The 2025 NEURON Spring Course

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The 2025 NEURON Spring Course

Location: Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Dates: Sunday, March 9, through Friday, March 14, 2025
Faculty: Ted Carnevale, Robert McDougal, and guest speakers TBA
Application deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025

The NEURON Spring Course is identical to the NEURON Summer Course, except that it happens in spring instead of summer. Well, not quite spring, but March is a great time to be in the Arizona desert, and much nicer than March in most of the US.

This intensive multi-day course is designed for those who are planning to use NEURON in neuroscience research or teaching, or already have active projects that involve NEURON. It is suitable for users at all levels of expertise, presenting what you need to know to build and work with models of individual neurons and networks of neurons, and includes an introduction to simulation on parallel hardware.

• Beginners with little or no modeling experience will learn not only the technical aspects of modeling but also its philosophical basis and scientific rationale.
• Intermediate users will learn the best approaches to common tasks, and how to use special features of NEURON in their own work.
• Experienced users will benefit from an update on new features and a review of important topics that may have escaped their attention when they first started using NEURON.

Each day of this course will run from 9 AM to 5 PM, with lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on exercises, and will end with a wrapup session. Afternoons will include free time for participants to work on exercises or projects of their own choosing, with expert help near at hand. There will also be two or three optional evening sessions to address topics of special interest which may arise during the daytime sessions.

Space is limited, and applications will be considered in the order received. The application deadline is Friday, February 2028, 2025 at 5 PM New York time. No applications will be accepted after that date, and there will be no on-site registration.

If your application is accepted, you will receive instructions for how to pay the course's registration fee. The fee for the this course is $700, which covers the cost of printed materials and instructor travel. Payment must be completed by Friday, February 28, 2025 at 5 PM New York time.

Course description

Application form

About NEURON

Declaration of Administrative Efficiency

Questions? Contact Ted Carnevale (ted dot carnevale at yale dot edu) or phone 203 494 7381

Supported in part by National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and until the end of 2024 the Blue Brain Project.