2012 Dopaminet Summer School on Dopaminergic Neurons

[comunicazione CBM]

The FP7 DOPAMINET Consortium  is pleased to announce the 2012 DOPAMINET 
Summer School which will take place on 19-20 July 2012 in Trieste at 
SISSA - International School for Advanced Studies. The theme and focus 
of the Summer School will be on Dopaminergic Neurons and Parkinson's 
Disease.

The Summer School goals are:

    * to inspire and train PhD students, medical doctors and early stage
      researchers involved in the study of neurodegenerative diseases.
    * to raise awareness of the recent research advances in the field of
      Dopaminergic Neurons and in technologies for improving therapeutic
      approaches to fight Parkinson's Disease: special emphasis will be
      put on the impact of functional genomics.
    * to promote participation in international dialogue and exchange
      and to strengthen alliance with patients, care-takers
      organizations and policy makers committed in shaping
      evidence-based policies on neurodegenerative diseases.

The Summer School is conceived as a focused and multi-disciplinary 
networking platform to access the highest level of expertise from 
leaders in the field of functional neurogenomics.

The Summer School includes two  plenary lectures from Prof. Moussa B.H. 
Youdim (Technion-Rappaport Family) and Prof. Alain Prochiantz, (Collège 
de France).

A roundtable with health policy makers and stakeholders from industry 
and patient organizations is also planned.

The scientific coordinator of the Summer School is Prof. Stefano 
Gustincich (SISSA) supported by CBM -- Cluster in Biomedicine.

Invited speakers:
Vania Broccoli, (Ospedale San Raffaele, Italy)
David Gomez Cabrero, (YouHealth AB, Sweden)
Piero Carninci, (Riken Research, Japan)
Wolfgang Driever, (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany)
Stefano Gustincich, (SISSA - International School for Advanced Studies, 
Italy)
Boris Lenhard, (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
Urban Liebel, (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
Antonello Mallamaci, (SISSA - International School for Advanced Studies, 
Italy)
Ferenc Müller, (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Moussa B.H. Youdim, (Technion-Rappaport Family, Israel)
Alain Prochiantz, (Collège de France, France)
Antonio Simeone, (CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate / IGB - Istituto di 
Genetica e Biofisica del CNR, Italy)
Elia Stupka, (San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy)
Maria Trinidad Herrero, (University of Murcia, Spain)
Wolfgang Wurst, (Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany)

Registrations are open. The programme of the event is published at 
http://www.dopaminet.eu/page.php?37 .
Please check the website for further updates.

A limited number of fellowships covering accommodation costs for PhD 
students are available upon request. The selection will be based on the 
CV and the motivation statement of the applicants.

We look forward to seeing you in Trieste

Prof. Stefano Gustincich & the Organizing Committee