YouMaker
An audiovisual ICMAB outreach project presenting remarkable materials and showing how they are made in the laboratory.
What is YouMaker?
YouMaker showcases some of ICMAB’s most characteristic and surprising materials and reveals the laboratory processes used to make them.
The project produced a series of ten materials science videos. Each episode brings together one ICMAB researcher and one external science communicator working in a different area or medium. An introductory video presents the series and invites audiences to discover how science is made at ICMAB.
Partners and funding
YouMaker was developed with organisations that contributed editorial reach, project management and audiovisual production. The project was supported through the collaboration of FECYT – Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación and the ICMAB Severo Ochoa Excellence project.
El Periódico
Hosted the videos within science outreach articles to increase their impact and reach.
Esciencia
Supported the science outreach project management.
Incognita Agency
Supported the production of the YouMaker videos.
FECYT
Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología – Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.
ICMAB Severo Ochoa Excellence project
Contributed to the YouMaker project at ICMAB.
External collaborators
Each episode pairs an ICMAB researcher with a science communication professional who brings a distinct voice, audience and media perspective.
Presentation of the project
Anna May Masnou presented “YouMaker: this is how we make science” at the VI Annual Nanodivulgation Meeting, held in Sevilla on 4 November 2021. The event was organised by the Institute of Materials Science of Sevilla (ICMS) at the Scientific Research Center Isla De La Cartuja (CIC Cartuja).
The project was also presented at CosmoCaixa Barcelona during the European Researchers’ Night, where visitors were asked what they expected from materials science and how it could shape the future.
Finally, Lydia Gallego, from the CSIC Delegation in Catalunya, presented the project at the CSIC Science Culture Meeting in Madrid on 13–14 June 2022.
YouMaker video series
Start with the introductory film, then explore the ten episodes. The original Catalan and Spanish article links are preserved for every science chapter.
Converteix-te en #YouMaker i descobreix com fem la ciència a l'ICMAB
The introductory film presents YouMaker and how science is made at ICMAB.
Complete YouMaker playlist
Watch the introductory film and all ten materials science episodes in the complete YouMaker playlist.
Credits and support
YouMaker was produced by ICMAB with the collaboration of the Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT) – Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.
