Dear All,
We would like to remind you of the following event:
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6th European Summer School of Neuroengineering ‘Massimo Grattarola’
MICRO AND NANO TECHNOLOGIES FOR NEURONAL SYSTEMS
June 11-15, 2012, Genova, Italy
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The speakers of the school are highly recognized scientists in their respective fields and we expect a true multidisciplinary milieu, exciting lectures and fruitful interactions with the Faculties.
For PhD students, 4 CFU are granted for the attendance of the school.
Please visit our website for further info http://www.neuroengineering.it
GENERAL INFORMATION
The school will focus on the new and rapidly growing areas of neuro-information technologies (neuroinformatics) and neuroengineering, where neuroscience, information technology and engineering merge. The school will be organized by the Faculty of Engineering (University of Genova), by the Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) and by the Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK). The proposed topic for the 2012 is the synergic interaction between artificial elements (at the micro/nano scale) and natural neuronal elements constituting the brain.
COURSE CONTENTS
The school will address key topics in the neuroengineering field, with a focus on "micro and nanotechnology for neural systems" and their specific application to develop new devices for brain-machine and neuro-electronic interface and advanced sensory systems. All issues should will be dealt with the biological and the IT/engineering perspective in an interdisciplinary way.
Key topics of the school will include:
- Novel materials for interacting with cells and systems
- Nanodevices for neuronal interface applications
- Neuro-electronic interface
- Advanced neuro-prosthetics
- Brain-machine interfaces
INVITED SPEAKERS
Arsiero, Maura (Second Sight Medical Products, Switzerland); Benfenati, Valentina (Institute for Nanostructured Materials, CNR Bologna, Italy); Berdondini, Luca (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy); Blau, Axel (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy); Bonfiglio, Annalisa (Università di Cagliari, Italy); Carmena, Josè (University of California, Berkeley, USA); Fellin, Tommaso (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy); Fromherz, Peter (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Munich, Germany); Hierlemann, Andreas (ETH, Basel, Switzerland); Hofmann, Ulrich (University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany); Jackson, Andrew (Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK); Keefer, Edward (University of Texas, Southwestern medical center, USA); Kokaia, Merab (Lund University, Sweden); Kovacs, Gregory T.A. (Stanford University, USA); Logothetis, Nikos (Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany); Malliaras, George (Ecole National Supèrieure des Mines, St. Etienne, France); Massobrio, Paolo (Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy); Mazzoni, Alberto (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rovereto, Italy); Muccini, Michele (Institute for Nanostructured Materials, CNR Bologna, Italy); Mussa-Ivaldi, Ferdinando A. (Northwestern University, Chicago, USA); Panzeri, Stefano (University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK and Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rovereto, Italy); Reutsky, Inna (Technion and Ruppin College, Israel); Ricci, Davide F. (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy); Rutten, Wim L.C. (University of Twente, The Netherlands); Shoham, Shy (Technion, Haifa, Israel); Silva, Gabriel A. (University of California, S. Diego - UCSD, USA); Spira, Micha E. (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - HUJI, Israel); Verstreken, Kris (IMEC, Leuven, Belgium); Wójcik, Daniel (Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Poland)
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Registration: 20 May 2012
Poster Submission: 3 June 2012
Summer School: 11-15 June 2012
REGISTRATION FEES
Before May 20, 2012
PhD student and Post Doc (without accommodation): 200 euro
PhD student and Post Doc (with accommodation in student-houses): 350 euro
All others (without accommodation): 350 euro
After May 20, 2012
PhD student and Post Doc (without accommodation): 300 euro, upon availability
All others (without accommodation): 450 euro, upon availability
Please note that we have already received several registrations, so if you want to guarantee your place at the school, you should register as soon as possible!
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Dr Michela Chiappalone, PhD
NeuroTech Group
Department of Neuroscience and Brain Technologies (NBT)
Italian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Via Morego 30
16163 Genova (Italy)
e-mail : michela.chiappalone@iit.it
web-site : www.iit.it
direct phone : +39 010 71781743
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