Connectionists: V Transatlantic Behavioural Neuroscience School, Aug 11-22nd, Mikolajki, Poland

[Mateusz Kostecki]

Hello!

We are happy to announce the fifth edition of our Transatlantic Behavioural
Neuroscience School! This year we are coming back to Nencki Research
Station in Mikołajki.

We have one: to teach young researchers everything they need to design and
build their own behavioural setups, conduct complex experiments and analyze
their data using open software and hardware.

Our school is divided in five blocks:

   - *3D printing*, where you will have an opportunity to learn the theory
   necessary to take full advantage of this technique and how to use Autodesk
   Fusion software to design elements of your behavioural setup
   - *Electronics and Arduino*, that is intended to provide the skills
   necessary to understand the design of devices used in behavioural research;
   it will also teach how to build and program such devices - among others,
   optogenetics laser controllers, automated doors, stimulus delivery systems
   and devices used for synchronizing data streams
   - *Bonsai* module that aims at teaching you how to use Bonsai to track
   your animals, conduct closed-loop experiments with Arduino and analyze your
   data
   - *Deeplabcut* *and machine learning*, where you will gain an in-depth
   understanding of the DL tools used in behavioural science and learn how to
   apply them to extract interesting information from your data
   - *Project* is the module where you will apply all the knowledge gained
   during the course to build a 3D-printed setup for studying phototactic
   behaviour in Drosophila, conduct experiments and analyze the data

School will be also composed of a series of lectures by researchers
studying animal behaviour on different model systems and with different
approaches.

PhD students and early-stage researchers are especially encouraged to
apply. *We provide partial or full travel grants and fee waivers for
participants who cannot cover the costs. *This year,*thanks to
collaboration with FENS*, European students will be also able to obtain
travel grants and fee waivers. Please find more info here -
https://nenckiopenlab.org/tbnss2026/.


Best,

Mateusz Kostecki
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