About the Practical Course
The main objective of this EMBO Practical Course is to provide students with state-of-the-art approaches for imaging development, with a particular focus on nervous system development across different animal models. In recent years, there has been an explosion in advanced microscopy and labelling techniques, enabling the study of development and neurodevelopment in unprecedented ways.
In addition, this EMBO Practical Course aims to foster interaction, at the bench and during lectures, between world-leading developmental biologists and young investigators. An open and relaxed environment will be promoted in the magnificent Centre of Marine Biology Research (CIMARQ)
This EMBO Practical Course is an intensive 14-day laboratory and lecture course for advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who seek a broad view of the modern issues of developmental biology and developmental neurobiology.
Related lectures and laboratories will provide the student with the state-of-the-art of paradigms, problems and methodologies on modern developmental biology and developmental neurobiology. The animal model used for laboratories will be zebrafish and locally available fishes; insects (Drosophila and others); frog, chick and cells in culture.
The students will present their current research in an informal and relaxed environment at the end of each day (see program)
Mini-Symposium: In addition to this EMBO Practical Course, a Mini-symposium will be organised at CIMARQ. The Mini-Symposium will last one day, and it will be open to everybody with previous registration.
For details about the history of this EMBO Pracical Course go to this link.
About EMBO Courses and Workshops
EMBO Courses and Workshops are selected for their excellent scientific quality and timelines, provision of good networking activities for all participants and speaker gender diversity (at least 40% of speakers must be from the underrepresented gender).
Organisers are encouraged to implement measures to make the meeting environmentally more sustainable.