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Theory and practice in transmission and scanning electron microscopy

Language: English

Period: 16 – 24 January 2026

Application Deadline: 5 December 2025

Program Intensity: Full-time

ECTS: 3

Tuition fees: 750€

The Winter School is a practical, full-immersion course covering ultrastructural techniques that can be applied to the study of several biological subjects (cells, tissues, organisms).

The course will be divided in two parts:

  1. a theoretical part organized in lectures covering basic and advanced techniques in transmission and scanning electron microscopy;
  2. a practical part in which participants will be hosted in the laboratories and will be directly involved in the design and execution of experimental protocols regarding the main topics object of the lectures. 

The Winter School will be activated with at least 2 students. The maximum number of participants is set to 20 students.

The Winter School will be held on campus in Pisa, at Polo Nobili, via Alessandro Volta, 4.

The aim of our winter school is to introduce students to get information and practice on modern approaches concerning cell biology, cytochemistry, molecular biology and ultrastructure.

The school is open to all postgraduate students, especially to PhD students, post-doctoral researchers and senior researchers from Universities, research institutes, clinics and industries.
Undergraduate students will be also welcome.

Admission Requirements

A curriculum based on scientific background (biology, medicine, natural science, physics, chemistry)

Required documents

  • Identity Document (*PASSPORT in case you are a foreign student*)
  • Enrolment Form 
  • Curriculum Vitae

All the documents must be in pdf format, in order to upload them on the portal when required.

Application has to be submitted via Alice portal following the instructions of the “How to apply” page.

Tuition fees: 750€

Pay fees by Debit/Credit Card or PayPal online using the following: Payment Form 

NOTICE:

  • International students without Italian Tax Code: please tick the box ‘Anonymous’ in order to disable the field ‘Italian personal ID/VAT number’.
  • Please type your NAME and SURNAME next to the pre-filled text of the field ‘Reason’
  • Please pay only after receiving the admission letter

REFUND POLICY:

The 50% of the tuition fees already paid will be refunded only to students who did not receive the visa.
The refund request will be accepted if received within 5 days of the start of the Winter School.

Contacts

Coordinator
Prof. Paola Lenzi paola.lenzi@unipi.it 

Summer/Winter School Office  support.summerschool@unipi.it 

  • Università di Pisa
  • Lungarno Pacinotti, 43
  • P.I. 00286820501 C.F. 80003670504
  • T. +39 050 221 2111
  • N. Verde Studenti 800018600​
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