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International Synthetic and Systems Biology Summer School - SSBSS 2016

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Start Time:08 Jul 2016

End Time:14 Jul 2016

Where:SIAF Learning Village, Volterra (Pisa), Italy

Recent advances in DNA synthesis have increased our ability to build biological systems. Synthetic Biology aims at streamlining the design and synthesis of robust and predictable biological systems using engineering design principles. Designing biological systems requires a deep understanding of how genes and proteins are organized and interact in living cells: Systems Biology aims at elucidating the cellular organization at gene, protein and network level using computational and biochemical methods.

The Synthetic and Systems Biology Summer School (SSBSS) is a full-immersion five-day residential summer school at the Volterra Learning Center (Pisa - Tuscany, Italy) on cutting-edge advances in systems and synthetic biology with lectures delivered by world-renowned experts. The school provides a stimulating environment for students (from Master students to PhD students), Post-Docs, early career researches, academics and industry leaders. Participants will also have the chance to present their results, and to interact with their peers, in a friendly and constructive environment.

The school will be open up to 100 qualified, motivated and selected students. Undergraduate and graduate students, post-docs, research fellows, academics and industrial professionals are encouraged to apply. School fees will be 550 EUR for undergraduate and graduate students, 650 EUR for post-docs and research fellows and 750 EUR for all other participants (the late registration fees are the following: 600 EUR for undergraduate and graduate students, 700 EUR for post-docs and research fellows and 800 EUR for all other participants ). Fees will cover lectures, course materials, coffee breaks, social tour in Florence, and Wi-Fi Internet Connection.

The School will involve a total of 32 hours of lectures, the final achievement will be equivalent to 8 ECTS points (ECTS grading scale).

Applications should be received before March 31, 2016. Applicants will receive notification of acceptance by April 10, 2016.

You need a valid passport to enter Italy. It is highly recommended that passports have at least six months validity remaining after your intended date of departure from your travel destination. A visa is not required for citizens of EU, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, and several other countries: please, check your visa requirements here. Visitors who need a visa should apply for a standard Schengen visa.

Students may submit a research abstract for presentation using the Application Form. School directors will review the abstracts and will recommend for poster or short-oral presentation. Abstract should be submitted by March 31, 2016. The abstracts will be published on the electronic hands-out material of the summer school.



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