International Winter School on Origins of Life WISOL 27
Introduction
How Life began on Earth? This intriguing question is of capital importance for modern science. From the most recent exploratory missions to ancient philosophy, this fascinating question is puzzling humankind from ancient times.
University of Pavia, as a growing research institute, offers you a unique platform to get in touch with top scientists in the field and learn most advanced models with experimental techniques used in prebiotic investigations.
With multidisciplinarity as a trademark, WISOL is aimed at chemists, physicists, biologists, geologists, planetary scientists, astrobiologists, astronomers and scholars for fruitfully building a knowledge exchange network and a cradle for future collaborations.
WISOL is an intensive international school and it is the first school on origins of life studies.
Thanks to the success of the previous editions, we are now happy to announce the fourth edition of the school.
The school comprises laboratory activities on data treatment and computer simulations with the most advanced open-source software.
Attendees will have the opportunity to present their work in flash communications that will be held as part of the main events.
Organization – 30 hours of activities in 5 days. Activities includes lessons, seminars, workshops and round tables. Students are directly involved in activities (a personal laptop is highly recommended)
Invited speakers
Prof. Nadia Balucani (University of Perugia, Italy)
Prof. Dieter Braun (LMU Munich)
Prof. Moran Frenkel-Pinter (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Prof. Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy (Scripps University, USA)
Prof. Raffaele Saladino (University of Tuscia, Italy)
Prof. Piero Ugliengo (University of Turin, Italy)
To whom it is addressed – The school is open to researchers, Master and PhD students.
School will give 6 credits (CFU) for PhD students and certificate of attendance for all the participants.
Venue – Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia (Viale Taramelli, 12, 27100 Pavia)
Visa Requirements
Depending on your citizenship, participants might need a visa to enter Italy.
Kindly visit the website of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy at
https://vistoperitalia.esteri.it/home/en
However, if you are in the need of Acceptance Letter, WISOL secretariat is helpful. Acceptance Letter may be included in the visa application.
It is each participant’s responsibility to obtain a Visa to enter Italy.