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September 2024 | |
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 Nurturing Young Physicists in AfricaFourteen years ago, ICTP joined a number of the world's top research institutes and laboratories to share their knowledge about particle and nuclear physics with sub-Saharan African physics students by organising the first African School of Fundamental Physics and Applications (ASP). The latest edition was held in July 2024 in Morocco under the umbrella of ICTP's 60th anniversary, attracting nearly 150 participants. Read more ... | |
 Stories of the 2024 ICTP Diploma Graduates: Cristopher Erazo, EcuadorWhen they leave ICTP, graduates of ICTP's Postgraduate Diploma Programme are prepared for their next step to becoming a career researcher or professor. Several of the 2024 graduates shared their impressions of their year in Trieste and their hopes for the future. This month, we feature an interview with Cristopher Erazo of Ecuador, who has a research interest in neural networks. Read more ... | |
 Stories of the 2024 ICTP Diploma Graduates: Jana Fakher Eddine, LebanonJana Fakher Eddine of Lebanon completed the Diploma Programme in condensed matter physics and is set to embark on a PhD programme in biophysics. In an interview, she reflects about her time at ICTP. "ICTP’s special environment almost makes it easy to talk to the many renowned scientists that come here, and this is very unique about ICTP." Read more ... | |
 Dirac Conversations: Buonanno, Damour, PretoriusICTP is a hub for international science, attracting thousands of scientists each year, including some of the most prestigious physicists and mathematicians in the world. Hundreds of Nobel laureates, Fields medallists, and ICTP Dirac medallists have visited ICTP over the years, sharing their insights and perspectives with ICTP's international science community. ICTP is capturing some of these insights in its video series of "ICTP Conversations" and "Dirac Conversations". This month, we highlight the recording of a conversation with the 2021 Dirac Medallists.Read more ... | |
 ICTP at TriesteNext 2024ICTP scientists shared their passion for physics and mathematics with the general public at this year's TriesteNext science festival, held in Trieste's Piazza Unita from 27 to 29 September. Hundreds of people of all ages visited ICTP's exhibit there, and attended the Centre's two panel discussions on AI and energy and climate.Read more ... | |
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Opportunities | |
New Deadline! Call for Nominations, ICTP Prize 2024ICTP is now accepting nominations for young researchers from developing countries for the 2024 ICTP Prize. The prize recognizes outstanding and original contributions to physics. Deadline: 14 October 2024. Details ... | |
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Quantitative Microbial EcologyICTP's Quantitative Life Sciences section seeks applications for a postdoc position researching quantitative microbial ecology, starting in spring 2025. Deadline: 20 October 2024. Details ... | |
Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship, Theoretical and Computational NeuroscienceICTP's Quantitative Life Sciences section seeks applications for a senior postdoc position researching theoretical and computational neuroscience. Deadline: 15 December 2024. Details ... | |
ICTP Short-term VisitsVisiting fellowships in ICTP's Mathematics section are available in 2024 for short-term visits of up to three months. Deadline: 31 December 2024. Details ... | |
ICTP's Training and Research in Italian Laboratories (TRIL) ProgrammeICTP's Training and Research in Italian Laboratories Programme places scientists in an Italian laboratory for research in the physical sciences. Application deadline: ongoing.Details ... | |
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Upcoming Deadlines |  |  |
African Biophysics Workshop on Experimental and Computational SciencesDeadline: 30 September 2024 | ICTP and Vietnamese Science: Celebrating 60 Years of CollaborationsDeadline: 15 September 2024 |  |  |
4th Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Physics and Technology of Innovative Nuclear Energy SystemsDeadline: 25 October 2024 | |
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Important links | |
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ICTP Scientific Calendar:
https://www.ictp.it/home/scientific-calendar Marie Curie Library: https://library.ictp.it/ A Video Introduction to ICTP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9dPsxEE6Pk ICTP Dirac Conversations video series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoxv42WBtfCC_3PwuoOuEWxakUF9uhti8 | |
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