Brain, Bacteria and Behaviour: Understanding the Gut-Brain Axis

About

In this hands-on course you will learn the latest evidence on the role of commensal gut microbiota in the gut-brain axis, and how to study interactions between gut microbiome and brain functioning, behaviour and psychiatric diseases.

Course leader

Dr. Alejandro Arias Vasquez Principal Investigator Psychiatry & Human Genetics Dr. Mirjam Bloemendaal Post doc Dr. Jeanette Mostert Science communication advisor Department of Genetics all from Radboud University Medical Center

Target group

• Master
• PhD
• Post-doc
• Professional

Early career scientists in the fields of neuroscience and psychiatry (or related disciplines) who are interested in learning about the gut-brain-axis and the basics of conducting studies linking parameters from the gut microbiome to neural and behavioural measures.

Course aim

After this course you are able to:
• Understand the basic concepts of the gut microbiome biology.
• Explain the various routes through which the gut and the brain influence each other.
• Understand the pros and cons of using several bioinformatics pipelines for analysing and interpreting 16s RNA gut microbiome data.
• Design an experiment to investigate how the gut microbiome influences brain functioning / behaviour.

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