Apologies for multiple posting Dear all, we are glad to announce the start of activities of the EURISPET Project, and the call for applications to the First Eurispet Seminar which will take place in Paris (France). Please find below all the relevant info, and forward it to potential interested PhD students. Thanks and Regards, The Organising Committee Bernardo Cesare (Università di Padova, Italy), Gaston Godard (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France), Pascal Philippot (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France), Daniela Rubatto (Australian National University, Canberra, Australia), Csaba Szabo (Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary), Maria Teresa Gómez-Pugnaire (Universidad de Granada, Spain), Peter Ulmer (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland). EURopean Intensive Seminars of PETrology First Seminar "State-of-the-art analytical and imaging techniques in petrology" FIAP Jean Monnet, Paris (France), October 20-28, 2007 Deadline for application: July 15, 2007 We invite applications from PhD students (Master students and post-docs will be considered if places are not filled by PhD) to the First EURISPET Seminar on "State-of-the-art analytical and imaging techniques in petrology". EURISPET is Marie Curie "Series of Events" funded by the European Commission through the Sixth Framework Programme. Period: October 20 (arrival) - October 28, 2007 (departure). Venue: FIAP Jean Monnet, Paris (France) (http://www.fiap.asso.fr/). Participants: The School is limited to 35 participants supported by the EC (30 Early Stage Researchers and 5 Experienced Researchers), with the possibility of other 5 participants attending on a self-funded basis. The participants may come from any country worldwide, but a few conditions exist to be eligible (see "eligibility" on http://www.eurispet.eu). In addition, selection of participants will consider criteria of gender balance, regional balance, quality of past research, student status (with preference for PhD, post-doc), knowledge of English. Program: The School will consist of 8 days of lectures and integrated practical sessions (Sat 20 - Sat 27); a poster session is planned to enable the participants to present and discuss their own research. The School includes visits to TEM, SEM, Raman and microprobes laboratories, to the nanoSIMS of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris, the SOLEIL synchrotron and the CAMECA company. A detailed program can be consulted at http://www.eurispet.eu. Topics covered in the Seminar will include: SEM, Electron Back-Scattered Diffraction, TEM, Raman spectroscopy, electron and proton microprobes, synchrotron (SXRF, XAS, STXM), ion microprobes (SIMS and nanoSIMS), laser ablation ICP-MS and micro-imaging. Preliminary list of lecturers: K. Benzerara (IPMPM Paris, France), M. Bonnin-Mosbach (CEA, France), J. Cauzid (ESRF, Grenoble, France), M.-L. Frezzotti (Siena, Italy), G. Godard (IPGP, France), M. Guillong (ETH Zurich, Switzerland), F. Guyot (IMPMC, France), H. Khodja (CEA, France), K. Kuntze (ETH Zurich, Switzerland), B. Ménez (IPGP, France), P. Philippot (IPGP, France), K. Rickers (GFZ Potsdam, Germany), H. van Roermund (Utrecht, Netherlands), C. Rollion-Bard (CRPG Nancy, France), D. Rubatto (ANU Canberra, Australia), M. van Zuilen (IPGP, France). Fees: Accepted eligible participants will be fully funded by EC (registration fee, travel, accommodation and meals, up to the limits defined by EC) through the Marie Curie scheme. However, a deposit of 300 Euro will be asked to each accepted participant and refunded upon arrival to the Seminar. People (maximum 5) attending on a self-funded basis should pay 300 Euro (registration) plus 850 Euro (accommodation and meals). Important Deadlines: 15 July 2007: Deadline for application, by email to [log in to unmask], filling the form that can be downloaded at: http://www.eurispet.eu. 15 August 2007: Notification of accepted applications. 15 September 2007: Circular with final program and technical details. Contact Persons Bernardo Cesare EURISPET Coordinator Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università di Padova Corso Garibaldi, 37, I-35137 Padova, ITALY Tel: ++39-49-8272019 Fax: ++39-498272010 Email [log in to unmask] Gaston Godard Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris. CNRS & Université Denis Diderot Case 89, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris FRANCE Tel: ++33-(0)144275191 Email [log in to unmask] Pascal Philippot Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris. CNRS & Université Denis Diderot Case 89, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris FRANCE Tel: ++33-(0)144277142 Email [log in to unmask] -- ******************************************************************************** Bernardo Cesare Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Universita' di Padova Corso Garibaldi, 37, I-35137 PADOVA ITALY Tel: ++39-049-8272019 Fax: ++39-049-8272010 email: [log in to unmask] web site. http://www.dmp.unipd.it/bernardo/bernardo.html ISPET web: http://www.eurispet.eu ********************************************************************************