TRAINING & EDUCATION

 

• The following courses will be held in 2012:

(Please click the calendar below to see events)

13 Feb.– 2 Mar. 2012 (HMGU) Radiation Epidemiology and Radio-Ecology. 5 –16 Mar. 2012 (SCK•CEN) Radiation-induced effects with particular emphasis on genetics, development, teratology, cognition as well as space-related health issues. 16 – 27 Apr. 2012 (SU) CELOD: cellular effects of low doses and low dose-rates with focus on DNA damage and stress response. 16 – 27 Apr. 2012 (Bfs) Interdisciplinary radiation research focussing on low doses. 30 Apr.–13 May 2012 (HMGU) Molecular mechanisms of radiation carcinogenesis. 28 May - 8 Jun. 2012 (UniPv) Modelling radiation effects from initial physical events.

• Short courses sponsored by DoReMi

DoReMi is a Euratom-funded Network of Excellence set up to promote and integrate European research into the risks of exposure to low doses of ionising radiation. In addition, DoReMi will facilitate and promote training and education in support of the research programme within the project, and also make more widely available training opportunities in order to help attract top-level students into the field.

Following the successful series of short courses sponsored by DoReMi in 2011, a further six courses of 2-3 weeks duration on single topics related to the research programme will be held in 2012.

The courses to be held in 2012 are:

• February 13 to March 2: Radiation epidemiology and radioecology.
  HMGU, Neuherberg, Germany.
• 5 March to 16 March: Radiation‐induced effects with particular emphasis on genetics, development, teratology, cognition as well as space‐related health issues.  
  SCK-CEN, Mol, Belgium.
  
• 16 April to 27 April: Cellular effects of low doses and low dose-rates with focus on DNA damage and stress response.  SU, Stockholm, Sweden. 
• 16 - 27 April 2012: Interdisciplinary Radiation Research Focussing on Low Doses.
  BfS, Neuherberg, Germany.
  
• 30 April to 13 May: Training course in molecular mechanism of radiation carcinogenesis.
  HMGU, Neuherberg, Germany.
• 28 May - 8 June: Modelling radiation effects from initial physical events.
  UNIPV, Pavia, Italy.
  

There will be no course fee. There will also be some limited support for accommodation costs from some of the participating institutions.

DoReMi Training Courses will be open to any postgraduate student or researcher interested in a research career in the scientific disciplines related to radiation protection.  In the student selection, priority will be given to students coming from DoReMi partner organisations and from EU member states.  Students outside EU can be accepted if there is space.  The admission will be decided case by case.

Further enquiries:  doremi.training@pv.infn.it

• Overall purpose of the DoReMi T+E initiatives

To help attract and support the top-level well-trained research scientists who will spear-head the low-dose radiation risk research community for the coming decades;

• To contribute to dissemination of the DoReMi RTD through T+E courses and events based at the centres of excellence in the DoReMi consortium;

• To facilitate the networking of training and research institutions by focusing on multi-centre events and courses;

• To provide funding support to T+E in a way that maximally benefits both the DoReMi RTD programme and also the larger European research community in the longer term.
  

• Strategy

Develop a portfolio of support initiatives that includes:

» Support for short-course single topic modules;

» Support for Bologna-compliant multi-institution degree course/s

» Support for multi-institution PhD programmes

» Career-path support (“DoReMi fellow/s”)

» Support for workshops, summer schools, infrastructure access tutorials

» Ad hoc travel grants, student transfer, etc.

Develop a sustainability strategy in collaboration with the MELODI platform to ensure support for low-dose radiation risk T+E beyond the completion of DoReMi.