Mexican Science Day

BERLIN SCIENCE WEEK event

Building Knowledge without Borders

07 Nov, 09:00 AM to 02:00 PM / Public, English
Mexican Embassy in Germany, Klingelhöferstraße 3, 10785 Berlin
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Mexican Science Day – Building knowledge without borders, will bring together German and Mexican Scientists to present the outcomes of their joint research projects.

The Mexican Science Day (MSD) will be held at the headquarters of the Mexican Embassy in Germany within the framework of the Berlin Science Week (1-10.11.2018). The objective of this event is to join German and Mexican scientists of the Max Planck Institutes (MPI) in order to have an interdisciplinary dialogue and to present the outcomes of the most relevant research projects to the scientific community, civil society and students. Considering the importance of the Berlin Science Week and the outstanding scientific and academic cooperation between Mexico and Germany, the MSD aims to strengthen this relationship, as well as to encourage the creation of associated groups between the Max Planck Institutes and Mexican Research Centres in the fields of neuroscience, astronomy and social sciences.

• The MSD program will include lectures given by
  Dr. Rainer Mauersberger & Dr. Gisela Noemí Ortíz León of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
  Dr. Axel Börsch-Supan and Dr. Diana López-Falcón from the Max Planck Institute for Legislation and Social Policies
  Dr. Peter Mombaerts and Dr. Tania Rosas Pérez from the Max Planck Institute Neuroscience Research Unit

For registration please send an email to Israel Olvera Obregón: cooperacionale@sre.gob.mx

further information regarding the event can be found at
https://berlinscienceweek.com/programme/tag-der-mexikanischen-wissenschaft

The Large Millimeter Telescope Alfonso Serrano is the largest and most complex scientific instrument constructed in México. Situated on the summit of Volcán Sierra Negra at an altitude of 4600 meters.

The Large Millimeter Telescope Alfonso Serrano (or Gran Telescopio Milimétrico Alfonso Serrano) is the world´s largest single-dish steerable millimetre-wavelength telescope designed specifically for astronomical observations in the wavelength range of 0.85 – 4mm. This binational project between México and the United States of America represents the largest and most complex scientific instrument constructed in México. Situated on the summit of Volcán Sierra Negra at an altitude of 4600 meters, the LMT has begun its exploration of the physical processes that lead to the formation and evolution of planetary systems, stars, black-holes and galaxies thoughout the 13.7 billion year history of the Universe.

The full Moon sets on the horizon of the Chajnantor plateau, right behind the APEX telescope. In order to obtain this effect, the picture was taken with a powerful zoom lens, from a few kilometres away. APEX is a 12-metre diameter telescope used to observe the Universe in  millimetre- and submillimetre-wavelength radiation.

The Sun's rays graze the very top of the ESO-operated 12-metre Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope, located on Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Atacama Desert. Credit: Carlos A. Durán/ESO