Browse through the fellowship calls (assegni di ricerca) published by the National Research Council (Italian only)

On 28th May 2013 at 11.00 at the Biophysics Institute's head office in Genova, Dr. Michael Pusch will give a lecture on:
"Introduction to Markovian description of single ion channel gating - part I".

Fourteenth edition of the SAPIO Prize for Italian Research. Applications are open - Deadline: 31 July 2013. Read more

The Biophysics Institute

The Biophysics Institute (IBF) was established in May 2001 from the merging of five research centres of Italy's National Research Council (CNR). The Institute is based in Genoa and has four separate research divisions located in Milan, Pisa, Palermo and Trento.

The Institute is directed by Dr. Giuseppe Zucchelli and currently has a staff of 97, comprising 52 research scientists, 29 technical staff and 16 administrative & support staff. In addition, approximately 65 research fellows, doctoral students and trainees are currently involved in IBF’s research activity.

Understanding Biophysics

A young discipline with ancient roots:

What exactly is Biophysics?
History of Biophysics
Biophysics @ the National Research Council of Italy

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The head-office of the Biophysics Institute is located in Genoa, at no. 6 Via De Marini, 13th floor. For general enquiries: info@ge.ibf.cnr.it

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Browse through CNR.IT Highlights , a science magazine published by the National Research Council of Italy promoting major results achieved by the Council's research scientists.

Ilaria Zanardi, research fellow at the Biophysics Institute, is the winner of the 13th edition of FameLab Italia with her presentation "Greater than 5" focusing on the five senses.

Focus on IBF Projects

The TELETHON Foundation has recently awarded a 226,700 euro grant to the Biophysics Institute to follow up results achieved by Principal Investigator Dr. Pusch in research studies supported by previous Telethon funding. The ultimate aim is to gain a better insight into molecular mechanisms causing Bartter syndrome, Dent disease in kidneys and a rare form of encephalopathy.

The Biophysics Institute in Palermo has recently been granted funding for over 300,000 euros by the Italian Research Ministry to carry out the MIND research project (Multi-disciplinary Investigation for the Development of Neuroprotective Drugs) within the governmental Programme FUTURO IN RICERCA 2012. The focus is on the development of an innovative therapeutic approach toward the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Silvia Vilasi is project leader of the IBF-Palermo team working on the Mind Project.

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Events

9th European Biophysics Congress - EBSA2013

13-17 July 2013, Lisbon

15-16 October 2013, Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Tokyo
Methods for the study of ion transport mechanisms in biological membranes

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