THE CAJAL ADVANCED NEUROSCIENCE TRAINING PROGRAMME

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• Lectures by renowned scientists with methodological training sessions

• Interactive and engaging atmosphere

• Experiments within the frame of short scientific projects

• Two top European facilities in neuroscience

Course Programme2018

Developmental Neurobiology and Pathologies3-21 April 2018

This course is organised in partnership with ERA-NET Neuron

Course directors: • AlainChédotal(InstitutdelaVision,INSERM,UPMC,France)• EloisaHerrera(NeuroscienceInstituteinAlicante,Spain)• JuliaLadewig(UniversityofBonn,Germany)On-site chair: • MireilleMontcouquiol(NeurocentreMagendie,INSERM,University

ofBordeaux,France)Venue: BordeauxNeurocampus,France

The course provides a comprehensive theoretical and experimentaltraining on the most advanced methodologies and models indevelopmental neurobiology, in health and disease. Participants willbecomefamiliarwithcutting-edgeinvivogenemanipulationmethods,3Dimagingtechnologies,time-lapsemicroscopyandcelltrackingandadvancedpluripotentstemcellculture.

Course director: • ColmCunningham(TrinityCollege,Ireland)Co-directors: • SophieLayé(INRA-UniversityofBordeaux,France)• AgnèsNadjar(UniversityofBordeaux,France)• AndyGreenhalgh(UniversityofBordeaux,France) Venue: BordeauxNeurocampus,France

Neuroinflammation and How to Study It25 June - 7 July 2018

Studentswillobtainhands-onexperiencewithinnovativetechniquesinbothneuroscienceandimmunology;includingisolationandidentificationofcellscontributingtocellularinflammatoryresponses,invitromodels,inducedpluripotentstemcells (iPSCs),cellular imaging,fluorescenceactivatedcellsorting(FACS),electrophysiology,biochemistry,qPCR,invivohighresolutioncellularimaging,bioinformatics.

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Quantitative studies ofbehaviour are fundamental inour effort to understand brainfunction and malfunction.Recently, the techniques forstudying behaviour, alongwith those for monitoring andmanipulating neural activity,have progressed rapidly. Thiscourse is a practical “hands-on” introduction to advancedmethods in behaviouraltrackingandanalysisinarangeofmodelorganisms(zebrafish,fliesandrodents).Wewillcoversufficient background suchthatparticipantswillbeabletoestablish these techniques intheirhomelaboratories.

Behaviour of Neural Systems15 July - 4 August 2018

Course directors: • GonzaloG.dePolavieja(ChampalimaudResearch,Portugal)• BenjamindeBivort(HarvardUniversity,USA)• MeganCarey(ChampalimaudResearch,Portugal)• GregStephens(UniversityofAmsterdam,TheNetherlands) Venue: ChampalimaudCentrefortheUnknown,Portugal

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Course directors: • JakobMacke(ResearchCenterCaesar,MPIBonn,Germany)• ChristianMachens(ChampalimaudResearch,Portugal)• JoePaton(ChampalimaudResearch,Portugal)

Venue: ChampalimaudCentrefortheUnknown,Portugal

ComputationalNeuroscienceis a rapidly evolving fieldwhose methods andtechniques are critical forunderstandingandmodellingthe brain, and also fordesigning and interpretingexperiments. Mathematicalmodeling is an essentialtool to cut through the vastcomplexityofneurobiologicalsystems and their manyinteracting elements. Thecourse teaches the centralideas,methods,andpracticesof modern computationalneuroscience through acombination of lectures andhands-onprojectwork.

Computational Neuroscience12 August - 1 September 2018

Thepastdecadehasproducedarevolutioninneuronalcellbiologyintermsoftechnologicalinnovationsandtheinterweavingofapproachesat themolecular, cellular,networkandorganismal levels.Thecourseoffers hands-on experiencewith those innovative techniques, whichfocuson thestudyofcellproliferationandmigration,axonalgrowth,cellular trafficking,synaptogenesisaswellasmaturecell function, inparticularsynaptictransmissionandplasticity.

Course director: • VolkerHaucke(LeibnizInstituteforMolecularPharmacology

(FMP),Berlin,Germany)• BrittaEickholt(Charité–UniversitätsmedizinBerlin,Germany)• DavidPerrais(IINS,CNRS-UniversityofBordeaux,France)Venue: BordeauxNeurocampus,France

Advanced Imaging Methods for Cellular Neuroscience10 - 28 September 2018

Course director: • AntoineAdamantidis(UniversityofBern,Switzerland)

On-site chair: • FredericGambino(CNRS-UniversityofBordeaux,France)

Venue: BordeauxNeurocampus,France

Recent advances in correlational and perturbational technologiesbehavinganimalmodelshasopenednewavenuesinourinvestigationofbrain functions inhealthanddiseases.Thegoalsof thisadvancedcourse is to provide an in-depth exposure to major technologies insystemneurosciencesthroughlecturesandhands-ontraininginstate-of-the-art methods including optical microscopy, electrophysiology,calcium imaging, optogenetic and behavioural phenotyping in freelybehavingrodents.

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Linking Neural Circuits and Behaviour8 -26 October 2018

“Thanks to its structure of including experimental aspects in neuroscience, theCAJALprogrammehelpsdevelopanewgenerationofscientistsable tousestate-of-art technologies to tackle important open questions in our field. The incredibleatmosphereencouragesstudentstoactivelyparticipatebothduringthelecturesandintheminiprojects.ACAJALcourseisagreatexperiencewhereyoucancombine

excellentsciencewithambitiouseducationalgoals.”

Monica Di Luca, Advanced Techniques for Synapse Biology 2017 course director

What they say about the CAJAL Programme

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“The Cajal programme provides exceptional training in superb scientificenvironments under the guidance of internationally renowned experts. FENS isdedicatedtosupportingthispan-Europeaninitiativetosecurethefutureexcellence

ofneuroscienceresearch.”

Barry J Everitt, FENS President

“Thequalityofthetalkswasexcellent.Iappreciatedthealmostunconstrainedaccesstoresearchfacilitiesandequipmentthecourseprovided,pairedwithgreatengagement

onthepartoftheinstructors.”

Interacting with Neural Circuits course 2017 student

“IBRO is dedicated to advancing neuroscience through the teaching,training and mentoring of young scientists in centres of researchexcellence. The CAJAL programme is our regional commitment tobuilding European brain research and elevating its visibility and impact.”

Larry Swanson, IBRO Secretary-General and Chair of the CAJAL Steering Committee 2018

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The CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience Training Programme representscommitmentbythefivepartnerinstitutionsFENS,IBRO,theGatsbyCharitableFoundation, University of Bordeaux and the Champalimaud Foundation toestablishadedicatedneurosciencetrainingfacilityinEurope.