The Summer School is aimed at postgraduate students as well as junior and senior researchers who intend to take their first steps in the field of manipulation and study of cell lines and/or flow cytometry. It is a full-immersion workshop on cell culture techniques for both adherent and suspension cell lines with particular emphasis on cell viability assays.

In the workshop, schematic theoretical lectures will be given to introduce to the assay protocols and to plan the experimental part that will be hosted in cell biology laboratories.

Students, divided in small groups, will directly execute the experiments under the supervision of a teacher.

ECTS: 3 credit will be acknowledged by the University of Pisa, according to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), upon a final test.

The Summer School will be held on campus, in Pisa, at Polo Nobili, via Alessandro Volta, 4.

The Summer School will be activated with at least 6 students. The maximum number of participants is set to 10 students.

Tuition fees: 500€
Other costs: 100€ for didactic material

Coordinators
Dr. Gaetana Gambino gaetana.gambino@unipi.it
Prof. Leonardo Rossi leonardo.rossi@unipi.it 

Summer/Winter School Office support.summerschool@unipi.it 

All useful information on the programme is available at: https://www.unipi.it/didattica/corsi/summer-schools/discovering-cell-biology-a-basic-course-in-cell-culture-handling-and-cell-viability-assays/

Deadline for registration: May 15, 2026