Timetable & 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 will 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

Tentative programme

Please note: the schedule is presented in Central European Summer Time (CEST). Detailed information will be provided after the course instructors have been selected, according to their specialisations.

Week 1
Monday July 15th	Tuesday July 16th	Wednesday July 17th	Thursday July 18th	Friday July 19th	Saturday July 20th
09.00 – 11.00 Welcome Students - Instructors	09.00 –  10.00 In vivo electrophysiology and optogenics Nicolas Mallet	9.00 - 13.00 Experiments	09.00 –  10.00 Computational neuroscience Alexis Dubreuil	09.00 - 13.00 Experiments	09.00 – 13.00  Preparation of presentations
	10.00 –  11.00 Non neuronal cells in the brain: astrocytes Aude Panatier		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 – 18.00 Experiments	14.00 – 19.00  Experiments	14.00 – 18.00  Experiments	14.00 – 19.00  Experiments	14.00 – 19.00 Experiments	14.00 – 19.00 Student presentations
18.00 Conference: Deep brain stimulation Dominique Guehl		18.00 Round table: Causality in neuroscience Cédric Brun			Dinner

Week 2
Monday July 22nd	Tuesday July 23rd	Wednesday July 24th	Thursday July 25th	Friday July 26th	Saturday July 27th
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 Brain development and neuronal migration Emilie Pacary	09.00 - 13.00 Experiments	09.00 – 13.00  Preparation of presentations
	10.00 –  11.00 Fluorescence microscopy in neuroscience David Perrais		10.00 –  11.00 Behavioral testing: what, why, and how? Muriel Koehl
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 – 19.00 Experiments	14.00 – 19.00  Experiments	14.00 – 18.00  Experiments	14.00 – 19.00 Experiments	14.00 – 19.00 Experiments	14.00 – 19.00 Student presentations
		18.00 Round table: Gender perception in neuroscience Laure Zago			Dinner

Expertise upon completion

Upon completion, this project-based summer school will 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.