Neuromantes

Television series of scientific dissemination, devised by the Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso (CINV), carried out by Cábala Producciones, with the support of Novasur, the Educational Television of the National Television Council and the EXPLORA CONICYT Program.

Neuromantes is a popular science series set in Valparaíso and aimed at all audiences. In six chapters it addresses topics of universal interest such as beauty, perception and emotions, among others, from a creative way and integrating different perspectives from neuroscience, innovation and culture.

This initiative arose in 2014 led by Dr. Schmachtenberg and constituted by a group of Magister and PhD students from our center who “translate” current and relevant publications in high-impact neuroscience journals. Thanks to this translation into a common language, these studies can be understood by the general population, thus making science reach a much wider audience. The articles are periodically published in the Culture + City section of the electronic newspaper El Mostrador. A book was recently published with a selection of these edited articles, which seeks to expand the impact of its contents and deliver, in a new format, scientific information available to everyone.

Audiovisual production of the CINV, carried out by Cábala Producciones, which narrates one of the most significant epics in the recent history of science in Chile: that of a group of researchers in the town of Montemar, Valparaíso, who were capable of making great discoveries with worldwide impact using the nerves of the Humboldt Current cuttlefish.

A Haven for Scientists

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This CINV publication collects three centuries of history of the heritage building located in Barrio La Matriz, which will house specialists from the Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de la Universidad de Valparaíso.

The so-called “Severín Building”, installed next to La Matriz Church, in the heart of Buenos Aires heritage area, will host researchers from the Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de la Universidad de Valparaíso, constituting the cornerstone of an initiative that seeks to position city as a pole of scientific development.

Valparaíso, lighthouse of science.

The publication rescues the centennial history of the property, from its origins in the 18th century as a Jesuit temple; its status as the legislative seat in 1828; the operation of the Santo Domingo de Carabineros checkpoint at the end of the 19th century; and the damage caused by various natural disasters and fires that have affected its foundations from 1905 to date.

El edificio Severín forma parte de los hitos fundacionales de la Ciudad Portuaria, desde sus orígenes en el siglo XVI, a manos de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes y los asaltos del corsario más famoso de los tiempos modernos, Sir Francis Drake. Los vestigios de agustinos, jesuitas, mercedarios y franciscanos darían paso luego a los albores de nuestra democracia en el Barrio La Matriz, en el siglo XIX, a una comisaría y al abandono total a consecuencia de incendios y terremotos.

El texto también revisa los orígenes de la investigación científica en la Región, desde el laboratorio de Fisiología Celular de Montemar, y que constituye un paso inicial para el proyecto que hoy espera colocar a Valparaíso en la órbita del desarrollo científico a nivel mundial.

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Tertulias Porteñas

The Tertulias Porteñas are conversation meetings organized by the CINV since 2012, and are currently moderated by Patricio Fernández, founder of the weekly “The Clinic”. Our aim has been to show how neuroscience deals with the same issues as the rest of society, only that it often approaches them in a different way. Without a rigid or pre-established structure, the Tertulias seek to establish a conversation between the guests on the theme they have in common.

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