<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">With the link to NeuroBridges website corrected. </div><div dir="ltr">------------<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><br><div style="text-align:center"> <b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:black">NeuroBridges 2024</span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;text-align:center;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 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: April 1st, 2024</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 2024</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> is a summer school which will take place between <b>September 15 and September 26, 2024</b> in <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">Le Centre de Conferences Internationales de Cluny, France </span></span><a href="https://streaklinks.com/B3KCZ5Fzs88TGp9BXwh9ZstU/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 2024 Faculty:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse;list-style:none;font-family:"Segoe UI",Tahoma,Geneva,Verdana,sans-serif"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse"><font color="#000000">Alaa Ahmed (U. Colorado)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse"><font color="#000000">Rava Azeredo da Silveira (IOB and CNRS)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse"><font color="#000000">Sylvie Granon (Université Paris-Saclay)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse"><font color="#000000">David Hansel (CNRS)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse"><font color="#000000">Carole Levenes (CNRS)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse"><font color="#000000">Yonatan Loewenstein (Hebrew U.)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse"><font color="#000000">Eran Lottem (Hebrew U.)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse"><font color="#000000">Drazen Prelec (MIT)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse"><font color="#000000">Reza Shadmehr (John Hopkins U.)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse"><font color="#000000">Haim Sompolinsky (Hebrew U. and Harvard)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse"><br></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">NeuroBridges</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI",Tahoma,Geneva,Verdana,sans-serif">is co-organized by Ahmed El Hady (Max Planck Institute), David Hansel (CNRS, Paris), Yonatan Loewenstein (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) and Carole Levenes (CNRS, Paris).</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 2024</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> is supported by the Simons Foundation, the ANR 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: <a href="https://neurobridges.net/" target="_blank">https://neurobridges.net/</a></span></p><br><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><div><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:justify">Contact us:</b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:justify"> </span><a href="mailto:neurobridges2023@gmail.com" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:justify;color:blue" target="_blank">neurobridges2024@gmail.com</a> </div></div></div></div></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">--</span></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></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>'Life is good ..' (Carl van Vreeswijk, 1962-2022)</div><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><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><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=28b46a95-4bb8-4ed9-8f21-4c6c0ba42062"><font color="#ffffff" size="1">ᐧ</font></div>