The School aims to provide practical and theoretical training on the application of a large spectrum of techniques to neuroscience. The course will have sessions with tutorial lectures and sessions with hands-on practicals.
Admission will be based on scientific/academic qualifications. Master’s level students are strongly encouraged to apply. The admission fee is € 1000,00 inclusive of board and lodging. 15 scholarships from SISSA will be available.
Send your application, including a short CV and motivation letter, to the Secretariat of the School: lough@sissa.it or grimalda@sissa.it
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: May 1st 2015
TOPICS
- Basic Electrophysiology
- maging and optical recordings
- Optical tweezers microscopy for single cell neurobiology
- Single molecule imaging and single cell handling with Atomic Force Microscopy
- Basic Structural Biology
LECTURERS
- Laura Ballerini – SISSA (Italy)
- Loredana Casalis – Elettra (Italy)
- Dan Cojoc – CNR (Italy)
- Elsa Fabbretti – University of Nova Gorica (Slovenia)
- Marco Lazzarino – CNR (Italy)
- Silvia Onesti – Elettra (Italy)
- Giulietta Pinato – University of Nova Gorica (Slovenia)
- Vincent Torre – SISSA (Italy)
Sponsors: SISSA, University of Trieste, Istituto Officina dei Materiali (CNR), Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, University of Nova Gorica, The EU funded projects SI-CODE (Contract n. 284553) and NEUROSCAFFOLDS (Contract n. 604263)
Image credits: Laura Ballerini's lab (SISSA, Trieste)