Grant: Training Grant

This proposal is for the renewal of our Training Program at the interface between Neurosciences, Photonics, the Nanotechnologies and Computational sciences. The objective of this training program is to create a generation of Health Scientists with a truly transdisciplinary attitude and ability to apply and develop novel approaches derived from the fields of Physics, Chemistry and Computational Sciences for the study of neural mechanisms and disorders, including epilepsy, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, depression and anxiety disorders, multiple sclerosis, neuropathies and chronic pain. Fields of research covered include: neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, ion channel biophysics, molecular biology, biochemistry, advanced microscopy, transgenic technology and studies ranging from cell cultures to whole animals, computational neurosciences, non-linear optics, laser science, fibre-optics, tissue spectroscopy, scanning-probe microscopy, micromachining, physical organic chemistry, bioanalytical chemistry, lipid-protein interactions, novel biosensors and image analysis approaches.