July 21- August 1, 2014
SISSA, Big Meeting Room (7th floor)
Via Bonomea 265, Trieste
Social Cognitive Neuroscience is an emerging field with an interdisciplinary vision on human behavior in a social context. This perspective, built on the confluence of neurological, cognitive, and social sciences, addresses fundamental questions about the interaction between the mind/brain and the social world.
The distress caused by social stimuli (e.g., losing a friend, experiencing an injustice or more in general when a social bond is threatened) activates brain circuits related to physical pain: as observed in a study conducted by SISSA, this also applies when we experience this type of pain vicariously as an empathic response (when we see somebody else experiencing it).
July 14-25, 2014
SISSA, Via Bonomea 265, Trieste
The School aims to provide practical and theoretical training on the application of a large spectrum of techniques to neurobiology. The course will be divided into 2 sessions: a morning session with tutorial lectures and afternoon sessions with hands-on practicals.
TOPICS
14 marzo 2014
SISSA, Aula Magna
Via Bonomea, 265, Trieste
Il 14 marzo si è tenuta alla SISSA una conferenza aperta agli studenti delle scuole superiori e ai cittadini, con lo scopo di stimolare "apprendimento, confronto e discussione" sul tema della ricerca medica sulle staminali e delle sue applicazioni terapeutiche. La conferenza è stata l'evento regionale previsto nell'ambito della manifestazione nazionale UniStem Day che si è svolta lo stesso giorno in una quarantina di atenei italiani.
Il Laboratorio Interdisciplinare della SISSA organizza una serie di incontri pubblici per raccontare l'intersezione fra la scienza, l'arte e il gioco. Gli appuntamenti si svolgeranno fra la sede della SISSA e il Caffè San Marco a Trieste.
Una borsa di studio da 3mila euro ogni anno per i prossimi tre anni: questo il contributo offerto dal Comune di Trieste al Master in Comunicazione della Scienza (MCS) "Franco Prattico" della Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA). Un'azione importante per sostenere la diffusione del sapere scientifico e la Trieste scientifica.
Dal 10 al 15 marzo torna la "Settimana del Cervello", l'evento mondiale per raccontare al pubblico la ricerca scientifica sul cervello. Caffè scientifici, conferenze, mostre, giochi: questa è la ricca offerta di appuntamenti dell'edizione triestina della manifestazione, quest'anno coordinata dal Laboratorio Interdisciplinare della SISSA di Trieste.
21 febbraio 2014 - ore 17.00
SISSA – Aula Magna
Via Bonomea 265, Trieste
Anche quest'anno si è svolto alla SISSA il "Progetto teatro", promosso dalla scuola media Guido Corsi di Trieste. "La scomparsa di Majorana", spettacolo tratto dal testo di Leonardo Sciascia, è stato rappresentato dagli studenti della scuola media con l'aiuto di alcuni giovani ricercatori della SISSA, il 21 febbraio, nell'Aula Magna della Scuola.
GAeL, Géométrie Algébrique en Liberté, is a conference organised by and for researchers in Algebraic Geometry at the beginning of their scientific career. The conference gives PhD students and post-docs the opportunity to lecture, often for the first time, in front of an international audience. In addition, selected international experts deliver mini-courses on topics at the cutting-edge of important new developments in Algebraic Geometry. This year the conference will be held in Trieste, at the International School for Advanced Studies, SISSA (June 23-27, 2014).
In the process of protein synthesis there is a "stochastic" component, i.e., involving random chance, which influences the time the process takes. This aspect has been investigated by two research scientists at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in Trieste.
Social groups (the "rich", the "police", the "elderly"...) constitute a special group for the brain, one that is distinct from other groups, such as animate and inanimate objects. This is the main finding of a neuropsychological study conducted on patients with cognitive impairment.
The first authors of the study are Raffaella Rumiati of the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) of Trieste, and Andrea Carnaghi of the University of Trieste.
Prions form when normal proteins acquire a misfolded conformation and cause incurable neurodegenerative diseases. A team of scientists from SISSA has recently published a study that investigates the early events of the conversion from the normal to the disease-causing form of the prion protein.
"De Rerum Natura" è il titolo del nuovo concorso fotografico promosso dal Laboratorio Interdisciplinare della SISSA. Un richiamo alla natura, ma anche alla scienza: è infatti anche il titolo del famoso poema di Lucrezio, dove lo stupore e la meraviglia per la natura si intrecciano allo sguardo analitico dello scienziato. Per raccontare la natura e la scienza, le immagini sono uno strumento fondamentale e proprio per questo la SISSA chiede al pubblico dei fotografi amatoriali di proporre una fotografia che rappresenti un fenomeno naturale o un momento della ricerca scientifica.
The progressive miniaturization of electronic devices requires the creation of increasingly small circuits. With traditional technology, this miniaturization is hampered by the limits imposed by physics, but some have thought of using molecules as circuits.
If molecules are to be able to do this efficiently, they need to improve their poor conduction ability. In a study published in PNAS, a team of researchers featuring Ryan Requist, Erio Tosatti and Michele Fabrizio of SISSA shows how the Kondo effect can improve the conductivity of some magnetic molecules.
Thousands of times a day, the brain stores sensory information for very short periods of time in a working memory, to be able to use it later. A research study carried out with the collaboration of SISSA has shown, for the first time, that this function also exists in the brain of rodents, a finding that sheds light on the evolutionary origins of this cognitive mechanism.
The International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) of Trieste has obtained a major grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to study the visual system. This is the eleventh ERC grant awarded to SISSA, which once again confirms its position among the Italian research centres that have won the largest number of these grants.
Mauro Giacca
February 5, 2013 - 3.00 pm
SISSA, Main Lecture Hall
Via Bonomea 265, Trieste
"Moral" psychology has traditionally been studied by subjecting individuals to moral dilemmas, that is, hypothetical choices regarding typically dangerous scenarios, but it has rarely been validated "in the field". This limitation may have led to systematic bias in hypotheses regarding the cognitive bases of moral judgements.
A study relying on virtual reality has demonstrated that, in real situations, we might be far more "utilitarian" than believed so far.
Last December 30 was the closing date for enrolments in the Master's in Complex Actions (MCA) of SISSA (the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste), but there's another opportunity for latecomers: classes will be open to a limited number of audit students who will be given the chance to enrol normally for the academic year 2013-2014.
Those interested in auditing the course should send their applications to mca@sissa.it, before January 24.
For about 20 years now, experimental research on nuclear DNA has been supplemented by research based on computer simulations aimed at reconstructing the structure and function of this molecule that is so essential to life as we know it.
A systematic review – carried out with the participation of SISSA in Trieste – provides a detailed summary of the majority of models developed to date. The review is mainly aimed at biologists, for whom it may become an important research tool.
