Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

Neuron-glia signaling underlying brain behaviour
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3232-20-00-00
	Enrollment deadline: 20/10/2020

Date and time	01.12.2020, at: 09:00 - 03.12.2020, at: 17:00
Regular seats	25
Course fee	5,160.00 kr.
Lecturers	Jean-Francois Perrier
ECTS credits	2.40

Contact person	Dorthe Meinertz E-mail address: meinertz@sund.ku.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content This course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD students at graduate schools in the other Nordic countries. All other participants must pay the course fee. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student, you will be placed on the waiting list for the course until enrollment deadline. After the deadline of enrollment, available seats will be allocated to students on the waiting list. Learning objectives A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: 1.Understand the basic principles of neuron glia interactions 2.Understand the latest discoveries in the field of neuron glia interactions 3.Identify the leaders of the field and get the possibility to network 4.Understand the techniques necessary for studying neuron-glia interactions Content Anatomy of glical cells concept of tripartite synapse contribution of astrocytes to the behavior a neuronal circuits role of astrocytes in motor control Role of astrocytes in motivation and reward Role of astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease Participants PhD students with an interest in neuroscience and glia Relevance to graduate programmes The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH: Neuroscience Cellular and Genetic Medicine Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Language English Form Lectures, discussions and poster presentations Course director Jean-François Perrier, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, UCPH, perrier@sund.ku.dk Teachers Jean-François Perrier, Associate Professor, UCPH Gertrudis Perea, Head of Neuron-Glia lab, Instituto Cajal, Madrid, Spain Hajime Hirase, PhD, Center for Translational Neuromedicine, Copenhagen Alfonso Araque, Professor, University of Minnesota, USA Aude Panatier, Dr, CNRS, France Arlette Kolta, Professor, Université de Montreal, Canada Carole Escartin, Dr, Comissariat a l’Energie Atomique, France Giovanni Marsicano, Dr, INSERM Université Bordeaux Kira Poskanzer, Dr, UCSF, USA Piergiorgio Carmignoto, Professor, CNDR, Italy Eva Carlsen, PhD, UCPH Søren Grubb, PhD, UCPH Dates 1-3 december 2020 Course location Panum Institute, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen, 7-15-92 Registration Please register before 20 October 2020 Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment. Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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