Here….the second edition

THE SUMMER SCHOOL IN BRAIN PLASTICITYUniversity of Lille 12-7 September 2006

Last year

….Sara Morley-Fletcher is missing from this photo

…a nice photo of the last year’s group in Lille.

Last year,…something important was beginning…..I was already hoping to the second edition in rome….

PENSthe Programme of European Neuroscience Schools

-an IBRO-FENS collaboration

Federation of European Neuroscience Societies

IBRO, International Brain Research Organisation

…our hope became reality

…But this would never have taken place without the help of the group from the Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology of the Sapienza University of Rome (Dir. Fabrizio Eusebi)Here my collegues: Ferdinando Nicoletti

Assia Catalani

Paola Casolini Sebastiano Alemà

Postdocs between Lille and Rome

AnnaRita ZuenaJérome MairesseCarlo CinqueCharlotte Laloux

PhD students

Angela GiovineVincent Waes

Master student

Chiara Giuli

Erasmus Programme

This summer school is the result of a long preparation which began,….1988

20th anniversary of the European Commission’s SOCRATES-ERASMUS

programme

So everything, in a sense, started in Rome. Sara, too, started her carrer here in Rome, with ISS at the famous laboratory run by Enrico Alleva.

ROME BORDEAUX

LILLE

After, the research was developed in France, but we never broke off ties with Italy

Public: Foreign Ministry and Egide (Galileo)

Private: SERVIER

The Rome – Lille connection obtained several grants public and private

Was signed by both the Chancellor of the Sapienza University of Rome and the Chancellor of the University of Lille 1

Thanks to: Prof. Isabella Screpanti, SapienzaProfs Beatrice Delpouve and Alain Higgins, Lille 1

A FRAME AGREEMENT (Accordo Quadro)

This summer school in Rome is the first resultHowever,…other projects are coming GDRI, UIF

Summer school is very important for the students’ training… but it is also important for the faculty….

I would like to thank all speakers that have accepted to teach for you

Very prestigious summer schools have been held in the past, …as in the case of..

E. R. (Ron) de Kloet                                        

In association with Prof Luciano Angelucci, who was also my first and foremost mentor

E. R. (Ron) de Kloet                                          

RESEARCH INTEREST: Stress, hormones and the brainPh.D. University of Utrecht, 1972Professor in Medical Pharmacology, LACDR/LUMC, Leiden University;

Of course….Ron has done a lot of other important things…

Now the focus on the students

This school is for you

You are the main protagonist

You are expected to participate FULLY

You are expected to participate FULLYAsking questionsChairing sessionsPresent your posterTake part of a working group « letter of intent »Discuss your letter of intent on the last dayNow you will each have 1 or 2 min. to present yourselves individually.

Enjoy your summer school in Rome

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