We are pleased to share the Advanced Courses plan for the 2nd edition of the International Doctoral Program in Integrative Neuroscience (idpIN), for the academic year 2026/2027.
The Advanced Courses are coordinated by senior researchers at CNC-UC and taught by experts from leading national and international research institutions.
Please find here the 2026/2027 – idpIN advanced courses calendar.
Advances in Integrative Neuroscience II: Tools in Neuroscience
Building Scientific Culture through Science Communication* | October 12 to 16, 2026
Coordinators: Sara Amaral (CNC-UC)
Core Technologies @CNC* | October 26 to 30, 2026
Coordinators: Luísa Cortes, Bruno Manadas, Conceição Egas, Isaura Simões, Miguel Mano & Rui Nobre (CNC-UC)
Sensors, Electronics and Hardware | November 9 to 13, 2026
Coordinators: Hugo Marques (Champalimaud Foundation), Cristina Márquez (CNC-UC)
Bioinformatics and Data Science for Neuroscience | December 2,3 and 9 to 11, 2026
Coordinators: Cesar Teixeira, Joel Arrais (CISUC/DEI-UC)
Electrophysiology | January 18 to 22, 2026
Coordinators: Paulo Pinheiro (CNC-UC)
Ethics in Neuroscience Research | February 11,12, 2027
Coordinators: Ana Luísa Carvalho, Cristina Márquez (CNC-UC), Pim Haselager (Donders Institute, NL)
Advances in Integrative Neuroscience I: From neurons to circuits, behaviors and computations.
Synapse assembly, function and plasticity* | November 2 to 6, 2026
Coordinators: Ana Luísa Carvalho, Carlos Duarte, Paulo Pinheiro (CNC-UC)
Unravelling Brain Disorders: pathogenic mechanisms in neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders*| November 16 to 20, 2026
Coordinators: Ana Cristina Rego, Cláudia Pereira, Sandra Morais Cardoso (CNC-UC)
Neural circuits and behavior* | November 23 to 27, 2026
Coordinators: João Peça, Ana Luísa Cardoso, Cristina Márquez (CNC-UC)
Cognitive Neuroscience | January 11 to 15, 2027
Coordinators: Jason Fischer & Pawel Tacikowski (FPCEUC)
Systems and Computational Neuroscience | February 1 to 5, 2027
Coordinators: Cristina Márquez & Renato Duarte (CNC-UC)
*course offered in collaboration with PDBEB