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Theory and practice in transmission and scanning electron microscopy
Pisa (PI), 17- 24 January, 2025. Deadline for applications: December 16, 2024
The Winter School is a practical, full-immersion course covering ultrastructural techniques that can be applied to the study of several biological subjects (cells, tissues, organisms).
The course will be divided into two parts:
- a theoretical part organized in lectures covering basic and advanced techniques in transmission and scanning electron microscopy;
- a practical part in which participants will be hosted in the laboratories and will be directly involved in the design and execution of experimental protocols regarding the main topics object of the lectures.
The Winter School will be held in Pisa, at Polo Nobili, via Alessandro Volta, 4.
The school is open to all postgraduate students, especially PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, and senior researchers from universities, research institutes, clinics, and industries.
Undergraduate students will be also welcome.
All useful information on the programme will be available on its website.
Deadline for registration: December 16, 2024
13th edition of the Optoelectronics & Photonics Winter School - Artificial Intelligence For Telecom (AIT2025)
Monte Bondone, Trento (TN), 19 - 25 January, 2025. Deadline for applications: December 8, 2024
The 13th Optoelectronics and Photonics Winter School on Artificial Intelligence for Telecom, to be held from 19 to 25 January 2025 in Monte Bondone (Trento), Italy aims at introducing students and post-docs with an optics/photonics background to the concepts of artificial intelligence applied to telecommunication, focusing on the hot topics that are driving the recent technological and scientific research in this field with an emphasis on photonic integrated circuits.
The school aims to bring together a large number of PhD students and young researchers from all parts of the world who follow a series of lectures on selected topics across a one-week intense schedule. The lectures are held by internationally recognized experts in the field. At the same time, the students are encouraged to enjoy the beautiful location where the school is organized. To this end, a lunch break of a few hours is considered to allow skiing, hiking, and relaxing on the mountains or at the hotel facilities. For easy interaction, the number of participants is limited to 50 people.
The University of Ghent (Belgium) and the University of Trento will organize the 13th edition which is also supported by our running projects. The directors will be Prof. Peter Bienstman and Prof. Lorenzo Pavesi, Scientific managers Dr Stefano Biasi and Dr Alessio Lugnan and Administrative assistants Chiara Rindone and Camilla Kandamulla Arachchige.
The school will initially introduce the state of the art of optical communication for the different transport scenarios (access, metro and long haul as well as within data centres) discussing both the optical transceivers, the optical nonlinearities and the used approaches to equalise the signals. On the other hand, artificial intelligence models and their use in electronics and photonics devices will be presented with specific attention to various photonic neural networks which were developed to be used with telecom signals.
In addition to standard classes, rump evening sessions on hot topics in the field with free beers and beverages will be organized to facilitate discussions among students and lecturers. Since this is a residential school, both the students and the lecturers will reside in the same hotel, making it easy to discuss in an informal venue or on the ski fields.
All useful information on the programme will be available on its website.
Deadline for registration: December 8, 2024
From Genes To Cells: A Basic Course of Molecular, Cellular and Ultrastructural Biology
Pisa (PI), 1-11 July 2025. Deadline for applications: May 9, 2025
Our summer school is a practical, full-immersion course covering biotechniques that can be applied to the study of several biological subjects related to cell biology, gene expression and function analysis, genotoxicity and ultrastructural observations.
The course will be divided in:
- a theoretical part organized in lectures covering modern technologies;
- a practical part in which participants will be hosted in the laboratories and will be directly involved in the design and execution of several experimental protocols regarding the main topics object of the lectures.
The Summer School will be held on campus, in Pisa, at Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, via Alessandro Volta, 4.
The aim of the summer school is to introduce students to get information and practice on modern approaches concerning cell biology, cytogenetics, molecular biology and ultrastructure. The school is open to all postgraduate students, especially to PhD students, post-doctoral researchers and senior researchers from Universities, research institutes, clinics and industries. Undergraduate students will be also welcome.
All useful information on the programme will be available on its website.
Deadline for registration: May 9, 2025
Discovering Cell Biology: a Basic Course in Cell Culture Handling and Cell Viability Assay
Pisa (PI), 14-17 July 2025 and 21-24 July 2025. Deadline for applications: April 30, 2024
This summer school is a full-immersion workshop on cell culture techniques for both adherent and suspension cell lines with particular emphasis on cell viability assays. In the workshop, schematic theoretical lectures will be given to introduce to the assay protocols and to plan the experimental part that will be hosted in cell biology laboratories. Students, divided into small groups, will directly execute the experiments under the supervision of a teacher.
This summer school will be repeated in two sessions: 14-17 July 2025 and 21-24 July 2025 - and will be held on campus in Pisa, at Polo Nobili, via Alessandro Volta, 4.
The aim of the summer school is to introduce students to cell cultivation and basic assays for cell viability that can be used in cell biology, pharmacology, and toxicology. In particular, most assays will be carried out utilizing flow cytometry, allowing the students to become familiar with this versatile technology.
Undergraduate and early graduate students in biological/pharmacological/veterinary discipline can apply. Postgraduate students as well as junior and senior researchers who intend to take their first steps in the field of manipulation and study of cell lines and/or flow cytometry. This Summer School is not intended for researchers with consolidated experience in the manipulation of cell cultures and/or flow cytometry
All useful information on the programme will be available on its website.
Deadline for registration: April 30, 2025
BEEP - Biology for human space exploration
Pisa (PI), 21 - 25 July 2025. Deadline for applications: May 18, 2025
The Seasonal School will introduce participants to the urgent topic of space biology, a discipline that aims at developing a better understanding of how life operates in built environments in space, or in ground-based experiments that mimic aspects of spaceflight, to prepare for future human exploration missions far from Earth. An overview of different research areas dealing with basic research and applications for human life support will be offered. At the end of the course, students will be familiar with the central themes of biological and biomedical research in support of human space exploration.
All useful information on the programme will be available on its website.
Deadline for registration: May 18, 2025
Space Law: Exploring Legal Frontiers
Amsterdam (Netherlands), July 20 - August 7 2025. Deadline for applications: February 1, 2025
In this summer programme, we delve deep into existing treaties and regulations that govern outer space activities. The central theme revolves around the preparedness of current legal frameworks to address imminent challenges posed by rapid advancements in space exploration and commercialisation. This includes but is not limited to, topics such as the utilisation of celestial resources, space traffic management, and the environmental and ethical concerns related to space activities.
While the primary discipline is law, the program integrates critical insights from politics and international relations. This interdisciplinary approach ensures a comprehensive understanding of the complexities and nuances of space-related legal challenges in the international arena.
Drawing inspiration from the Socratic method, sessions in this programme will be structured around open-ended questions, fostering critical thinking and allowing students to explore the nuances of space law deeply. Students will be encouraged to take an active role in their learning. This involves raising questions, challenging prevailing notions, and contributing their perspectives to enrich discussions.
We will organise regular debates in class to discuss contentious topics in space law and simulated court proceedings or ‘moots’ will be an essential part of the curriculum. This method will hone students' advocacy and legal research skills, allowing them to understand multiple facets of issues and articulate their stances effectively.
All useful information on the programme will be available on its website.
Deadline for registration: February 1, 2025
GISM3 2025 - International Summer School on the ISM of nearby galaxies
Banyuls-sur-Mer (France), July 21 - August 1 2025. Deadline for applications: April 18, 2025
Recent observations of interstellar regions of the Milky Way and nearby galaxies, by the James Webb and Euclid space telescopes, have demonstrated the wealth of information that we can currently obtain on the InterStellar Medium (ISM) and on its intricate relation with star formation. We are entering an age where the amount and complexity of the data on the ISM calls for dedicated methods for processing observations, extracting the physical information they contain and comparing them to numerical simulations.
The present summer school will address the following outstanding questions.
- What new methods are needed to analyze the data collected by modern observatories in our field?
- Which new concepts (observations, models) are required to bridge the remaining gap in angular resolution between the Milky Way and external galaxies?
- How can we apply our knowledge of the Galactic ISM to other galaxies? What are the limitations?
- How peculiar is the ISM of the Milky Way? How representative are nearby systems to understand the cosmic evolution of galaxies?
This summer school will be the third edition of the GISM (Galaxies' ISM) series. It will centre around high-level lectures covering the different aspects of this field. This year, about one-third of the lectures will be devoted to presenting modern data analysis methods and will be accompanied by a dedicated hands-on application. In parallel, each participant will work, in a small group, on a project whose results will be presented at the end of the school. Finally, there will be a few round table discussions on open questions, state-of-the-art methods and practical aspects of careers in astrophysics.
All useful information on the programme will be available on its website.
Deadline for registration: April 18, 2024
AeroSpace Academy Torino - From Space to Earth
Torino, TBD. Deadline for applications: TBD
The AeroSpace Academy Torino aims to contribute, at a scientific and educational level, to the enhancement of knowledge in frontier innovation of the Civil Aviation and Space sector in Italy and internationally.
Two are the pillars of the Academy's value proposition:
- provide professionals and researchers of the aerospace sector with inter and multidisciplinary skills to approach complex problems;
- exploit the great potential offered by the local industrial environment in aerospace (global industrial players on site) to provide experiential training, where industry know-how is connected to the academic educational proposal.
The first edition of the AeroSpace Academy Torino is dedicated to the topic “From Space to Earth”
Not only have men climbed the lunar craters. Not only have robot spaceships measured other planets. Most space benefits accrue directly to us on our own planet (Spinoff, 1976).
The first edition of the AeroSpace Academy will focus on the benefits of space exploration, which include the generation of scientific knowledge, the spread of innovation and the creation of markets, the inspiration of people worldwide, and the agreements established between participating countries. Multidisciplinary contributions to this broad topic are very welcome!
The Academy will offer experiential learning, where students will be, on one side, exposed to frontal lectures on state-of-the-art innovation and research and, on the other side, to industry vision and recent developments.
Deadline for registration: TBD
XXXVI edition of the International School "Francesco Romano" on Nuclear, Subnuclear and Astroparticle Physics
Bari - Italy, 2025. Deadline for applications: TBD
The International School “Francesco Romano” on Nuclear, Subnuclear and Astroparticle Physics is targeted particularly at young postdocs and PhD students working in experimental High Energy Physics and in phenomenology. According to its tradition, scientific and applicative topics will both be covered. Besides lectures in high-energy theoretical and experimental Physics, training in writing proposals for EU and outreach projects will be offered. One of the main purposes of the school is to stimulate the interactions between the young attendants and the lecturers. Therefore afternoon sessions will be devoted to discussions and a dedicated session for student talks will also be organized.
Deadline for registration: TBD