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<p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><b><br></b></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><font size="4"><b><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span>NeuroBridges 2025</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;text-align:center;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><font size="4"><b>A Mediterranean, Middle Eastern Summer School in Neuroscience</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;text-align:center;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><b><font size="4">Deadline to apply: April 15, 2025</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:14px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(26,26,26)">NeuroBridges 2025 is a summer school which will take place between September 7 and September 18, 2025 in <span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)">Le Centre de Conferences Internationales de Cluny, France <a href="https://streaklinks.com/B3KEKFd397UPDx5n8gyfD1BJ/https%3A%2F%2Fcollegecluny.eu%2Fen%2Fappel-a-candidatures%2Finformations-pratiques%2F" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(36,68,124)">(CCIC)</span></a></span>.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:14px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The school will provide an overview of theoretical and experimental frameworks used to study a variety of decision making processes. It will cover different model systems from rodents to humans and a plethora of decision making mechanisms.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:14px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Another objective of NeuroBridges is to bring together Mediterranean and Middle Eastern scientists, 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.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(26,26,26)">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. All costs of registration and accommodation will be covered by the organizers. A limited number of travel grants will also be available.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 21px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Faculty:</b><b></b></p>
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<li style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://www.colorado.edu/mechanical/alaa-ahmed" target="_blank"><span>Alaa Ahmed (U. Colorado)</span></a></span></li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://www.silveira-lab.com/rava-azeredo-da-silveira" target="_blank"><span>Rava Azeredo da Silveira (IOB)</span></a></span></li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://www.ab.mpg.de/person/111828" target="_blank"><span>Ahmed El Hady (Max Planck Institute)</span></a></span></li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://incc-paris.fr/people/david-hansel/" target="_blank"><span>David Hansel (CNRS)</span></a></span></li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://pages.isir.upmc.fr/mkhamassi/" target="_blank"><span>Mehdi Khamassi (CNRS)</span></a></span></li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://incc-paris.fr/people/carole-levenes/" target="_blank"><span>Carole Levenes (CNRS)</span></a></span></li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://elsc.huji.ac.il/people-directory/faculty-members/yonatan-loewenstein/" target="_blank"><span>Yonatan Loewenstein (Hebrew U.)</span></a></span></li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://mainenlab.org/" target="_blank"><span>Zach Mainen (Champalimaud), TBC</span></a></span></li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://elsc.huji.ac.il/people-directory/faculty-members/israel-nelken/" target="_blank"><span>Israel Nelken (Hebrew U.)</span></a></span></li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty/directory/drazen-prelec" target="_blank"><span>Drazen Prelec (MIT)</span></a></span></li>
<li style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://www.shadmehrlab.org/" target="_blank"><span>Reza Shadmehr (John Hopkins U.)</span></a></span></li>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:14px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(26,26,26)">NeuroBridges is co-organized by Ahmed El Hady (Max Planck Institute), David Hansel (CNRS, Paris), Yonatan Loewenstein (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel), Carole Levenes (CNRS, Paris), Shir Shapira (Hebrew University of Jerusalem).</p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(26,26,26)">NeuroBridges 2025 is supported by the Simons Foundation, the Cyril Taylor Charitable FoundationELSC, and is in partnership with VVTNS (<a href="https://www.wwtns.online/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">https://www.wwtns.online/</span></a>).</p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </p>
<p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(26,26,26)">For more information and application, visit our website: <a href="https://neurobridges.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">https://neurobridges.net/</span></a></p></div>
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