Slots in NENS Courses in 2024

Awarded NENS school courses and international students in 2024:

Advanced tools for data analysis in Neuroscience

– Advanced tools for data analysis in Neuroscience (12 – 21 September 2024, Strasbourg University, Collège Doctoral Européen, France)

Strasbourg graduate school of neuroscience, NENS school programme, Strasbourg, France

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Advanced tools for data analysis in Neurosciences course are:

  • Martina Noe (University of Turin, Italy)
  • Freek Van Der Heijden (Tilburg University, Netherlands)
  • Kaoutar Elhabbari (Magdeburg University, Germany)
  • Jorge Maldonado Torres (Instituto de Neurociencias UMH-CSIC, Spain)
Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity

– Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity (8-12 July 2024, Utrecht, Netherlands)

Master Neuroscience and Cognition, NENS school programme, Utrecht, Netherlands

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity course are:

  • Mrutyunjaya Panda (Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece)
  • Rime Jalal Gharnati (Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain)
  • Maria Ayub (International School for Advanced Studies, Italy)
  • Raquel García Martín (Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain)
Introduction to Genomic Analysis in Neuroscience

– Introduction to Genomic Analysis in Neuroscience (20-24 May 2024, Alicante, Spain)

PhD Programme in Neuroscience, NENS school programme, Alicante, Spain

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Introduction to Genomic Analysis in Neuroscience course are:

  • Sylvana Tabone (University of Malta, Malta)
  • Shiwani Kumari (International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, Poland)
  • Xuanyu Huang (Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Italy)
  • Daniela Mirzac (Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany)
Diffusion MR Imaging: from physics to brain networks

– Diffusion MR Imaging: from physics to brain networks (19-26 February 2024, Lemanic Neuroscience Doctoral School (LNDS), Lausanne, Switzerland)

Lemanic Neuroscience Doctoral School (LNDS), NENS school programme, Lausanne, Switzerland

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Diffusion MR Imaging: from physics to brain networks course are:

  • Alexandra Santos (School of Medicine of University of Minho, Portugal)
  • Francesca Cavicchiolo (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
  • Manfredi Alberti (Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Germany)
  • Andrea Atanasov (University of Belgrade, Serbia)

Slots in NENS Courses in 2022

Awarded NENS school courses and international students in 2022:

Developmental Neurobiology course

- Developmental Neurobiology course (31 January-11 February, Madrid, Spain)

Organised by the UAM Master’s Degree in Neuroscience, Spain

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Developmental Neurobiology course are:

  • Ana Beltran Arranz (King’s College London, United Kingdom)
  • Hannah Dickmänken (Maastricht University, the Netherlands)
  • Luisa Valdetaro (Federal Fluminense University, Brazil)
  • Mohammad Gol (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)
ELECTRAIN - Extended Methods Course in Electrophysiology

- ELECTRAIN – Extended Methods Course in Electrophysiology (2-13 May 2022, Goettingen, Germany)

Organised by the MSc/PhD/MD-PhD Program and International Max Planck Research School Neurosciences, Germany

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the ELECTRAIN 2022 course are:

  • Chiara Barberio (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
  • Dominik Kanigowski (Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Poland)
  • Danielle Galvin (University College Dublin, Ireland)
  • Alisson Pinto de Almeida (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
Neurobiology of Hearing

- Neurobiology of Hearing (23 May – 23 June, Salamanca, Spain)

Organised by the Neurosciences school programme, Spain

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Neurobiology of Hearing course are:

  • Eugenia González Palomares (University Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
  • Ilkem Sevgili (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
  • Jorge Cabrera-Moreno (University of Göttingen, Germany)
  • Xiaoxuan Guo (Newcastle University Medical School, United Kingdom)
Summer School of Affective Neuroscience

Summer School on Affective Neuroscience (3-8 July 2022, Leuven, Belgium)

Organised by the International Master in Affective Neuroscience, the Netherlands

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Summer School on Affective Neuroscience are:

  • Luisa de Siqueira Rotenberg (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Claudia Carricarte Naranjo (University of Havana, Cuba)
  • Shao-Han Chang (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
Mathematical Methods in Computational Neuroscience school

Mathematical Methods in Computational Neuroscience school (20 July – 5 August 2022, Fred Kavli Science Center, Eresfjord, Norway – hybrid)

Organised by the Norwegian Research School in Neuroscience, Norway

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Mathematical Methods in Computational Neuroscience school are:

  • Adrián Fernández Amil (Pompeu Fabra University, Spain)
  • Ljubica Cimesa (École Normale Supérieure Paris, France)
  • Juan Bautista Arenaza Manzo (National University of Cuyo, Argentina)
  • Noga Mudrik (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
Winter School “Ethics of Neuroscience and AI”

Winter School “Ethics of Neuroscience and AI”  (28 February – 4 March 2022 – online)

Organised by the International Master Program Computational Neuroscience, Germany

Slots in NENS Courses in 2023

Awarded NENS school courses and international students in 2023:

Current approaches in neurological disorder research: from animal models to human brain on the chip

– Current approaches in neurological disorder research: from animal models to human brain on the chip (4-8 December 2023, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland)

Warsaw PhD School in Natural and BioMedical Sciences, NENS school programme, Warsaw, Poland

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Current approaches in neurological disorder research: from animal models to human brain on the chip course are:

  • Bobana Samardzija (University of Rijeka, Croatia)
  • Iasmina Honceriu (“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania)
  • Yevheniia Kyriachenko (University of Bonn, Germany)
  • Ion Brinza (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania)
  • Luc Lagrace Nwamekang Belinga (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School – TENSS 2023

– Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School – TENSS 2023 **  (1-21 June 2023, Pike Lake, Transylvania, Romania)

SWC PhD Systems in Neuroscience, NENS school programme, London, United Kingdom

**  The FENS and IBRO-PERC support for selected students consists in covering half of the registration fee for attending the TENSS 2023 course. 

The selected students benefitting from the FENS and IBRO-PERC support in the form of covering half of the registration fee course for attending TENSS 2023 are:

  • Matilde Perrino (University of Trento, Italy)
  • Justyna Wisniewska (Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Poland)
Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity

– Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity (10-14 July 2023, Utrecht, the Netherlands). Download here the Preliminary Programme.

Master Neuroscience and Cognition, NENS school programme, Utrecht, the Netherlands

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity course are:

  • Federica Baronchelli (Humanitas University, Italy)
  • Levin Riedel (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany)
  • Mariana Pais (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
  • Kinga Konkel (Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Germany)
  • Anita Maria Rominto (University of Torino, Italy)
Advanced tools for data analysis in Neuroscience

– Advanced tools for data analysis in Neuroscience (31 August – 9 September 2023, Strasbourg University, Collège Doctoral Européen, France)

Strasbourg graduate school of neuroscience, NENS school programme, Strasbourg, France

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Advanced tools for data analysis in Neurosience course are:

  • Joana Filipa Doutel Figueira (University of Helsinki, Finland)
  • Emma Bailey (Max Planck Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany)
  • Patricia Martinez Tazo (Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain)
  • Alice Neimantainte (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
  • Andrea Atanasov (University of Belgrade, Serbia)
Summer School on Affective Neuroscience: Summer Course on Mood, Aggression and Attraction

– Summer School on Affective Neuroscience: Summer Course on Mood, Aggression and Attraction (2-7 July 2023, Leuven, Belgium)

Research Master in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience, NENS school programme, Maastricht, the Netherlands

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Summer School on Affective Neuroscience are:

  • Sofia Attolini (Uniuversity of Pavia, Italy)
  • Michelle Fitos (Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem – ELTE, Hungary)
  • Rita Hans (University of Vienna, Austria)
  • Lea Kerciku (Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Germany)
  • Mohamed Abulfadl (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)

Slots in NENS Courses in 2021

Awarded NENS school courses and interntional students in 2021:

Workshop Introduction to Experimental Neuroscience

- Workshop Introduction to Experimental Neuroscience (19-31 July 2021, Bordeaux, France)

Organised by Bordeaux Neurocampus Graduate Program, France

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Workshop Introduction to Experimental Neuroscience are:

  • Mehrdad Bahadori (University of Verona, Italy)
  • Mali Cristina Coray (University of Basel, Switzerland)
  • Justyna Wisniewska (Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
  • Daniela Doda (University of Zurich, Switzerland).
Ion Channels and Neuronal Excitability

- Ion Channels and Neuronal Excitability (8-12 September 2021, Kotor, Montenegro).

Organised by Neurobiology - Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Department of Physiology and Biochemistry.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Ion Channels and Neuronal Excitability course are:

  • Alina Suleimanova (Kazan Federal University, Russia)
  • Adam Toth (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
  • Denis Laryushkin (Institute of Cell Biophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)
  • Mihail-Sebastian Ghenghea (University of Bucharest, Romania).
Current approaches in neurological disorder research: from animal models to human brain on the chip

Current approaches in neurological disorder research: from animal models to human brain on the chip (4-8 April 2022, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland)

Due to the pandemic, the course has been moved from 6-10 Dec. 2021 to 4-8 April 2022.

Organised by Warsaw PhD School in Natural and BioMedical Sciences

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Current approaches in neurological disorder research: from animal models to human brain on the chip course are:

  • Mariana Pais (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
  • Thuy Lai (University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover, Germany)
  • Eleni Makarouni (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
  • Alice Ballabio (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Italy)
International Interdisciplinary Computational Cognitive Science Summer School - IICCSSS (reported from 2020)

International Interdisciplinary Computational Cognitive Science Summer School - IICCSSS (online, 6 August 2021, reported from 2020).

Organised by Master of Science in Neuroscience, Freiburg, Germany.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC support in the form of waived registration to attend the IICCSSS is provided to:

  • Kayhan Latifzadeh (Shahid Rejaee Teacher Training University, Iran)
  • Giacomo Aldegheri (Cognitive Neuroscience at Radboud University, Netherlands)
  • Guangyao Qi (Cognitive Neuroscience at Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
  • Leila Ali (National institute of neurology Mongi ben Hmida, Tunis, Tunisia)
  • Faezeh Dabouri Farimani (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran)
  • Lucia Liu (Brain and Cognitive Sciences programme at University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
  • Mitra Sharmili (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India)
  • Murtala Yahaya (Neuroscience at Osaka University, Japan)
  • Aikaterini Eleonora Rassia (Cognitive Neuroscience at the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tuebingen, Germany)
  • Urvi Maheshwari (University of Western Ontario, Canada).

Slots in NENS Courses in 2020

Awarded NENS school courses and international students in 2020:

Developmental Neurobiology Course

- Developmental Neurobiology Course (3-14 February 2020, Madrid, Spain)
UAM Master's Degree in Neuroscience, Autonoma University of Madrid, Spain.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Developmental Neurobiology course are:

  • Ema Bokulic (Croatian Institute for Brain Research, School of Medicine, Croatia);
  • Elisa Guma (McGill University, Canada);
  • Tabitha Rücker (University of Hamburg, Germany)
  • Beatriz Thomasi (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil).
Winter School Ethics and Neuroscience 2020

Winter School "Ethics and Neuroscience" 2020 (17-21 February 2020, Berlin)
International Master Program Computational Neuroscience, Berlin, Germany.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Winter School "Ethics and Neuroscience" 2020 are:

  • Davide Bonfati (Universita degli Studi di Verona, Italy);
  • Ruby Lyall (University College London, United Kingdom);
  • Shira Simon (Vrije Universitet, the Netherlands);
  • Przemyslaw Zawadzki (Jagiellonian University, Poland).
International Interdisciplinary Computational Cognitive Science Spring School-IICCSSS

International Interdisciplinary Computational Cognitive Science Spring School - IICCSSS (Freiburg, Germany, 25-31 March 2019):
Master of Science in Neuroscience, Freiburg, Germany.

Due to COVID-19 developments, the course was cancelled.

Imaging the behaving brain with miniscopes - a practical hands-on training

Imaging the behaving brain with miniscopes - a practical hands-on training (4-8 May 2020, Braga, Portugal)
Master in Health Sciences and PhD in Health Sciences, University of Minho, Portugal.

The course was cancelled due to the pandemic.

Active and passive methods of brain research

VII International school for young scientists "Active and passive methods of brain research" (21-25 May 2020, Moscow, Russia),
Cognitive Sciences and Technologies: From Neuron to Cognition, Moscow, Russia.

The course was cancelled due to the pandemic.

Summer Course on Fear, Anxiety, Obsessions & Trauma

- Summer Course on Fear, Anxiety, Obsessions & Trauma (28 June-3 July 2020, Florence, Italy)
International Master in Affective Neuroscience, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

! The course was cancelled due to the pandemic.

Slots in NENS Courses in 2019

Awarded NENS school courses and international students in 2019:

International Interdisciplinary Computational Cognitive Science Spring School-IICCSSS

International Interdisciplinary Computational Cognitive Science Spring School - IICCSSS (Freiburg, Germany, 25-31 March 2019):
Master of Science in Neuroscience, Freiburg, Germany.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the International Interdisciplinary Computational Cognitive Science Spring School are: 

  • Davide Momi (University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy)
  • Pankaj Raghuveer Sharan (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India)
  • Leonie Glitz (University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom)
  • Yishul Wei (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases-finding a common ground

Pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases - finding a common ground (Braga, Portugal, 1-5 April 2019):
Master and PhD in Health Sciences, University of Minho, Portugal.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases - finding a common ground course are:

  • Daniel Twohig (Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Marija Jakovljevic (University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia )
  • Lucas A. Caldi Gomes (Göttingen University, Göttingen, Germany)
  • Aina Calls-Cobos (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain) 
Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School-TENSS 2019

Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School – TENSS 2019 * (Pike Lake, Romania, Transylvania, 1-21 June 2019):
SWC PhD Systems in Neuroscience, London, United Kingdom.
* The amount for each of the IBRO-PERC stipends to attend TENSS is 500 EUR, while the registration fee is fully waived for the 4 selected awardees.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School - TENSS 2019 are:

  • Thawann Malfatti Borges (Brain Institute of Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norto, Natal, Brazil)
  • Anna Gruzdeva (National Research Center Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia)
  • Sahil Moza (National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, India)
  • Alejandro Camera (Istituto de Fisiologia Biologia Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Baltic Summer School on Behavioural Characterization of Rodent Models of Major Brain Disorders

Baltic Summer School on Behavioural Characterization of Rodent Models of Major Brain Disorders (Tartu/Pühajärve, Estonia, 25-30 August 2019)
Doctoral Programme Brain & Mind, Helsinki, Finland.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Baltic Summer School on Behavioural Characterization of Rodent Models of Major Brain Disorders are:

  • Marta Fernandez (University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Spain)
  • Laszlo Szente (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)
  • Monika Siedziowska (Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom)
  • Andrea Susana Guzman (Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina)

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Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity

Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity (Utrecht, the Netherlands, 15-19 July 2019)
Master Neuroscience and Cognition, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity course are:

  • Mai Ahmed (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan)
  • Magdalena Pereyra (University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • Anton Nastenko (Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology NAS of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine)
  • Maria Anastasiadou (University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland)
Drugs and the Brain: from Laboratory to Clinic

Drugs and the Brain: from Laboratory to Clinic (Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 1-5 October 2019)
European Graduate School of Neuroscience - EURON, Maastricht, the Netherlands.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Drugs and the Brain: from Laboratory to Clinic course are:

  • Franka Rigo (University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia)
  • Jorge Ferreira (University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal)
  • Laura Alethia de la Fuente (National University of San Martin, Caba, Argentina)
  • Katarzyna Chorazka (Maj Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Science, Krakow, Poland)

Slots in NENS Courses in 2018

Awarded NENS school courses and international students in 2018:

Winter School Ethics and Neuroscience

Winter School Ethics and Neuroscience (Berlin, Germany, 19-23 February 2018)
International Master Program Computational Neuroscience, Berlin, Germany.

TheFENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Winter School Ethics and Neuroscience are:

  • Bernardo Costa Neves (Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade da Lisboa, Portugal);
  • Redas Dulinskas (Vilnius University, Lithuania);
  • Anastasiya Lado (Belarusian State University, Belarus);
  • Daria Zagranichnova (National Research University Higher Schools of Economics, Russia).
Synapses, neuronal circuits and behavior

Synapses, neuronal circuits and behavior (Coimbra, Portugal, 9-20 April 2018)
PhD Program in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine, CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Center Biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Synapses, neuronal circuits and behavior course are:

  • Athanasia Antoniou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece);
  • Mohieldin Youssef (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate  University, Japan);
  • Yuliia Nikonishyna (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, ESC Institute of Biology and Medicine, Ukraine);
  •  Ivana Oravcova (Charles University, Czech Republic).
ELECTRAIN 2018 - Extended Methods Course in Electrophysiology

ELECTRAIN 2018 - Extended Methods Course in Electrophysiology (Göttingen, Germany, 7-18 May 2018)
Göttingen Graduate School for Neurosciences, Biophysics and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB), Göttingen, Germany.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend ELECTRAIN 2018 are:

  • Dmitry Kolesnikov (Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Science, Russia);
  • Katarzyna Grzelka (Medical University of Warsaw, Poland);
  • Supti Bhattacharyya (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India);
  • Vineet Arora (Instituto de Neurociencias, Spain).
Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School – TENSS 2018

Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School – TENSS 2018 * (Pike Lake, Romania, Transylvania, 1-21 June 2018)
SWC PhD Systems in Neuroscience, London, United Kingdom.
* The amount for each of the IBRO-PERC stipends to attend TENSS is 500 EUR, while the registration fee is fully waived for the 4 selected awardees.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend TENSS 2018 are: 

  • Patricio Casanova (University of Chile, Chile);
  • Alisa Tiaglik (Moscow State University, Russia);
  • Pavithraa Seenivasan (Indian Institute of Science, India);
  • Mateusz Kostecki (Nencki Institute of Experimentl Biology, Poland).
Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity

Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity (Utrecht, the Netherlands, 2-6 July 2018)
Master Neuroscience and Cognition, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees  to attend Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity are:

  • Angela Parn (Aarthus University, Denmark);
  • Surendra Anand (Jawaharlar Nehru University, India);
  • Joanne Falck (Free University Berlin, Germany);
  • Aggeliki Sotiriou (University of Crete & Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Greece).

Slots in NENS Courses in 2017

Awarded NENS school courses and international students in 2017:

Psychopharmacology: from laboratory to clinic

Psychopharmacology: from laboratory to clinic (University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 7-11 October 2017)
The European Graduate School of Neuroscience EURON, Maastricht, the Netherlands.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees to attend the Psychopharmacology: from laboratory to clinic course are:

  • Camila Marcelino Loureiro (University of Sao Paolo, Brazil)
  • Tomas Paulauskas (Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Lithuania)
  • Rui Silva Rodrigues (Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
  • Marissa Giovanna Schamne (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil)
In vivo phenotyping of mutant rodents: integrating neural activity, neurochemistry, heart rate and behaviour

In vivo phenotyping of mutant rodents: integrating neural activity, neurochemistry, heart rate and behaviour  (Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 28 August - 3 September 2017)
ONWAR, Graduate Schools of Neurosciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees for the In vivo phenotyping of mutant rodents course are:

  •  Meritxell Aguiló (Karl Franzens University of Graz, Austria)
  • Zoltán Balogh (Semmelweis University, Hungary)
  • Tara Canonica (Cardiff University, United Kingdom)
  • Sandra Moceri (Friedrich Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity

Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity (Utrecht, the Netherlands, 10-14 July 2017)
Master Neuroscience and Cognition, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Application closed on 15 April 2017.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees for the Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity course are:

  • Maria Bolla (Italian Institute of Technology, Italy)
  • Anastasiia Korosteleva (Saint Petersburg State University, Russia)
  • Sara Ratti (University of Trieste, Italy)
  • Fahimeh Yeganeh (Shiraz Medical School, Iran)
Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School – TENSS 2018

Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School - TENSS* (Pike Lake, Romania, 1-19 June 2017)
SWC PhD Systems in Neuroscience, London, United Kingdom.
* The amount for each of the IBRO-PERC stipends to attend TENSS is 500 EUR, while the registration fee is fully waived for the 4 selected awardees.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees for the TENSS 2017 course are:

  • Dan Tudor Domocos (University of Bucharest, Romania)
  • Diego Hernández (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile)
  • Divya Rao (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India)
  • Ivana Zimová Uhrinová (Institute of Neuroimmunology, Slovakia)
ELECTRAIN 2017 - Extended Methods Course in Electrophysiology

ELECTRAIN 2017 - Extended Methods Course in Electrophysiology (Göttingen, Germany, 8-19 May 2017)
Göttingen Graduate School for Neurosciences, Biophysics and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB).

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees for the ELECTRAIN 2017 course are:

  • Pierre Lecouflet (Université Caen Normandie, France)
  •  Biswaranjan Sahoo (National Brain Research Centre, India)
  •  Ana Elisa Speck (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brasil)
  • Priyadharishini Veeraraghavan (University of Iowa, USA)

Slots in NENS Courses in 2016

Awarded NENS school courses and students in 2016:

ELECTRAIN 2016 - Extended Methods Course in Electrophysiology

ELECTRAIN 2016 - Extended Methods Course in Electrophysiology (Göttingen, Germany, 9-20 May 2016)
Göttingen Graduate School for Neurosciences, Biophysics and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB), Göttingen, Germany.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees for the ELECTRAIN 2016 course are:

  • Mario Carvalho (PhD student, Portugal)
  • Nikola Habek (PhD student, Croatia)
  • Nataliia Martyniuk (PhD student, Ukraine)
  • Maria Neginskaya (PhD student, Russia)
Cellular Immunology in the Central Nervous System and its Role in Brain Diseases

Cellular Immunology in the Central Nervous System and its Role in Brain Diseases (Helsinki, Finland, 23-27 May 2016)
Doctoral Program Brain and Mind, University of Helsinki, Finland.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees for the Cellular Immunology in the Central Nervous System and its Role in Brain Diseases are:

  • Evangelia Paouri (PhD student, Greece)
  • Veronica Peterson (PhD student, Ireland)
  • Vanessa Santos (PhD student, Portugal)
  • Joanna Slusarczyk (PhD student, Poland)
Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School - TENSS

Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School - TENSS (Pike Lake, Romania, 1-19 June 2016)
International Neuroscience Doctoral Programme, Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Lisbon, Portugal.
* The amount for each of the IBRO-PERC stipends to attend TENSS is 500 EUR, while the registration fee is fully waived for the 4 selected awardees.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees for TENSS 2016 are:

  • Mitra Javadzadeh (PhD student, Switzerland)
  • Kacper Kondrakiewicz (PhD student, Poland)
  • Mathias Mahn (PhD student, Israel)
  • Noora Emilia Nevala (master student, Finland)
Summer School on Cognitive Neuroscience

Summer School on Cognitive Neuroscience (Helsinki, Finland, 11-17 August 2016)
Doctoral Program Brain and Mind, University of Helsinki, Finland.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees for the Summer School for Cognitive Neuroscience in  2016 course are:

  • Stine Derdau Sorensen (PhD student, Denmark)
  • Stijn Michielse (PhD student, the Netherlands)
  • Emma Moore (PhD student, United Kingdom)
  • Cynthia Tarlao (PhD student, Canada)
Summer Course on Fear, Anxiety, Obsessions and Trauma

Summer Course on Fear, Anxiety, Obsessions and Trauma (Florence, Italy, 3-8 July 2016)
International Master in Affective Neuroscience, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees for the Summer Course on Fear, Anxiety, Obsessions and Trauma are:

  • Anna Asratian (Sweden)
  • Bernardo Barata (Portugal)
  • Shlomi Cohen (Israel)

Slots in NENS Courses in 2015

Awarded NENS school courses and students in 2015:

ELECTRAIN 2015 - Extended Methods Course in Electrophysiology

ELECTRAIN 2015 - Extended Methods Course in Electrophysiology (4-15 May 2015)
Göttingen Graduate School for Neurosciences, Biophysics and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB), Göttingen, Germany.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees for the Electrain course 2015 are:

  • Elina Nagaeva (PhD student, Russia)
  • Hermes Pofantis (PhD student, Greece)
  • Anna Schroeder (PhD student, Belgium)
  • Marija Stanojevic (PhD student, Serbia)

Download the group photo here.

MD/PhD Neuroscience Course

MD/PhD Neuroscience Course (1-19 June 2015).
ZNZ International PhD Program in Neuroscience, Zürich, Switzerland.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees for the MD/PhD Neuroscience Course 2015 are:

  • Elena Berezhnaya (PhD student, Russia)
  • Irene Chaves-Coira (PhD student, Spain)
  • Petr Fabera (PhD student, Czech Republic)
  • Katarzyna Grzelka (PhD student, Poland)

Download the awardees group photo here.

Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity

Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity (13-17 July 2015)
Master Neuroscience and Cognition, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees for the Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity course are:

  • Osvaldo Artimagnella (master student, Italy)
  • Rui Rodrigues (master student, Portugal)
  • Eleni Skavatsou (master student, Greece)
  • Anna Maria Tartaglione (PhD student, Italy)

Check here the pics taken during the course.

In vivo phenotyping of mutant rodents: integrating neural activity, neurochemistry, heart rate and behaviour

In vivo phenotyping of mutant rodents: integrating neural activity, neurochemistry, heart rate and behaviour (24-29 August 2015)
ONWAR, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees for In vivo phenotyping of mutant rodents course are:

  • Nuno Dinis Alves (PhD student, Portugal)
  • Kathrine Louise Jensen (PhD student, Denmark)
  • Theresa Kisko (PhD student, Germany)
  • Jonathan Robertson (PhD student, UK)

View here the photo group and the list of participants.

Advanced Scientific Programming in Pythona

Advanced Scientific Programming in Python (31 August - 5 September 2015).
Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences, Munich, Germany.

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees for the Advanced Scientific Programming in Python course are:

  • Julia Gustavsen  (PhD student, Canada)
  • Seetha Krishnan (PhD student, Singapore)
  • Dominik Krzeminski (master student, Poland)
  •  Yamil Vidal Dos Santos (PhD student, Italy)

View here the pics taken during the course.

Slots in NENS Courses in 2014

Awarded NENS school courses and students in 2014:

Stem cells in neuroscience

Stem cells in neuroscience (November 24-28, 2014)
Lemanic Neuroscience Doctoral School, Geneva & Lausanne (Switzerland).

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees for the Stem cells in neuroscience course are:

  • Tamas Bellak (PhD student, Hungary)
  • Matilde Ghibaudi (PhD student, Italy)
  • Neha Pratap Singh (Master student, Finland)
ELECTRAIN 2014 (Extended Methods Course in Electrophysiology)

ELECTRAIN 2014 (Extended Methods Course in Electrophysiology), May 5-16, 2014,
Göttingen Graduate School for Neurosciences, Biophysics and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB), Göttingen (Germany).

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees for the Electrain course 2014 are:

  • Bartosz Caban (PhD student, Poland)
  • Nora Krajcs (PhD student, Hungary)
  • Anna Marchenkova (PhD student, Italy)
EEG in neurology and neuroscience

EEG in neurology and neuroscience (September 1-5, 2014),
Lemanic Neuroscience Doctoral School, Geneva (Switzerland).

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees for the EEG in neurology and neuroscience course 2014 are:

  • Jing-Yi Wang (PhD student, Germany)
  • Marta Teixeira (PhD student, Portugal)
  • Yuranny Cabral Calderin (PhD student, Germany)
New Targets in Neurodegenerative diseases: Emphasis on new advances in Alzheimer’s Disease research

New Targets in Neurodegenerative diseases: Emphasis on new advances in Alzheimer’s Disease research (September 1-5, 2014),
European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht (the Netherlands).

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees for the New Targets in Neurodegenerative diseases course 2014 are:

  • Lucy Nelson (PhD student, UK)
  • Sriram Balusu (PhD student, Belgium)
  • Katarzyna Laskowska-Kazub (PhD student, Poland)

Download the group photo here.

Neural development and neurodevelopmental disorders

Neural development and neurodevelopmental disorders (September 22-26, 2014),
Doctoral School in Life and Health Sciences, PhD Program in Neuroscience, Turin (Italy).

The FENS and IBRO-PERC stipend awardees for the Neural development and neurodevelopmental disorders course 2014 are:

  • Lars-Björn Riecken (PhD student, Germany)
  • Xiang Zhao (PhD student, Finland)
  • Lauren Harkin (PhD student, UK)