In vivo Phenotyping of Mutant Rodents: ONWAR

In vivo Phenotyping of Mutant Rodents: ONWAR

ONWAR
GRADUATE SCHOOL NEUROSCIENCES
AMSTERDAM ROTTERDAM
5th Postgraduate ONWAR Course in Behavioral Neuroscience
In vivo Phenotyping of Mutant Rodents:
Integrating Neural Activity, Neurochemistry, Heart Rate & Behavior
VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 24 - 29, 2015
Organizers: Oliver Stiedl, Tommy Pattij & Matthijs Verhage
This postgraduate course aims at Ph.D. students and early post-docs interested in integrative
approaches combining behavior research with electrophysiological, autonomic and neurochemical measures under physiological conditions.
The course promotes advanced phenotyping of rodent models including novel approaches
with a focus on aspects of psychopathology and cognitive dysfunction. Current topics are
presented and experimental experience will be provided for several state-of-the-art
techniques and analyses combining both theoretical aspects and practical approaches with
the contribution of prominent expert scientists in the field.
Guest speakers besides the organizers are:
Roger Adan
Lique M. Coolen
Wim E. Crusio
Ilan Golani
Stephan von Hörsten
Martien J.H. Kas
Helmut W. Kessels
Antonio Luchicchi
Maarten Loos
Denise Manahan-Vaughan
Sabine Spijker
Thomas Steckler
Ingo Willuhn
York Winter
Participants: max. 24
University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands
University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, USA
University Bordeaux, France
Tel Aviv University, Israel
University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sylics BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands
University Bochum, Germany
VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
Janssen R&D, Beerse, Belgium
Amsterdam Medical Center, Netherlands
Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
Course Fee: 500 €
Application deadline: June 30, 2015
For further information see:
www.cncr.nl/research_teams/behavioral_neuroscience/behaviorcourse,
www.onwar.nl/pages/courses/cpages/9.html
www.fens.org/Training/Training-Grants-and-Stipends/NENS-Grants/Slots-in-national-courses-orprogrammes/
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