Date: | Time: | Activity: | Coordinator(s): |
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Sun Jan 12 | 14:00–21:00 | Arrival | A. Tort and Brain Institute personnel |
21:00–21:30 | Welcome speech | S. Ribeiro | |
21:30–22:00 | Introduction of Students | A. Tort and students | |
Mon Jan 13 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 1. Introduction to Computational neuroscience | D. Beeman |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Lecture 2. The cable equation | A. Roth | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Lecture 3. The Hodgkin-Huxley model | V. Steuber | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00–17:00 | Tutorial 1. PYTHON tutorial | D. Beeman, V. dos-Santos and J. Targino | |
17:00–17:20 | Coffee-Break | ||
17:20–18:20 | Tutorial 2. Introduction to NEURON | A. Roth and Tutors | |
18:20–18:30 | Break | ||
18:30–19:30 | Tutorial 3. Introduction to GENESIS | D. Beeman and Tutors | |
19:30–22:00 | Computational exercises | Tutors | |
Tue Jan 14 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 4. Matching passive neuron models to data | A. Roth |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Lecture 5. Modeling ionic currents and their effects | V. Steuber | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Lecture 6. Modeling synapses | A. Roth | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00–17:00 | Tutorial 4. NEURON 1 | A. Roth and Tutors | |
17:00–17:20 | Coffee-Break | ||
17:20–18:20 | Tutorial 5. NEURON 2 | A. Roth and Tutors | |
18:20–18:30 | Break | ||
18:30–19:30 | Tutorial 6. GENESIS 1 | D. Beeman and Tutors | |
19:30–22:00 | Computational exercises | Tutors | |
Wed Jan 15 | 09:00 – 10:00 | Lecture 7. Compartmental modeling | V. Steuber |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Lecture 8. Dendritic computation | A. Roth | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Lecture 9. Introduction to reduced neuron models and phase plane analysis | G. Cymbalyuk | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00–17:00 | Tutorial 7. GENESIS 2 | D. Beeman and Tutors | |
17:00–17:20 | Coffee-Break | ||
17:20–18:20 | Tutorial 8. NEURON 3 | A. Roth and Tutors | |
18:20–18:30 | Break | ||
18:30–19:30 | Tutorial 9. XPP-AUTO 1: Introduction to XPP-AUTO | G. Cymbalyuk and Tutors | |
19:30–22:00 | Computational exercises | Tutors | |
Thu Jan 16 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 10. Realistic modeling of small neuronal circuits | V. Steuber |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Lecture 11. Realistic modeling of large networks | D. Beeman | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Lecture 12. Reduced neuron models 1: periodic tonic spiking and subthreshold oscillations | G. Cymbalyuk | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00–17:00 | Tutorial 10. NEURON 4 | A. Roth and Tutors | |
17:00–17:20 | Coffee-Break | ||
17:20–18:20 | Tutorial 11. GENESIS 3 | D. Beeman and Tutors | |
18:20–18:30 | Break | ||
18:30–19:30 | Tutorial 12. XPP-AUTO 2: analysis of stationary states | G. Cymbalyuk and Tutors | |
19:30–23:00 | Confraternization party 1 | A. Roque and A. Tort | |
Fri Jan 17 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 13. Reduced neuron models 2: dissection of bursting dynamics | G. Cymbalyuk |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Lecture 14. Resources for neural modeling | V. Steuber | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Invited lecture 1. Untangling cerebellar circuits with scanning electron microscopy and focused ion beam milling | A. Roth | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00–17:00 | Tutorial 13. XPP-AUTO 3: following orbits with XPP-AUTO | G. Cymbalyuk and Tutors | |
17:00–17:20 | Coffee-Break | ||
17:20–18:20 | Tutorial 14. GENESIS 4 | D. Beeman and Tutors | |
18:20–18:30 | Break | ||
18:30–19:30 | Tutorial 15. neuroConstruct tutorial 1 | V. Steuber and Tutors | |
19:30–22:00 | Computational exercises | Tutors | |
Sat Jan 18 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 15. Reduced neuron models 3: burst control | G. Cymbalyuk |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Invited lecture 2. | V. Steuber | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Tutorial 16. neuroConstruct tutorial 2 | V. Steuber | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00–17:00 | Tutorial 17. XPP-AUTO 4: analysis of bursting dynamics with XPP-AUTO | G. Cymbalyuk and Tutors | |
17:00–17:20 | Coffee-Break | ||
17:20–18:20 | Tutorial 18. NEURON 5 | A. Roth and Tutors | |
18:20–18:30 | Break | ||
18:30–19:30 | Tutorial 19. GENESIS 5 | D. Beeman and Tutors | |
19:30–21:00 | Confraternization | A. Roque and A. Tort | |
21:00– | Dinner and evening free | ||
Sun Jan 19 | Day off | ||
Mon Jan 20 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 16. Spike train and LFP analysis 1 | A. Tort |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Lecture 17. Biochemistry of signaling pathways | A. Blackwell | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Lecture 18. Simple neuron models 1 | S. van Albada | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00–17:00 | Tutorial 20. Spike train and LFP analysis tutorial 1 | A. Tort and Tutors | |
17:00–17:20 | Coffee-Break | ||
17:20–18:20 | Tutorial 21. Modeling biochemical reactions | A. Blackwell and Tutors | |
18:20–18:30 | Break | ||
18:30–19:30 | Tutorial 22. Integrate-and-fire models | S. van Albada and Tutors | |
19:30–20:00 | Computational exercises | Tutors | |
Tue Jan 21 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 19. Spike train and LFP analysis 2 | A. Tort |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Lecture 20. Neuronal calcium Dynamics | A. Blackwell | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Lecture 21. Simple neuron models 2 | S. van Albada | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00–17:00 | Tutorial 23. Spike train and LFP analysis tutorial 2 | A. Tort and Tutors | |
17:00–17:20 | Coffee-Break | ||
17:20–18:20 | Tutorial 24. Modeling calcium dynamics | A. Blackwell and Tutors | |
18:20–18:30 | Break | ||
18:30–19:30 | Tutorial 25. Introduction to NEST | S. van Albada and Tutors | |
19:30–20:00 | Computational exercises | Tutors | |
Wed Jan 22 | 09:00–10:00 | Interviews with students for projects definitions | A. Roque, A. Tort and lecturers |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Interviews with students for projects definitions | A. Roque, A. Tort and lecturers | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Interviews with students for projects definitions | A. Roque, A. Tort and lecturers | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00–17:00 | Interviews with students for projects definitions | A. Roque, A. Tort and lecturers | |
17:00–17:20 | Coffee-Break | ||
17:20–18:20 | Interviews with students for projects definitions | A. Roque, A. Tort and lecturers | |
18:20–18:30 | Break | ||
18:30–19:30 | Interviews with students for projects definitions | A. Roque, A. Tort and lecturers | |
20:00–23:00 | Confraternization party 2 | A. Roque, A. Tort and lecturers | |
Thu Jan 23 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 22. Spike train and LFP analysis 3 | A. Tort |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Lecture 23. Stochastic Simulation approaches | A. Blackwell | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Lecture 24. Networks of simple neuron models 1 | S. van Albada | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00–17:00 | Tutorial 26. Spike train and LFP analysis tutorial 3 | A. Tort and Tutors | |
17:00–17:20 | Coffee-Break | ||
17:20–18:20 | Tutorial 27. Using NeuroRD for stochastic simulation | A. Blackwell and Tutors | |
18:20–18:30 | Break | ||
18:30–19:30 | Tutorial 28. NEST 2 | S. van Albada and Tutors | |
19:30–22:00 | Exercises and project work | ||
Fri Jan 24 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 25. Cell assembly detection | V. Lopes-dos-Santos |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Lecture 26. Molecular Mechanisms underlying Synaptic Plasticity | A. Blackwell | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Lecture 27. Networks of simple neuron models 2 | S. van Albada | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00–17:00 | Tutorial 29. Tutorial on cell assembly detection | V. Lopes-dos-Santos | |
17:00–17:20 | Coffee-Break | ||
17:20–18:20 | Tutorial 30. | A. Blackwell and Tutors | |
18:20–18:30 | Break | ||
18:30–19:30 | Tutorial 31. NEST 3 | S. van Albada and Tutors | |
19:30–22:00 | Exercises and project work | ||
Sat Jan 25 | 09:00–10:00 | Invited lecture 3. A wavelet-based neural model to optimize and read out a temporal population code | C. Rennó-Costa |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Invited lecture 4. | A. Blackwell | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Invited lecture 5. | S. van Albada | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00–17:00 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
17:00–17:20 | Coffee-Break | ||
17:20–18:20 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
18:20–18:30 | Break | ||
18:30–19:30 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
19:30–21:30 | Confraternization | A. Roque and A. Tort | |
21:30– | Dinner and evening free | ||
Sun Jan 26 | 09:00–19:00 | Day off | |
Mon Jan 27 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 28. Introduction to neuroprosthetics | F. Rattay |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Invited lecture 6. Mechanism of rate remapping in the hippocampus | C. Rennó-Costa | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00–17:00 | Tutorial 32. Solving HH-type local models and cable equation with Matlab | F. Rattay and M. Hilscher | |
17:00–17:20 | Coffee-Break | ||
17:20–18:20 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
18:20–18:30 | Break | ||
18:30–19:30 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
19:30–22:00 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
Tue Jan 28 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 29. Intracellular vs. extracellular stimulation with microelectrodes plus strength-duration curve, chronaxie and rheobase | F. Rattay |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Invited lecture 6 (continuation). Mechanism of rate remapping in the hippocampus | C. Rennó-Costa | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00–17:00 | Tutorial 33. Calculation of intra- and extracellular generated strength duration curves for selected membrane models using NEURON database and other data and software from previous tutorials | F. Rattay and M. Hilscher | |
17:00–17:20 | Coffee-Break | ||
17:20–18:20 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
18:20–18:30 | Break | ||
18:30–19:30 | Exercises and project work | ||
19:30–22:00 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
Wed Jan 29 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 30. Auditory perception – Cochlear implants | F. Rattay |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Invited lecture 7. Synaptic pattern dynamics across the sleep-wake cycle: rescaling versus restructuring in a computational network fed with hippocampal spikes | W. Blanco | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Tutorial 34. Matlab Partial Differential Equation toolbox: finite element calculations for extracellular stimulation | F. Rattay and M. Hilscher | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00–17:00 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
17:00–17:20 | Coffee-Break | ||
17:20–18:20 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
18:20–18:30 | Break | ||
18:30–19:30 | Invited lecture 8. From current to model to current | R. Leão | |
19:30–22:00 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
Thu Jan 30 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 31. Visual perception – Retinal Implants | F. Rattay |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Tutorial 35. Extracellular stimulation of a single neuron using FE data for the extracellular potentials | F. Rattay and M. Hilscher | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00–17:00 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
17:00–17:20 | Coffee-Break | ||
17:20–18:20 | Invited lecture 9. Determination of modelling parameters of voltage gated current and synthetic generation of currents using dynamic clamp | R. Leão | |
18:20–18:30 | Break | ||
18:30–22:00 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
Fri Jan 31 | 09:00–10:00 | Invited lecture 10. Locomotion – Functional electrical stimulation of the peripheral and central nervous system | F. Rattay |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Invited lecture 11. Dynamic clamp | M. Hilscher | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Invited lecture 12. Repertoires of spike avalanches in the rat brain are behavior-dependent | M. Copelli | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00–17:00 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
17:00–17:20 | Coffee-Break | ||
17:20–18:20 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
18:20–18:30 | Break | ||
18:30–19:30 | Invited lecture 13. The visual callosal connection: a connection like any other? | K. Schmidt | |
19:30–00:00 | Confraternization party 3 | ||
Sat Feb 01 | 09:00–10:00 | Lecture 32. Dealing with realistic neuronal morphology: single-cell models | J. Tejada |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Lecture 33. Dealing with realistic neuronal morphology: network models | J. Tejada | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Tutorial 36. Working with complex topologies in NEURON | J. Tejada | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00 | Free afternoon and evening | ||
Sun Feb 02 | 09:00–19:00 | Day off | |
Mon Feb 03 | 09:00–10:00 | Invited lecture 14. | A. Tort |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Lecture 34. Self-organization in balanced state networks of spiking neurons by means of different forms of synaptic plasticity | F. Effenberger | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Tutorial 37. The Brian simulator | F. Effenberger | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00–17:00 | Student projects progress report session | A. Roque and A. Tort | |
17:00–17:20 | Coffee-Break | ||
17:20–18:20 | Student projects progress report session | A. Roque and A. Tort | |
18:20–18:30 | Break | ||
18:30–19:30 | Student projects progress report session | A. Roque and A. Tort | |
19:30–22:00 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
Tue Feb 04 | 09:00–10:00 | Invited lecture 15. Spike sorting | R. Quiroga |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Invited lecture 16. Evaluating multifactoriality in psychiatric disorders: a computational study of schizophrenia | O. Amaral | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Lecture 35. An introduction to information theory and its applications in neuroscience | F. Effenberger | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00–17:00 | Tutorial 38. Best practices and helpful tools in computational studies | F. Effenberger | |
17:00–17:20 | Coffee-Break | ||
17:20–18:20 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
18:20–18:30 | Break | ||
18:30–19:30 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
19:30–19:40 | Interval | ||
19:40–22:00 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
Wed Feb 05 | 09:00–10:00 | Invited lecture 17. Decoding | R. Quiroga |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Invited lecture 18. Ready, aim, fire!!! Single cell firing dynamics of concept neurons in the human Medial Temporal Lobe | H. Rey | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Invited lecture 19. Variations on memory persistence | M. Cammarota | |
12:20–14:00 | Lunch | ||
14:00–19:00 | Visit to the Brain Institute in Natal | Brain Institute | |
19:00–22:00 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
Thu Feb 06 | 09:00–10:00 | Invited lecture 20. Extracting information in spike time patterns with wavelets and information theory | V. Lopes-dos-Santos |
10:00–10:10 | Interval | ||
10:10–11:10 | Invited lecture 21. Concept cells | R. Quiroga | |
11:10–11:20 | Interval | ||
11:20–12:20 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
12:20–16:00 | Lunch | ||
16:00–17:00 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
17:00–17:20 | Coffee-Break | ||
17:20–18:20 | Invited lecture 22. Memory, sleep and dreams | S. Ribeiro | |
18:20–18:30 | Break | ||
18:30–19:30 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
19:30–19:40 | Interval | ||
19:40–22:00 | Exercises and project work | Tutors | |
Fri Feb 07 | 09:30–09:40 | Introduction to the project presentations | A. Roque and A. Tort |
09:40–10:00 | Project presentation 1. Modeling gamma oscillations in LGN | A. Bastos and H. Esmeraldo | |
10:00–10:20 | Project presentation 2. The role of calcium-activated pathways in respiratory neurons | M. Quintero and Y. Daza | |
10:20–10:40 | Project presentation 3. Excitatory-inhibitory balance in a realistic model of the auditory cortex | C. Metzner and E. Deleglise | |
10:40–11:00 | Project presentation 4. Compartmental model of the Lugaro cell | J. Galeazzi and R. Pinzón | |
11:00–11:10 | Interval | ||
11:10–11:30 | Project presentation 5. Controlling a device using associative learning in a simulated neuronal network | C. Köhler and C. Sardeto | |
11:30–11:50 | Project presentation 6. Effect of random stimuli on a synchronous neural network | D. Medeiros | |
11:50–12:10 | Project presentation 7. Theta-gamma coupling in a CA3 network model | A. Lockmann and A. Nakagawa | |
12:10–14:00 | Lunch | ||
14:00–14:20 | Project presentation 8. Search for excitability-related parameters in a simplified granule cell model | J. Freitas and R. Guariento | |
14:20–14:40 | Project presentation 9. Emergence of grid cells through a spike based model | D. Pata | |
14:40–15:00 | Project presentation 10. Mechanisms underlying global oscillations in sparsely connected networks with irregular individual firing | M. da Fonseca and J. Navajas | |
15:00–15:20 | Project presentation 11. Long-term synaptic plasticity in a medial spiny projection neuron: an evaluation of stimulation protocols | Q. Zanona and S. Shariati | |
15:20–15:40 | Interval and Coffee break | ||
15:40–16:30 | Closing remarks | A. Roque and A. Tort | |
16:30–20:00 | Free time | ||
20:00– | Final party | A. Roque and A. Tort | |
Sat Feb 08 | 09:00– | Return home | |