Mini-Developing Neuronal Circuit (DNC) Course

Mini-DNC 2025

December 10, 2025 - December 12, 2025

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About the Course

The assembly of the functional nervous system is one of the most complex developmental processes in nature. Discovering the mechanisms involved is vital both for advancing basic scientific understanding and as a foundation for future strategies to treat neurological disease, congenital cognitive impairment and neural injury. This course aims to efficiently and rapidly introduce students to the intellectual background, model systems, experimental methods and expert investigators in this topic area and will be of tremendous value in establishing the next generation of young neurobiologists.

Program

Day1 | 10 December 2025

13:15-14:50

Student talk

14:50-15:15

Break

15:15-16:40

Student talk

16:40-17:00

Break

17:00-

Student talk

18:30-

Dinner with posters / informal interactions

Day2 | 11 December 2025

9:30-12:00

Lecture 1: Dr. Joshua Johansen
Discussions

12:00-13:30

Lunch time

13:30-15:30

Lecture 2: Dr. Gerald Pao
Discussions

16:30-18:30

Round Table discussions

18:30-

Dinner with posters / informal interactions

Day3 | 12 December 2025

9:30-12:00

Lecture 1: Prof. Hiroshi Makino
Discussions

12:00-13:30

Lunch time

13:30-15:30

Lecture 1: Prof. Yimin Zou
Discussions

16:30-

Departure

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