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2018
Advanced Courses
& Workshops
Island of San Servolo, Venice
The Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies hosts
Advanced Courses Workshops
Molecular Neuroscience Medical Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience and Society
Broadening Inside the lecture rooms and around the fascinating atmosphere
of the Island of San Servolo in Venice the world’s leading A Unique The Advanced Courses and the Workshops at the Neuroscience
School of Advanced Studies are carefully designed and
Horizons investigators discuss scientific challenges with a small, highly
selected number of participants in a unique setting, nestled Experience orchestrated to maximize the potential for interaction between
the faculty and participants in a very friendly and unintimidating
within the most beautiful city in the world. atmosphere.
For one intense week participants work alongside faculty that Learning from the leaders, participants discard outdated
are undisputed leaders in their own field: the result is a profound notions, gain an appreciation for the latest ideas, and develop
experience that fosters professional and personal development. insights that create in them fresh perspectives in their own eld
of research or professional activity. Participants return with a
In a proven, unique format participants are exposed to a high- tremendous reserve of strategic thinking that can be put to
impact learning experience, taking them outside the comfort immediate use, as well as mobilized as contingencies demand.
zone of their own technical expertise, that empowers them with
new analytical and strategic skills across areas of neuroscience. The Advanced Courses and Workshops are not a summer
school suited only for younger scholars. Rather, a signi cant
Participants gain a heightened awareness for fields of proportion of seasoned investigators is regularly present
neuroscience relevant for their activity and, perhaps most among the attendees, often senior faculty at their own
important, they gain a place within an elite global network of institutions. The balanced audience in each Advanced Course
neuroscientists. and Workshop greatly contributes to the development of intense
cross-disciplinary debates among faculty and participants that
The venue provides the perfect setting to a relaxed yet intense typically address the most advanced and emerging areas of
learning atmosphere, with the stunning backdrop of Venice. Each each topic.
Advanced Course and Workshop is the experience of a lifetime.
Each faculty member presents lectures and discusses with the
participants for one entire day. Such long interaction, together
with the small, exclusive size of the Advanced Courses and
Workshops, provides the uncommon opportunity to fully
explore the expertise of each faculty, often through one-to-one
mentoring. This is unparalleled and priceless.
Venice, 2018
Advanced Workshops
Courses
Cellular Cognitive Cellular Neuroscience Medical A Sabbatical
& Molecular Neuroscience & Molecular & Society Neuroscience at the NSAS
Neuroscience Neuroscience
May 5-12 June 9-16 August 18-25 September 28-October 3 October 5-10 Spend your long or short
THE MOLECULAR STRATAGEM CIRCUIT DYNAMICS THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF NEUROCRIMINOLOGY EPILEPSY: sabbatical in Venice and access
OF GLIOBLASTOMA AND COGNITION STRESS AND RESILIENCE Coordinator: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY all of the Advanced Courses
Coordinator: Coordinator: Coordinator: Pietro Pietrini (Italy) FOR CLINICIANS and Workshops with the world
Xandra O. Breakefield (USA) Gyorgy Buzsaki (USA) Tracy L. Bale (USA) Coordinator: leaders.
September 28-October 3
Brian Litt (USA)
May 12-19 June 16-23 August 25 - September 1 THE ADOLESCENT
AUTOPHAGY SOCIAL ADDICTIVE DISORDERS BRAIN October 18-23 Deepen into new areas of
AND NEUROPROTECTION DECISION-MAKING Coordinator: Coordinator: THE FUTURE neuroscience confronting daily
Coordinator: Coordinator: Antonello Bonci (USA) Laurence Steinberg (USA) OF DEEP BRAIN with cutting-edge knowledge.
Steve Finkbeiner (USA) Michael L. Platt (USA) STIMULATION
September 1-8 October 5-10
Coordinator: Sharpen your leadership skills
May 19-26 June 23-30 PROTEIN MISFOLDING DECISION-MAKING
Andres Lozano (Canada) and expand your academic
CELL-REPROGRAMMING CELL TYPES, DISORDERS UNDER RISK
TECHNOLOGY CODING Coordinator: AND UNCERTAINTY October 18-23 competence, acquiring new
IN NEUROSCIENCE AND COGNITION Jeffrey H. Kordower (USA) Coordinator: NON-INVASIVE strategic thinking in a global
Coordinator: Coordinator: Paul Glimcher (USA) BRAIN STIMULATION perspective.
September 8-15
Anders Björklund (Sweden) Christof Koch (USA) Coordinator:
SPINAL CORD INJURY
Mark S. George (USA) Experience all of this with the
May 26-June 2 June 30-July 7 Coordinator:
NON-CODING RNA CONSCIOUSNESS: Frank Bradke (Germany) stunning backdrop of the venetian
Coordinator: FROM THEORY atmosphere.
September 15-22
André Fischer (Germany) TO PRACTICE
FUNCTIONAL
Coordinator:
June 2-9 NEUROGENETICS
Giulio Tononi (USA) “If I have seen further,
MICROBIOTA AND THE BRAIN AND GENOMICS
Coordinator: Coordinator: it is by standing
John Cryan (Ireland) Daniel H. Geschwind (USA) upon the shoulders of giants”
A Sabbatical The Junior Neuroscience
at the NSAS Scholar Program
A sabbatical at the NSAS is an intense experience, during which you
may access all of the NSAS Advanced Courses and Workshops of the
Prepare Your Neuroscience Career in Venice:
Year 2018. Study with the World Leaders
The Program will start on May 1, 2018 and will continue until October At the Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies the world leaders of
31, 2018. Prospective participants may join the Program for its entire neuroscience conduct Advanced Courses and Workshops. The Junior
duration or only for a portion of it. Neuroscience Scholar Program is a separate program, taught by the
same leaders, structured in dedicated class, with content tailored to
Uniquely structured, a sabbatical at the NSAS is a rejuvenating and the level and needs of junior scholars. This unparalleled concentration
perspective-changing experience. You will find renewed inspiration of neuroscience leaders under one roof is something no University in
confronting with the world leaders. Being out of your ordinary the world can offer.
surroundings will make you establish new relationships and
collaborations and will let you develop your perspectives in a different The Junior Neuroscience Scholar Program is held in Venice, Italy and
context. You will not only change the way you assess, manage, and is clustered in four Terms. Prospective students may choose to take
solve problems, but you will also enhance your capacity to lead the entire Program OR join only for part of it.
strategically regardless of your academic level.
Dates: May 1, 2018 to October 31, 2018.
And all of this with the backdrop of the art, architecture and romance
of Venice. There will be several weeks throughout the Program which are either
free or dedicated to home study. These weeks may be used to visit
Italy and Europe or to return home.
Highlights: The Program is suited for graduate students or senior undergraduate
students of disciplines related to neuroscience including biology,
Deepen into areas of neuroscience outside your own league biotechnology, medicine.
confronting daily with the world leaders.
The Program is also open to students of disciplines for which
Develop a network of worldwide relationships within the NSAS neuroscience is increasingly becoming an important component
leaders’ community. including, among others, economics, law, political sciences, ethics,
philosophy.
Broaden your global perspective of neuroscience.
The Program is structured in classes, clustered in four Terms,
Redefine your leadership skills expanding your academic covering in a broad spectrum of neuroscience topics, including
competence. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Systems Neuroscience and
Cognitive Neuroscience. The lectures will be tailored for Junior
Scholars, similar to lectures during a PhD Program. In addition,
Powerful learning experiences are linked to the physical and social students will attend selected portions of the NSAS Advanced Courses
environments in which they occur. This is because physical places and Workshops, together with the senior scholars.
enrich the learning experiences so they are remembered in a way
that deepens understanding. The NSAS will provide you with this The Program provides a very solid background in all areas of
uncommon opportunity. In addition you will develop the skills that neuroscience, upon which future career development in many
translate new perspectives into innovation and the skills to leverage different fields can rely.
innovation to create new opportunities in order to drive growth for
yourself and your team.
Learn more about Admission Requirements, Academic Guidance,
Learn more: Assessment. Exams and Credits, Housing and Social Life:
www.nsas.it www.nsas.it
Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies Isola di San Servolo 30124 Venezia, Italy www.nsas.it T. +39.041.852.0281
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