“TRENTO RISE” INTRODUCES ITSELF
Over 280 experts from around the world attended the Trento RISE presentation on Wednesday 21 July, at the FBK, the consortium comprising the Trentino system for research, innovation and higher education in information technology and telecommunications, which recently won a strict international competition to become partners of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). This result will give the Italian consortium the opportunity to play a leading role in the strategic field of ICT (information and communication technologies) in the next years in Europe.
NEWSLETTER N. 11 - SUMMER 2010
August 2010
NEWSLETTER N.11
FROM TRENTO TO THE FUTURE
With the international conference "In the Currents of History: from Trento to the Future" organized by Fondazione Bruno Kessler and the Scientific Committee "Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church", which attracted over 600 participants from 73 countries, Trento has been transformed for four days into the world capital of moral theology.
From Saturday 24 to Tuesday 27 July the most important moral theologians in the world met in the city along with over one hundred young scientists and researchers for a discussion on the future of ethics, both in religion and in public life. Presiding over the meeting was Antonio Autiero, director of the FBK Center for Religious Studies, and James Keenan (Boston College).
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With the international conference "In the Currents of History: from Trento to the Future" organized by Fondazione Bruno Kessler and the Scientific Committee "Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church", which attracted over 600 participants from 73 countries, Trento has been transformed for four days into the world capital of moral theology.
From Saturday 24 to Tuesday 27 July the most important moral theologians in the world met in the city along with over one hundred young scientists and researchers for a discussion on the future of ethics, both in religion and in public life. Presiding over the meeting was Antonio Autiero, director of the FBK Center for Religious Studies, and James Keenan (Boston College).
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RESEARCHERS’ NIGHT 2010: VIDEO CONTEST
Research as a recurring presence in our daily lives: this will be the focus of the video contest "Science is in the air”, the initiative which anticipates the Researchers’ Night 2010, scheduled in Trento for September 24 next. The best videos, chosen from among all those received by August 31 in collaboration with the team “La Lunga notte della Ricerca” (The Long Night of research) from Bolzano, will be awarded during the Researchers’ Night, that will animate the city of Trento with meetings, experiments, visits to workshops, exhibitions and entertainment dedicated to the fascinating world of research.
HOW PREDICTIVE IS GENOMICS?
Research on human genome are strongly oriented towards foreseeing the development of possible diseases and towards assessing in advance the effectiveness of new drugs. Cutting edge Biotechnology, such as the “microarray” technique, have made possible the simultaneous analysis of thousands of samples, but so far there had been no large scale experiment to determine the reliability of predictions derived from them. Researchers from the MAQC-II project have address this issue, involving 36 international research groups coordinated by the U.S. pharmaceutical agency Food and Drug Administration(FDA).
The only Italian participating team was made up by Cesare Furlanello (responsible), Giuseppe Jurman, Roberto Visintainer and Samantha Riccadonna of the FBK MPBA unit. The study results were published in the “Nature Biotechnology” journal.
Research on human genome are strongly oriented towards foreseeing the development of possible diseases and towards assessing in advance the effectiveness of new drugs. Cutting edge Biotechnology, such as the “microarray” technique, have made possible the simultaneous analysis of thousands of samples, but so far there had been no large scale experiment to determine the reliability of predictions derived from them. Researchers from the MAQC-II project have address this issue, involving 36 international research groups coordinated by the U.S. pharmaceutical agency Food and Drug Administration(FDA).
The only Italian participating team was made up by Cesare Furlanello (responsible), Giuseppe Jurman, Roberto Visintainer and Samantha Riccadonna of the FBK MPBA unit. The study results were published in the “Nature Biotechnology” journal.
PAOLO POMBENI DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE FOR ITALIAN-GERMAN HISTORICAL STUDIES
On July 5, 2010, the FBK Board of Directors unanimously approved the work of the committee charged with the selection of the new director of the Center for italian-german historical studies by appointing Professor Paolo Pombeni.
“WORK & FAMILY” AUDIT: FBK SET IN MOTION THE “SUMMER 2010 KIDS INITIATIVE"
For the second consecutive year Fondazione Bruno Kessler is pursuing initiatives related to the "Work and Family Audit" project promoted by the Autonomous Province of Trento. For two weeks, from 26 to 30 July and from 30 August to 3September, 2010, children of FBK employees, from 5 to 10 years, have approached the world of research by participating in workshops held by FBK researchers.
IN MEMORY OF LUIGI STRINGA, FORMER IRST DIRECTOR
The commemoration of Luigi Stringa, IRST Director 1985-1994, was held on July 5 last at the headquarters of FBK in Povo 10 years after his death. The winners of the first "FBK Prize” were announced during the event; the prize is awarded by Fondazione Bruno Kessler to those who “following an exemplary path, that from a research idea leads to believe in its implementation, obtained an effective innovation, possibly one that is clearly visible in the territory". The winners were Luigi Crema, Stefano Merler, Claudio Piemonte and Stefano Tonetta.
"SCIENCE ON AIR: FBK ON RADIO DOLOMITI
Summer in the name of science for Radio Dolomiti listeners. From July 7, 2010, every Wednesday at 7.30, the report "Science on air", by journalist Michela Baldessari, hosts FBK researchers: a unique opportunity to know who they are and what they do, with the intention of making science more accessible to those who are not familiar with it and share the experiences of this fascinating world.
ADVANSID IS BORN
It will deal with the design, implementation and marketing of new microelectronic technologies, particularly low light intensity detectors for applications ranging from the analysis of materials to nuclear medicine. Its name is "Advansid". It’s a new company born of the synergy between Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Diatec Holding SpA (Cles), leader of the multinational group of the same name, and A-Innotech of Trento, an Optoi group holding specializing in the development and marketing of microelectronic sensors.
FAMILY AND RELIGION IN MODERN DAY EUROPE
A tribute to Silvana Seidel Menchi, coinciding with his retirement from teaching. This is the meaning of the international conference "Family and Religion in Modern day Europe", organized from 16 to 18 June by the Accademia Roveretana degli Agiati and by Fondazione Bruno Kessler in collaboration with the University of Trento. Silvana Seidel Menchi, Professor of Modern History at the University of Pisa and previously at the Faculty of Literature of the University of Trento (1990-2003), helped to mark the cultural and educational life of the Trento University and the scientific activity of the main local historical research institutions.
MASTER NANO MICRO: TRENTINO COMPANIES ANSWER THE CALL
Cantine Mezzocorona, Cavit, CET Servizi, Dormer Tools, Eurocoating, Far Systems, Mahle, Marangoni Meccanica S.p.A - Meccanica Costruzioni, Molecular Stamping, Optoelettronica Italia s.r.l, Z2M, as well as the Swiss ISC-Konstanz and System Photonics of Fiorano Modenese: these are the companies that have seized the opportunity to host a Master Nano Micro student for a period of internship.
WEBVALLEY 2010
The tenth edition of the Web Valley Summer School, organized by FBK Trento in collaboration with the municipality of Transacqua and ENAIP, ended on Friday 2 July. During the three-week stay among the Dolomites of Valle del Primiero, sixteen high school students worked side by side with researchers from Fondazione Bruno Kessler and experts from UNEP, the UN environment agency, to develop a completely new open source instrument dedicated to the study and sharing of data on climate change.
IRVAPP CONFERENCE: The impact of the Fioroni Decree on the learning performances of high school students
"The impact of the Fioroni Decree on the learning performances of high school students”, a conference organized by the Institute for Evaluational Research in Public Policies and by the Italian Council for Social Sciences, and sponsored by the National Council for Economy and Labour was held on Tuesday 8 June, 2010, at the CNEL in Rome. The IRVAPP, with support from the Education Department of the Autonomous Province of Trento, held a thorough impact assessment to determine whether the various recovery methods of the students’ training gaps had a differential impact on their learning levels
MAJOR RECOGNITIONS FOR THE ECT*
This is the highest academic recognition awarded by an institution in Germany: the election into the German Academy of Sciences “Leopoldina” that now counts among its members Professor Dr. Achim Richter, director of the ECT*, the European Center For Theoretical Studies In Nuclear Physics and Related Areas of FBK.
Furthermore, the publication of the article by Daniele Binosi, Senior Ph.D. of ECT*, entitled "Gluon and ghost propagators in the Landau gauge: Deriving lattice results from Schwinger-Dyson equations", which ranked 162nd last year among the most cited articles on the physics of High Energy Phenomenology, places ECT* research at the forefront of nuclear and particle physics community, currently in full development.
NEW ALLIANCES
An agreement for a direct link between the companies associated to Confindustria Trento and FBK, through the creation of the "Technology Transfer and Innovation” service at the Association. This is the basic aim of the document signed last May by the president of Confindustria Trento Ilaria Vescovi and FBK president Andrea Zanotti. During the same period and during the summer other important agreements were signed on new collaborations: with the Provincial Health Services for the activation of an eOncology laboratory, with the company Consolida for scientific and technological programs on the territorial development, engineering and renewable energy, and with the Environment Park of Turin for technical and scientific projects.
About FBK: FBK IN THE NATIONAL PRESS
The success of FBK continues in the national and international press. This summer Il Sole 24 Ore, Corriere della Sera, Finanza e Mercati, Italia Oggi, Avvenire, Radio Vaticana, The Tablet, Repubblica.it, Radio3Scienza, Le Scienze… and others published articles on FBK. See the section "They say of us"
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY WWW.FBK.EU!
Posted on the net on 16 June, 2008, the website of Fondazione Bruno Kessler puts on a new dress to celebrate its second birthday.
www.fbk.eu recounts, even outside the world of research, the work of researchers, the life at the Foundation, and its network of alliances and partnerships at local, national and international level. And the website is now presented with renewed graphics: a further step in a path of continuous improvement that strives for growth in quality and in the development of new technologies.
By FBK Communications Unit
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Registered office: Via S.Croce 77
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