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EXCITE Summer School on Biomedical Imaging 2-13 September 2019, Zurich, Switzerland

Dear colleagues, researchers and students,

A successful story moves on. The 13th Zurich Summer School on Biomedical Imaging will take place in Zurich, Switzerland, from 2 September – 13 September 2019. 

We would greatly appreciate if you could display the attached flyer in your institute and draw the attention of your students and colleagues to this event. The school is dedicated to teaching the basics and wider context necessary to understand recent advances and current challenges in biological and medical imaging. Cutting-edge techniques using a wide range of image-formation mechanisms — including magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, infrared and optical microscopy, electron microscopy and X-ray imaging — will be discussed, with a focus on multimodal and multiscale imaging methods, together with supporting technologies such as computer-aided image analysis and modelling.

The school will provide different tracks for participants with a background in life sciences and physical sciences, respectively. Furthermore, specialized lectures will address current topics in biological and medical imaging. The students will have lectures in the morning and practical sessions in the afternoon (either hands-on lab work or lab demonstrations, depending on the field). The program will be rounded off with a practical day and an industry day.

The school follows a challenging and demanding schedule. It addresses excellent MSc and PhD students as well as scientists from industry with background in biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, mathematics, medical science or physics. We plan to admit about 50 participants (internally and from abroad).

Admission will be decided based on the applicant’s curriculum vitae, a statement of purpose and applicant’s references. Students who have not yet started a PhD program may apply for a stipend. Interested students are kindly asked to submit their application pack including their study grades and reference letter on our homepage (www.excite.ethz.ch)

The application deadline is on Monday, 22 April 2019. The notification of acceptance will be given by 24 May 2019.

The EXCITE Summer School is valued with 4 ECTS credits.

Further information can be found here: www.excite.ethz.ch

Thank you very much in advance for your help and interest. 

With my best regards,

Andreas Steingötter