Curriculum — Neuroscience Summerschool
August 8 - August 26, 2011
Modern neuroscience represents a merger of molecular neurobiology, development, micro- en macroscopic neuro-anatomy, cell physiology, and systems physiology. It ranges from (sub)cellular up to the cognitive and clinical level. In this Summer School we will introduce the basics of these five disciplines both in terms of content (first week) and relevant technologies (second week). In the third week the students will pick based on their interest a particular topic in one of the five disciplines and make a short research proposal elaborating on a recently published important paper in that field. In addition, this introductory course will provide an overview of the entire Master course of Neuroscience, its coordinators and tutors, and the requirements of the exams.
It is the goal of the Erasmus Neuroscience Summer School to:
- encourage young students to enter the field of Neuroscience;
- bring them to a basic level to enter the full 2-year Master Course; and
- to select the best students that will be allowed to do so.
From the beginning on the students should follow the Summer School with the intention to discover the scientific questions and technologies that they themselves find most interesting. Apart from the scientific activities the students are invited to join four social events including three "Borrels" on each Monday late afternoon and a final dinner.
All participants will use the book by Kandel, Schwartz and Jessel (4th edition), which they can borrow during the 3 weeks Summer School. It will be handed out on the first day, , and recollected on the last day of the summer school. In addition, they will use this Syllabus, which has the schedule of the program, abstracts of the lectures, self-study material, workshop information, and related articles.
Click here for a preliminary schedule, including dates and times (pdf).