<div dir="ltr"><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Due to many requests, t</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">he application</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">deadline</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">for LASCON 2024 has been</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">extended</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">to Sunday October 22, 2023 (until midnight, US Pacific Time).</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">****************************************************************************************</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:11px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">IX Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience - LASCON 2024</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">January 8 - February 2, 2024, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(16,60,192)"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-kerning:none"><a href="http://www.sisne.org/lascon-ix" target="_blank">www.sisne.org/lascon-ix</a></span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:11px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 22, 2023</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:11px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Third and final announcement</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:11px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Dear Colleagues, </span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:11px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">After the hiatus of the pandemic, I am pleased to announce that the 9th edition of the Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience (LASCON 2024) will take place January 8 - February 2, 2024 at the NeuroMat Center in the University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. </span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none"> </span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">LASCON aims at introducing young researchers and graduate and advanced undergraduate students to the use of computational and mathematical methods for modeling neurons and neural networks. The following topics will be covered: </span><span style="font-kerning:none;color:rgb(29,29,29)">single-cell models (biophysically detailed, reduced and simplified), circuit and network models of biophysically detailed and simplified spiking neurons, probabilistic neuronal models, synaptic plasticity and learning, spike train analysis, neural population models, neuron-glia interaction models, models of extracellular fields, brain criticality, computational psychiatry, traveling waves in neural systems, and dynamics of neuronal functional connectivity</span><span style="font-kerning:none">. These subjects will be taught via theoretical classes and hands-on tutorials with the use of the programs NEURON, NetPyNE, NEST, Brian, The Virtual Brain and others. Students will have to work on small research projects (to be done in groups of two), which they will present orally at the end of the school. </span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none"> </span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">The following lecturers will be in charge of theoretical classes and tutorials:</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:11px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Aline Duarte, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Arnd Roth, University College, London, UK</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Christophe Pouzat, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Demian Battaglia, </span>University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France</p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Gaute Einevoll, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, As, Norway</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">German Mato, Bariloche Atomic Center, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Hans Ekkehard Plesser, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, As, Norway</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Horacio Rotstein, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">John Murray, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Junji Ito, Juelich Research Center, Juelich, Germany</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Lyle Muller, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Marja-Leena Linne, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Mauricio Girardi-Schappo, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Mauro Copelli, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Sonja Gruen, Juelich Research Center, Juelich, Germany</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Tilo Schwalger, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Valeriy Bragin, State University of New York, New York, NY, USA</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">William Lytton, State University of New York, New York, NY, USA</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:11px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">The number of students is limited to 40 and applications should be made electronically via the application form in the school's web page (<a href="http://www.sisne.org/lascon-ix" target="_blank"><span style="font-kerning:none;color:rgb(16,60,192)">www.sisne.org/lascon-ix</span></a>). Applicants are also requested to submit a detailed CV (in English) and to provide two letters of recommendation. </span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:11px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">The application deadline is October 22, 2023 (until midnight, US Pacific time). </span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none"> </span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">There is no registration fee for the school. Depending on available funding, the school organization may provide free accommodation for students not from the Greater Sao Paulo area. Travel costs will have to be covered by the students. Sao Paulo is the major transportation hub in South America, so it is possible to fly from basically anywhere in the world to its airports. </span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none"> </span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">In the selection procedure, priority will be given to Latin-American students, but students from other parts of the world are encouraged to apply as well.</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none"> </span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">LASCON 2024 is an activity of the FAPESP Center for Neuromathematics (NeuroMat - <a href="http://neuromat.numec.prp.usp.br/" target="_blank"><span style="font-kerning:none;color:rgb(16,60,192)">http://neuromat.numec.prp.usp.br/</span></a>).</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:11px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">I am looking forward to see you in Sao Paulo.</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Best regards,</span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:11px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Antonio Roque </span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;margin:0px;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style="font-kerning:none">LASCON Director</span></p><div><br></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 dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px">Antonio C. Roque<br>Professor Associado<br>Departamento de Fisica<br>FFCLRP, Universidade de Sao Paulo<br>14040-901 Ribeirao Preto-SP<br>Brazil  -  Brasil</p><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px"><a href="mailto:antonior@ffclrp.usp.br" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">antonior@usp.br</a></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px"><a href="mailto:aroquesilva@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">aroquesilva@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://www.sisne.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.sisne.org</a></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px">ORCID: <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-4840" target="_blank">0000-0003-1260-4840</a></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px">ResearcherID: <a href="http://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/C-2316-2011" target="_blank">C-2316-2011</a></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px">Google Scholar: <a href="http://scholar.google.com.br/citations?user=GqHWF74AAAAJ" target="_blank">GqHWF74AAAAJ</a></div><div>CV Lattes: <a href="http://lattes.cnpq.br/4609096963207702" target="_blank">4609096963207702</a></div></div></div></div></div>