3rd edition of European Researchers' Night in Rural Areas – Armamar
On 26 September 2025, from 2 p.m. to 10:45 p.m., the Armamar Municipal Sports Pavilion will host a major event bringing together science and the community.
Under the theme ‘Science for Global Challenges’ (SciGlo) and with the local motto +Science +Future in Armamar, this edition will bring together more than 50 researchers from 15 different scientific fields, who will run 23 interactive science stations, open to all ages. Workshops, demonstrations, talks and experiments will bring science and researchers closer to the community, showing their role in building a more sustainable and inclusive future.
ARMA-Sci - Armamar Scientific Capital Promotion Network, in partnership with Armamar Municipal Council and the Gomes Teixeira School Group, is coordinating this initiative locally. Armamar is joining this European celebration of science for the third year, reinforcing its commitment to bringing knowledge closer to rural communities and establishing itself as a territory of development, innovation and future in the European science space.
Programa
Noite Europeia dos Investigadores - Armamar
Data: 26 de setembro de 2024
Horário: 14h00 – 22h45
Local: Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal de Armamar
Programa
14h00 – Receção dos Investigadores
15h30 – Visita Cultural a Armamar
17h50 – Arruada Musical com ‘Charango’
18h15 – Sessão de Abertura da NEI-Armamar
18h30 – Inauguração da Exposição “A Fita do Tempo – Património e Memórias dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Armamar”
18h45 – Abertura das Estações de Ciência
22h45 – Encerramento da NEI-Armamar
Science Stations
Science Stations – NEI Armamar 2025
Station No. 1 – ARMA-Sci & Science Tracks
Inês Duarte (ARMA-Sci | University of Aveiro, CIDTFF)
Station No. 2 – Toy Clinic – Armamar
João Pedro Monteiro (Escola de Medicina – Universidade do Minho, iCognitus; ARMA-Sci/GOMA) –coordenador
Altino Cunha (Unidade Local de Saúde do Nordeste)
Ana Ferreira (Escola de Medicina – Universidade do Minho)
Beatriz Couto (Escola de Medicina – Universidade do Minho)
Íris Santos (ARMA-Sci/GOMA)
Joana Mata ((Unidade Local de Saúde do Nordeste))
Maria Inês Melo (Escola de Medicina – Universidade do Minho)
Mariana Cardoso (ARMA-Sci/GOMA)
Rui Vilela Ramos (Unidade de Saúde Familiar Montesinho – ULS Nordeste) Tiago Pina (Escola de Medicina – Universidade do Minho)
Station No. 3 – Exhibition “The Tape of Time – Heritage and Memories of the Armamar Volunteer Firefighters”
Raquel Branquinho (ARMA-Sci | FLUP)
Sara Carrulo (ARMA-Sci | FLUP)
Vanda Marques (ARMA-Sci)
Fernando Branquinho (BV Armamar)
Nuno Fonseca (BV Armamar)
Station No. 4 – Psychological science explained to children
Ana Isabel Fernandes Gomes (CICPSI, Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon)
Station No. 5 – Breaks with legs to walk
Raul Filipe Barbosa Bartolomeu (Polytechnic Institute of Guarda)
José Eduardo de Araújo Teixeira (Polytechnic Institute of Guarda)
Vasco Pedro Loureiro Silva (Polytechnic Institute of Guarda)
Station No. 6 – Darwin without feet on his head
Xana Sá-Pinto (CIDTFF, Department of Education and Psychology, University of Aveiro)
Station No. 7 – Once upon a time... Evolution
Patrícia Pessoa (CIDTFF, University of Aveiro)
Susana Ambrósio (CIDTFF, University of Aveiro)
Station No. 8 – The Rural World: Living Laboratory of Innovation
João Almeida (Rural Move)
Station No. 9 – Gender Equality
Joana Cristina Martins Fonseca (Armamar Town Council)
Liliana Andreia Tomé e Sousa (Armamar Town Council)
Station No. 10 – Armamar's Historical Heritage
Joaquim Duarte (Gomes Teixeira School Group, Armamar)
7th and 12th grade students (Gomes Teixeira School Group, Armamar)
Station No. 11 – Watch out, mosquitoes!
Inês Cravo Roxo (Institute of Education and Citizenship)
Station No. 12 – Check your gut!
Joana Cristina Barbosa (CBQF & ESB, Portuguese Catholic University)
Rita Vedor (CBQF & ESB, Portuguese Catholic University)
– Insects on your plate: the future of sustainable food
Joana Bastos Barbosa (CBQF & ESB, Portuguese Catholic University)
Teresa Bento de Carvalho (CBQF & ESB, Portuguese Catholic University)
Station No. 13 – MicroMundo Project
Filipa Grosso (UCIBIO, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto)
Station No. 14 – Scientific Memories: Remembering the past and preventing the future
Daniela Ribeiro (Institute of Education and Citizenship)
Richard Marques (Institute of Education and Citizenship)
Station No. 15 – Rats in the garden? Let's call the owl!
Hélia Vale-Gonçalves (LEFT, CITAB-UTAD)
Station No. 16 – Seeing a protein from the inside
Márcio Carocho (Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, CIMO, SusTEC)
Carlos Seiti (Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, CIMO)
Station no. 17 – A world in darkness: secrets from the bottom of the ocean
Sara Pascoal (DEEPCs, DBio, University of Aveiro)
Ana Carolina Lopes (DEEPCs, DBio, University of Aveiro)
Station no. 18 – From the forest to the substrate: the science of ex situ mushroom cultivation
Ana Luísa Gonçalves Saldanha (Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, CIMO)
Mikel Añibarro Ortega (Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, CIMO)
Maria Gabriela Leichtweis (Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, CIMO)
Station no. 19 – More Science on a Nano Scale, +Sustainable Future
Marlene Susana Dionísio Lúcio (University of Minho)
Diana Fernandes (University of Minho)
Maria João Faria (University of Minho)
Patrícia Vilela (University of Minho)
Station no. 20 – The materials that surround us
Mariana Sofia Peixoto Fernandes (CQ-VR, UTAD)
Sofia Friães (ARMA-Sci)
Station No. 21 – Safe Food? Let's investigate food allergens with biosensors
Maria Castro Freitas (REQUIMTE/LAQV-ISEP)
Station No. 22 – Microplastics: small particles, big impact
Diana Rede (REQUIMTE/LAQV-ISEP)
Station No. 23 – Deplasticising: the world of microplastics
Joana Oliva Teles (FCTUC, University of Coimbra)
Programa online
Detailed online programme
Online programme (‘Science in Perspective: Armamar 2035’) - on ARMA-Sci's YouTube channel.
Good Practice Guide – Decontamination after Fire
➨ Marta Oliveira (REQUIMTE-LAQV-Higher Institute of Engineering of the Polytechnic of Porto)
Castanha+Valor - Beauty, Health and Sustainability: Scientific Valorisation of Chestnut Shells
Francisca Rodrigues (Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto)
How microplastics affect the health of agricultural systems
Lúcia Helena Santos [Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca (IRNASA-CSIC)]