<div dir="ltr"><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div><div><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 2025</span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;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;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;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 15th, 2025</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">NeuroBridges 2025</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> is a summer school which will take place between <b>September 7 and September 18, 2025</b> in <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">Le Centre de Conferences Internationales de Cluny, France </span></span><a href="https://84454458.streaklinks.com/CYSff59uLj27U__lKAXml_qR/https%3A%2F%2Fcollegecluny.eu%2Fen%2Fappel-a-candidatures%2Finformations-pratiques%2F" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><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;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;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;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 also be available</b>.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;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;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">NeuroBridges 2025 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="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse">Alaa Ahmed (U. Colorado)<br>Rava Azeredo da Silveira (IOB)<br>Ahmed El Hady (Max Planck Institute)<br>David Hansel (CNRS)<br>Mehdi Khamassi (CNRS)<br>Carole Levenes (CNRS)<br>Yonatan Loewenstein (Hebrew U.)<br>Zach Mainen (Champalimaud), TBC<br>Israel Nelken (Hebrew U.)<br>Drazen Prelec (MIT)<br>Reza Shadmehr (John Hopkins U.)</li><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse"><br></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:14.6667px"><span lang="EN-US">NeuroBridges </span></b><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;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">For more information and application, visit our website: </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://neurobridges.net/upcoming" target="_blank">https://neurobridges.net/upcoming</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p></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" target="_blank" style="color:blue;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:justify">neurobridges2025@gmail.com</a></div></div><div class="gmail-yj6qo"></div><div class="gmail-adL"><br></div></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-</span></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=97cee263-d1d5-4251-8a48-ab99be23f160"><font color="#ffffff" size="1">ᐧ</font></div>