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Applications are now open for the CAJAL Course on Quantitative Approaches to Behavior and Virtual Reality (7 June – 26 June 2026) at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown!![]()
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✅ Acquisition, statistical analysis, and modeling of complex behavioural data across different model organisms.![]()
✅ Design and fabrication of devices to record behaviour, including sensors and experimental setups.![]()
✅ Use of virtual reality environments to study behaviour and brain function in controlled and flexible experimental conditions.![]()
✅ Application of shared analytical frameworks across species, from invertebrates to humans, integrating behaviour with neurobiological data.![]()
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📅 Deadline to apply: February 13th 2026![]()
📍 Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal![]()
👥 Course Directors: Ann Kennedy, Daniel McNamee and Giorgio Gilestro![]()
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🎤 Featuring talks from Ahmed El Hady (Max Planck Institute, Germany), Andre Brown (Imperial College London, UK), Andrew Straw (University of Freiburg, Germany), Barbara Webb (University of Edinburgh, UK), Ben De Bivort (Harvard University, USA), Carlos Ribeiro (Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal), Gordon Berman (Emory College, USA), Greg J. Stephens (OIST Graduate University, Japan), Ian Couzin (Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany), Joshua Shaevitz (Princeton University, USA), Kim Hoke (Colorado State University, USA), Kristin Branson (HHMI Janelia Research Campus, USA), Nachum Ulanovsky (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel), R. James Cotton (Northwestern University, USA), Sama Ahmed (University of Washington, USA) and Talmo Pereira (The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA).![]()
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🔗 Apply now: form.jotform.com/Cajal_training/qabvr2026-application![]()
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