The N&N group wishes you all a Happy Chinese New Year!
This new year officially begins on February 16th and is the year of the dog. Luo and Yajie from the N&N group travelled to China for the Spring Festival celebration. We hope you enjoy your time there! At ICMAB there is a big Chinese community and we also did a small Chinese New Year celebration here.
Today (January 27) is Chinese New Year’s Eve (除夕), and as we have many Chinese people at ICMAB, and in our group, we wanted to celebrate it!
Qianzhe, Ma, Yajie and Luo are very happy; it is a big feast in their country! But, unfortunately, they will have to work during the Chinese holidays…
Each year, in Chinese astrology, is associated with an animal sign. From tomorrow (January 28), Chinese New Year’s day (初一), it will be a Rooster year. There are 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac cycle, and the Rooster is the 10th of it, after Monkey and before Dog. 
In addition, each year is not just associated with an animal sign, but also with one of the five following elements: Gold (Metal), Wood, Water, Fire, or Earth. In this case, we will start a Fire Rooster year!
Are you a Rooster? You can check it out in this fantastic webpage, where you will also find more information about the Fire Rooster year.
We wish everybody a Happy Chinese New Year!
The N&N group participates in the @NextGEM_eu project, for which we prepared this video explaining how we work with c.elegans. 🪱
👉 Dr. @PolAlonso1 explains how we use these nematodes and why they are useful for assessing biological effects.
#BioEM #5G
