Fame Lab looks at local science

The finalists of each city will participate in a two-day training session held by a team of specialists in Great Britain and Romania.
The final will take place on March 21 in Bucharest. The winners in Romania and the other participating countries will visit the Science Festival in Cheltenham, Great Britain, in June 2007, as guests of the British Council.
Various subjects were covered in the competition, from mathematics to biology. The jury selected three finalists and a reserve who presented papers on the following themes: Corina Tabrea, Suceava – The Mathematics of Nature; Stefan Zamfirescu, Iasi – The Vocal Communication of Frogs; Mihaela Axinte, Targu Neamt – Chemical Bonds in Organic Compounds; and Ana-Maria Balan, Iasi, the reserve – Digital Stocking Systems: the DVD.
FameLab is an initiative of the Science Festival in Cheltenham, whose international version is organized by the British Council with the purpose of encouraging young scientists (between 18 and 35) to inspire and enthuse the public with a vision of 21st-century science.
The project is implemented by the British Council in nine countries: Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Israel, Serbia, Turkey and Romania.
FameLab is a component of the Beautiful Science program, a new regional initiative of the British Council which unifies areas such as science, education and art, with the aim of inspiring young people to consider a science career and to encourage them to communicate with the public in an open, clear and interactive way.

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