{"id":8078,"date":"2026-02-12T11:50:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T03:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/?p=8078"},"modified":"2026-02-12T11:52:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T03:52:05","slug":"international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science-italian-embassy-in-singapore-initiative-celebrating-female-talent-in-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2026\/02\/international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science-italian-embassy-in-singapore-initiative-celebrating-female-talent-in-research\/","title":{"rendered":"International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Italian Embassy in Singapore initiative celebrating female talent in research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Singapore, 12 February 2026<\/strong> \u2013 The <strong>Italian Embassy in Singapore<\/strong> hosted an initiative on the occasion of the <strong>International Day of Women and Girls in Science<\/strong>, celebrated on <strong>11 February<\/strong> and established by the United Nations in 2015, with the aim of promoting the role of women in scientific research, innovation, and technological development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event brought together three leading figures from the international scientific community: <strong>Professor Giorgia Pastorin<\/strong> (National University of Singapore), <strong>Dr Giulia Varsano<\/strong> (Nuevocor), and <strong>Associate Professor Yu Jun Tan<\/strong> (National University of Singapore). The speakers, working in the fields of <strong>pharmaceuticals<\/strong>, <strong>bionanotechnology<\/strong>, <strong>biomedicine<\/strong>, and <strong>bioengineering<\/strong>, presented the latest research developments and their economic and societal impact.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his opening remarks, the <strong>Italian Ambassador to Singapore, Dante Brandi<\/strong>, highlighted that <em>\u201cfemale participation and leadership in science represent a key strength of bilateral scientific and technological cooperation, which in turn is among the most significant pillars of the excellent relations between Italy and Singapore.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The initiative \u2013 attended by representatives from academia, research institutions, and industry engaged in promoting <strong>STEM disciplines<\/strong> \u2013 is part of the Embassy\u2019s ongoing activities aimed at strengthening <strong>science diplomacy<\/strong> and fostering collaboration between Italy and Singapore in <strong>high-knowledge and high-tech sectors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Singapore, 12 February 2026 \u2013 The Italian Embassy in Singapore hosted an initiative on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated on 11 February and established by the United Nations in 2015, with the aim of promoting the role of women in scientific research, innovation, and technological development. The [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":8071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8082,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8078\/revisions\/8082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}