Welcome to the webpage of the SCALES meetings - Stellar Clusters and clumps Across LEnsed and unlensed fields at low and high redshiftS - organized by Francesco Calura (INAF-OAS) and Cristiana Spingola (INAF-IRA).
This new series will provide a platform to discuss the latest observational and theoretical advances on:
• the formation, evolution, and role of stellar aggregates in galaxy assembly;
• results from JWST, HST, ALMA (and/or others), gravitational lensing surveys, and state-of-the-art simulations;
• the study of substructures at different scales using strong lensing as powerful cosmological probes.
Next meetings
May 19th, 2026 h11:30 (CET) @IRA Speaker: Emanuele Dalessandro, title: "Globular clusters at the crossroad of star and galaxy formation"
June 9th, 2026 h11:30 (CET) @OAS Speaker: Giulia Despali & Concluding remarks by organizers
Location
@OAS Sala Sollima (4th floor), Sede Navile (via P. Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna)
@IRA Sala Seminari (4th floor), Sede di Bologna (via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna)
Previous talks of this series
14/04/2026 - "The high-z Universe at parsec scales" (Speaker: Messa)
10/03/2026 - "Externally-driven cluster evolution: the case of the Sparkler galaxy" (Speaker: Giunchi)
27/01/2026 - "Searching for primordial structures of the Universe in the heart of the Galaxy" (Speaker: Ferraro)
16/12/2025 - "A new era in galaxy cluster strong gravitational lensing: how JWST and Euclid are transforming the landscape" (Speaker: Bergamini)
11/11/2025 - "Building star clusters one star at the time" (Speaker: Calura)
21/10/2025 - "Strong gravitational lensing at mas and sub-mas angular resolution" (Speaker: Spingola)