Public Outreach and Dissemination
Public Outreach and Dissemination
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spaXio is committed to sharing its discoveries and advances with the scientific community, industry, and the wider public. Through open-access publications, conference presentations, and workshops, we ensure that our findings contribute to global scientific progress. We actively engage in public outreach activities to raise awareness about metastasis research and the power of spatial biology, aiming to inspire the next generation of scientists and foster an open dialogue between research and society. By promoting transparency, collaboration, and accessibility, spaXio strives to maximize the impact of its research across disciplines and communities.
SpaXio’s commitment to openness and engagement is led and put into action by Maria Alieva (CSIC-UAM). We focus on creative, inclusive, and impactful ways to communicate science — both within the network and to the wider world.
Some of our envisioned activities include:
Organizing “Ink and Insight” workshops to train Doctoral Candidates in science writing, design, and digital communication.
Running the “Imagine Science” campaign to transform research into art, stories, and visual experiences that spark curiosity and empathy.
Hosting “Changing Perspectives” workshops to promote diversity, inclusion, and open dialogue in research, culminating in a short documentary film.
Engaging with the public through European Researchers’ Night, school visits, and "Science Curiosity Conversations".
Presenting SpaXio’s research at international conferences and collaborating with related European initiatives.
Follow our journey and updates on Bluesky, Linkedin and Mastodon!
Our first year in numbers
25+ talks at conferences and invited seminars, including keynote and award lectures
10+ countries, across Europe and North America
3 school workshops in Spain and France
4 public science nights and festivals
102 countries reached by our website
Our doctoral candidates joined spaXio between March and October 2026, so most of the activities they lead are still to come.
Highlights
spaXio researchers at ESSB 2026 in Sitges
Our industry partner DeepLife brought AI-based virtual cell models to the drug-discovery community. Yann Abraham, Head of Drug Discovery at DeepLife, spoke at RExPO26, the 5th International Conference on Systems Medicine, AI and Drug Repurposing in Berlin, and at the Drug Discovery Innovation Programme in Basel.
Our outreach programme
Over the coming years our doctoral candidates will take the lead in these formats, supported by their supervisors and by artists, writers and film students.
Researchers' Nights and school visits
Running Hands-on stands, microscopes and talks at European Researchers' Night, the Long Night of Research and in classrooms across our partner countries.
SpaXio on CIVIS Moodle
Running Course material from spaXio, available to students of the CIVIS European university alliance through its Moodle platform.
Science curiosity conversations
In preparation "Speed-date" a doctoral candidate: short conversations about daily life in research and careers in science.
Imagine science
In preparation A children's book guided by our doctoral candidates and the story of a metastatic cell's journey, told through art.
Changing perspectives
In preparation Workshops on diversity, inclusion and open dialogue, leading to a short documentary film.
Ink and insight
Running Training for our doctoral candidates in science writing, design and digital communication.
Virtual lab insights
In preparation Short videos from our labs across Europe, showing how metastasis is studied day to day.
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