Seminars 2021

 

“Connexin43 hemichannels and intracellular calcium: An axis of dysfunction in sudden cardiac death" Mario Delmar  19 gennaio UNISI

 

Webinar_ “EHD proteins mediate remodeling of Connexin43 channels during myocardial ischemia” Tania Marques Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR.) University of Coimbra. Portugal. “Viral subversion of intercellular coupling: bridging the gap from mouse to human heart disease” Rachel Padget Center For Heart and Reparative Medicine. Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VCT. Virginia Tech, USA 19 gennaio 2021

 

“Studio della complessità cerebrale attraverso la dissezione e l’analisi single-cell" Prof.ssa Elena Cattaneo   22 gennaio  UNISI

 

 

“Dissecting the contribution of dipeptide repeat proteins to the toxicity in C9orf72 mutant iPSC-derived motor neurons from ALS/FTD patients “Paola Barbagallo, PhD_5 Febbraio

 

 

“Monitoring sleep in the age of smartphones” Group Meeting Neuroscience Prof. Ugo Faraguna Group - 19 marzo 2021-UNIPI

 

Research Professional Skills course for PhD students May 2021 UNIPI In the context of the Ph.D. in Biology, a new Ph.D. course in Research Professional Skills will be organized by the Department of Biology of the University of Pisa. UNIPI

Block I: Writing Scientific Papers in English
Language: English
Contents: how to organize a scientific paper and how to avoid common English errors that compromise the communication and understanding of scientific results; see attached detailed calendar for further information;
Duration: 4 3-hours modules, organized as a mix of lectures and active-learning activities;
Lecturers: John and Rose Kastelic (University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada);
Dates: Mondays and Thursdays from 16 to 19, starting on May 3rd till May 13th 2021 (3, 6, 10 and 13 May).
 
Block II: Techniques and ethics for navigating in library resources 
Language: in 2021 the course will be offered in Italian, although the course material will be provided in English. In the following years it will be offered in English.
Contents: 4 modules as described below: 
·         I module: Database: Where is the information? 
Presentation of the main literature databases with a focus on the biological sector (Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed);
·         II module: Search: how can we search the databases?
Presentation of the tool OneSearch, search strategies, boolean operators, sources included in the Discovery tool;
·         III module: Management: how can we handle the selected literature items?
Citation styles, reference management, compiling a bibliography;
·         IV module: Ethics: Copyright and plagiarism.
Duration: 3 hours per module, organized as a mix of lectures and active-learning activities 
Lecturers: Dr. Gabriella Benedetti and colleagues from the Library System of the University of Pisa (Sistema Bibliotecario di Ateneo, UNIPI);
Dates: The following Mondays 17th, 24th e 31st of May 2021 respectively for modules I, II e III, from 16:00 to 19:00. Module IV will be offered in June 2021 in a date to be decided and communicated later on.
 
Block III: General skills 
Language: English
Contents: 2 modules as described below 
·         I module: Bibliometry: how to assess the quality and impact of scientific contributions; 
·         II module: Scientific presentations: how to efficiently present scientific results;
Duration: 2/3 hours for each module, organized as a mix of lectures and active-learning activities; 
Lecturers: Prof. Lorenzo Peruzzi (I module) and Prof. Damiano Marchi (II module) Dept. Biology, University of Pisa;
Dates: to be organized in the fall 2021 (October-November) in dates to be decided and communicated later on.