1 APSN Advanced Neuroscience School 2013 Date: 24 th – 27 th June 2013 (Summer School 2013) Venue: National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore Host: Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Prepared by: Mrs Wee Lee TING (Secretariat) 18 th Nov2013 Vetted by: A/P Chian-Ming LOW (Chairperson, School 2013) 24 th Nov 2013 Approved by: APSN Advanced Neuroscience School Local Organizing Committee^, 28 th Nov 2013 Overview It is, indeed, a privilege for Singapore to be approached by one of the reputable regional society - Asian- Pacific Society for Neurochemistry (APSN) - to conduct an Advanced Neuroscience School. APSN is a sister society of the International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) (http://neurochemistry.org/). During the School, close interactions between participants and lecturers are incorporated at demonstrations /hands-on sessions (half a day per model system) after being grounded basic principles with lectures in the morning sessions. We will provide world-renowned researchers based in Singapore from the National University of Singapore and Research Institutes (IMCB, Temasek Life Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Yale-NUS) to teach the updated knowledge of advanced molecular and neurochemical techniques using each model system, and how they are relevant to addressing neurological phenomena (neuroplasticity underlying learning and memory) and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease, sensory responses (eg. innate response to aversion due to specific odours), so as to enable participants to acquire new ideas and to learn new techniques and methods that may be beneficial to their and host institutions future research. This 4-day Advanced Neuroscience School aims to share various model systems used in neuroscience research, namely C. elegans, D.melanogaster, X. laevis and D rerio (Zebrafish). These are valuable models to neuroscientist which are not usually accessible to enthusiastic senior graduate students and junior postdoctoral fellows within a single workshop/School. Singapore biomedical research community is unique yet strategic to house scientists who are experts in these various models and applying them in neuroscience research. The Advanced Neuroscience School will consist of lectures conducted by the experts and laboratory visits to witness the use of these model systems. Hands-on experiences on each model system are being arranged immediately after the lectures in the same to augment the theoretical knowledge transferred. The participants will bring these knowledge and appreciation of the various model systems back to their respective laboratories in their country in hope to widen their awareness and propagate the valuable experiences with their colleagues. ^ Local Organizing Committee Members: Chian-Ming LOW (Chair), Fengwei YU, Hongyan WANG, Jan GRUBER, Suresh JESUTHASAN, Wee Lee TING (Secretariat), Xiaoguang XU (Assistant Secretariat), Peter T-H WONG (Advisor)
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APSN Advanced Neuroscience School 2013
Date: 24th – 27
th June 2013 (Summer School 2013)
Venue: National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore
Host: Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Prepared by: Mrs Wee Lee TING (Secretariat) 18th Nov2013
Vetted by: A/P Chian-Ming LOW (Chairperson, School 2013) 24th Nov 2013
Approved by: APSN Advanced Neuroscience School Local Organizing Committee^, 28th Nov 2013
Overview
It is, indeed, a privilege for Singapore to be approached by one of the reputable regional society - Asian-
Pacific Society for Neurochemistry (APSN) - to conduct an Advanced Neuroscience School. APSN is a sister
society of the International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) (http://neurochemistry.org/).
During the School, close interactions between participants and lecturers are incorporated at demonstrations
/hands-on sessions (half a day per model system) after being grounded basic principles with lectures in the
morning sessions. We will provide world-renowned researchers based in Singapore from the National
University of Singapore and Research Institutes (IMCB, Temasek Life Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate
Medical School, Yale-NUS) to teach the updated knowledge of advanced molecular and neurochemical
techniques using each model system, and how they are relevant to addressing neurological phenomena
(neuroplasticity underlying learning and memory) and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease,
sensory responses (eg. innate response to aversion due to specific odours), so as to enable participants to
acquire new ideas and to learn new techniques and methods that may be beneficial to their and host
institutions future research.
This 4-day Advanced Neuroscience School aims to share various model systems used in neuroscience
research, namely C. elegans, D.melanogaster, X. laevis and D rerio (Zebrafish). These are valuable models to
neuroscientist which are not usually accessible to enthusiastic senior graduate students and junior postdoctoral
fellows within a single workshop/School. Singapore biomedical research community is unique yet strategic to
house scientists who are experts in these various models and applying them in neuroscience research. The
Advanced Neuroscience School will consist of lectures conducted by the experts and laboratory visits to
witness the use of these model systems. Hands-on experiences on each model system are being arranged
immediately after the lectures in the same to augment the theoretical knowledge transferred. The participants
will bring these knowledge and appreciation of the various model systems back to their respective laboratories
in their country in hope to widen their awareness and propagate the valuable experiences with their colleagues.
^ Local Organizing Committee Members: Chian-Ming LOW (Chair), Fengwei YU, Hongyan WANG, Jan GRUBER, Suresh
JESUTHASAN, Wee Lee TING (Secretariat), Xiaoguang XU (Assistant Secretariat), Peter T-H WONG (Advisor)