{"id":365173,"date":"2026-01-13T11:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/?page_id=365173"},"modified":"2026-09-08T10:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T08:03:33","slug":"theory-and-practice-in-transmission-and-scanning-electron-microscopy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/en\/education\/courses\/summer-schools\/theory-and-practice-in-transmission-and-scanning-electron-microscopy\/","title":{"rendered":"Theory and practice in transmission and scanning electron microscopy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Language:<\/strong>\u00a0English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Period:<\/strong> 15 \u2013 22 January 2027<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application Deadline:\u00a0<\/strong>4 December 2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program Intensity:<\/strong>\u00a0Full-time<\/p>\n<p><strong>ECTS:<\/strong>\u00a03<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-teams=\"true\">Tuition f<\/span>ees:<\/strong>\u00a0750\u20ac<\/p>\n<p>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).<\/p>\n<p>The course will be divided in two parts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>a theoretical part organized in lectures covering basic and advanced techniques in transmission and scanning electron microscopy;<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/All1_Prot-140572-Programma-Winter-2027.pdf\">provisional programme<\/a>\u00a0of the Winter School is available for download in the <strong>Attachments<\/strong>\u00a0section at the bottom of this webpage.<\/p>\n<p>The Winter School will be activated with at least 2 students. 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