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Prof. Andrea Giardina takes on the functions of Director 18 Gennaio 2019
Until the election of the new Director, Prof. Andrea Giardina, Deputy Director of the Scuola Normale, holds the highest institutional position for the ordinary administration, as envisaged by the Statute, and takes on the legal representation of the SNS.
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The call for 67 places for PhD students has been published. 18 Gennaio 2019
The Postgraduate course, equivalent to the PhD, is a highly qualifying course of study, which the Scuola Normale established for the first time in 1927 (the first in Italy).
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Capturing the physics of life on dynamic subcellular systems: 4D nanoscopy 17 Gennaio 2019
The team coordinated by Prof. Francesco Cardarelli at SNS was able, for the first time, to bring state-of-the-art imaging and analytical tools on the trajectory of a moving, nanoscopic subcellular system. Results are published in ACS Nano.
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Meeting of the Governing Council. A joint document has been approved 10 Gennaio 2019
We hereby publish the joint document (Professors, Researchers and Temporary research Assistants, Students, and the Technical-Administrative Staff of the Scuola Normale Superiore) approved during the session of the Governing Council that took place today, Wednesday 9th January.
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Meeting of the Governing Council. Letter of resignation of professor Vincenzo Barone from the position of Director 10 Gennaio 2019
We hereby publish the letter of resignation from the position of Director of the Scuola Normale Superiore presented at the opening of the meeting of the Governing Council today, Wednesday 9th January.
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Alessio Figalli is returning to Pisa for an International meeting dedicated to his career as a scientist 10 Gennaio 2019
The Italian mathematician and winner of the Fields Medal will return to the Scuola Normale and to the University of Pisa to take part in 4 days of study in his honour. Some of the most important mathematicians of international repute will also be taking part. The meeting is organized by the Ennio De Giorgi Mathematics Research Centre of the…
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Von Humboldt Foundation Prizes awarded to Professor Ferrara and Professor Sagnotti 9 Gennaio 2019
Two prestigious prizes have been awarded to two professors of Sciences of the Scuola Normale Superiore. Andrea Ferrara, Full Professor of Cosmology and Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, and Augusto Sagnotti, Full Professor of Theoretical Physics, have won, respectively, the "Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award" and the "Humboldt Research Award…
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Annalisa Pastore talked about research on rare diseases, for Visions 20 Dicembre 2018
The lecture was focus on the research by Professor Pastore on Friedreich's ataxia, a topic which she has worked on with her collaborators for 22 years.