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Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences + Paris Brain Institute Neuroscience Summer School 2026

The Paris Brain Institute and the IZN hosted a summer school in Pornichet, France, where master and PhD students with an interest in learning how to model human neuropathologies explored ways in which to adapt current ideas and modern technologies for their own projects.

Program and Objectives

This summer school offered a unique platform for participants to explore and integrate diverse approaches for studying human neuropathologies. The program included:

Keynote sessions by eight senior researchers, giving students unique exposure to cutting-edge research and techniques from thought leaders in the field,
Poster sessions in which all participants presented their ongoing projects,
Interactive brainstorming on integrating new and advanced techniques into the participants’ own projects, wherein participants’ in-depth discussions and experts’ advice helped push the projects to the next level,
Discussions on science and societal issues, this year with a focus on ethical issues encountered by scientists, and
Networking and social activities, including with group leaders who stayed the entire week, allowing for the development of personal connections between senior scientists and a more thorough mentoring

Speakers

Tabelle

Coralie Fassier	Institut de la Vision	Cytoskeleton dysfunction: Linking neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration
Valery Grinevich	IZN - Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim	Emerging principles of peptidergic signaling in neural circuits and social behavior
Emmanuelle Huillard	Paris Brain Institute	Mechanisms of tumor development in adult diffuse gliomas
Hai-Kun Liu	IZN - German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg	Predictive preclinical organoid models for human CNS cancers
Rosanna Parlato	IZN - University Medical Center Mannheim	From model to mechanism: RNA and protein quality breakdowns in motor neurodegenerative diseases
Radhika Puttagunta	IZN - University Clinic Heidelberg	Understanding of neuroregenerative mechanisms leading toward treatment of spinal cord injury
Anne Roumier	Institute of Biology Paris Seine - NeuroSU	Microglia and neuroimmune interactions in typical and atypical neurodevelopment
Sylvia Soares	Institute of Biology Paris Seine - Dev2A	From living systems to cell models: Studying traumatic neuropathologies

Scientific Advisory Board

Richard Fairless (IZN - Heidelberg University Hospital), Emmanuelle Huillard (Paris Brain Institute - Sorbonne University), Thomas Kuner (IZN - Medical Faculty Heidelberg), Annarita Patrizi (IZN - German Cancer Research Center), Philippe Ravassard (Paris Brain Institute - Sorbonne University), Rüdiger Rudolf (IZN - Medical Faculty Mannheim)

Organizers

Our summer school arose out of an existing collaboration between the Sorbonne University and Heidelberg University Neuroscience Master programs, was spearheaded by the iMIND (Sorbonne University) and Neuroscience Major (Heidelberg University) Master Program Coordinators, Hélène Cheval and Victor Winter, and is funded in great part through an initiative at the Paris Brain Institute.

Tabelle

Hélène Cheval	helene.cheval@icm-institute.org	Paris Brain Institute - Sorbonne University; iMIND (international Master in Neurodegenerative Disease) Program Coordinator
Victor Winter	winter@uni-heidelberg.de	IZN - Heidelberg University; Master Program Coordinator: Neuroscience, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Systems Biology Majors
Anna Hertle	hertle@nbio.uni-heidelberg.de	IZN - Heidelberg University; IZN Coordinator

Participant Feedback

The lectures in the morning provided a solid scientific foundation, while the poster sessions and brainstorming activities encouraged discussion and helped us apply what we had learned. The balance between lectures and interactive sessions worked very well.

I would like to sincerely thank you for organizing this event. It was truly perfect, a great balance between the scientific content, of course, but also time to connect with our peers and the speakers, as well as the activities. It really was a fantastic event that you need to keep going!

I achieved what I came for: learning new techniques, exchanging ideas with other researchers, discussing my research with other researchers, and expanding my scientific network.