Margarita Salas

This artwork es a part of thje project named Interactive murals: Women of science, an initiative promoted jointly by the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Las Naves Innovation Center of the Valencia City Council with a double objective: on the one hand, to make visible and honoring researchers of reference of science national and international, combining in each mural science, gender, art and new technologies; and on the other, to denounce the consequences of gender inequality, both in the construction of scientific and research vocations, and in the development of women's professional careers in these areas, their working conditions, access to research fields and roofs of glass to which they are still subjected today.

This first mural pays tribute to Margarita Salas, whose scientific work has been recognized with the granting of numerous awards and distinctions, and whose contributions are decisive in understanding the replication mechanisms of genetic material. 

The mural, the work of visual galician artist Lula Goce, occupies 9x5 meters of the UPV's rector's facade. In it, the figure of Dr. Salas stands out, accompanied by different elements linked to her scientific career.