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Vicente Durán-Toro
My name is Vicente Durán-Toro and I’m from Chile. I’ve studied Biochemistry at the University of Chile and also got my Master’s degree in Applied Biochemistry at the same institution. In 2016 I started my PhD studies at the MARUM institute, University of Bremen. My research is focused on the “biological and non-biological generation of metallic nanoparticles in marine shallow hydrothermal systems”. The relevance of metals in marine environments and their influence on local microbial communities encourage me to pursue post-graduate studies in ocean sciences in order to better understand and help areas contaminated by those toxic elements (metals as arsenic). That's why for me projects like "Once Upon a Time" are important for scientific communication. The generation of new knowledge in different fields of research is not enough. Proper efforts from scientific communities should be performed, bringing in a real, simple and interesting way the information/data can be communicated with every single person, family, school or institution to implement changes that would help to preserve our rivers, lakes, seas and oceans.