The GDR Microglia and Neuroinflammation, in collaboration with the French Club of Glial Cells and Neuratris, is thrilled to announce that it will organize its 1st Workshop "Microglia: from gene to function" at Bordeaux Neuroschool (https://www.bordeaux-neurocampus.fr/en/who-are-we-bordeaux-neurocampus/school-of-neuroscience/) from November 27th to December 1st, 2023.

Co-organized with Neuratris (Neuratris Website) and sposored by the Autism and NDD GIS (autisme-neurodev.org); Bordeaux Neurocampus ; the Company of Biologists and Vizgen, the GDR Workshop is dedicated to young researchers (PhD students, Junior Post-Docs, and starting Engineers), the workshop will gather 20 participants and consist of three practical 2-day workshops, each led by 4 researchers from the GDR who are specialists in these approaches. The chosen themes for the workshops are as follows:

      1. Ex-vivo and In-vivo Imaging

• Objective: Learn how to image and analyze the morphology and dynamics of microglia.
• Technological Approaches: Ex-vivo and In-vivo biphotonic microscopy.

      2. Microglial Metabolism

• Objective: Learn to characterize microglial metabolic changes in physiopathological contexts.
• Techniques: Microglial isolation by MACs and measurement of cellular respiration on freshly dissociated cells or primary cells in culture.

      3. Transcriptomics

• Objective: Understand and analyze Omics data (RNA-seq and scRNA-seq).
• Approaches: Principles and steps of RNA-seq and scRNA-seq approaches; Multivariate analyses; Data contextualization; Step-by-step analysis of a scRNA-seq dataset with the SEURAT package.

Each participant will be able to attend 2 out of the 3 workshops, and a ranking of the three workshops will be requested during pre-registration. Friday afternoon will be dedicated to the presentation of the results obtained in the three workshops and will be an opportunity to exchange ideas on the 3 topics covered.

Program:

Sunday 26/11: Participants' Arrival

Monday 27/11 to Thursday 30/11: Practical Workshops

Friday 01/12: am: "Spatial Transcriptomics" Seminar by Vizgen in conjunction with Bordeaux Neurocampus; pm: Presentation of results from the different workshops

Saturday 02/12: Participants' Departure

Practical Information:

Workshop Cost: €700 per participant (€450 for participants from Bordeaux who do not require accommodation).

The costs include participation to the workshops, accommodation in double rooms, and meals from Monday morning to Saturday morning. Participants are responsible for their transportation to the workshop location, as well as meals on Sunday 27/11 and Saturday 02/12.

Language: French or English depending on the selected participants.

Registration Timeline: July 24th - September 15th

Formules