Bacterfield participates in the Science is Wonderful fair and is runner-up in the Tercer Milenio Awards
Researchers Elena Atrián and Isabel Franco, from the Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), a joint institute between the CSIC and the University of Zaragoza, have developed Bacterfield, a board game that aims to raise awareness of the exciting world of microbiology and how researchers work to create new materials and treatments to combat antimicrobial resistance, a growing threat.
Bacterfield is a strategy board game, for 2 to 4 players (from 14 years old). Bacterfield uses bacteria and their behaviour as the main elements of the game to build the dynamics of a classic strategy game. It is not necessary to have previous knowledge of microbiology to play, but rather the game mechanics itself will help you to discover it. To do so, you will have to collect bacteria, plan a strategy and use the cards to acquire new genes or to eliminate rival bacteria.
The game has just received a runner-up prize in the seventh edition of the Third Millennium Awards in the divulgation modality in Aragon. In addition, during this week it is participating in the Science is Wonderful Fair, an on-line event organised by the European Commission, which brings together research and dissemination projects in which Marie Curie researchers participate, with education centres from all over Europe.
The game has been designed and developed with the collaboration of the Fundación General CSIC’s Cuenta la Ciencia, 3rd edition, and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions PEPIPOM project, reference 845427, of the European Commission, whose IP is Scott Mitchell.
23/11/2021
