Workshops and special sessions
Please see below for workshops and special sessions being held at BNA2021 Festival of Neuroscience. More will be added in coming months: check back for updates!
1. Workshops
Open Labware - Building Open Science Equipment
Festival topic: Methods and technology development
Convened by Andre Maia Chagas and Thomas Baden from the University of Sussex, UK.
Multi-omics analysis of the brain at single cell resolution - this session is sponsored by the UK Dementia Research Institute
Festival topic: Neurons and glia: Intrinsic properties, cell biology and cell types
Carlo Sala Frigerio, UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL, non-speaking co-chair
Viola Volpato, UK Dementia Research Institute at Cardiff, UK - A deep single cell atlas of the human substantia nigra to study Parkinson's Disease progression
Sarah Marzi, UK Dementia Research Institute at Imperial, UK - Epigenetic regulation in neurodegenerative disease
Jo Anne Stratton, McGill University, Montreal, Canada- Interpretation of sequencing data in brain tissue
Seth Grant, University of Edinburgh, UK - Synapse proteome complexity and the architecture of synapse diversity
Kenneth Harris, University College London, UK - Identifying fine cellular subtypes in situ with multiplexed in situ RNA sequencing
Johanna Jackson, UK Dementia Research Institute at Imperial, UK - non-speaking co-chair
Teaching Neuroscience
Festival Topic: Other (teaching)
Volko Straub (co-chair), University of Leicester, UK - Practical classes without a manual
Rosamund Langston, University of Dundee, UK - How to train your neuroscientist for a life less ordinary
David Martin, University of Dundee, UK - Swimming lessons for the neuroscience data lakes
Using R
Festival Topic: Other (credibility in neuroscience)
A hands-on session led by Professor Rik Henson to set you up for using R in your science life!
2. Special sessions
Student session
Led by and for students, convened by the BNA committee representative for students and Early Career Reserachers, Emma Soopramanien.
Building Bridges Between: Industry and Academia
Facilitating collaboration between neuroscientists in industry and academia, these sessions will explore key factors inhibiting effective translation of research between academia and industry, identifying how to achieve successful translation, and creating meaningful exchange of ideas and networking.
COVID19 and neuroscience
A complementary pair of special sessions in the programme looking at the latest research of COVID19's effects on the nervous system, considering the underlying neuroscience, and the neurological and psychiatric consequences.
Career speed-dating: limited spaces available
Always hugely popular at the real-life Festivals of Neuroscience, we will ensure that career speed-dating takes place at the online Festival too! These sessions give the opportunity for postgraduate students and Early Career Researchers to meet people in the varied walks of life that can follow a neuroscience degree, whether that be in academia or beyond. A limited number of spaces are available, so make sure you book soon!
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in neuroscience
Examining where the field stands and how it can do better to be truly representative.
Green neuroscience
Are there ways we can reduce the detrimental environmental consequences of carrying out our research? Can we reduce plastic-ware use, choose different ways to attend conferences (beyond COVID19!) and work together to make neursocience greener?