It is a common way of entertainment for the Dutch. After that, we experienced something entirely new for us – Poldersport. In some of them, there was an illustration of traditional handcrafting like cheese production or shoemaking. We took a quick look through the Zaanstad and headed with the bus to Zaanse Schans. Hoedemaeker told us about political decisions they make to maintain a clean environment and sustainability. We have even seen the council room, where Mr. Friday, April 8th:įirstly, the bus took us to Zaanstad – a city nearby Amsterdam. The program ended with music on guitar and piano. After the return to the school, we hosted a dinner. We had a unique opportunity to see the city from above – we got onto the lookout tower ADAM.
We regrouped at the Central station to cross the river, to get to Amsterdam Noord. The Dutch pupils guided us and told us about the sights and other places we went to nearby. Shortly after, we headed out of the school to discover the city itself. This activity was being completed again in international groups, and we learned a lot of new information. It consisted of the Marshmallow Challenge, whose goal was to cooperate in international groups to find the best solution for building the highest tower of limited kinds of items, and a quiz about Amsterdam prepared by Dutch pupils. The social activity program followed the school tour. We noticed a few main differences in comparison to our school, for example, each floor is designed to use for a single subject. Unraveling the molecular secrets of the insulin granule and its role in diabetes are just the first of many challenges ahead ".After we had arrived at the school, the Dutch pupils guided us through their school. We will open a new frontier in Molecular Biophysics by bringing the most sophisticated analytical techniques in our possession into orbit around microscopic planets inside our cells, to make visible what has so far escaped any attempt at investigation. "From a physical point of view – Cardarelli goes on to explain - what is proposed/set forth is a change in the system of reference: from the" conventional "one of a single cell to the unconventional one of a single moving organelle. In particular, the group of Endocrinology and Metabolism of Organ and Cellular Transplants led by Professor Piero Marchetti will guarantee access to valuable tissues derived from human patients, both healthy and diabetic. The project - " CAPTUR3D: Capturing the Physics of Life on 3D-Trafficking subcellular Nanosystems", awarded 2 million euros by the European Union in the last round of the ERC Consolidator Grant- will be developed at the NEST laboratory of the Scuola Normale Superiore and will also involve the Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana (the University Hospital of Pisa). This innovative strategy will be applied to the insulin granule, a microscopic structure responsible for the regulation of glucose levels in our blood, the malfunction of which is a distinctive factor in the pathophysiology of diabetes. And it is not the force of gravity that keeps it in orbit, but the signals themselves captured by the new reference system/system of reference ", explains the creator of this original approach, Francesco Cardarelli, Associate Professor in Applied Physics at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa. "Like a satellite that revolves around its planet: only that the planet is microscopic and the satellite is the tip of a beam of laser light. Not any more: beams of light will be launched into orbit around the structures of interest, without letting go of them, to be able to study them with a precision never reached before. Up to now, in order to study these signals we have only been able to interfere with living matter by destroying it or, at best, by "freezing" it. Our cells receive, process and emit signals which are fundamental to our life, using structures (also known as "organelles") that are less than one millionth of a metre in size and are continuously moving. The research project "CAPTUR3D: Capturing the Physics of Life on 3D-Trafficking subcellular Nanosystems", conceived and led by Francesco Cardarelli (Associate Professor in Applied Physics at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa), was awarded 2 million euros by the European Union in the last round of ERC Consolidator Grants.
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