[visionlist] 2nd call for Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School (TENSS) 2012

[Ovidiu Jurjut]

Dear colleagues,

Please find below the announcement about the first edition of the 
Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School (TENSS). We would 
be very grateful if you could forward this announcement to potentially 
interested people. Many thanks!


Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School (TENSS)
June 1-15, 2012. The Pike Lake, Transylvania, Romania
www.tenss.ro

TENSS will concentrate top-level international expertise to teach a 
dozen students techniques and concepts in experimental systems 
neuroscience. We will focus on modern optical and electrophysiological 
methods to study the connectivity and function of neuronal circuits. The 
course is designed to be intensive and highly interactive, including 
both lab sessions and theoretical lectures. 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.

Applications open – 15th January 2012
Applications close – 15th March 2012
Notification of acceptance – 1st April 2012

Invited Lecturers:
Burrone, Juan – King’s College, London, UK
Buzsaki, Gyorgy – Rutgers University, NJ, USA
Chelazzi, Leonardo – University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Engert, Florian – Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Hubener, Mark – Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany
Kampff, Adam – Champalimaud Foundation, Institute for the Unknown, 
Lisbon, Portugal
McNaughton, Bruce – Lethbridge University, Lethbridge, Canada
Monyer, Hannah – University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Tomas, Hromadka – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 
USA
Mrsic-Flogel, Tom – University College London, London, UK
Murthy, Venkatesh – Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Nikolic, Danko – Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, 
Germany
Roska, Botond – Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Rumpel, Simon – Institute for Molecular Pathology (IMP),Vienna, Austria
Singer, Wolf – Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, Germany

Organizers:
Muresan, Raul – Coneural, Romanian Institute of Science and Technology, 
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Albeanu, Florin – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 
USA


Best regards,
TENSS Organizing Committee
contact at tenss.ro