“Our eight-thousander has to be to transform society”. With this and many other deep thoughts, the guests of the "http://www.vhir.org/salapremsa/mitjans/mitjans_detall.asp?Idioma=en&mv1=5&mv2=1&mh1=0&mh2=0&mh3=0&mh4=0&ms=0&any=2014&num=39" first Scientific Beer organized by the Vall d' Hebron Research Institute ( VHIR ) spoke, in an exciting, intense, deep, thoughtful, humane and passionate way, about their three visions of the challenges every day have to overcome to achieve the highest peak, not only as scientists and mountaineer, but also as parents, and, above all, as people.In an intimate and informal atmosphere, Joan Montaner, Head of Neurovascular Diseases Group at VHIR, Mara Dierssen, Head of Research & Systems Neurobiology Cellulars Group at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG ) and President of the Spanish Society for Neuroscience, and Ferran Latorre, alpinist who has made ten eight-thousanders, reflected on concepts that go beyond their personal challenges and connect with the self worth of life and people . "When you discover something new you feel an indescribable feeling, but you can’t stop there, you have to enjoy and appreciate the path that has led you there", shared Joan Montaner. Attendees talked about concepts such as curiosity, enjoying the journey and not just the goal, passion as the engine of any challenge that we want to beat, and the value of humility above all, as Ferran Latorre said: "The failures I've had have given me humility". Words that provoked a reaction of emotion in the audience, the other main focus, which was very focused in all that was happening from the stage of the Teatret dels Lluïssos de Gràcia.Precisely the public was the driver of the second part of the conversation through questions and reflections made to the guests. Probably learned from their own experiences, as it was inevitable not to feel absolutely identified with many of the ideas that resonated between the seats. All these detached emotions were captured in situ by the painter Trinidad Sotos Bayarri, mother of Mara Dierssen, drawing in live with an iPad. To finish off this sensory experience, Mara Dierssen took the microphone and thrilled the audience with a concert of his music group FromLosttotheRiver, one of his many eight-thousanders. "https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.746654015352375.1073741834.170528246298291&type=1" Take a look at the drawings here!