The colloquium cycle “Emakume zientzialarien argitan” (In the light of women scientists) is organized jointly by Elhuyar and Donostia Kultura. Three talks will be held in the autumn: 30 September, 21 October and 6 November. All will take place at 19:00 in the hall of events of the Ernest Lluch Culture House.

Through personal interviews led by Elhuyar's scientific communicator Ana Galarraga Aiestaran, we will be able to meet three women scientists who research and work on three fundamental factors that directly affect human health (physical exercise, environment and food): Maialen Araolaza Arrieta, Aitana Lertxundi Manterola and Eli Gallego Moreiro.
The objective of this project is to get to know women scientists, since in the history of science and technology the contributions of women have been relegated and hidden, and even today the discrimination suffered by women in this area remains evident.

Autumn cycle of colloquia 2025
The first colloquium will take place on September 30. Maialen Araolaza Arrieta will attend the lecture and will be entitled “Ariketa fisikoa, ongizaterako giltza” (Physical exercise, the key to well-being).
Maialen Araolaza Arrieta (Eibar) is a PhD in biomedical research by EHU, a degree in Physiotherapy from the Ramon Llul University and a Master in Telemedicine from the Open University of Catalonia. In his doctoral dissertation he researched the differences in functional performance of healthy older women and currently collaborates in different lines of research. She works as a researcher at the TherapIker Group at the University of Deusto.

Aitana Lertxundi Manterola will be the protagonist of the second talk, which will take place on 21 October and whose title is “Ingurunearen osasuna, Health of the Environment, Our Health”.
Aitana Lertxundi Manterola (Zarautz) is an aggregate professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the UPV (Faculty of Medicine), principal researcher of the Basque Environmental Health Research Group of EHU, researcher of the Research Group on Environmental Epidemiology and Child Development at the BIOGipuzkoesp Institute. He has been researching the environmental epidemiology line for 18 years. Since 2007 he has been actively involved in the INMA project (www.proyectoinma.org), in coordination with Jesús Ibarluzea. It has participated in various European projects (ESCAPE, HIWATE and LifeCycle).

The third rapporteur will be the nutritionist and dietitian Eli Gallego Moreiro, whose talk will take place on November 6, under the title “Zer da elikadura osasungarria?” (What is a healthy diet? ).
The nutritionist and dietitian Eli Gallego Moreiro (Hondarribia) is founder and director of the Elikaeskola center. The work team of the center is composed of nutritionists and clinical psychologists, who treat disorders and pathologies related to food, also paying attention to the psychological part, as well as to education and the social environment. They offer courses, workshops and conferences, and Eli Gallego also often participates in the media with the aim of educating on the advantages of healthy eating.

The three colloquiums will be held in Euskera, at 19:00 hours, in the hall of events of the house of culture Ernest Lluch.
The audios of the colloquiums will be heard in the posters of DK Irratia de Donostia Kultura and in the cast “Emakume zientzialarien argitan” of Elhuyar. The latter will be able to listen to the interventions of all the women who have participated in the tertulia cycle.