[visionlist] TENSS 2017 call for applications

[Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School (TENSS)]

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Dear colleagues,

Please find below an announcement about the sixth edition of the
Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School (TENSS). We would be
very grateful if you could forward this announcement and the attached
poster to potentially interested people. We have started a worldwide
initiative to train young brain researchers, from both developed and poor
countries, in understanding and using the most advanced tools in brain
research today. We do this in an idyllic location, without any pre-existing
infrastructure, where students and instructors alike enjoy the adventure,
work hard, and build a sophisticated research lab from scratch.

The main objective of TENSS is to provide participants top-level, hands-on
training in experimental techniques used in neuroscience, from optical to
electrophysiological and behavioral methods. The philosophy of the school
is learning by doing and while doing so, openly sharing ideas and expertise.

This is TENSS, the Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School:
June 1-19, 2017. The Pike Lake, Transylvania, Romania - www.tenss.ro

• 3 weeks of 24/7 hands-on practical and theoretical courses in building,
debugging,
using and interpreting data from cutting-edge experimental methods in
modern neuroscience.
• A select group of the best applicants: for the 2016 edition, top 12 were
selected from an excellent pool of 120 applicants from all over the world –
42 countries across 6 continents.
• A wide collection of experts: 20 instructors and 18 dedicated teaching
assistants from Brain research institutes in the USA, UK, Germany,
Portugal, Romania, India, Switzerland, Hungary and Slovakia.
• A knowledge base of Open-Source solutions to complex problems in brain
research.

Coursework will take place in a land of myth and legend, beyond large
forests (Transylvania), on the shores of a picturesque natural reserve
called Pike Lake.

Applications are welcome from interested (and interesting) graduate
students and postdocs. Please note that there is a significant number of
fee waivers and travel support grants available for supporting our
applicants.

Application deadline – March 5th, 2017
Notification of acceptance – April 3rd, 2017
Summer School – June 1-19th, 2017

Confirmed lecturers:

    Bhalla, Upinder – National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore,
India
    Burrone, Juan – King’s College, London, UK
    Engert, Florian – Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
    Freiwald, Winrich – Rockefeller University, NY, USA
    Hofer, Sonja – Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland
    Hromádka, Tomáš – Institute of Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech
Republic
    Hübener, Mark – Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried,
Germany
    Hangya, Balázs – Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
    Keller, Georg – Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland
    Kleinfeld, David – University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
    Kodandaramaiah, Suhasa – University of Minnesota, MN, USA
    Monyer, Hannah - University of Heidelberg, Germany
    Mrsic-Flögel, Tom – Sainsbury Wellcome Center, UCL, UK
    Murthy, Venkatesh – Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
    Portugues, Ruben - Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried,
Germany
    Roska, Botond - Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland
    Singer, Wolf – Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt,
Germany
    Xu, Chris – Cornell University, NY, USA
    Zador, Tony - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA

Teaching Assistants:
    Campbell, Rob – Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland
    Carnevale, Federico – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA
    Dabacan, Adriana – Romanian Institute of Science and Technology,
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    Gheorghiu, Medorian – Romanian Institute of Science and Technology,
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    Gupta, Priyanka – National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore,
India & CSHL, NY, USA
    Javadzadeh, Mitra – Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland
    Lopes, Gonçalo – Champalimaud Foundation, Centre for the Unknown,
Lisbon, Portugal
    Marbach, Fred – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA
    Moca, Vasile – Romanian Institute of Science and Technology,
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    Modi, Mehrab – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA
    Pachitariu, Marius – University College London, London, UK
    Pichler, Bruno – INSS (Independent NeuroScience Services)
    Sanguinetti, Nacho – Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience,
Berlin, Germany
    Vasilescu, Iuliu – Politechnica University, Bucharest, Romania
    Voigts, Jakob – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
    Znamenskiy, Petr – Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland

Organizers:
    Albeanu, Florin – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA
    Kampff, Adam – Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, University College London, UK
    Muresan, Raul – Romanian Institute of Science and Technology,
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Information about how to apply can be found here: http://tenss.ro/apply/.

Best regards,
TENSS Organizing Committee
contact at tenss.ro
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Center for Cognitive and Neural Studies (Coneural)
Romanian Institute of Science and Technology
Str. Ciresilor 29
400487 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Tel: +40-364-800171; Fax: +40-364-800172
tenss.ro
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