileri (IEO, Italy) 1:02:24 Brianda Santini & Carolina Mangana (CeMM, Austria) 1:13:36 Eleonore Ocaña (The Babraham Institute, UK) 1:20:15 Chandini Bhaskar Naidu, Priyanka Sasmal & Sonia Ruggiero (Institut Curie, France) 1:27:39 Lea Urpa (FIMM, Finland) 1:37:00 Rui Vieira (GIMM, Portugal) 1:43:21 Pauline Bardet (VIB, Belgium) 1:50:38 David Peran Hayes (MDC, Germany) 1:58:42 Tassos Pavlopoulos (IMBB-FORTH, Greece) 2:11:52 Award Ceremony 2:18:58 Closing & Acknowledgements The most popular talks were awarded to: 🥇 In the 1st place, Eleonore Ocaña from The Babraham Institute, UK, with her powerful rap performance "Shining a Light on Optogenetics ft. Rapper Rhodopsin" 🥈 In the 2nd place, Mafalda Araújo Pereira from BRIC, Denmark, with her scientific take on Shakespearean tragedy "The Hidden Hand of KDM5C: A Tale of Blood and Fate" 🥉 In the 3rd place, Brianda Santini and Carolina Mangana Monteiro from CeMM, Austria, with their magical tale "Inter_Acting"

🎬 The CeMM team rocked the @eu-life.bsky.social's #ScienceVision Talk contest & the recording is now live!

Watch 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳_𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, a spoken word duet by Brianda & Carolina, supported by Öykü & Tatyana, that earned 3rd place at the competition! 🎤⭐

🎥 bit.ly/46dTaj3

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🎤 From rap to drama, the EU-LIFE #ScienceVision Talk Contest brought science to life like never before!

📺 Missed it or want to relive it? Watch the event's recording here: youtu.be/iqh6xNYsqkM?...

🎥 @ceitec.eu

What happens when passion, creativity and fun collides - you end up dressed as a rhodopsin protein rapping to an international audience as part of @eu-life.bsky.social's #ScienceVision contest! Get Ellie's perspective in this interview ⤵️

Eleonore Ocaña during her performance at the EU-LIFE Science Vision Talk Contest, Brno, Czech Republic, 22 May 2025 © CEITEC

🌟 Did you hear about the EU-LIFE #ScienceVision Talk Contest? And how Eleonore Ocaña @babrahaminst.bsky.social rapped her way to victory?

🎤 In this interview, she shares what it felt like to step out of her comfort zone and how this was “one of the highlights of my #PhD experience” ➡️ bit.ly/3TtvjEx

⚡ Last week we celebrated the #EULIFE2025 Community Meeting, hosted by @ceitec.eu in #brnoregion, and what can we say… IT WAS A BLAST!

Find out about what happened, including the amazing EU-LIFE #ScienceVision awardees, in our latest news ➡️https://eu-life.eu/newsroom/news/community-meeting-2025

Last week, science met showbiz at the #ScienceVision Contest in Brno! Researchers from across Europe brought their work to life with music, dance & lyrics. Shoutout to our Lucas Morales for his performance, and congrats to the winners:
🥇 @babrahaminst.bsky.social
🥈 BRIC
🥉 @cemm-vienna.bsky.social

The EU-LIFE community shows their joy during the meeting at CEITEC, Brno

🤩 What an incredible event! The #EULIFE2025 Community Meeting was packed with ideas, inspiring discussions, projects… and incredible #ScienceVision performances!

Thanks to everyone at @ceitec.eu in #brnoregion for the flawless organization and warm hospitality.

Already excited for #EULIFE2026! 🚀👏

🎊What an amazing afternoon with scientists from 16 institutes of @eu-life.bsky.social communicating their projects at the #ScienceVision Contest in unique ways with fantastic costumes! Congrats to all the winners!

🎉 The EU-LIFE Community has spoken!

The awardees of the EU-LIFE #ScienceVision Talk Contest 2025 are:

🥇 Eleonore Ocaña, @babrahaminst.bsky.social
🥈 Mafalda Araújo Pereira, @bric-ucph.bsky.social
🥉 Brianda Santini & Carolina Mangana, @cemm-vienna.bsky.social

Many congrats to all!

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Presenter speaking at a science event with a WAMBIAN slide behind him, audience applauding.

Person in costume with arms outstretched is celebrated as the winner of a contest, projected on a large screen.

✨What a special afternoon full of science across Europe? Our contestant, Peran 'Pez' Hayes, presented the WAMBIAN project at the @eu-life.blsky.social #ScienceVision Talk Contest. Thanks to everyone, and congratulations to Eleonora Ocaña from the Babraham Institute. It was amazing!

@ceitec.eu

🎤Science took the spotlight at the #EULIFE #ScienceVision Contest!

Congrats to the winners & kudos to Team #CeMM Brianda, Carolina, Öykü & Tatyana for taking 3rd place!🏆👏

Thanks to @ceitec.eu for a fantastic organisation & to all CeMMies who joined the viewing party to support the team!🎉

🎤 Science, storytelling and team spirit — all in one frame!

Today we’ve joined the EU-LIFE Science Vision Talk Contest to cheer on Wiktor Antczak from the IIMCB. Together with other @eu-life.bsky.social institutes, we’ve gathered to enjoy science shared with creativity and humour.

#ScienceVision

Dr. Pez Hayes, alongside our iNAMES students, taught a workshop in Dakar, Senegal, supported by iNAMES, to help transform the landscape of microscopy in West Africa. Today, Pez is presenting their story! @eu-life.bsky.social #ScienceVision

Audience members wave flags while watching an international video call with multiple celebratory group photos on a large screen.

We’re live at #mdcBerlin for the EU-LIFE Science Vision Talk Contest!
Cheering for bold ideas, big visions, and a united European science community.
And of course, we’re rooting for our candidate Pez – go for it!
@eu-life.bsky.social #ScienceVision #ScienceSlam #EUlife

🪩🎤✨ All ready for the EU-LIFE #ScienceVision Talk Contest!!

This year, inspired by the Eurovision contest, researchers from EU-LIFE institutes will engage in a friendly competition for the most innovative, compelling and impactful scientific talk.

Stay tuned!

The EU LIFE Science Vision Talk Contest is happening now at @ceitec.eu in Brno! Young scientists are talking about their great ideas for the future of life sciences. #ScienceVision #CEITEC #EULIFE

This week, an FMI delegation is at @ceitec.eu for the @eu-life.bsky.social Community Meeting, discussing strategy, scicomm, EDI and more with other leading life science institutes. Special highlight: Lucas Morales will perform in the #ScienceVision Contest, merging science and creativity🕺

Who's the mysterious figure in a cape sweeping through Brno? Rumor has it, each fold tells a worm’s life story. Is it a scientist? A performer? Both? Find out as our Lucas Morales takes the stage at the @eu-life.bsky.social #ScienceVision contest with a wildly creative research-inspired act!

🎶 Meet the #CeMM team heading to the @eu-life.bsky.social #ScienceVision Talk contest on 22 May at @ceitec.eu! Brianda & Carolina will perform Inter_Acting—a spoken word duet on science, identity & collaboration. With Tatyana & Öykü, they're ready to inspire. Let’s cheer them on! 🥳