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Events
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CNCR scientist Heidi de Wit receives NWO-MEERVOUD grant
Principal Investigator of CNCR’s Secretory Vesicle Trafficking research team awarded with €340.000 and guaranteed tenure track appointment.>Read more
Genetics of the brain
The increasing prevalence for neurodegenerative disease in our aging population poses a growing problem for healthcare.
>Read moreThe synaptic interactome
Many brain disorders are to be considered 'synaptic diseases" or 'synaptopathies' and cellular function of synapses.
>Read moreFunctional genomic of the synapse
The synapse is a specialized structure between two neurons at which basal neuronal communication takes place.
>Read moreSynaptic plasticity
In neuropsychiatric disorders associated with reduced cognitive abilities, such as age-related cognitive decline, but also mental retardation, the ability of synapses to alter their strength is strongly affected.
>Read moreTransmission and behavioral function
The etiology of many disorders including age-related cognitive decline and neurodegenerative disorders such as dementia and Parkinson’s disease is still poorly understood.
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Training
Education
The educational part of the program consists of a spectrum of optional and obligatory courses and training opportunities at different levels. It aims at providing a high level of general knowledge on recent discoveries in neuroscience.
Skills
The complementary training aims at generally applicable skills: e.g. data presentation, grant writing, and scientific language/writing English, but also management courses, computer skills, project management, team building.
Each individual trainee can make a selection from the workshops and courses offered by each of the BrainTrain network partners and required for an optimal progress of their individual research project.
These joint events will ensure the same level of education among all trainees. It will also make this group a coherent group of students that will benefit from the expertise within the network.
The BrainTrain trainees might also attend specialized workshops organized by FENS (Federation of European Neuroscience Societies).
These training activities will increase the quality of Neuroscience education throughout Europe and decrease the gaps between different European curricula and between Europe and the rest of the world.
PhD degree
Finally the students will obtain a BrainTrain certificate and have the possibility of completing a thesis leading to a PhD degree.
Open to European students
BrainTrain courses, workshops and conferences are open to European PhD trainees from outside the network