Timetable and learning outcomes

This summer school focuses on basic neuroscience concepts and methods. It includes short lectures and hands-on experiments through mini-projects covering questions and techniques used in modern neuroscience research laboratories.

Topics covered include:

› Cell biology and imaging
› Molecular and cellular biology, transcriptomics
› In vivo surgery, gene transfer
› Anatomy, brain clearing, connectomics and electron microscopy
› In vitro electrophysiology and optogenetics
› In vivo electrophysiology and imaging
› Behaviour
› Human neuroscience
› Neurocomputation

Programme

Week 1
Monday July 21st	Tuesday July 22nd	Wednesday July 23rd	Thursday July 24th	Friday July 25th	Saturday July 26th
09.00 – 11.00 Welcome Students - Instructors	09.00 –  10.00 Non neuronal cells in the brain: astrocytes Aude Panatier	9.00 - 13.00 Experiments	09.00 –  10.00 In vivo electrophysiology and optogenetics Nicolas Mallet	09.00 - 13.00 Experiments	09.00 – 13.00  Preparation of presentations
	10.00 –  11.00 Computational neuroscience Alexis Dubreuil		10.00 –  11.00 Behavioral testing: what, why, and how? Susanna Pietropaolo
11.00 – 13.00 Experiments	11.00 – 13.00 Experiments		11.00 – 13.00 Experiments
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch and coffee	13.00 – 14.00 Lunch and coffee	13.00 – 14.00  Lunch and coffee	13.00 – 14.00  Lunch and coffee	13.00 – 14.00  Lunch and coffee	13.00 – 14.00 Lunch and coffee
14.00 – 17.30 Experiments	14.00 – 19.00  Experiments	14.00 – 17.30  Experiments	14.00 – 18.00  Experiments	14.00 – 18.00 Experiments	14.00 – 18.00 Student presentations
17.30 – 19.00 Conference: Unraveling the Brain’s Wiring: Insights from Diffusion MRI, Tractography, and White Matter Dissection Laurent Petit		17.30 – 19.00 Round table: Gender perception in neuroscience Laure Zago, Anna Beyeler			Dinner

Week 2
Monday July 28th	Tuesday July 29th	Wednesday July 30th	Thursday July 31st	Friday August 1st	Saturday August 2nd
09.00 – 11.00 Welcome Students - Instructors	09.00 –  10.00 Ex vivo electrophysiology David Jarriault	09.00 - 13.00 Experiments	09.00 – 10.00 Fluorescence microscopy in neuroscience David Perrais	09.00 - 13.00 Experiments	09.00 – 13.00  Preparation of presentations
	10.00 –  11.00 Brain development and neuronal migration Emilie Pacary		10.00 –  11.00 Brain computer interfaces Camille Jeunet
11.00 – 13.00 Experiments	11.00 –  13.00 Experiments		11.00 – 13.00 Experiments
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch and coffee	13.00 – 14.00 Lunch and coffee	13.00 – 14.00  Lunch and coffee	13.00 – 14.00  Lunch and coffee	13.00 – 14.00  Lunch and coffee	13.00 – 14.00 Lunch and coffee
14.00 – 17.30 Experiments	14.00 – 19.00  Experiments	14.00 – 17.30  Experiments	14.00 – 18.00 Experiments	14.00 – 18.00 Experiments	14.00 – 18.00 Student presentations
17.30 - 19.00 Conference : The adventure of Corlieve Therapeutics Christophe Mulle		17.30 Round table: Open science (TBC) Carmen Guerrero-Marquez			Dinner

Expertise upon completion

Upon completion, this project-based summer school allow participants to:

› Better understand basic experimental approaches in neuroscience research
› Directly perform the experiments
› Strengthen their international scientific network

A certificate of participation will be awarded to students upon completion of the course.