The course is open to graduate students, postdocs and junior investigators from the fields of cell and developmental biology, physics and engineering, interested in cell and tissue morphodynamics. Admission is limited to 16 participants to allow comfortable access to the instruments. Participation is subject to selection from online applications (see below).
No fee is charged to attend this Course.
Selected participants will have free full accommodation (twin share), lunches and local hospitality for the duration of the Course.
It is expected that course participants to cover their travel costs. If additional funds are available at the time of the course, we may consider the possibility of partially reimbursing airline tickets, but please note that this may not be possible.
APPLICATION IS CLOSED!
Application Deadline: December 14th 2023.
Notification of Selected Students: Last week of December, 2023.
Course starts March 5th 2024, 8:00 hrs and ends March 14, 13:00 hrs.
The course will take place in teaching units of the Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, and in facilities of LEO and SCIAN laboratories at the Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile.
Selected participants will have a registration fee-waiver to attend the EMBO Workshop: Latin American Developmental Biology Conference
The Programme of the Course can be seen here.
To apply fill the Application Form here. Deadline for applications is December 14 2023.
Selection will be based on applicants’ CV and potential benefit for their career. Geographical (with a special focus on Latin America) and gender balance, will also be considered.
Selected participants will be informed by December 28, 2024.
Request additional information directly to: mconcha@uchile.cl.
· Principle of Optics
· In vivo imaging
· Image processing and analysis
· Cell and tissue mechanics
· Physical modelling
· Mechanobiology
· Development and tissue morphogenesis
· Signalling and bioinformatics
· Fish embryo models (zebrafish, killifish)
16 selected students.
Gender: 5 women, 10 men, 1 other.
Age: average 28.5 years, 22 min - 37 max.
Stage of Career: 1 undergraduate, 4 Master students, 9 PhD students, 1 Postdoc, 1 Investigator.
Country of Residence: Argentina 1, Brazil 2, Chile 7, India 1, Mexico 3, Uruguay 1, USA 1. To see profile of students see programme.
Nat. Univ. of Entre Rios
Argentina
CNRS - Gif sur Yvette
France
One of the greatest challenges facing humanity is the understanding of life. Recent studies have revealed that the keys to that understanding are intimately linked to our own origin during embryonic development. This EMBO Global Lecture Series brings together 3 leading scientists, members of the European Molecular Biology Organisation, who will offer a frontier view of how cells, mechanical forces and genes give rise to animal form during embryonic development, based on cutting-edge research at the interface of biology, physics and quantitative data science.
DATE: March 14, 2024
PLACE: Aula Magna, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile
PROGRAMME:
10:00-10:15 hrs Welcome
10:15-11:00 hrs Roberto Mayor "Wanderers to Wonders: The Fascinating Journey of Neural Crest Migration in Craniofacial Malformation"
11:00-11:45 hrs Pavel Tomancak "Evolution of morphogenesis"
11:45-12:15 hrs Coffee break
12:15-13:00 hrs Alfonso Martínez-Arias "Cells, embryos, gastruloids and the Turing conjecture"
INSTITUTIONS where the course takes place: Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBM) and Biomedical Neuroscience Institute (BNI), both from the Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile.
Host LABORATORIES: Laboratory of Experimental Ontogeny (LEO), Laboratory for Scientific Image Analysis (SCAN).
SPONSORS that provide financial support for the course: UNU Biotechnology Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations University (UNU-BIOLAC), Biomedical Neuroscience Institute (BNI), and The Company of Biologists (COB).
SPONSOR of the EMBO Global Lecture Series: European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)
SPONSORS that provide financial support: International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), UNU Biotechnology Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations University (UNU-BIOLAC), Millenium Science Initiative (Millennium Institute P09-015-F & Millennium Nucleus on Physics of active matter), Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo (CYTED), and Visual·D (Research Ring PIA Act 1402 from Conciyt, Chile).
