Biology Club-“Gather! Science Girls”- won the “Encouragement Award”

On Sunday, November 10th, *”Gather! Science Girls” (the 16th Scientific Research Presentation Exchange Metting by Female Students: National Competition) was held at the Minami-Osawa Campus of Tokyo Metropolitan University (Hachioji City). The science club won the “Encouragement Award” at the poster presentation. (Hosted by Notre Dame Seishin Gakuen Seishin Junior High School and Seishin Girls` High School)

The presentation began with a lecture (Touching the real thing with an Optical Microscope) by a female researcher at Tokyo Metropolitan University. Poster Presentation 1 was held in the morning and Poster Presentation 2 was held in the afternoon. After that, there was a networking event with the participating junior and high school students, and finally a female researcher gave the lecture “Daily Life and Career Choice of Female Graduate Students in Science.” In addition, there was plenty of space for the poster presentations in buildings 8 and 9 of Tokyo Metropolitan University. Also measures were taken to help spread any infection to the participants.

The day started out with the rain drizzling and it was cold in the morning, but nearly 200 junior and senior high school students (mainly from Kanto and Kansai) gathered where they were able to present and exchange opinions. (4 abstracts for information and engineering, 11 abstracts on chemistry, 38 abstracts on biology, 6 abstracts on environment, and 4 other abstracts)

Thank you for the great day!

* Gather! Science Girls: Hosted by Notre Dame Seishin Gakuen Seishin Junior High School and Girls` High School in Okayama Prefecture. Through the presentation exchange meeting on daily project research, we expand the network of female students who wish to go into the field of science, and to support the promotion of science. In addition, research presentations by female students and graduate students and lectures by female researchers in cooperation with universities are also held at the same time, providing a role model for female junior high and high school students going into the science field.