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Researches of the International Hellenic University frequently present the BigO project at schools to explain the project and recruit students. They already presented the BigO project at six Primary Schools and fourteen High Schools in two different Municipalities of Thessaloniki, Greece. Among these schools were the 3rd Primary School of Ampelokipoi, the 1st Primary School of…

BigO collects data from children through school projects and clinics in different European countries. As all the BigO countries are currently taking measures by closing schools and switching to online education, no new data collection attempts will be started in the coming weeks. Children that are already collecting data for BigO can continue to do…

New BigO explainer videos are now online on the BigO YouTube channel! These new video’s feature the cities Dublin & Thessaloniki and Uppsala & Larissa. In all these cities, citizen scientist are helping us to collect data! To make it understandable for all children participating in the BigO project, the videos have subtitles in both…

The EA team had the opportunity to collaborate with the Bringing Research Into The Classroom (BRITEC) project. The aim of the BRITEC project is to introduce the citizen science approach at schools as a way of engaging students in scientific research. During this project, EA shared the experiences they gained from participating in the BigO project…

In December 2019, students from the secondary school of EA analyzed their own data during their ICT curriculum course. They analyzed both meal photos and other collected data. With the support of their ICT teacher, students worked in the ICT lab and performed a simplified analysis on their pictures. In doing so, they produced graphs…

On the 23th of January, the Karolinska Institutet held a poster presentation on the BigO project during the matchmaking event for Stockholm’s Food Sustainability Network.  This event was coordinated by KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. The workshop included Swedish food enterprises and start-ups, public health authorities, policy makers and scientific personnel. All of these…

On October 3rd, 2019, Ellinogermaniki Agogi (EA) hosted around 60 first year students from the Palio Psychico High School at EA premises along with a group of accompanying teachers. During the 3.5 hours visit EA had the opportunity to present a group of innovative educational activities to the students. In addition, they discussed the participation…

Do you have questions about the BigO project? Check out the frequently asked questions! We put all of the questions you might have about the BigO project in a nice overview. These FAQs can be found here. Do you still have some unanswered questions? Contact us here on our contact page!

Professor Evangelia Charmandari of the Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens was an invited speaker at the 3rd International Congress on Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Diagnosis and Therapy on the 10th of January. The conference was organized by the Hellenic Society of Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Diagnosis and Therapy (EEPHARM). Prof. Evangelia Charmandari presented on ‘Novel e-health applications…