September 16th- September 25th, Montevideo, Uruguay
Deadline for registration is June 10th.
Supported by IBRO-LARC
Sponsored by IIBCE, Facultad de Ciencias y Facultad de Medicina (Udelar) and MSP
This school will focus on the neural basis of behavior and the origin of behavioral disorders. It will consist of different lectures, seminars, and experimental work covering fundamental, translational, and clinical studies and techniques aimed to research in neurodevelopment, sexual, parental, aggressive/defensive behavior, reward and aversion, stress and anxiety, cognition, and consciousness.
This School will cover mainly mammalian species, emphasizing the human health and disease. Students will participate of short experimental projects. The school will be intense and is planned to last 9 days. During that intensive week all students will be exposed to different techniques used in animals or humans for research purposes (Immunohistochemistry, local field potential recording, PET, behavioral test, stereotaxic surgery and brain lesions, among others).
Basic, translational and clinical researchers from Latin America and outside the region will be invited to participate in person or virtually.
The school is mainly focused on graduate students with backgrounds in Science, Medicine, Psychology and other related disciplines.
The school’s classes and conferences will be conducted in English and will be open to the public (prior registration). Only practical activities will be restricted to students.
There is a limited number of places to participate in the entire school (12 local students and 12 students from Latin America).
Interested students should send a letter of motivation, CV, undergraduate or graduate scores and a request for financial support if needed (we have scholarships). Send files to schoolbehavioralneuroscience@gmail.com
Deadline for registration is June 10th.
Latin American Organizing Committee: Juan Belforte (IFIBIO-Houssay, CONICET),
Carolina Escobar Briones (Facultad de Medicina, UNAM), Newton Canteras (Institute
of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo), Alonso Fernandez Guasti
(Cinvestav), José Fuentealba (Facultad de Química y de Farmacia, Pontificia
Universidad Católica), Daniel Olazábal (Facultad de Medicina, Udelar), Deborah
Suchecki (Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo).
Local Uruguayan Organizing Committee: Victoria Gradin (Facultad de Psicología),
Daniel Olazábal (Facultad de Medicina, Udelar), Eduardo Savio (CUDIM), Cecilia
Scorza (IIBCE), Ana Silva (Facultad de Ciencias, Udelar), Pablo Torterolo (Facultad de
Medicina, Udelar).
For more information:
https://ibro.org/behavioral-neuroscience-and-behavioral-disorders-school/
https://schoolbnbd.site
Contact: schoolbehavioralneuroscience@gmail.com
