idpIN Courses 2025/2026 – Synapse Assembly, Function and Plasticity

Organized by
CNC-UC/CIBB

Date & Time
05/01/2026 – 09/01/2026

Location
CNC Auditorium, 2nd floor, Faculty of Medicine Building, Polo I, University of Coimbra

Registration
Mandatory

Deadline: 19/12/2025

Coordination

Ana Luisa Carvalho

CNC-UC/CIBB & FCTUC

Carlos B. Duarte

CNC-UC/CIBB & FCTUC

Paulo Pinheiro

CNC-UC/CIBB & FCTUC

Lecturers

Ana Luisa Carvalho

CNC-UC/CIBB & FCTUC

Ana Rita Quadros

CNC-UC/CIBB

Ângela Inácio

CNC-UC/CIBB

Beatriz Ribeiro

MIA-UC & CIBB

Carlos B. Duarte

CNC-UC/CIBB & FCTUC

Débora Serrenho

CNC-UC/CIBB

Elena Rugarli

Cologne Excellence Cluster on Aging and Aging-Associated Diseases & Institute of Genetics, University of Cologne, Germany

Emanuel Tahiri

CNC-UC/CIBB

Joana Ferreira

MIA-UC & CIBB

Maria Joana Pinto

i3S, University of Porto & CNC-UC

Miranda Mele

CNC-UC/CIBB

Mónica Santos

CNC-UC/CIBB

Nelson Rebola

Paris Brain Institute, France

Nuno Apóstolo

MIA-UC & CIBB

Nuno Beltrão

CNC-UC/CIBB

Renato Duarte

CNC-UC/CIBB

Rui O. Costa

CNC-UC/CIBB

Paulo Pinheiro

CNC-UC/CIBB & FCTUC

Shiva Tyagarajan

University of Zurich, Switzerland

Aim

Keywords and broad topics:

· Neuronal polarization & synaptogenesis

· Pre- and postsynaptic function

· Hebbian and homeostatic synaptic plasticity

· Inhibitory transmission

· Dendritic integration

· Glial regulation of synaptic function

· Neuromodulation

· Mitochondria in the regulation of synaptic function and disease

· Synaptopathies

Program

Available here.

More info here.