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Scuola Normale Superiore @sns.it · 2d

🌍 Summer School 2025 “War, Peace and the World Order” in Florence: 5 days of dialogue on #conflicts, violence and #peacebuilding, with 50 participants and 20 international guests. Organized by the Scuola Normale Superiore with partners, funded by the MERITA project (PNRR).

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EELISA European University Alliance @eelisa.eu · 6d

📰 Want to stay up to date with everything happening across #EELISA?

Sign up for our EELISA Newsletter and get the latest highlights, news, and opportunities delivered straight to your inbox.

👉 Subscribe now via tr.ee/n5oEB9VHgw and join those already connected to the EELISA network!

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Scuola Normale Superiore @sns.it · 4d

The PhD Seasonal School “Democratic Backsliding and Political Conflict” ended on Sept 30.
24 participants explored democratic decline, political conflict, and the role of social media, with sessions at the SNS in Cortona and at the European University Institute in Florence. @eui-eu.bsky.social

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Scuola Normale Superiore @sns.it · 6d

As of October 1, the Scuola Normale Superiore has adopted the Guide to the Use of #Expansive Language, approved by the Academic Senate. A practical tool designed to foster clearer and more respectful communication, breaking down barriers and valuing all identities: www.sns.it/en/guida/gui...

Scuola Normale Superiore @sns.it · 7d

74 students officially become students at the Normale today, after passing the admission exam.

The SNS community welcomes them: a journey shaped by encounters, discoveries, and shared growth is about to begin.

#Welcome to the Normale!

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Stem Cell Reports @stemcellreports.bsky.social · 8d

New research models an in vitro cortical network & shows that a proper excitatory/inhibitory ratio is required to develop synchronized network activity in mouse cortical cultures https://ow.ly/663A50X4mfa

Scuola Normale Superiore | ISSCR | Cell Press | The Gairdner Foundation | SickKids Foundation

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EELISA European University Alliance @eelisa.eu · 13d

✨ Your next opportunity might be just a click away!

From courses, workshops, and events to seasonal schools, full-semester programs, and even PhD positions — our latest compilation of #EELISAOpportunities is here.

👉 Check them all out now at linktr.ee/eelisaopport...

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Scuola Normale Superiore @sns.it · 9d

📣 NEST Prize 2025: Call open! Young #researchers (<35) of any nationality, affiliated with an Italian lab and with work carried out at least partly in Italy, can win €5,000 for outstanding experimental #nanoscience publications (2024-2025). Apply by Dec 31.
www.laboratorionest.it/nest-prize/

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Scuola Normale Superiore @sns.it · 12d

«For me, college life is a pivotal element of this experience: living together with other people means being supported, sharing different pathways, developing autonomously in a supportive environment».

– Chiara Garabello, Faculty of Political-social Sciences

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EELISA European University Alliance @eelisa.eu · 16d

Ready for something different?
This November, students from across #EELISA will meet in Istanbul for the very first Student-Led Bootcamp (Nov 19–20) — and you could be one of them!

📅 Applications deadline: 29 Sept.
eelisa.eu/eelisa-stude...
An initiative organized by the EELISA Student Council!

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Scuola Normale Superiore @sns.it · 13d

From Sept 22–26, researchers from across Europe join the EELISA Summer School in Agrigento: field training, excavation, restoration labs, and talks on heritage, tech, and conservation. Hands-on learning meets interdisciplinary exchange. @eelisa.eu

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Scuola Normale Superiore @sns.it · 19d

✨ BRIGHT-NIGHT 2025 is coming! From Sept 20 to 26, the Scuola Normale Superiore hosts talks, workshops, and activities bringing research closer to society.
Discover the full programme 👇
bright-night.it/enti-di-rice...

Scuola Normale Superiore – Bright Night 2025

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Scuola Normale Superiore @sns.it · 20d

«Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common, of thinking by the body of the people».

Scuola Normale Superiore: la tua passione, il tuo futuro (Scuola Normale Superiore: your passion, your future).

Watch the full video 👇

Scuola Normale Superiore: your passion, your future

YouTube video by Scuola Normale Superiore

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Scuola Normale Superiore @sns.it · 21d

🚴‍♀️ Bike2Work Day returns to Pisa for its 3rd edition, promoted in Italy by the FIAB for the European Mobility Week! For the first time SNS will be riding with CNR, INFN, Sant’Anna and the University of Pisa, supported by the Municipality of Pisa.
#mobilityweek #biketowork

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EELISA European University Alliance @eelisa.eu · 22d

With the 6th EELISA Joint Call, you can apply for funding of up to €12,000 per activity to launch your own initiative — from hackathons and workshops to collaborative projects tackling global challenges.

Learn more at eelisa.eu/6th-eelisa-j...
Don’t miss the info session on 19 September!

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Scuola Normale Superiore @sns.it · 23d

The 2025 MeMo residential school has wrapped up! For three days in Pisa, first-generation high school studentst lived university life at the Normale through lectures and exchanges. The project is funded by #MERITA, the national network for talent.
#studentlife #PNRR

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Scuola Normale Superiore @sns.it · 26d

🏛️ From Sept 2 to Oct 3, the Normale is back in the Valley of the Temples (Agrigento) for its 6th excavation school at the ekklesiasterion. Training, research, and outreach meet in the heart of ancient Akragas.
@eelisa.eu

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Scuola Normale Superiore @sns.it · 28d

📣 Applications are open (deadline Sept 30, 2025) for the Winter School “Across the Universe: The Notion of World from #Copernicus to #Kant”.
Open to MA/PhD students & early-career researchers.

📅 Jan 14 – 16, 2026
📅 SNS Pisa

Funded by the PNRR through the MERITA, "the network for talent" project.

Across the Universe: The Notion of World from Copernicus to Kant | ScuolaNormaleSuperiore

www.sns.it

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Scuola Normale Superiore @sns.it · Sep 8

«Even today, the value of #scientific expertise and international #connections continues to be at the heart of my work».

– Giulia Ruozi, Director Due Diligence

#sempernormalista #universitylife #biology #researchers

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EELISA European University Alliance @eelisa.eu · Sep 2

📢 Announcement for the EELISA Community: the 6th EELISA Joint Call is now OPEN – up to €150.000 total budget | €12,000 per activity for SDG-driven, collaborative projects. Deadline: 15 Oct | Info session 19 Sept. 🔗 + Info: bit.ly/4mDdpw5
#WeAreEELISA #Innovation #HigherEd #Collaboration

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Scuola Normale Superiore @sns.it · Sep 5

What happens when a subject gets you so passionate that it becomes a life choice?
Students, researchers, and faculty of the Normale talk about the beauty of the subjects they have chosen to devote themselves to in “Il bello di” videos on Alla Enne.
Discover them here: allaenne.sns.it?s=il+bello+di

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Scuola Normale Superiore @sns.it · Sep 3

Carlo Altini traces the evolution of the idea of progress, from Enlightenment optimism to its modern crisis under the dominance of technology.
Discover more: edizioni.sns.it/prodotto/pro...
#EdizionidellaNormale

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Scuola Normale Superiore @sns.it · Sep 1

21st National Congress of the Italian Society for #Neuroscience (SINS)
For four days, Pisa becomes the capital of neuroscience: 700+ participants from Italy and abroad will discuss brain function, neurological disorders, and the most advanced therapeutic strategies.
🗓️ 10–13 September 2025
📍 Pisa

21st SINS National Congress

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the Organizing Committee, under the aegis of the Governing Board of the Society, we are pleased to inform you that the next National Congress of the Italian Society for ...

www.sins.it

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Scuola Normale Superiore @sns.it · Sep 1

✨ On Sept 26, Bright Night returns!
The Scuola Normale opens its doors and hits the piazza with science talks, workshops, experiments & guided tours.
A night of research, discovery, and dialogue for all ages in the heart of Pisa.

#BrightNight #ResearchersNight #Pisa

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Scuola Normale Superiore @sns.it · Aug 29

A new study in Nature Communications (@nature.com), led by Luca Pandolfini (PhD SNS alumno) at IIT Genova with colleagues from bio@SNS lab of the Scuola Normale, reveals a dual role for METTL9 in brain development, crucial for neuron formation and Golgi organization.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

METTL9 sustains vertebrate neural development primarily via non-catalytic functions - Nature Communications

Here the authors show thatMETTL9 enzyme sustains neural development in vertebrates by maintaining the secretory pathway, mainly independently of METTL9 catalytic activity. METTL9 loss in cells leads t...

www.nature.com

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