Physics - Politecnico di Milano’s Post

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the National Institute for Optics and Lasers (NIOL) organized by “𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀” in Nairobi, Kenya that was held from May 6th to 17th at the 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗮. 👩🔬 Alessia Candeo was invited to take part in the event like a professor, providing her #optical and #imaging knowledges to the participating students. In addition to theoretical lectures, she conducted hands-on light sheet #fluorescence #microscopy #workshops by creating an instrument together with the #students. 📚 The workshop, with a strong focus on promoting #genderequality, was an #opportunity to share and train with experts from around the world to educate and motivate young female #scientists from Africa and other developing countries in pursuing paths in optics and #photonics. 👏 Congratulations Alessia! Organizer(s) DR.ING Jared Gwaro - Maasai Mara University Humberto Cabrera Morales (ICTP, Italy), Geoffrey Kihara Rurimo (Multimedia University of Kenya), Joe Niemela (ICTP) Cosponsor(s) Multimedia University of Kenya, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft , Maasai Mara University, International Commission for Optics, Società Italiana di Ottica e Fotonica, National Institute for Optics and Lasers (NIOL)Optica (formerly OSA), SEACOM - Africa Data Centres

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Simon Kiiru

student at Multmedia university of Kenya

4mo

Great opportunity!

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