High school students in the BIA labs

Cellulose and colloidal particles - NANO

Technicians from the NANO team explained to the students the process of separating cellulose fibres and the materials that can be created from them. The students then experimented with the principle of emulsification, using a familiar example: mayonnaise.

Plant wall and parietal polymers - PVPP  

The students discovered the tools and techniques used in the PVPP team's laboratory, such as the chromatography technique used to separate the different substances present in a mixture.

Oxidation and Fluorescence Spectroscopy - ISD

In the ISD team's labs, the students were able to follow the oxidation of lipids using a gas chromatograph, which shows the oxygen content of the sample. They then moved on to the fluorescence spectroscopy lab to watch a live analysis of a pea sample.

Edible and absorbable materials for 3D printing - MC2

Edible and resorbable materials, developed for 3D printing to control the rate of release of active ingredients, were presented to the students. The measurement of their mechanical properties was particularly noted by the students, who asked many pertinent questions, opening up a fascinating discussion on these subjects with the scientists from the MC2 team.