Newsletter
Issue 01
April 2015
Welcome! The ATG - All Time GABBA is the alumni association of the Graduate Program in Areas of Basic and Applied Biology (GABBA). It is open to any former GABBA student, as well as to current GABBA students. It also includes honorary members proposed by the Executive Board and ratified by the General Assembly. All the members may participate in the ATG events and activities, but only the alumni members may attend meetings of the General Assembly.
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Contents Invited Editorial Maria de Sousa 5 Message from the President of the Executive Board André Sousa 9 What Should the Future Hold for the ATG? Helder F Araujo 12 News 15
The ATG’s Members Newsletter
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Issue 01 April 25, 2015
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Contributors: Helder F. Araujo (Ed.), Maria De Sousa, Filipa Ferreira, Andre Lindo, Eurico Morais de Sá, Pedro Resende, Andre Sousa. About the Cover The cover for this issue is a blank circle surrounded by a heterogenous set of “GABBA-blue” dots. It is a symbol of ATG members coming together to plan the ATG’s future. ATG - All Time GABBA The Alumi Association of the Graduate Program in Areas of Basic and Applied Biology ATG - GABBA IPATIMUP Rua Dr. Roberto Frias s/n 4200-465 Porto Portugal geral@atg.up.pt www.atg.up.pt
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Become a member! Any former or current GABBA student who is interested in becoming an ATG member will be able to do so through the ATG website. Please note that the alumni members are required to pay annual dues, which will be determined each year by the Executive Board. The dues for 2015 are 20 euros.
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Invited Editorial For the GABBA Alumni Maria de Sousa
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will start with Auden, one of my favorite poets, from the poem September 1, 19391: The unmentionable odour of death Offends the September night...� (...) There is no such thing as the State And no one exists alone; Hunger allows no choice To the citizen or the police; We must love one another or die.
In a first phase (...) the Association of old GABBA graduates (ATG) will probably do just that: map where all of us are (...)
Defenceless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, Beleaguered by the same Negation and despair, Show an affirming flame. I chose the section above of this poem partly because it is the page I had marked in Auden’s book of Selected Poems 2 . Rereading it, however, two things became evident and opportune: ironic points of light and exchanging messages.
Time and the ATG
In a first phase, that will probably last the first six months, the Association of old GABBA graduates (ATG) will probably do just that: map where all of us are, ironic points of light, Alumni, in order to exchange messages and decide collectively, as members of the same College, what we are, what we will be, what ATG can and will do, etc. 5
Helder Araujo asked me to write for the first Newsletter, and I have nothing much to add to the poet: Hunger allows no choice to the citizen or the police; we must love one another or die.
In the coming years, some of us will probably be “hungry� because of the lack of funds to do research, the lack of the jobs we would like to have, the lack of fulfilling all the dreams we held as graduate students, first year post docs, and still second term post docs, etc. More generally we will always be hungry for Knowledge and Democracy.
As time goes, the ATG constellation of points of light, the exchange of messages, the knowing that we are all here to love one another or die, is going to be more and more important.
In another part of the poem Auden cites Thucydides saying: Exiled Thucydides knew All that a speech can say About Democracy, And what dictators do, The elderly rubbish they talk To an apathetic grave; Analysed all in his book, The enlightenment driven away, The habit forming pain, Mismanagement and grief; We must suffer them all again.
With time some of us may suffer the experience of the enlightenment being driven away, habit forming coming, mismanagement, grief, doubt, all things impossible to see now as we just finished our PhD and are starting incredibly exciting new jobs. As time goes, the ATG constellation of points of light, the exchange of messages, the knowing that we are all here to love one another or die, is going to be more and more important. Equally important is to feel that we are not just needed, but indispensable to others, not just to other Alumni but to coming new generations of young scientists, Portuguese or not, but with the same aspirations and desire that brought us to do the Program in the first place. To learn in freedom. In summary, ATG will first be to make sure that each one of us has one heaven where we belong as points of life with the duty of loving one another. Not just the ones we remember well from our edition of the Program, but all time GABBAs... 6
In addition the same ATGs must start to organize themselves to teach and pass on all they have learnt and contributed to knowledge with their original PhD and post doc work. How that transmission of knowledge will be done must be flashed out wherever the Just (GABBAs in this case) exchange their messages. A more precise proposal: GABBA Summer Schools I am putting forward for discussion in this first message that thematic GABBA Summer Schools can start being planned. First the ironic points of life must illuminate the topics, then the place or places where such summer schools could take place, a bit in the style of the EMBO workshops or the historical Clod Spring Harbor meetings, only in Portugal, etc. I am naturally signing this message and showing myself as an affirming flame of trust in you all.
Wishing you all the best ventures and even adventures... Maria de Sousa
1. Day the Second World War started 2. Auden, WH 2007 Selected Poems, extended edition Vintage International, New York
Teaching is more difficult than learning because what teaching calls for is this: to let learn. The real teacher, in fact lets nothing else be learned than learning. His conduct, therefore, often produces the impression that we properly learn nothing from him, if by learning we now suddenly understand merely the procurement of useful information. Heidegger, M. “What is called Thinking?” Translation by J.Glenn Gray “Was Heisst Denken?” Harper Perennial, 1976
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Introducing the ATG Officers Executive Board President – André Sousa Vice-President – Pedro Resende Treasurer – Bruno Fontinha Secretary – Eurico Morais de Sá Web Manager – Pedro Beltrão General Assembly President – Helder Filipe Araujo Vice-President – Carla Sofia Cardoso Secretary – Bebiana Moura Advisory Board President – Lígia Tavares Vice-President – Ana Paula Rebocho Secretary – Fátima Macedo
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Message from the President of the Executive Board Andre Sousa
Dear colleagues, It is a great pleasure to write you this short text in our very first newsletter. As you all know by now, we officially created the ATG – All Time GABBA Association on the 18th of December of 2014, just in time for announcing it during the annual GABBA meeting.
We officially created the ATG – All Time GABBA Association on the 18th of December of 2014.
The ATG was created to develop a community spirit expressed in the sentence, Once a GABBA always a GABBA.
We started this process after receiving an email from Professor Maria de Sousa about including GABBA’s affiliation in our publications and stating that it was time for creating an alumni association. After a brief exchange of emails, Bruno Fontinha and I decided to go ahead, and began gathering pertinent information. We started this brainstorming around July 2012. After several emails, web conferences, and meetings with Bruno, Pedro Resende (who joined our endeavor shortly after), Maria de Sousa, and the lawyer who helped us shape the by- laws of ATG, we achieved an initial idea of what our alumni association should be. After the registration of the ATG, there were still several bureaucratic details that needed to be met. During these last three months we have been working on implementing all the legal requirements that are expected from an association, with the help of a lawyer and an accountant. As you can imagine, these professionals work for a fee. So far, we were gratefully supported by the American Portuguese Biomedical Research Fund, who covered the legal expenses, and Maria de Sousa, to whom we are eternally indebted not only for her ideas and support but also for her monetary contribution, which allowed us to have a professional accountant. We are also in the last steps of creating the official website, which was generously supported by Pedro Beltrão. Besides the official webpage, I am happy to inform you that we already have an official email address provided by Universidade do Porto, and several social media accounts, including accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. These will be used to announce news, and to share interviews and several other ideas that are currently being developed. You can see all the official addresses in this newsletter and you are most welcome to give suggestions to improve all of them. This is the spirit we are trying to achieve, and it is reflected in the purpose of our Association: the ATG was created to develop a community spirit expressed in the sentence “Once a GABBA always a GABBA, where responsibilities should be shared and an active team effort should be in action to foster GABBA’s growth and ultimately benefit all members. 9
I cannot resist sharing with you a short text written by Maria de Sousa in one of our first interactions regarding the creation of an alumni association, when we were yet to define our purpose: I can see immediately three layers of action: • a simple one of everybody feeling happy to know where everybody else is: Portuguese style, cod fish type, happy but no money; • a more elaborate layer where people will be asked if they are prepared to contribute a regular, modest fee for running expenses in addition to codfish-type interactions; • a real Alumni Association, American Alma Mater style, or words to that effect, where contributions will be substantial and will enable to illuminate the path of others. Although this might sound trivial, it was rather important because it allowed us to deepen our understanding of what we are and what we want to achieve with this process. The first layer is very simple, yet not very rewarding. We could easily do that without an alumni association. The second layer is slightly more interesting, requires a stronger involvement of all of us, but, in the end, will not achieve much more than the first plan. Finally, the third type of association is what we are striving for: an association in which all members realize how important their contributions are for the wellness of all members and, more importantly, “to illuminate the path of others”. Apart from improving networking, our other aim is to start to attract funding.
We just have to continue the dream and work hard to make it happen.
I think most, if not all, of us think of GABBA as our Alma Mater. It has influenced our lives tremendously, and we will always feel indebted to the Program for the incredible journey it allowed us to start. Currently, we have more than one hundred alumni and we feel that it is time to give something back, especially when science funding is getting scarcer every year. We can observe around us how hard it is to convince funding agencies to invest money for the sole sake of creating knowledge. Furthermore, science is clearly becoming more and more of a collaborative effort. This situation puts GABBA and the ATG in a very good position to attract funding. One of our main goals is to improve networking among alumni. We are always being reminded that in the current environment the motto “networking or not working” is becoming a rule. With the active participation of all, we will have experts covering the entire range of biological sciences. This sets us aside from most of the other groups of people, and we must be able to leverage that! It is of the utmost importance to know who we are, where we are, and what we do to be able to use ATG to the benefit of all. Apart from improving networking, our other aim is to start to attract funding. We all know that Portugal is not a country famous for its philanthropy, but it is our goal to start changing that and the change has to begin from within the ATG. Like Maria de Sousa suggested, we could start by organizing GABBA Summer Schools. And who knows, we might start with a Summer School and in a couple of decades have a research institute. We just have to continue the dream and work hard to make it happen. *** 10
The ATG holds two annual meetings. The ATG holds an annual general meeting every December, concurrently with the GABBA annual meeting, and a meeting of the General Assembly, which takes place every January.
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What Should the Future Hold for the ATG? Helder F. Araujo
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hanks to the efforts of many, among whom Professor Maria de Sousa, André Sousa, Bruno Fontinha and Pedro Resende prevail, the ATG was officially “born” on December 18, 2014. As is the case with any other newborn, the ATG’s birth is a unique moment in which very little has been defined and anything seems possible. As is the case with any other newborn, the ATG’s birth is a unique moment in which very little has been defined and anything seems possible.
Scientists across various fields would promptly oppose the idea that one’s future holds countless possibilities. We all know that one’s future depends on one’s genome and environment throghout life. Accordingly, as much as the ATG’s future is currently unforeseeable, it will not hold countless possibilities; rather, it will be determined by, to continue the metaphor, its genome (its potential) and its environment. Having this in mind, let’s reflect on two questions: What is the ATG’s genome? What should the ATG’s environment be? The ATG’s genome is plentiful and diverse. The ATG is comprised of a heterogeneous combination of students and faculty, from the very early years of GABBA to the current edition of the Program. Moreover, with each year passing by, more people are added. The ATG’s potential resides in its great network of people with a multitude of scientific trainings and a variety of scientific and non-scientific capacities and resources. But to actually accomplish anything, we also need to be inspired and motivated to create and to persevere despite any adversity. In this regard too, the ATG can count on varied sources of inspiration. We can just read Maria de Sousa’s “Meu Dito, Meu Escrito” and we can easily find the inspiration and the strength to pursue a path in which science is a revolutionary force in the world. And what is the ATG’s environment? It may not seem the most desirable when we evaluate the quality of the environment based on the presence of financial conditions to live up to our potential. However, there is more than money! As much as we need financial security to assure certain projects, we need to construct the right environment for the ATG: a place where things happen, where ideas are not kept in one’s mind waiting for the “optimal” conditions and are eventually forgotten. Andre and his team have taken the first steps in the construction of such an environment.For
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example, we now have social media presence, which we can use to create and share a series of educational videos aimed at non-scientists. This is just one idea, coming from one mind. Imagine how many more ideas we will have when all ATGs come forward and share their thoughts. This idea is not feasible if only one person is responsible for its execution, but imagine how much easier it will be to execute it when many ATGs volunteer to help.
There is no reason that we should not construct a future in which science transforms society.
Let me conclude by answering the question that I posed for our first newsletter: “What should the future hold for ATG?� There is no reason that we should not construct a future in which science transforms society in the most varied manners and using the most varied resources. We need to aim at a future in which ATGs collaborate with one another to develop their scientific projects as well as to make the light and power of science accessible to the non-scientific world. ***
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The ATG’s website is coming up. www.atg.up.pt
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News Pedro Resende & Eurico Morais de Sá
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he ATG congratulates Ana Carvalho, Nuno Alves and Pedro Beltrao for being recently awarded with ERC Starting Grants. These highly competitive grants, composed of 1.5 to 2 million euros, are designed to help the best young European investigators to establish an independent research team devoted to answering high-impact questions that go beyond the state of the art. ANa Carvalho (GABBA 3rd edition) moved from San Diego, California to IBMC.INEB Porto, where she started her laboratory dedicated to studying mechanisms of cell division using the nematode C. elegans as model organism a couple of years ago. Ana is now closer to her family, one of the main reasons for her return. In one of most challenging economic times for science in Portugal, Ana points out that this grant will allow her, among other things, “to offer 5-year positions and attract top-quality researchers and focus entirely on science, avoiding the constant need to write grant applications”.
Nuno Alves (GABBA 4th edition) is also in Portugal and at IBMC. INEB. He is studying the modulation of thymus function and how it can be manipulated for a better response during pathogenesis. After doing his PhD in Amsterdam and his postdoctoral work in Paris, Nuno says that “IBMC.INEB came as an exciting opportunity to establish [his] own laboratory” and this grant will provide him with “the means to pursue scientific excellence in the field of Thymus Biology within Europe and worldwide”. 15
Pedro Beltrao (GABBA 6th) is at EMBL-EBI in Cambridge (United Kingdom) where he aims to understand how novel cellular functions arise and diverge during evolution, using a combination of proteomics and system biology approaches. After spending 5 years in California during his postdoc, Pedro feels that the UK is already very close to Portugal. However, Pedro acknowledges the financial support that he already received from the Portuguese government and says “I do feel like I should give something back at some point”.
He recently accepted an unpaid affiliation with the University of Aveiro where he hopes to contribute through joint projects and collaborations. GABBA is well known for gathering people with broad scientific interests, and these three researchers and their work nicely illustrate this fact. All three scientists highlighted the importance of GABBA in boosting their background, defining their scientific qualities and providing the ambition to answer the most critical questions in Biology. Pedro recognized the importance of “a fully funded PhD anywhere in the world with no return clause or strings attached. It is hard to believe and I am sure sometimes it is hard to justify.” These ERC grants are a clear sign that the return from the investment is naturally finding its way. In our next newsletters, you’ll find more about Ana, Nuno and Pedro in an interview by Pedro Resende (GABBA 11th) and Eurico Morais-de-Sa (GABBA 8th). *** In our next newsletter, you’ll find more about Ana, Nuno and Pedro in an interview by Pedro Resende and Eurico Morais-de-Sa.
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The ATG is almost everywhere. Let’s connect! Email: geral@atg.up.pt Facebook: www.facebook.com/atg.up.pt Twitter: https://twitter.com/alumnigabba
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What have these ATGs been up to? Filipa Ferreira & André Lindo Henrique Veiga Fernandes GABBA 1st edition, class 1996 Research Group leader at Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon
What was the topic of your PhD thesis? I obtained a PhD in Immunology at Université René Descartes, in Paris. My project consisted of the characterization of memory T lymphocyte responses and protective immunity.
[GABBA] was my first encounter with intellectual freedom. You can never forget that, can you?!...
When deciding whether or not to do a postdoc, what were the things you considered? The single most important factor was to find a laboratory where I could fully express my curiosity. There were certainly multiple choices, but a combination of multidisciplinary approaches and intellectual excitement took me to Mill Hill, London, at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR). Looking back now, the institutional culture of NIMR was certainly decisive. Why did you choose to come back and run a lab in Portugal? After a few years into my post-doc I started looking at institutes where I could independently drive my ideas. I interviewed with several institutes and started to turn my ideas into papers and into grants. Progressively it became clear that returning to Portugal was the right choice. The country was seeing quality step changes in research institutes and research culture. The odds were there for me to grab. In what way did GABBA affect your career? It was my first encounter with intellectual freedom. You can never forget that, can you?!... 18
Rachid Karam Genomic Variant Assessment Specialist at Ambry Genetics, California GABBA 8th edition, Class of 2004
What was the topic of your PhD thesis? My PhD was in Oncogenetics. My thesis focused on the role of an RNA quality-control pathway called Nonsense-Mediated mRNA decay (NMD) in the regulation of mutated CDH1 alleles in Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer.
I am a pragmatic person, and I am excited about the idea of quickly translating research into the clinical practice.
Why did you decide to step out of academia and move to industry? At the end of my postdoc at UCSD, I had to decide whether to stay in academia or move to industry. I was fortunate to have both options, as I was invited to join the new Personalized Medicine Center at the U. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center as an adjunct assistant professor, and at the same time, received an offer to work as an Oncogeneticist at Ambry Genetics, in California, a pioneer here in the U.S. providing genomic tests in hereditary cancer. Two main things were very important in my decision to accept Ambry’s offer. First, my goals. I am a pragmatic person, and I am excited about the idea of quickly translating research into the clinical practice. Academia is by principle individualist, as one person (the first author), has to do most of the work to achieve a goal. In order to publish a basic science paper of significance a series of complex experiments needs to be done. It takes time – one of my PhD/PostDoc projects took 7 years to publish! It was finally accepted for publication at EMBO last week, almost a year after I finished my PostDoc. I find that frustrating. In industry things are more dynamic. It is a collaborative enterprise, with several people working in a project generating faster results.
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The second reason was funding. We all know public funding for science is limited and hard (sometimes unfairly hard) to obtain. This reflects in the quality of life of researchers and faculty. In industry, good projects will be funded, and our expertise and work are valued. In the end I realized I could get more done faster, and with a more positive impact on my personal life, in industry than in academia. Did you find any difficulties to make this transition? Was the lack of professional experience an obstacle to move to industry? In my case I did not. I was, they say, a “perfect fit”. Ambry was looking for a specialist in hereditary cancer (the topic of my PhD) with background in genomics/RNA (my PostDoc lab was a basic science RNA lab). I also enjoy working with multi-disciplinary teams, sharing responsibilities among different specialties, which in my case helped with the transition.
[GABBA] provided all the opportunities that allowed me to pursue high-level projects, which resulted in significant findings benefiting the field of cancer research and consequently my career.
In what way did the GABBA affect your career? It was very important. As I mentioned above, I got my current job in part because of my PhD. And I got my PhD because of the unconditional support of the GABBA program. The program provided all the opportunities that allowed me to pursue high-level projects, which resulted in significant findings benefiting the field of cancer research and consequently my career. If you were given the opportunity, would you like to go back to academia? Why or in what conditions? I don’t like to close doors. I would evaluate how any opportunity could help me to achieve my professional/personal goals. ***
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Will you spare a dime for the ATG? Please consider donating to the ATG in order to help fund our projects.
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Remembering
Letter from Antonio Damasio and Hanna Damasio to Maria de Sousa. In this letter, they confirmed that they would participate in the inauguration of the GABBA Program in November 1996. The inauguration included a keynote lecture by Antonio Damasio. (Courtesy of Maria de Sousa.)
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The 1987 Forum for Science and Technology. Mariano Gago served as President of the National Science and Technology Organization (“Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica”; JNICT) between 1986 and 1989. The 1987 Forum for Science and Technology was one of the turning points in the history of modern science in Portugal. Left. Mariano Gago and Maria de Sousa. Right. Logo. (Photographs from “De Sousa, M. [2009]. A personal account of the development of modern biological research in Portugal. Int. J. Dev. Biol. 53: 1253-1259.)
Inauguration of the Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC), Porto, Portugal, 1997. Mariano Gago served as Minister for Science and Technology from 1995 to 2002 and as Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education from 2005 to 2011. (Photograph courtesy of Margarida Oliveira, IBMC/ I3S; edited.)
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Maria Junto a mensagem que acabei de mandar ao Vice-Reitor António Marques. Um beijo e até breve. José Mariano Caro Professor António Marques Agradeço a mensagem que me fez chegar, e o convite para estar na apresentação do livro sobre o programa GABBA, a cuja história estou de facto de alguma forma ligado. Ainda bem que foi possível a Universidade contribuir para que ficasse registado em livro este processo significativo para a história do desenvolvimento científico recente. Estarei naturalmente com todo o gosto. Peço-lhe que transmita as minhas saudações ao nosso Reitor, Prof. Marques dos Santos, e à Professora Maria de Sousa, grande iniciadora e dinamizadora deste Programa. Com os melhores cumprimentos, e um abraço do José Mariano Gago
Mariano Gago and GABBA. Above. Mariano Gago’s email to Maria de Sousa (January 6, 2012) regarding the invitation for the launch of the book GABBA: A Decade and a Half in the Life of a Graduate Program (1996 - 2011), which was held at the University of Porto, on January 30, 2012. (Courtesy of Maria de Sousa.) Below. Photograph of Mariano Gago at the event. (Photograph courtesy of Margarida Oliveira, IBMC/ I3S; edited.)
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Words for April 2015: on remembering Maria de Sousa
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pril 2015 will become memorable to all of us scientists for the death of Mariano Gago (see www.marianogago.org) the particle physicist, visionary and creator of an effective scientific policy in Portugal first as president of the National Science Foundation and later as Minister for Science and Technology. And also for the death of Manoel de Oliveira, the Portuguese film director And for Hubble’s 25th anniversary and the Universe it revealed. And the earthquake in Nepal killing over 1000 people.
Will remembering all this be useful?
And for those drowned hoping to have left death inland in the north of Africa on the way to Europe. Will remembering all this be useful? Remembering the dead does not bring them back to life. Why remembering the 41st anniversary of the April 1974 revolution in Portugal on April 25, or the 40th anniversary of the first free legislative elections? The majority of the GABBAs were babies or were not even born then. Why ask them to remember? Why remembering that GABBA was inaugurated in November 1996 with a keynote lecture by Antonio Damasio? Why asking an old lady like me to write for your newsletter? Why? Seemingly odd questions that I try to answer myself.
Our questions today should be mainly about the place Science should take in Portuguese society.
We do not want to keep asking questions about the past. Our questions today should be mainly about the place Science should take in Portuguese society. What will be the place in politics for scientists who have contributed so much to Portuguese science? Not only economists, but all the contributors from the varied basic and applied areas‌ Philosophy, Biology, Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Architecture. All the areas. All the contributors.
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I think remembering too much is not healthy. But to forget Mariano Gago, or the 1974 Revolution, the military coup that rapidly gave to other citizens the right to govern, would be to forget how and where scientific research can flourish. For this (our) thing of asking can only happen in Freedom. This (our) thing of doubting can only occur where there is freedom, trust and openness to change. Openness to let the best young men and women to create better paths, new paths. You. Remembering is, above all, the privilege of using a human function that is shared with other species, a function that is used to survive the drought: memory. It is well documented that old female elephants are highly regarded by other elephants for their capacities to find water and identify enemies. Thus, remembering becomes of the utmost importance to Alumni, because it provides us with a rare sense of belonging to something that is bigger than us, a house to which we can always return, forgetting clocks, remembering Time. Remembering that we would not have a house without Mariano Gago’s understanding, without the support of FCT Presidents, without the special consideration and care shown by Joao Sentieiro who encouraged us to elaborate the book (see photo with Mariano Gago at the book launch).
Mariano Gago (Photograph by Pedro Cunha, Jornal Publico; edited.)
No. Remembering is not useless. Remembering is, in our case, above all, belonging. And it is for that reason that we hope that the ATG will become a living immaterial house, perhaps even connected with Ciência Viva”. Indeed, we belong all to this great immaterial Pavilion of Knowledge. The fact that there is a material Pavilion of Knowledge and many “Ciência Viva” houses all over Portugal is again another mark of the great visionary with blue eyes that never grew old or became gray like his moustache (see photo) and of Rosalia Vargas who transformed the vision in the visible. Let us hope that ATG will follow his example and live forever in the memory and the making of things, inspiring and supporting young people who might choose to ask, to doubt, and to try to prove as their way of being, scientists, creative “kids”, all that GABBA stood for since 1996. Maria de Sousa April 25th, 2015 ***
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You reached the end of the ATG’s first newsletter. Will you help us prepare the next issue? The ATG’s newsletter intends to be a regular point of contact among ATG members - a place where we share news, ideas and projects related or unrelated to science with all ATG members. Would you care to help prepare our next issue? You can contribute with material for the existing sections or create new ones. Together, we can make this newsletter grow!
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