Ricardo Miledi Neuroscience Training Program
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Ricardo Miledi Neuroscience Training Program
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Application deadline: Monday, May 17
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Ricardo Miledi Neuroscience Training Program
Support Contributed by The Grass Foundation
Course Background
The Ricardo Miledi Neuroscience Training Program is open to LAC neuroscience graduate students. Course location rotates annually among colleges and universities in Latin America and Mexico.
Students selected for the training program also receive the Hugo Arechiga Fellowship, which includes SfN membership, as well as registration and travel expenses to the SfN annual meeting.
The following information applies to the 2010 program:
• Date: August16 - September 10, 2010
• Location: Instituto de Fisiología Celular - Neurosciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México D.F., México
• Course Directors: Iván Velasco, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, UNAM
• Topic: Neural development, physiology, imaging and degeneration.
The course has been divided in four main sections:
1) NEURAL DEVELOPMENT. Several topics will be discussed, such as neural patterning, neural stem cells, growth and survival signaling in developing neurons, role of lipids in CNS development and retina development. Local faculty: Diana Escalante-Alcalde, Humberto Gutiérrez, Rocío Salceda, Iván Velasco. Foreign faculty: Pamela Raymond (University of Michigan) and John Rubenstein (University of California San Francisco).
2) PHYSIOLOGY. The goal of this section is to understand the biophysical foundations of cell excitability and synaptic transmission through learning the concepts of synaptic plasticity, neural circuits and neuromodulation. Local faculty: José Bargas, Francisco Fernández de Miguel, Elvira Galarraga, Rafael Gutiérrez, Marcia Hiriart, Juan Carlos Gómora, Tamara Rosenbaum, Ranulfo Romo. Foreign faculty: Guillermo Pilar (Case Western Reserve University) and Osvaldo D. Uchitel (Universidad de Buenos Aires).
3) FLUORESCENCE IMAGING AND CALCIUM SIGNALING. The third section will cover: principles of fluorescence and its biological applications, introduction to fluorescence microscopy, confocal and multiphoton microscopy, total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy, calcium signaling in neurons and endocrine cells. Local faculty: Tatiana Fiodelisio, Arturo Hernández-Cruz. Foreign faculty: Luis Miguel Gutiérrez (Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante).
4) NEURODEGENERATION. In this module, several diseases will be discussed, such as brain edema, ischemia, Alzheimer´s disease, Parkinson´s disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. The presented experimental approaches will allow the student to know and understand mechanisms of neuronal degeneration and its pathological consequences. Local faculty: Clorinda Arias, René Drucker-Colín, Ana María López-Colomé, Lourdes Massieu, Julio Morán, Ricardo Tapia. Foreign faculty: José Rodríguez-Alvarez (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona) and Ramón Trullas (Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas de Barcelona).
The general structure of the course will involve a daily morning lecture followed by the introduction of the day’s practical exercise by the instructor or discussion of the results of the previous day by the students. Students will be divided into small groups and, on any given day, a member of each group will present and discuss the results of his or her group. All students will be required to present and discuss the results of their groups.
Additionally, each student will be required to make a presentation in English of the research work they are engaged in at their home laboratories. These presentations will be distributed throughout the four weeks of the course.
The course will provide practical instruction in key methodologies to allow students sufficient time to practice each methodology. Demonstrations will be kept to a minimum and will be used only in those cases in which the length of the procedures or waiting times between the different steps involved preclude their incorporation into the practical course. Hence, a great effort will be made to allow the students to try out most of the experimental procedures to be covered in the course.
Eligibility
The primary audience is graduate students from Latin American and the Caribbean. Applicants must be able to communicate in English, as lectures and discussions will be conducted in this language. All students will be required to present and discuss their results. Full financial support for traveling and housing expenses will be provided. In addition, a travel award to attend the 2010 Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, November 13-17, 2010 in San Diego, CA will be provided. A total of 15 course participants will be selected.
Application Information
Deadline: Monday, May 17, 2010
All required materials should be typed in 10 to 12-point font and submitted as attachments (PDFs or Word preferred) in a single e-mail to awardsandprizes@sfn.org. Subject line should read "2010 Miledi Course." Application questions can also be directed to this email.
For more information regarding this course, please contact Dr. Iván Velasco at ivelasco@ifc.unam.mx.
Past Participants
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2009
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Diego Alzate Correa
Ariana Israela Balderas Moreno
José Felipe Esquivelzeta Rabell
Claudia Faturi
Juan Pablo Fernández
Rocío García
Alicia Güemez Gamboa
Omar López Ramirez
Nicolás Marichal
Jader Nones
Paula Pouso
Gustavo Reolon
María Jimena Ricatti
Abraham Rosas-Arellano
Juan Pablo Zúñiga Hertz
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2007/2008
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2006
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Laura Romina Caltana
Vanina Usach
Guillermo Vega López
Gabriela Filoso Barnabé
Ana Paula Horn
Cristian Andrés Arredondo Ramírez
Pamela Izaurieta
Helen Marcela Belacazar
Néstor Emmanuel Díaz Martínez
Naima Lajud
Francisco Mercado
Gabriel Moreno-González
Fernando Rosas-Sánchez
María Gonzales
Anderson Rafael Noriega Leon |
Tristan Aguero
Mariana Graciarena
Tania Spohr
Tiago Goss Dos Santos
Carolina Gatica
Gilberto Sanchez Cruz
Erika Azorin Vega
Miguel Alejandro Lopez
Miriam Martinez Armenta
Monica Ramirez
Roberto Sanchez Sanchez
Luis Lerma Romero
Dalynes Reyes-Colon
Andrea Cabeda
Maria Belen Jaurena
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2004 |
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Deysi Bermudez-Oscana
Juan Carlos Flores-Alonso
Belen Garduno-Torres
Lily Magally Granados Dominguez
Hugo Sanchez Castillo
Fatuel Tecuapetla
Maria Del Carmen Toro-Castillo
Maria Rosana Ramirez
Marcelo Viera
Jorge Parodi Rivera
Carlos Rozas
Maria Florencia Arredondo Unanua
Jessika Urbanavicus
Yeny Lemus Molina
Rafael Flores Orbando
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Marcelo Aguilar
Leticia Arregui
Ignacio Balbuena
Christian Bender
Theo Bibancos
Salvador Galicia
Luci Lopez
Maria Lopez-Meraz
Silvo Macias
Lizbeth Mejia Luna
MariaAngeles Mixcoatl-Zecuatl
Samuel Mucio-Ramirez
Cecilia Reali
Arelis Torres
Rafael Vargas |