Iconic musicals came to life on the stage of “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall at BAS. Students and PhD students from the “Pop and Jazz Singing”, “Operetta and Musical” and “Music and Stage Direction” majors from the acting class of Prof. Violeta Gorcheva from the Vocal Faculty of the National Music Academy gave a concert-performance entitled “Sing with Broadway!” on October 6. In front of a crowded hall, the young artists performed parts from the “Chicago”, “The Greatest Showman”, “Les Misérables” and “Welcome to Burlesque” musicals. Their performances presented also attractive choreography including off-stage performances. The youngsters showed enviable movement, breathing and singing skills simultaneously - without a microphone and accompanied only by a grand piano. The performance took place within the framework of “MUSICORUM VIA. [...]

  The President of BAS, Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva, participated in the 18th edition of the “Academy of Science Presidents' Meeting” which is organized annually by the “Science Council of Japan” within the framework of the “Science and Technology in Society” forum (STS forum). “Innovation-promoting approaches to science funding” was the topic of discussion for this year's Meeting. Each participant was given the opportunity to share their institution's experience with securing funding for promising research in priority areas, and the positives and negatives of existing mechanisms for approving research projects for funding were discussed. Corr. Memb. Slavcheva presented the successful experience of BAS institutes in combining different national and international programs for funding research and innovation. The 22nd edition of the "Science and Technology in [...]

Sylvia Varhoshkova, PhD student at the Institute of Molecular Biology at BAS, represented Bulgaria at the 11th International Final of the competition “My Thesis in 180 Seconds” which took place on October 2 in Bucharest, Romania. After winning the first prize at the national final of the competition which took place on 28 May this year at the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of BAS, Sylvia Varhoshkova presented her dissertation topic “Role and dynamics of FET proteins at sites of complex DNA damage” to an international audience. The prestigious event, organised by the Francophone University Agency (AUF), brought together 20 young scientists from different parts of the world to compete for the grand prize. The international competition “Ma Thèse en 180 secondes” (MT180) is a unique [...]