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「The 7th RARAF Microbeam Training Courseのお知らせ(締め切り延長)」

  • 2018年03月22日

コロンビア大RARAFのDr. Andrew D. Harkenより、2018年7月23-27日に開催される
“7th RARAF Microbeam Training Course”の「締め切り延長」の案内が届きまし
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7th RARAF Microbeam Training Course, Columbia University, July 23-27, 2018 -
EXTENDED APPLICATION DEADLINE

Dear Colleagues,

The 7th RARAF Microbeam Training Course at Columbia University's Nevis
Laboratories in Irvington, New York will be held on July 23-27, 2018. The
course is designed to provide a “pipeline” of researchers interested in
the use and development of microbeam facilities for research in biology,
radiation biology, and radiation physics.

Sponsored by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
(NIBIB), the five-day course will be offered for the seventh time to a
limited group of scientists, selected by an open competitive application
process. Application to the program is open to graduate students,
postdoctoral fellows, and faculty with an interest in the use and
development of microbeam facilities. Both foreign nationals and U.S.
citizens may apply to the program.

The goal of this training course is to give physicists and biologists a
thorough and hands-on introduction to microbeam technology. At the end of
the course, participants should understand how microbeams work, what
experiments can be performed using a microbeam, why these experiments are of
biological interest, and how to perform these experiments. As there will be
a significant “hands-on” aspect, we plan for a maximum of 9 participants.
The course will be designed to emphasize specific needs (e.g., imaging,
designing a microbeam facility) as requested by the participants. This
intense program is taught by leading Columbia University biologists and
physicists who are pioneers in the development and use of microbeam
technologies. Limited support for travel and housing will be available.

Interested applicants are required to submit:

1. a copy of their curriculum vitae
2. a statement (one page or less) of how they intend to use the knowledge
gained from the course and whether they will need financial support.

EXTENDED DEADLINE
Applications should be sent to Course Director Marcelo Vazquez, MD, Ph.D.
(mvazquez@llu.edu) by 5 p.m. PT, Friday, March 30, 2018.

Information on the course and educational materials are also available
online at http://www.raraf.org/microbeamtrainingMain.html

A very limited number of participants will be able to arrange the shipping
of biological samples before the course and stay afterwards to perform
microbeam experiments using their own biological systems. Such arrangements
will have to be made well before the course and approved by the RARAF staff.

Please, do not hesitate to contact me if you are interested in the course or
in sending a colleague to the course or if you have any questions.

Regards,

Marcelo E. Vazquez, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, RARAF Microbeam Training Course
Associate Professor
Lead, Clinical Translational Radiobiology Research
Dept. of Radiation Medicine
Loma Linda University Medical Center, B121
11234 Anderson Street
Loma Linda, CA 92354
Phone: 909 558 9490
Cell (516) 512-2032
Fax (909) 558-4083
E-mail: mvazquez@llu.edu
Alfa Pager: mvazquez@my2way.com