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

Activity no.: 3232-21-00-00There are no available seats 
Enrollment deadline: 02/04/2021
Date and time10.05.2021, at: 09:00 - 12.05.2021, at: 17:00
Regular seats25
Course fee5,160.00 kr.
LecturersJean-Francois Perrier
ECTS credits2.40
Contact personSilas Dalum Larsen    E-mail address: dalum.larsen@sund.ku.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserPhD 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 at a Danish university, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. This also applies to PhD students from Nordic countries. After the enrollment deadline, available seats will be allocated to applicants 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 and discussions


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
10-12 May 2021, all days 9-17


Course location
Online

Registration
Please register before 2 April 2021

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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