<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">NeuroBridges 2023</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;text-align:center;line-height:18.75pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">A Mediterranean, Middle Eastern Summer School in Neuroscience</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;text-align:center;line-height:18.75pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Deadline to apply: May 15, 202</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">3</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US"></span></b></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">NeuroBridges 2023</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> is a summer school which will take place between <b>September 3 and September 14, 2023</b> in <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">Le Centre de Conferences Internationales de Cluny, France </span></span><a href="https://streaklinks.com/Bdh5MuGfX_bxvGxBcgt_KeW_/https%3A%2F%2Fcollegecluny.eu%2Fen%2Fappel-a-candidatures%2Finformations-pratiques%2F" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(47,88,143)">(CCIC)</span></a><span lang="EN-US">.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The school will provide an overview of theoretical and experimental frameworks used to study a variety of <b>decision making</b> processes. It will cover different model systems from rodents to humans and a plethora of decision making mechanisms.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Another objective of Neurobridges is to bring together <b>Mediterranean and Middle Eastern scientists</b>, in order to promote scientific cooperation between young researchers from these countries. The organizers of NeuroBridges are convinced that such scientific collaborations can lead to personal relations, which eventually may alleviate the political distress in the Middle East.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The school is intended for graduate students and postdocs, primarily, but not only, from the Middle East and the Mediterranean region, either working in their home countries or abroad. Applicants should have some background in related fields in neuroscience or cognitive psychology. <b>All costs of registration and accommodation will be covered by the organizers. A limited number of travel grants will be also be available</b>.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">NeuroBridges 2023 Faculty:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Alaa Ahmed (U. Colorado), Carlos Brody (Princeton), Iain Couzin (MPI), Roozbeh Kiani (NYU), Carole Levenes (CNRS), Drazen Prelec (MIT), Rava Azeredo da Silveira (IOB and CNRS) and Yoram Yovell (Hadassah Hebrew U. Medical Center).</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">NeuroBridges</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> is co-organized by Ahmed El Hady (MPI, Konstanz, Germany), Yonatan Loewenstein (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) and David Hansel (CNRS, Paris, France).</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">NeuroBridges 2023</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> is supported by the Simons Foundation, the CNRS and ELSC, and is in partnership with VVTNS (</span><a href="https://www.wwtns.online/" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.wwtns.online/</span></a><span lang="EN-US">).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">For more information and application, visit our website:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://neurobridges.net/neurobridges2023.html" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">https://neurobridges.net/neurobridges2023.html</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p style="text-align:center"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Contact us:</b> <a href="mailto:neurobridges2023@gmail.com" style="color:blue" target="_blank">neurobridges202<span lang="EN-US">3</span>@gmail.com</a></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>---------------------------------------<br>David Hansel<br>Directeur de Recherche  au CNRS</div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Co-Group leader </span><br>Cerebral Dynamics Plasticity and Learning lab., CNRS<br>45 rue des Saints Peres 75270 Paris Cedex 06<br>Tel (Cell):   +33 607508403 - Fax (33).1.49.27.90.62<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div hspace="streak-pt-mark" style="max-height:1px"><img alt="" style="width:0px;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden" src="https://mailfoogae.appspot.com/t?sender=aZGhhbnNlbDBAZ21haWwuY29t&type=zerocontent&guid=b488b590-1317-4fd0-9f92-8264eb36b7b4"><font color="#ffffff" size="1">ᐧ</font></div>