Dr. Elisa García Lara is a neuroscientist and lecturer. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Sciences and a master’s in Translational Medicine from the University of Barcelona, where she also completed her Ph.D. in Biomedicine (Neuroscience) under the supervision of Dr. Coral Sanfeliu (IIBB-CSIC). In 2020, she received the Human Brain Project Award for the Best Proposal to Improve Diversity in Research. Dr. García Lara has worked across the full spectrum of neuroscience research, from molecular and cellular analyses to the development of experimental animal models and neuroimaging studies in humans. She has conducted research at the University of Concepción (Chile), the University of Tübingen (Germany), and the University of Barcelona (Spain). During her PhD, she investigated neurodegenerative processes from the molecular level to cognitive and behavioral alterations associated with dementia. She has also contributed to projects on circadian rhythms and worked in scientific publishing, launching new journals in neuroscience, psychology, and social medicine. Beyond neuroscience, Dr. García Lara has developed transdisciplinary research in Philosophy of Science, presenting at international conferences across Europe and the UK, and co-organizing a Symposium on Interdisciplinarity at the University of Lisbon in 2024. As a lecturer, she applies innovative methodologies from contemporary dance and performance to promote embodied understandings of biological knowledge. Committed to communicating science beyond academic boundaries, she has directed and co-produced the video essay On Interdependence: From Cells to Society, developed through international artistic residencies. Dr. García Lara’s research interests lie at the intersection of neuroscience, artistic practices (writing, performance, dance, music co-creation, photography, filmmaking), and natural environments (blue and green), with an emphasis on participatory research.