Paris School of NeuroScience SummerSchool 2010News on Photolysis
SUMMER SCHOOL PARIS 2010
Summer School of the Ecole Neuroscience Paris - Ile de France
April 20 – April 30 2010
Université Paris Descartes – Rue des Saints Pères 75006 PARIS
Information for Applicants
The Paris School in Neuroscience aims to give intensive tuition in the technical basis and practical implementation of optical imaging and electrophysiological recording in the the Neurosciences. The topics covered in lecture and practical work are:
- Photophysics and photochemistry of fluorophores.
- Light sources and lasers for fluorescence excitation.
- Conventional and confocal microscopy
- CCD cameras
- Patch clamp and extracellular recording. Multi-electrode arrays. In vivo electrical recording.
- Data analysis and image analysis.
- Two-photon confocal and other non-linear microscopy
- Fluorescent indicators for calcium and other ions and membrane potential
- Adaptive optics in microscopy
- Photolysis
- Brain slice and In vivo imaging
- Viral transfection of genetically encoded markers and indicators.
The lectures are at 9-00 and 6-00 each day before and after daily practical classes.
Practical work will be 1-3 day experiments in one of the above topics.
The School fee is 800 Euro
Accommodation (for 10 nights) is close to the University and includes breakfast, lunch is provided in the lab each day. The fee of 800 euro includes accommodation. Participants are responsible for their own travel arrangements.
How To Apply: To register: click on the link
There are 18 places. Applications should be made on the website and must include a brief (1-2 page ) CV, description of the current research project and a letter of recommendation form advisor, lab head or a senior colleague. Some bursary support as a half fee will be available.
THE CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 15 FEBRUARY 2010
SUMMER SCHOOL
In the past 10 years there have been many advances in the application of optical imaging and electrophysiological recording to problems in neuroscience. In optical imaging these have arisen from improvements in light microscopy, driven by the availability of optimised laser light sources, new photochemical probes and genetically encoded fluorophores.
In electrophysiological recording, the drive has been the application of computational methods to extract positional and temporal information from multi-site recording, and to the analysis of sensory processing.The optical and electrophysiological approaches are very often combined to maximise the information gained from an experiment.
To apply these methods a researcher needs to understand their technical basis and the aim of the School is to teach this at a fundamental level to enable students without a physical science background to understand the techniques. The Universities and Technical Institutes in the Paris region have internationally recognised expertise in these areas and are well-placed to host a postgraduate school like this at a high level.
The School in Neuroscience will teach the techniques in hands-on practical classes conducted by expert teachers mainly from the Paris region. The practical work will be complemented by a programme of lectures given by both Paris-based and international researchers. These will provide the background technical information and will be illustrated by experimental applications.
18 students, mainly senior doctorants and post-doctoral workers, will attend and additional students at M2 and early PhD level form the Paris schools will also be able to attend the lectures. The School will be 10 days duration with 9 full days practical work and 24 lectures.
In addition to the main rota of practical work it is planned to have demonstrations of more difficult or sensitive techniques in laboratories at Paris Descartes, the Ecole Normale Superieur and UPMC.
Two large classrooms have been set aside at Paris Descartes for the School. They are close to support for tissue preparation and ‘wet labs’ in the adjacent Neurophysiology laboratories of the CNRS and INSERM units.
The facilities, space, support and location at Paris Descartes are ideal for a Workshop of this kind.The School will be open to both French and international students.
It strenghten the role of ENP as an international centre for Neuroscience and will focus international attention on the high standard of Neuroscience research in the Paris region.