5th NEURON TECHNOLOGY SUMMER SCHOOL

From Electrophysiology to Imaging and BioNanotechnology
June 8 - 19, 2015
SISSA, Via Bonomea 265, Trieste
Room 004, Ground Floor

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

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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)