<div dir="ltr"><p><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span class="gmail-il">CAJAL</span> Advanced Neuroscience Training Course: Quantitative Approaches to Behavior and Virtual Reality 2026</b>. This intensive course is a unique opportunity for early-career researchers interested in this field.</font></p><p><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Hosted at the <b>Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown</b>, this three-week course </font> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-kerning:none">focuses on acquiring, analyzing, and modeling <b>behavioral data</b> and integrating it with neurobiological information, using <b>translational methodologies</b> that can be applied across species—from simple model organisms to humans—to broaden experimental and research capabilities.</span></p><p><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Location:</b> Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal<br><b>Dates:</b> 7 - 26 June 2026<br><b>Application Deadline:</b> 13 February 2026<br><b>Apply now:</b> </font><a href="https://cajal-training.org/on-site/quantitative-approaches-to-behaviour-and-virtual-reality-2026/" target="_blank">https://<span class="gmail-il">cajal</span>-training.org/on-site/quantitative-approaches-to-behavior-and-virtual-reality-2026/</a></p><p><a rel="noopener nofollow"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></a></p><h3><b><font size="2" color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Course Directors</font></b></h3><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><p><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Ann Kennedy</b> – </font>Scripps Research, USA</p></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><p><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Daniel McNamee</b> – </font> <font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Portugal</font></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><p><b>Giorgio Gilestro</b>  <font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">–</font> Imperial College London, UK</p></li></ul><h3><b><font size="2" color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></b></h3><h3><b><font size="2" color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Course Themes & Topics</font></b></h3><p><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">This course will focus on the following key frontier areas:</font></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Behavioral data acquisition and analysis;</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Modeling behavioral dynamics;</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Integration with neurobiological data;</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Experimental design and independent projects;</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Translational and cross-species approaches.</li></ul><h3></h3><h3><b><font size="2" color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Keynote Speakers Include:</font></b></h3><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-kerning:normal">Andre Brown (Imperial College London, UK)</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-kerning:normal">Ahmed El Hady (Max Planck Institute, Germany)</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-kerning:normal">Andrew Straw (University of Freiburg, Germany)</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-kerning:normal">Barbara Webb (University of Edinburgh, UK)</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-kerning:normal">Ben De Bivort (Harvard University, USA)</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-kerning:normal">Carlos Ribeiro (Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Portugal)</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-kerning:normal">Gordon Berman (Emory College, USA)</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-kerning:normal">Greg J. Stephens (OIST Graduate University, Japan)</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-kerning:normal">Ian Couzin (Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany)</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-kerning:normal">Joshua Shaevitz (Princeton University, USA)</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-kerning:normal">Kim Hoke (Colorado State University, USA)</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-kerning:normal">Kristin Branson (HHMI Janelia Research Campus, USA)</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-kerning:normal">Nachum Ulanovsky (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-kerning:normal">R. James Cotton (Northwestern University, USA)</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-kerning:normal">Sama Ahmed, University of Washington, USA</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-kerning:normal">Talmo Pereira (The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA)</span></li></ul></div>