loading . . . 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" https://bit.ly/46dTaj3
