Event 02 | Supported by IBRO

IBRO-APRC School on Brain-Immune Interactions

From Molecules to Behaviour | 17-24 September 2026 | CUSAT, Kochi

Competitive selection only

One-week intensive residential training programme.

The IBRO-APRC school brings together 20 selected early-career researchers from the Asia-Pacific region to advance understanding of neuroimmunology.

20 places Selected early-career faculty and researchers, Asia-Pacific cns.ictn2026@gmail.com

Hands-on training

Laboratory and translational methods in brain-immune research.

Confocal microscopy - glial and synaptic plasticity

Flow cytometry (FACS)

Behavioural phenotyping

Stereotaxic surgery

Isolation and culturing of neural stem cells

Electrophysiology demo

Resource persons

National and international faculty for the IBRO-APRC school.

1

Dr. Martin Korte

Technical University, Braunschweig, Germany

2

Dr. Marco Prinz

Institute of Neuropathology, University of Freiburg, Germany

3

Dr. Sheffali Gulati

AIIMS, New Delhi

4

Dr. Ishan K Patro

Ravenshaw University, Odisha

5

Dr. Pankaj Seth

National Brain Research Centre, Gurugram

6

Dr. Yvonne Nolan

University College Cork, Ireland

7

Dr. Chinmay K. Mukhophadhyay

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

8

Dr. Jana Vukovic

University of Queensland, Australia

9

Dr. N Sumru Bayin

Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

10

Dr. Saji Kumar Sreedharan

National University of Singapore

11

Dr. Deepak Nair

Centre for Neuroscience, IISc, Bangalore

12

Dr. Laxmi T Rao

NIMHANS, Bangalore