コロンビア大RARAFのDr. Marcelo E. Vazquezより、来年3月に開催される“Second RARAF Microbeam Training Course”の1st. Announcementが届きました。 以前ご案内いたしました“10th International Workshop: Microbeam Probes of Cellular Radiation Response”に引き続いて開催されます。 参加を希望される方は各自ご自分でapplyして下さい。 詳細は、開催案内をご参照ください。
Dear Colleagues,
The second RARAF microbeam training course at Columbia University’s Nevis Laboratory in Irvington, New York will be held on March 19-21, 2012. The course is designed to provide a “pipeline” of researchers interested in the use and development of microbeam facilities for research in biology, radiation biology, and radiation physics. The course will follow the 10th International Workshop: Microbeam Probes of Cellular Radiation Response hosted by RARAF on March 15-17, 2012
Sponsored by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), the three-day course will be offered for the second time to a limited group of scientists, selected by an open competitive application process. Application to the program is open to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty with an interest in the use and development of microbeam facilities. Both foreign nationals and U.S. citizens may apply to the program.
The goal of this training course is to give physicists and biologists a thorough and hands-on introduction to microbeam technology. At the end of the course, participants should understand how microbeams work, what experiments can be performed using a microbeam, why these experiments are of biological interest, and how to perform these experiments. As there will be a significant “hands-on” aspect, we plan for a maximum of 5-6 participants. The course will be designed to emphasize specific needs (e.g., imaging, designing a microbeam facility) as requested by the participants.
This intense program is taught by leading Columbia University biologists and physicists who are pioneers in the development and use of microbeam technologies. Limited support for travel and housing will be available.
Interested applicants are required to submit:
- a copy of their curriculum vitae
- a statement (one page or less) of how they intend to use the knowledge gained from the course and whether they will need financial support.
Applications should be sent to Course Director Marcelo Vazquez, MD, Ph.D. by 5 p.m. EST Friday, December 30, 2012.
Information on the course will be also available online at http://raraf.org/microbeamtraining.htm.
A very limited number of participants will be able to arrange the shipping of biological samples before the course and stay afterwards to perform microbeam experiments using their own biological systems. Such arrangements will have to be made well before the course and approved by the RARAF staff.
Please, do not hesitate to contact me if you are interested in the course or in sending a colleague to the course or if you have any questions.
Regards,
Marcelo E. Vazquez, MD, Ph.D.
Director of the RARAF Microbeam Training Course
Columbia University
Phone: 516 512 2032
vazquez.m1958(a)gmail.com