Tardigrade-Powered Awesome Space Potatoes

In the organizer's words:

High school students at Heidelberg International School (HIS) will perform an extraordinary science theater to tell Laura's story, a master's student at Heidelberg University, who dreams of growing potatoes in space.

Space is hostile: it is cold, dry, dark, and most importantly, there is strong radiation. Laura comes up with a plan: she will transfer genes from an unusually talented animal, a tardigrade, to potatoes to make sure that the plants can resist the radiation in space. A team of researchers from Cambridge University and Heidelberg University, from medical companies to agricultural companies, come together to help her overcome the obstacles of the project. She is ready to conduct her experiments, but she has one last challenge to address: Getting the support of the community for her project.

High school students will explain the most complicated experiments in Laura's exciting project in the most understandable way possible through semi-improvisational theater performance and conduct live experiments on the stage. The experts will provide in-depth insight into the feasibility of the project and answer questions from the audience.

The final question is going to be answered at the end of the night: will the Heidelberg community embrace Laura's exciting, unorthodox idea, or will the project be off the table once and for all? The audience will decide.

Language: English

Price information:

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