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[All details about this school can be found online at The NEURON School Initiative]

The Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Sassari is is excited to announce the first edition of The NEURON School on Computational Neuroscience.

This one-week school will introduce to the use of the simulation environment NEURON and related software to build brain models from experiments to their applications.
  • The school will provide basic notions on experimental methods to extract and process morphological and electrophysiological data targeting their use to build computational models of single neurons and neuronal networks.
  • The school will cover how these models can be constructed based on the principles of biological tissue growth in simulations.
  • The students will also be introduced to recent in silico applications of neuronal networks and neuromorphic hardware.

We welcome applications from all interested full graduate, PhD students, and PostDocs in a variety of fields from biology, neurobiology and psychology, to physics, engineering, and mathematics, and industry professionals with a relevant background.

Applicants are expected to have a good background in their discipline, interest in neuroscience, and some knowledge (even basic) of computer programming.

For a quick look at the summer school description, check out this flyer.

Format: Morning tutorials will be complemented with Afternoon coding sessions and Evening discussions promoted by presentations of Senior Scientists.

Date and Location: April 16th to April 21st, 2018 at the PortoConte Research Center within the Science and Technology Park of Sardinia and at the Hotel Catalunya, Alghero - Sardinia (ITALY).

Application Deadline: 1st April 2018

Applications: Please visit http://neuronschool.uniss.it/, where you can find more information regarding costs, travel, and lodging.

If you have any questions about the school or the application process, please contact enrico@uniss.it

We look forward to your registration and to welcoming you in Alghero!