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IBRO/APRC 5th Tehran School of Neuroscience

"Basic approaches in neurological diseases"

Tehran, Iran

April  30 - May 11, 2016

Supplementary Handout

Lectures Program

School Website URL: http://nrciran.sbmu.ac.ir

Organizer: Dr. Mahyar Janahmadi (Neuroscience Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences)

Aims and Scope of the School:

The purpose of this school is to provide an opportunity for senior Ph.D. students and post-doctoral fellows in the Asia-Pacific region to acquire knowledge of both theoretical and technical advances in key areas of neuroscience research in a setting that encourages personal interactions and exchanges.

Description:

Neuroscience Research Center of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, the Medical School of Tarbiat Modares University, and IPM School of Cognitive Sciences will host an IBRO School of Neuroscience including molecular, electrophysiological & behavioral approaches for studying the basics of neurological diseases in April 30 - May 11, 2016, Tehran, Iran.
We expect participating students to have experience with laboratory work and, preferably, publications. 
Funding from IBRO and local sponsors will enable 25 students to attend the 12-day school by covering their round-trip ticket, housing, and meals. The school will provide lectures and opportunities to participate in a variety of laboratory projects. Instructors will be internationally recognized researchers from Asia, Europe and America. Interactions between the students and teachers will be emphasized and encouraged.

Experiments
Laboratory projects will focus on the following themes and techniques. Each student shall choose one of the themes 1 to 4. 

THEME 1 - Pain and Addiction Research

• Hot plate test

• Tail flick test

• Formalin test

• Von Frey test

• Conditioned place preference

• Jumping test (Withdrawal)

• Open field test

• Single unit recording

• Field potential recording in brain slices

• Whole cell patch-clamp recording 

• Immunohistochemistry

THEME 2 - Cognition and Cognitive Disorders

• Morris Water maze

• Y maze

• Shuttle Box

• Elevated plus maze

• Novel object recognition

• Decision-Making test

• In-vivo field potential recording

• Behaving monkey electrophysiology

• Human psychophysics

• Event Related Brain Potential (ERP)

• Functional MRI

• Immunohistochemistry

THEME 3 - Synaptic Plasticity and Seizure

• Kindling model of seizure

• Electroconvulsive shock model of seizure

• EEG recording in freely moving animal

• In-vivo field potential recording 

• Field potential recording in brain slices

• Whole cell patch-clamp recording

• Intracellular sharp recording

• Single channel recording

• Induction and analysis of synaptic plasticity

• Immunohistochemistry

THEME 4 - Neurodegenerative diseases

• Animal models of demyelinating diseases

• Animal models of Alzheimer’s disease

• Animal models of Parkinson’s disease 

• Morris Water maze

• Y maze

• Elevated beam test

• Pole test

• Rotarod test

• Open field test

• Real time PCR

• Western blot

• Cell culture and transfection

• Immunohistochemistry

• Optogenetics

• Optical biosensing Techniques

• Visual evoked potential recording

Poster Presentation
All students will present posters from their previous research and all students will participate in discussions of these posters. They have to send the abstract of these posters along with their application.

Group technique presentation
Groups of six students will work together on experiments. All students from each group will present a short oral report and the entire group will participate in a question-answer session.

Who should apply to this School?

Senior Ph.D. students and post-doctoral fellows Age limit is 35 years Only applicants from the Asia-Pacific region can be accepted. Preference will be given to students who have experience in laboratory work and publications. Students will be selected on the basis of their academic record and written statements concerning their interest in neuroscience and how they expect to benefit from participating in the School. The selection process will be coordinated by the IBRO Asia-Pacific Regional Committee.

What costs will be covered for selected applicants?

Travel, accommodation and meals.

Application deadline: February 12, 2016 (11:59 p.m. CET)

Apply here

For all enquiries, please contact Dr. Mahyar Janahmadi at Janahmadi@sbmu.ac.ir

Co-sponsors:

– IBRO-APRC – Neuroscience Research Center of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences  – Tarbiat Modares University  – IPM School of Cognitive Sciences – Cognitive  Sciences and Technologies Council of Iran – Iranian Society of Physiology and Pharmacology (ISPP)  – Center of Studies and International Scientific Collaborations (CISSC) – Neurophysiology Research Center – Neurobiology Research Center – Iranian Neuroscience Society