IFOP offers a talk at Pozo Almonte’s school in Iquique
November 4th, 2022
Researcher Marianne Lichtenberg, participated at Marine sciences carnival , offering a talk at Pozo Almonte school. Marianne explained “The presentation was about ” Anchovy ovaries histological technique”, talking to young people about how this technique was developed and the importance that the information that can be obtained from it has for science. It was explained to them in a simple and highly interactive language for easy understanding. The listeners were 8th graders from a school in Pozo Almonte, a town located in Tarapacá’s region. The students enjoyed the activity and that was reflected in the questions they asked me. With this, they were encouraged by the importance of science for resources protection and IFOP’s significant work carried out throughout the country”.
Marianne Lichtenberg, is a Fisheries Development Institute researcher in the North Zone Pelagic Fisheries Monitoring Project. She has been working for 5 years on anchovy reproductive analysis in the north central zone (Atacama and Coquimbo). The analysis consists of anchoveta ovaries (plates) histological readings interpretation in order to know their reproductive status through microscopy. These microscopic results are obtained thanks to histological technique performed by IFOP at Iquique’s base.