LASCON 2026 – X Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience
January 5–30, 2026 | University of São Paulo, Brazil
https://sisne.org/en/lascon-x/

APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 4, 2025

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Dear Colleagues,

It is my pleasure to announce the 10th edition of the Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience (LASCON 2026), which will be held at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, from January 5 to 30, 2026.

LASCON 2026 offers an intensive four-week training program designed for graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and early-career researchers interested in applying computational and mathematical methods to the study of neurons and neural networks. The curriculum spans multiple scales of brain modeling—from biophysically detailed neurons to large-scale networks and theoretical frameworks of brain function and dysfunction—and covers topics such as extracellular field modeling, synaptic and structural plasticity, brain disease and brain state modeling, artificial intelligence, criticality in brain dynamics, consciousness, and brain–machine interfaces.

The program combines morning lectures on theory, afternoon tutorials using leading simulation tools (NEURON, NEST, NetPyNE), and evening group project work, culminating in student project presentations.

This 10th edition marks a special milestone: 20 years of LASCON. Since its first edition in 2006, the school has become a recognized international initiative in computational neuroscience training, attracting students from Latin America and beyond. Over the years, LASCON has welcomed participants from all continents, and its alumni (278 to date) have gone on to successful careers in academia and industry worldwide (https://sisne.org/en/lascon-alumni/).

To celebrate this anniversary, LASCON 2026 will feature the largest faculty in the school’s history, with lectures and tutorials covering a wide spectrum of subfields in computational neuroscience. Confirmed faculty include:

Alain Destexhe (Paris-Saclay Inst. of Neuroscience, France) · Alessandro Treves (SISSA, Italy) · Aline Duarte (USP, Brazil) · Arnd Roth (UCL, UK) · Cláudia Vargas (UFRJ, Brazil) · Daniel Takahashi (UFRN, Brazil) · Demian Battaglia (Univ. of Strasbourg, France) · Enzo Tagliazucchi (Univ. of Buenos Aires, Argentina) · Fernanda Matias (UFAL, Brazil) · Florencia Iacaruso (The Francis Crick Institute, UK) · Gaute Einevoll (NMBU, Norway) · Gustavo Rohenkohl (USP, Brazil) · Hans Ekkehard Plesser (NMBU, Norway) · Harel Shouval (Univ. of Texas Medical School at Houston, USA) · Horacio Rotstein (NJIT & Rutgers, USA) · Junji Ito (Jülich, Germany) · Leonardo Elias (Unicamp, Brazil) · Lyle Muller (Western Univ., Canada) · Marja-Leena Linne (Tampere Univ., Finland) · Markus Diesmann (Jülich, Germany) · Maurício Girardi-Schappo (UFSC, Brazil) · Mauro Copelli (UFPE, Brazil) · Netta Cohen (Univ. of Leeds, UK) · Oswaldo Baffa (USP, Brazil) · Patricia Reynaud-Bouret (Côte d’Azur Univ., France) · Rodrigo Pavão (UFABC, Brazil) · Rodrigo Pena (Florida Atlantic Univ., USA) · Sonja Grün (Jülich, Germany) · Sophia Sanborn (Stanford Univ., USA) · Viktor Jirsa (Aix-Marseille Univ., France) · Valeriy Bragin (SUNY, USA) · William Lytton (SUNY, USA).

Applications: The number of students is limited to 40. Applications must be submitted via the school’s Application form and include a CV (in English) and two recommendation letters. The application deadline is October 4, 2025 (midnight, US Pacific time).

Costs and support: There is no registration fee. Subject to available funding, accommodation may be provided for participants coming from outside Greater São Paulo. Travel costs must be covered by participants.

Selection: Priority will be given to Latin American students, but applications from all regions are warmly encouraged.

LASCON 2026 is organized as an activity of the FAPESP Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics (NeuroMat).

We look forward to welcoming you in São Paulo.

Best regards,
Antonio C. Roque
Director, LASCON