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The Italian Society for Pure and Applied Biophysics (SIBPA
http://sibpa.itc.it/) in collaboration with: Istituto Veneto di Scienze
Lettere ed Arti (IVSLA)
proudly announces the
XI SCHOOL OF PURE AND APPLIED BIOPHYSICS
Advanced Optical Microscopy Methods in Biophysics
Venice, January 29 to February 2 - 2007,
Palazzo Franchetti, the prestigious premises of the Istituto di
Scienze Lettere e Arti (IVSLA) (http://www.ivsla.it).
Scientific Coordinators
* Giovanni Giacometti (IVSLA and University of Padova)
* Giovanni Felice Azzone (IVSLA and University of Padova)
* Alberto Diaspro (Dept. of Physics, University of Genova)
* Cesare Usai (Institue of Biophysics, CNR)
Director of the School
* Giorgio M. Giacometti (IVSLA and University of Padova)
E-mail: gcometti(at)bio.unipd.it
School overview and program
Biophysics is a molecular science rapidly moving to the nanoscale. It
seeks to explain biological function in terms of the molecular
structures and properties of specific molecules. The size of these
molecules varies dramatically, from small fatty acids and sugars (~1
nm = 10-9 m), to macromolecules like proteins (5-10 nm), starches
(bigger than 1000 nm), and the enormously elongated DNA molecules.
Much effort in biophysics is directed to determining the structure of
specific biological molecules and of the larger structures into which
they assemble. Some of this effort involves inventing new methods and
building new instruments for monitoring these structures, and many of
the exciting new developments in optical microscopy, in terms of
imaging and manipulation, spectroscopy and visualization, are part of
this effort.
The School is co-organized by Alberto Diaspro (Department of Physics,
University of Genoa) and Cesare Usai (Institute of Biophysics,
National Research Council).
Topics of the School will be on:
CARS (Coherent Anti Raman Scattering), TIRF (Total Internal
Reflection Fluorescence), SHG-THG (Second-Third Harmonic Generation),
Correlative microscopy, Multiphoton microscopy, Confocal Microscopy,
3D microscopy, Lifetime Imaging Microscopy, FRET (Forster resonance
Enrgy Transfer), FRAP (Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching),
SIngle molecule imaging, Tissue imaging, Cell imaging, Inverse
problems in Optical Microscopy (Computational methods in image
recovery), 7D Microscopy (adding new dimensions to x-y-z-t),
Nanoscopy, Optical Tweezers, Complementary methods, Fluorescence
Spectroscopy.
Provisional list of Lecturers includes:
* Wolfgang Becker (Becker-Hickl, Germany)
* Paolo Bianchini (Università di Genova, Dipartimento di Fisica,
Genova, I)
* Ranieri Bizzarri (NEST-INFM, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, I)
* Rolf Th.Borlinghaus (Leica Microsystems CMS, Mannheim, Germany)
* Fred Brakenhoff (University of Amsterdam, Swammerdam Institute
for LIfe Sciences, NL)
* Carlos Bustamante (UC Berkeley, Department of Molecular and
Cellular Biology, CA, USA)
* Valentina Caorsi (Università di Genova, Dipartimento di
Fisica, Genova, I)
* Giuseppe Chirico (Università di Milano-Bicocca, Dipartimento
di Fisica, Milano, I)
* Mario Faretta (IFOM-IEO Campus for Oncogenomics, European
Institute of Oncology, Milano, I)
* Stefan W. Hell (Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical
Chemistry, Dept. NanoBiophotonics, Goettingen, Germany)
* Lucie Kubinova (Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences
of the Czech Republic, Department of Biomathematics, Prague, Czech
Republic)
* Manuel Martinez Corral (University of Valencia, Department of
Optics, ES)
* Davide Mazza (Università di Genova, Dipartimento di Fisica,
Genova, I)
* Valentina Mussi (NANOMED, Università di Genova, I)
* Erwin Neher (Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry,
Goettingen, Germany) (to be confirmed)
* Dario Parazzoli (IFOM-IEO Campus for Oncogenomics, European
Institute of Oncology, Milano, I)
* Francesco Pavone (LENS, Università di Firenze, I)
* Tullio Pozzan (University of Padova, Department of Biomedical
Sciences, Padova, I)
* Franco Quercioli (Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, CNR,
Firenze, I)
* Gimmi Ratto (Istituto di Neuroscienze, CNR, Pisa, I)
* Peter Saggau (Baylor College of Medicine, Dept. Neuroscience,
Houston, TX, USA)
* Bruno Samorì (Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di
Biochimica, Bologna, I)
* Ilaria Testa (Università di Genova, Dipartimento di Fisica,
Genova, I)
* Giuseppe Vicidomini (Università di Genova, Dipartimento di
Informatica e Scienze dell'Informazione, Genova, I)
* Tony Wilson (University of Oxford, Department of Engineering
Science, UK)
* Fred Wouters (The Neuroscience Institute, European
Neuroscience Institute, Goettingen, Germany)
MAIN SPONSOR: Leica Microsystems, Germany.
SUPPORTING SPONSORS (to be updated): ISS, Urbana, Illinois; Becker
and Hickl; OKO-LAB; Coherent; Springer and Verlag; Amici del Festival
della Scienza.
REGISTRATION
The number of students admitted is restricted to 30.
The participation fee is 300 Euros which includes five nights
accommodation and attendance at the lessons. The participation fee is
reduced to 150 Euros in case the attendant does not need
accommodation. The participation fee is reduced to 250 Euros for
those registering by 15 December 2006. Applicants are admitted to the
School by the Scientific Committee based on the information (short
curriculum) provided on the pre-registration form, which must be
submitted on line using the following application form.
The admittance will be individually communicated via e-mail.
FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES
http://sibpa.itc.it/ (section Biophysics School)
http://www.lambs.it (section Events)
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[...] Dance with wolves and count the stars, including the
unseen...(L.Ferlinghetti, Challenges to young poet, 2001)
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Alberto Diaspro,LAMBS-IFOM MicroScoBIO Research Center,
Department of Physics, University of Genoa, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146
Genova, Italy
facsimile +39-010314218 - voice +39-0103536426/480/309;
URL: http://www.lambs.it
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