Engage Nepal with Science is a non-profit organisation created by our Postdoc Alba Abad that aims to engage Nepalese communities with Science, as well as to spread the scientific research carried out at Nepalese research centres to empower, inspire and build confidence in STEM. It runs as a collaboration between the Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology (RIBB, Nepal) and the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology (WCB, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom).
Alba's story started in 2010, when she travelled to Nepal after her PhD in Neuroscience to volunteer as a teacher. With old school materials, she set up a pilot lab that became a hub to engage students and teachers with science. Her lessons had a powerful impact within the local Nepalese community. In March 2018, after years boosting her skills designing and delivering science workshops in the UK, Alba contacted RIBB to launch Engage Nepal with Science.
