XIX - Edition 2015

SIBPA - Società Italiana di Biofisica Pura e Applicata

IVSLA - Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti

XIX School of Pure and Applied Biophysics

on

Theoretical and Computational Approaches to Biophysics

Venice, - Campo Santo Stefano, January 26th-30th, 2015

Organised by:

SIBPA - Società Italiana di Biofisica Pura e Applicata
IVSLA - Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti

Scientific Coordinators

• Giorgio M. Giacometti (IVSLA and University of Padua)
  
• Velia Minicozzi (Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata)
• Mario Nicodemi (Department of Physics, University of Neaples "Federico II")

Director of the School

• Giorgio M. Giacometti (IVSLA and University of Padua) - E-mail: gcometti[at]bio.unipd.it
  

School overview and definitive program

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The School focuses on contemporary biophysical topics. The selected subjects will draw young researchers' attention to frontier research issues of considerable scientific and educational impact. The School will be held in the magnificent Palazzo Franchetti, the premises of the "Istituto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti" located in the historical centre of Venice.

The focus of the 2015 School is Theoretical and Computational Approaches to Biophysics covering  Polymer Physics models of chromosome organization in the cell nucleus, and ab-initio and classical Molecular Dynamics simulations of proteins. Different theories, algorithms and experiments will be discussed by the invited speakers.

SPEAKERS

• Gianfranco Bocchinfuso, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma (Italy)
• Michele Caselle, University of Turin, Torino (Italy)
• Pietro Faccioli, University of Trento, Trento (Italy)
• Andrea Gamba, Politecnico di Torino, Torino (Italy)
• Paolo Giannozzi, University of Udine, Udine (Italy)
• Achille Giacometti, University of Venice, Venezia (Italy)
• Leonardo Guidoni, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila (Italy)
• Giovanni La Penna, ICCOM-CNR, Firenze (Italy)
• Enzo Marinari, University of Rome Sapienza, Roma (Italy)
• Cristian Micheletti, SISSA, Trieste (Italy)
• Yifat Miller, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva (Israel)
• Silvia Morante, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma (Italy)
• Ana Pombo, MDC, Berlin (Germany)
• Angelo Rosa, SISSA, Trieste (Italy)
• Giancarlo Rossi, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma (Italy)
• Lorenzo Stella, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma (Italy)

ACCESS TO THE LECTURES (limited to school participants)

REGISTRATION

Maximum 35 students will be admitted to the school.

A poster session will be held for students to present their activity.

The participation fee is 350 Euro which includes five nights' accommodation and attendance at the lessons.
The fee for students who do not need night's accommodation is 165 Euros.

Deadline for registration 14^th December 2014.

Applicants are admitted to the school by the Scientific Committee based on the information provided on the application form (short curriculum). The results of the selection will be individually communicated by e-mail (or phone).
Payment must be performed within two weeks of notification of admission.
Applications are encouraged from all young scientists (PhD students and post doctors) interested in the topics of the school.

REGISTRATION INFORMATIONS  - Deadline December, 14^th 2014.

Applications are encouraged from young scientists (PhD students and postdocs) interested in the topics of the school.

A poster session will be held for students to present their activity (the presentation of a poster is not mandatory).

Participation fee:

• 350 euros (includes five nights accommodation and lectures)

• 165 euros (includes only lectures and not accommodation)

A maximum of 35 participants are admitted to the school by the Scientific Committee based on the information provided in the application. The results of the selection will be communicated by email (or phone). If admitted, payment must be transferred within two weeks of the notification of admission.

The deadline for registration is December 14^th, 2014.

Application process:

• Send an email to the Scientific Committee at: minicozzi[at]roma2.infn.it and nicodem[at]na.infn.it

• In the subject field, write your full name and “Scuola di Venezia”

• In the email, please provide:

1. contact information (name, affiliation, address, email, and phone number)
2. current position
3. name of reference person (e.g. supervisor)
4. preliminary poster title (not mandatory)
5. short CV (maximum one A4 page; text and pdf files are admitted).

Further information is available through the scientific coordinators or the director of the school.

For the registration please download the following form and e-mail it compiled together with a short CV to

- minicozzi[at]roma2.infn.it,

- nicodem[at]na.infn.it and/or

- gcometti[at]bio.unipd.it.

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