Murcia. Many years have passed, with some interruptions, but between them amounting to about fifteen years, in which I have been actively involved in Science and Technology Week Organized by the Seneca Foundation of Murcia. All but one of them have been in the wing of my research center for 23 years: Murcian Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research and Development. And those you left behind.
The first one I was in was an intern, a common situation for those of us who choose research as a career, and nerves were fraying in the preparations, peaking in the moments before only to disappear once the activities began and the boys and girls arrived excited about the experience. This nerve continues to exist edition after edition as a guarantee that we will do our best to generate scholarly advocacy, exceeding expectations every year. All these few years had a common denominator: Illusion To make the transfer of knowledge effective to new generations that carry the gene of curiosity.
“For three days, the regional knowledge centers and their staff were responsible for making our work visible.”
For three days, at SeCyT, the regional knowledge centers and their staff were responsible for making our work visible. The first morning was a hectic trial activity due to the arrival of buses from different higher education institutions, not only regional, but also from neighboring Alicante. On this day, Malecón Park is a hotbed of potential talent. As research professionals, we remember the importance of lighting the fuse, the injection of energy that these generations pass on to us, and how important it is to spread knowledge between generations. At some point that morning, the stands welcomed senior officials, accompanied by university rectors, as well as directors of regional research institutes and the director of the Seneca Foundation. Sometimes it may be hermetic, but it is always a friendly moment for the flag itself, and for the respect it holds for its people beyond economic language. I’m a huge fan of some of them, and not in vain, in the 2014 edition, fate, my curiosity for experimentation, the social in this case, and the more “difficult” I have a penchant for, put me in this part.
That year, the feelings were different. Nerves at the time felt like a stomach bug when visiting a situation Imeda The warmth of those things that were familiar, yours, attached to you overwhelmed me without the possibility, or desire, of separating them. That year, I experienced SeyCT with an increasing weight of responsibility, but it was also challenging in terms of the challenges that arose. Sometimes I had to stop myself from trying to participate in an experiment or enter the world of scientific explanation. Given my hedonistic nature, I worked on science policy with enthusiasm from this new perspective because science is worth fighting for from within, through deep knowledge.
Returning to SeyCT, with the beauty of chiaroscuros, the year in which IMIDA employees went peacefully and responsibly, with our black T-shirts bearing the white letters that formed the phrase “IMIDA is in a precarious situation“Thanks to perseverance, negotiation skills, reality and a sense of fact-based justice, IMIDA today is on the path to strengthening its employees in a process that has been an example of collective bargaining. It is a powerful injection for the Institute itself, which is steadily advancing clear and valuable applied research.”
Nowadays, the novelty this year was my son’s visit to IES, which is my institute Ruiz de Alda de San Javier. So the legacy continues to flow in continuous replication of biological DNA. Joy appeared again with desire and determination. Perhaps because of her, this was the year we conducted the proposed experiment most of the time. A practice on its way to becoming a legend that resists obsolescence and means nothing more or less than simply having a strand of visible DNA. I think the reason is the desire to try to show what exists beyond what your eyes catch and what information sources cite, what exists beneath the vision of scientific knowledge.
Scientific careers are something unusual. Although they know that this profession requires long distances and is highly competitive, with difficulties in creating standardized jobs in our country, new generations feel the call of science. Digital tools have changed everything and have accelerated scientific modernization and publishing. I believe in these new, more sociable generations, because this ability to communicate constitutes an essential basis for research work, despite their competitiveness derived primarily from lack of job security and funding. Teamwork and communication are essential and work in two directions; For prospective and established research professionals.
The photo accompanying this article is a photo of a team made up of colleagues from different research teams at IMIDA. It is a family portrait, at the end of an intense and happy day that was executed successfully. Some have been there for 23 years I count, others have joined the beautiful trail. We all know about each other. Little by little we built a Investigation Institute Very applied to problem solving, very close and at the front of the field. We have always been courageous and striving because being smaller in physical and economic dimensions means putting on the table that greatness lies in uniqueness and in a strong and difficult path. When I see it I feel joy, that scientifically uncontrollable feeling that makes us believe in science as much as we believe in its magic.
