NAD PhD Course in Advanced Neuroscience: Molecular, Cellular and Synaptic Properties of Brain Function

Neuroscience Academy Denmark is launching the first in its series of national PhD courses, aimed at providing neuroscience PhD students with a solid understanding of the state of the art within a range of central neuroscience topics.

Course content

The 2025 course focuses on the most recent advances in molecular, cellular and synaptic properties of brain function with lecturers from all of Danish neuroscience. The course takes place over 5 days, each course day consisting of a mixture of lecture- and workshop-based learning, consolidated through student presentations and discussion. This course will also comprise three online keynote lectures from international experts in the field: Professor Magdalena Götz, Professor Erin Schuman and Professor Maiken Nedergaard.

Subtopics

• Cellular diversity in the brain
• Neurons and synapses
• Synaptic plasticity
• Glial cell biology
• Small circuits

Registration

Registration runs via the University of Copenhagen PhD School.

Please note that while PhD students from outside of the University of Copenhagen may initially be waitlisted if this course fills up, we will absorb as much of any such waitlist as possible in January 2025 once registration has closed.

Accommodation

Accommodation at the venue (Hotel Comwell Bygholm Park) is included in the course.

Organising Committee

The course is organised by NAD in collaboration with:

Associate Professor Chao Sun, Aarhus University

Professor Jakob Balslev Sørensen, University of Copenhagen

Professor Vijay Tiwari, University of Southern Denmark

Associate Professor Åsa Fex Svenningsen, University of Southern Denmark