Outreach activities

🌟 CABD at the Seville Science Fair! 🌟

During the 1st General Meeting of the Spanish EvoDevOmics Network in Barcelona, Fany, Nacho and Rubén took part in an outreach activity aimed at bringing developmental and evolutionary biology closer to a broad audience.

Rubén took part in the Open Day at the University Pablo de Olavide, an event aimed at high school students. At the stand of the Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD), outreach activities were carried out and information was provided on career opportunities in Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, as well as on pathways to start a career in scientific research.

On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated on February 11, Fany, together with Alicia Hurtado Madrid and Dario Jesús Lupiáñez García from the Lupiáñez Lab, visited CEIP Olivar de Quintos to bring science closer to young students.

February 11 is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a reminder of the importance of fostering equality and inspiring future generations.

We are proud to share that Fany, was recently invited to Diez TV Úbeda, the provincial television network of Jaén, which produces audiovisual content through its regional stations in Andújar, Cazorla, Úbeda, and Villacarrillo.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to our former colleague Ana Alessandra Monaco for featuring our recent paper on her blog. The article, Schindler, M., Feregrino, C., Aldrovandi, S. et al. Comparative single-cell analyses reveal evolutionary repurposing of a conserved gene programme in bat wing development. Nat Ecol Evol (2025). (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02780-x).

🌟 CABD at the Seville Science Fair! 🌟

For non German speakers: Remarkable: What animals can teach us about ourselves, the value of diversity, and saving the world” by Russ Hodge. We’re proud to share that Fany participated in writing two chapters of this book. Her contributions include:

This outreach (article), published in The ScienceBreaker partnert with Université of Genève, explores how female moles develop ovotestes—organs combining ovarian and testicular tissue. This unique adaptation boosts androgen production, granting females greater strength and competitiveness, traits usually associated with males. The research highlights how evolutionary pressures in subterranean environments shaped this remarkable feature, challenging traditional views of sexual differentiation.

Fany was recently interviewed on the program “Micrófonos para la Esperanza” broadcast by Televisión Provincial de Jaén.