Dear All,
The last few seats remain for:
Advanced Course
Connectomics
Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies
Certosa di Pontignano, Siena, Tuscany
April 22-29, 2017
http://www.nsas.it/courses-workshops/advanced-courses/connectomics/
Faculty include:
Julie Harris, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle. USA
Michael Milham, Child Mind Institute, New York, USA
Fabrizio de Vico Fallani, Inria & Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle, Paris, France
Patric Hagmann, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Marcello Massimini, University of Milan, Italy
Viktor Jirsa, Aix-Marseille University, France
Sean Hill, École Polytechnique Fédérale & The Blue Brain Project, Lausanne, Switzerland
This Advanced Course will focus on multi-scale aspects of the connectome – the comprehensive wiring diagram of the brain – and its impact on brain function, behavior and health. Ion channels, receptors, cells and synapses breathe dynamics into this wiring diagram and give rise to sensory responses, perceptions, decisions, memories and actions. When we fall into a deep dreamless sleep, our connectome doesn’t change, nor does it change when we experience the vivid hallucinations of dreams. Yet it is the substrate of human experience – disrupting the connectome gives rise to neurological deficits or disorders. Emphasis will be placed on the latest techniques of large-scale data acquisition, analysis, theory, modeling and simulation. The Advanced Course will cover 1) the cellular basis of connectivity including gene expression, morphology and electrophysiology, 2) large-scale data gathering and data analysis of whole brain connectivity across scales including electron microscopy, single neurons, meso-scale viral tracers, diffusion and functional whole brain imaging; 3) data integration of multimodal connectome data; 4) data-driven computational modeling and simulation at different scales of brain circuitry; 5) theoretical analyses of brain network topology and principles of connectivity; 6) the development of the connectome and its link to behavior and neurological disorders; 7) predicting whole brain dynamics from the connectome; 8) wakefulness, sleep and disorders of consciousness: the relationship between the connectome and the diversity of brain states and experiences.
Course Format
http://www.nsas.it/courses-workshops/course-format/
Application Form
http://www.nsas.it/courses-workshops/application-form/
Kind regards,
Francesca
The Course Secretariat
Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies
Certosa di Pontignano
Via di Pontignano 5, Castelnuovo Berardenga, Siena. Italy
Tel. +39.0577.146.0003