VII - Edition 2003
VII School of Pure and Applied Biophysics
on
Biophysics of Sensory Transduction
Venice, - January 27 - 31, 2003
Organised by:
SIBPA - Società Italiana di Biofisica Pura e Applicata
IVSLA - Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti
With the financial support of CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche)
Scientific Commitee
- Giovanni Felice Azzone (Padova), Giovanni Giacometti (Padova)
- Fabio Mammano (Padova), Anna Menini (Trieste), Carlo Musio (Napoli), Giorgio Rispoli (Ferrara)
Director of the School
Aim of the school and preliminary program
The School promotes deepening of biophysical topics selected in the area of contemporary research. The selected subjects will draw young researcher's attention on themes of frontier research which are considered of relevant scientific and educational impact.The School will be held in the magnificent Palazzo Loredan, in the historical centre of Venice, seat of the Istituto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti.
The School, in its sixth year of activity, will be on:
Biophysics of Sensory Transduction
and will deal with the following topics:
- Mechanotransduction
- Cochlear mechanics and amplification
- Mechanosensitive ion channels
- Mathematical models of cochlear function
- Calcium dynamics in hair cells
- Chemotransduction
- Olfactory transduction in vertebrates
- Receptors and transduction in taste
- Electrophysiology of taste cells
- Vomeronasal receptors
- From Biology to an artificial nose
- Phototransduction in invertebrates
- Light sensitive channels
- Calcium signaling and light adaptation
- Multimolecular signaling in photoreceptors
- Extraocular photoreception
- Photoreception in microorganisms
- Phototransduction in vertebrates
- Calcium transport and phototrasduction
- Cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels
- Cone photoreception
The lectures will be given by
- ALBERTINO BIGIANI, Università di Modena, Italy
- ANTONY W. GUMMER, HNO-Universitaetklinik Tuebingen, Germany
- ROGER C. HARDIE, Cambridge University, UK
- ARMIN HUBER, Universitaet Karlsruhe, Germany
- JOHN KAUER, Tufts Medical School, USA
- BENJAMIN V. KAUPP, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany
- MATTHIAS LANGER, Universitaetsklinik Tuebingen, Germany
- FRANCESCO LENCI, Istituto di Biofisica (CNR), Italy
- FABIO MAMMANO, Università di Padova, Italy
- ANNA MENINI, CNR-SISSA, Italy
- CARLO MUSIO, Istituto di Cibernetica, (CNR) Italy
- RENATO NOBILI, Università di Padova, Italy
- EDWARD N. PUGH, University of Pennsylvania, USA
- GIORGIO RISPOLI, University of Ferrara, Italy
- NICHOLAS RYBA, NIH Bethesda, USA
- ROBERTO TIRINDELLI, Università di Parma, Italy
Click here for downloading the definitive program.
The number of student admitted is restricted to 30. The participation is free and lodging facility is offered by the school organization.
Applications must be submitted on line by the following application form. The deadline for the submission is January 7, 2003.
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 communicated by e-mail within January 14, 2003.
Applications are encouraged from all young scientists (PhD students and post doctorals) interested in the topics of the school.
Further information can be obtained from the director of the school:
Giorgio M. Giacometti
Dept. of Biology
University of Padova
Viale G. Colombo, 3
35131 Padova - ITALY
Phone: 
+39 (049) 827-6326
Fax: +39 (049) 827-6300
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