[Hep] [call-for-proposals] MITP Summer School 2017 "Joint Challenges for Cosmology and Colliders"

Dear colleagues

We are pleased to announce the second Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physi cs graduate summer school, "Joint Challenges for Cosmology and Collide rs," to be held in downtown Mainz from August 7-25, 2017. The school is aimed at advanced graduate students in theoretical high en ergy physics from Europe and abroad, who are in the research stages of thei r graduate careers.

The lecturers for our 2017 school and their topics are:
Evgeny A khmedov (MPI Heidelberg) - Neutrino Phe nomenology
Nima Ark ani-Hamed (IAS) - Collider Phy sics from the Bottom Up
Matthias Bartelmann (U. of Heidelberg) - Lambda CDM a nd Early Universe Cosmology
Brian Ba tell (U. of Pittsburgh) - Laboratory P robes of Dark Matter and Neutrinos
Marcela Carena (FNAL/U. of Chicago) - CP Violation and the Baryogenesis Puzzle
Stefania Gori (U. of Cincinnati) - Beyond the S tandard Model Phenomenology
Christop he Grojean (DESY) - Standard Mod el, Electroweak Symmetry Breaking, and the Higgs Boson
Andreas Ringwald (DESY) - Axions and A xion-Like Particles
Tracy Sl atyer (MIT) - CMB and Astr ophysical Probes of Dark Matter
LianTao Wang (U. of Chicago) - Dark Matter at the Collider
Neal Wei ner (NYU) - Dark Matter Model Building

Applicants should have basic knowledge of quantum field theory and the S tandard Model and are expected to attend the entirety of the three weeks.&n bsp; Applications are now open at https://indic o.mitp.uni-mainz.de/event/88/page/1 , and the application deadline is 31 March 2017. Successful applicants will be notified shortly thereafter. We anticipate 50 students will be accepted for the school. The cost for the three w eek program, including full board (except lunch and dinner on weekends), sh ared housing (two persons to a room), and coffee breaks, is 980 EUR. (Single rooms can be secured at an additional co st of 150 EUR.) In addition to the lecture series indicated above, we are also planning a vibrant social program and informal discussion session s with the lecturers. Please find more information on our Indico site, https://indico.mitp.uni-mainz.de/event/88 .&nbs p; Mainz is located approximately 45 minutes by train west of Frankfurt in Germany. The Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics is part of the Excellence Cluster "PRISMA" and is locate d in the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz.

Please forward this announcement to anyone who may be interested. For any questions, please contact us at theory [e-mail]

Sincerely yours,
The MITP 2017 graduate summer school organizing committee
Anna Kaminska, Joachim Kopp, Matthias Neubert, Maikel de Vries, Felix Yu


Mainz Institute for Theoretical Phys ics
PRISMA Cluster of Excellence
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Staudingerweg 9
55128 Mainz
www.mitp.uni-mainz.de

Metabolic Imaging in Neurodegenerative Disease Using CEST MRI

Seminar Overview:

Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST) imaging has emerged over the past decade as a new and innovative MRI contrast method, specifically designed for molecular imaging. This original approach can detect small amounts of contrast agent through saturation of fast exchanging protons, allowing for a larger number of imaging schemes and techniques. CEST particularly benefits from high magnetic fields, such as 11.7T in the research presented.

Thanks to optimization of the saturation parameters (e.g. saturation intensity, offset and duration), it is possible to probe different exchanging protons. Thus, CEST offers the possibility to detect a large variety of metabolites including glutamate, glucose, or creatine. This confers to CEST the potential to provide valuable clues about various pathological features in a single experiment.

In this webinar, Dr. Julien Flament of Molecular Imaging Research Center (MIRCen, CEA), Fontenay-aux-Roses, France, will present an introduction to the theoretical background of Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST) imaging and its potential in neurodegenerative disease research. 

Key topics:

• Theoretical considerations
• Basic Kit for CEST protocol
• CEST-MRI applications
• Future of CEST imaging

Find Out More

Dr. Julien Flament, Research Engineer, Molecular Imaging Research Center (MIRCen, CEA), France

Date: Thursday 16th
February 2017

Session 1

10:00amBerlin Time    5:00pmBeijing Time

Session 2

11:00amBoston Time 5:00pm Berlin Time

 

Dr. Julien Flament

Dr. Julien Flament's expertise includes CEST imaging and the study of brain metabolism using NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spectroscopy and CEST imaging.  He is currently head of the NMR platform at MIRCen (CEA, Fontenay-aux-Roses).

 

"IPM workshop on “Recent trends in string theory and related topics

Recent Trends in String Theory and Related Topics
 18-21May 2017 Ordibehesht 8-11 96 

 IPM, Tehran, Iran

 

The purpose of this workshop is to gather researchers in selected areas of string theory and quantum gravity in order to share ideas and discuss recent developments.

This year, the workshop concentrates on the following topics:

 

·         - Geometric and quantum aspects of black holes

·         - Recent developments in holography

·         - Supergravity and its solutions

·         - Holographic entanglement

·         - Higher spins

          - Asymptotic and symplectic symmetries

List of invited speakers includes:

( Glenn Barnich (ULB, Belgium

( Miriam Cvetic  (Pennsylvania U., USA

( Sadik Deger (Bogazici U., Turkey

( Hadi Godazgar (Max-Planck, Germany

( Mahdi Godazgar (DAMTP, UK

( Joaquim Gomis (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

( Metin Gurses (Bilkent U., Turkey)

( Marc Henneaux (ULB, Belgium

 ( Dietmar Klemm (U. di Milano, Italy

( Blagoje Oblak (ETH, Zurich, Switzerland

( Augusto Sagnotti (Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy

( Bayram Tekin (Middle East Tech. U., Turkey

( Alessandro Tomasiello (U. di Milano, Italy

 ( Dieter Van den Bleeken (Bogazici U., Turkey

We encourage researchers with interest in the above areas to join the program. Postdocs and PhD students are specially welcome. Accommodation is available at IPM guesthouse inside the campus. More information can be found in the registration section.

 

Registration deadline: 30 April 2017

 

This workshop is organized by IPM and sponsored by

 

 

Information about previous related workshops may be found HERE.

Dear colleagues

We are pleased to announce the workshop " Recent Trends in String Theory and Related Topics" that will take place on 8 -11 of May 2017 at the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran ( http://physics.ipm.ac.ir/conferences/stringtheory2/index.jsp ).

The purpose of this workshop is to gather researchers in selected areas of string theory and quantum gravity in order to share ideas and discuss recent developments. This year, the workshop concentrates on the following topics:

- Geometric and quantum aspects of black holes

- Recent developments in holography

- Supergravity and its solutions

- Holographic entanglement

- Higher spins

- Asymptotic and symplectic symmetries

Registrations are now open at http://physics.ipm.ac.ir/conferences/stringtheory2/index.jsp . The deadline for registration is 30 April 2017 .

Accommodation for early registrations is available at IPM guesthouse inside the campus. The fees for registration plus accommodation during the workshop days is fixed to 200 euros. For more information, see the webpage of the workshop, or contact us through the workshop email: [e-mail]

Best regards,

The organizing committee:

Mohsen Alishahiha,

A. Faraji Astaneh,

K. Hajian,

A. Naseh,

Ali Seraj,

M.M. Sheikh-Jabbari.