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Table of Contents
Course Site Map & Commute ................................................................................................................ 2
Floor Plan ............................................................................................................................................. 3
Program ............................................................................................................................................... 4
Welcome | Sunday 19 Jan.................................................................................................................. 4
Theme 1 | Neurons & Networks.......................................................................................................... 5
Monday 20 Jan – Fundamentals of Electrophysiology ...................................................................... 5
Tuesday 21 Jan – Building Blocks of Neurons ................................................................................. 6
Wednesday 22 Jan – Neuronal Communication ............................................................................. 7
Thursday 23 Jan – Neuronal Communication (Message Plasticity) ................................................... 8
Friday 24 Jan – Neuronal Operation ............................................................................................... 9
Saturday 25 Jan – Neuronal Function ........................................................................................... 10
Theme 2 | Networks & Systems........................................................................................................ 11
Monday 27 Jan – Controlling Neurons with Light .......................................................................... 11
Tuesday 28 Jan – Measuring Neural Function with Light ............................................................... 12
Wednesday 29 Jan – Multiphoton Imaging ................................................................................... 13
Thursday 30 Jan – Mesoscopic Neural Systems ........................................................................... 14
Friday 31 Jan – Microscopic Neural Systems ............................................................................... 15
Saturday 01 Feb – Wrap Up! ........................................................................................................ 16
Theme 3 | Systems & Behaviour ....................................................................................................... 17
Monday 03 Feb – Learning & Behaviour ....................................................................................... 17
Tuesday 04 Feb – Setting up Brain Systems ................................................................................. 18
Wednesday 05 Feb – Learning & Neuromodulation (I) ................................................................... 19
Thursday 06 Feb – Learning & Neuromodulation (II) ..................................................................... 20
Friday 07 Feb – Systems Failure ................................................................................................... 21
Saturday 08 Feb – Wrap Up! ........................................................................................................ 22
Course Faculty.................................................................................................................................... 23
Board of Directors | Coordinators | Lecturers .................................................................................... 23
Instructors ....................................................................................................................................... 24

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2025 | AUSTR ALASIAN COURSE IN ADVANCED NEUROSCIENCECOURSE SITE MAP & COMMUTE

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Entrance

FLOOR PLAN
Wallace Wurth (C27)W

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Ground Level (Lecture spaces)E

Lecture room
& Computing(WW G01)
Lifts

Level 3 (Ephys & Imaging spaces)

Lifts

2P Microscopy(WW 354A)

ACAN LAB(WW 312)Social Area
(WW 360)

Lower Ground (Behaviour & Suregry spaces | Seminar spaces)
Seminar room
(WW LG02)
Conditioning(WW LG11)

Lifts

Holding room
(WW LG09)
Surgery(WW LG13)

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Welcome | Sunday 19 JANUARYEVENING SESSION

The Lounge @ UNSW

17:30 – 18:15

Welcome drinks | Course Introduction
Alan Finkel

ACAN Founder

Janet Keast

ANS President

Greg Stuart

ACAN Chair

Jay Bertran-Gonzalez Course Director
Lee Fletcher

Co-director

Kate Poole

Co-director

John Power

Co-director

Elena Bagley

Co-director

ACAN Faculty and Students

18:30 – 20:30

The Lounge @ UNSWWELCOME DINNER
Students and Faculty

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THEME 1 | NEURONS & NETWORKS

Monday 20 JANUARYFUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

07:30 – 08:15

Breakfast (Perouse Randwick)

SUNRISE SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

08:30 – 09:00

Introduction to Theme
Lee Fletcher | Monash University (VIC)

09:00 – 10:15

The Golden Rules of Electrophysiology
John Bekkers | Eccles Institute of Neuroscience ANU (ACT)

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee BreakMORNING SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

10:45 – 12:00

Practical Aspects of Patch Clamp Recordings
Kate Poole | UNSW Sydney (NSW)

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch (UNSW Food Court)

AFTERNOON PRAC

ACAN Lab (WW 312)

13:00 – 13:30

Pre-Lab Debrief | Cherry Mao (Florey VIC), Alex Tang (UWA WA),
Ben Lau (UNSW NSW), Tobias Bluett (UQ QLD),
Bryony Winters (USyD NSW), Lee Fletcher (Monash VIC)

14:00 – 18:00

Lab: Meeting the rigs | All groups

EVENING WORKSHOPSACAN Lab (WW 312)

15:00 – 18:00

Neuro-Electronics Workshop | Group A
Ian Forster | Florey Institute of Neuroscience (VIC)

18:30 – 19:30

Dinner (Social area – WW 360)SUNSET SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

19:30 – 22:00

Student Presentations
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THEME 1 | NEURONS & NETWORKS

Tuesday 21 JANUARYBUILDING BLOCKS OF NEURONS

07:30 – 07:55

Breakfast (Perouse Randwick)

SUNRISE SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

09:00 – 10:15

The Electrical Structure of The Neuron
Greg Stuart | Monash University (ANU)

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee BreakMORNING SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

10:45 – 12:00

Voltage-gated Ion Channels and Excitability
Bill Connelly | University of Tasmania (TAS)

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch (UNSW Food Court)

AFTERNOON PRAC

ACAN Lab (WW 312)

13:00 – 13:30

Pre-Lab Debrief | Cherry Mao (Florey VIC), Alex Tang (UWA WA),
Ben Lau (UNSW NSW), Tobias Bluett (UQ QLD),
Bryony Winters (USyD NSW), Lee Fletcher (Monash VIC)

13:30 – 18:00

Lab: Current and voltage relationships in neurons | All groups

EVENING WORKSHOPSACAN Lab (WW 312)

15:00 – 18:00

Neuro-Electronics Workshop | Group B
Ian Forster | Florey Institute of Neuroscience (VIC)

18:30 – 19:30

Dinner (Social area – WW 360)SUNSET SESSIONACAN Lab (WW 312)

19:30 – Late.

Lab After-hours | All groups

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THEME 1 | NEURONS & NETWORKS

Wednesday 22 JANUARYNEURONAL COMMUNICATION

07:30 – 08:45

Breakfast (Perouse Randwick)

SUNRISE SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

09:00 – 10:15

Axons and Signal Transmission
Maarten Kole | University of Utrecht, Netherlands Institute of
Neuroscience (Netherlands)

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee BreakMORNING SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

10:45 – 12:00

Neurotransmission and Synaptic Function
Karl Iremonger | University of Otago (NZ)

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch (UNSW Food Court)

AFTERNOON PRAC

ACAN Lab (WW 312)

13:00 – 13:30

Pre-Lab Debrief | Cherry Mao (Florey VIC), Alex Tang (UWA WA),
Ben Lau (UNSW NSW), Tobias Bluett (UQ QLD),
Bryony Winters (USyD NSW), Lee Fletcher (Monash VIC)

13:30 – 18:00

Lab: Action potential dynamics | All groups

EVENING WORKSHOPSACAN Lab (WW 312)

15:00 – 18:00

Solutions and Slicing Workshop | Group 1
Yossi Buskila | Western Sydney University (NSW)

18:30 – 19:30

Dinner (UNSW Social area)

SUNSET SESSIONACAN Lab (WW 312)

19:30 – Late.

Lab After-hours | All groups

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THEME 1 | NEURONS & NETWORKS

Thursday 23 JANUARYCOMMUNICATION: MESSAGE PLASTICITY

07:30 – 08:45

Breakfast (Perouse Randwick)

SUNRISE SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

09:00 – 10:15

Synaptic Dynamics and Plasticity
Elena Bagley | University of Sydney (NSW)

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee BreakMORNING SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

10:45 – 12:00

Neuronal Mechanisms of Learning and Memory
Cliff Abraham | University of Otago (NZ)

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch (UNSW Food Court)

AFTERNOON PRAC

ACAN Lab (WW 312)

13:00 – 13:30

Pre-Lab Debrief | Cherry Mao (Florey VIC), Alex Tang (UWA WA),
Ben Lau (UNSW NSW), Tobias Bluett (UQ QLD),
Bryony Winters (USyD NSW), Lee Fletcher (Monash VIC)

13:30 – 18:00

Lab: Excitatory and Inhibitory Synaptic Potentials | All groups

EVENING WORKSHOPSACAN Lab (WW 312)

15:00 – 18:00

Solutions and Slicing Workshop | Group 2
Yossi Buskila | Western Sydney University (NSW)In Vivo Recording Workshop | Group 1
Saba Gharaei | Eccles Institute of Neuroscience ANU (ACT)

18:30 – 19:30

Dinner (The Spot)SUNSET SESSION

Seminar Room (WW LG02)

19:30 – 20:30

Special Lecture Interrogation of neuronal dysfunction
Chris Reid | Florey Institute of Neuroscience (VIC)

20:30 – Late.

Post Lecture Discussion / Lab
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THEME 1 | NEURONS & NETWORKS

Friday 24 JANUARYNEURONAL OPERATION

07:30 – 08:45

Breakfast (Perouse Randwick)

SUNRISE SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

09:00 – 10:15

Dendritic Integration
Stephen Williams | Monash University (VIC)

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee BreakMORNING SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

10:45 – 12:00

In Vivo Patch Clamp and recording techniques
Saba Gharaei | Eccles Institute of Neuroscience ANU (ACT)

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch (UNSW Food Court)

AFTERNOON PRAC

ACAN Lab (WW 312)

13:00 – 13:30

Pre-Lab Debrief | Cherry Mao (Florey VIC), Alex Tang (UWA WA),
Ben Lau (UNSW NSW), Tobias Bluett (UQ QLD),
Bryony Winters (USyd NSW), Lee Fletcher (Monash VIC)

13:30 – 18:00

Lab: Neural Circuits | All groups

EVENING WORKSHOPSACAN Lab (WW 312)

15:00 – 18:00

Solutions and Slicing Workshop | Group 3
Yossi Buskila | Western Sydney University (NSW)In Vivo Recording Workshop | Group 2
Saba Gharaei | Eccles Neuroscience Institute (ACT)

18:30 – 19:30

Dinner (UNSW Social area)

SUNSET SESSIONACAN Lab (WW 312)

19:30 – Late.

Lab After-hours | All groups

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THEME 1 | NEURONS & NETWORKS

Saturday 25 JANUARYNEURONAL FUNCTION

07:30 – 08:45

Breakfast (Perouse Randwick)

SUNRISE SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

09:00 – 10:15

Neural Coding and Information Theory
Ehsan Arabzadeh | Eccles Institute of Neuroscience ANU (ACT)

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee BreakMORNING SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

10:45 – 12:00

Understanding neuronal function in the working brain
Clarissa Whitmire | University of Queensland (UQ)

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch (UNSW Food Court)

AFTERNOON PRAC

ACAN Lab (WW 312)

13:00 – 13:30

Pre-Lab Debrief | Cherry Mao (Florey VIC), Alex Tang (UWA WA),
Ben Lau (UNSW NSW), Tobias Bluett (UQ QLD),
Bryony Winters (USyd NSW), Lee Fletcher (Monash VIC)

13:30 – 18:00

Lab: Paired / Dendritic recordings | All groups

EVENING WORKSHOPSACAN Lab (WW 312)

15:00 – 18:00

In Vivo Recording Workshop | Group 3
Saba Gharaei | Eccles Neuroscience Institute (ACT)

18:30 – 19:30

Dinner (The Spot)SUNSET SESSION

Seminar Room (WW LG02)

19:30 – 20:30

Special Lecture Brain networks and oscillatory activity
Matilde Balbi | University of Queensland (QLD)

20:30 – Late.

Post Lecture Discussion

Sunday 26 JANUARYFREE DAY ACTIVITY
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THEME 2 | NETWORKS & SYSTEMS

Monday 27 JANUARYCONTROLLING NEURONS WITH LIGHT

07:30 – 08:15

Breakfast (Perouse Randwick)

SUNRISE SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

08:30 – 09:00

Intro to Theme
Kate Poole & John Power | UNSW Sydney (NSW)

09:00 – 10:15

Fundamentals of Optics & Microscopy
Michael Carnell | UNSW Sydney (NSW)

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee BreakMORNING SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

10:45 – 12:00

Using multiphoton imaging to study cortical processing in vivo
Lucy Palmer | The Florey Institute of Neuroscience (VIC)

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch (UNSW Food Court)

AFTERNOON PRAC

ACAN Lab (WW 312)

13:00 – 13:30

Pre-Lab Debrief | All groups
John Power | UNSW Sydney (NSW)

13:30 – 18:00

Lab: Ca2+ imaging in brain slices | All groups

18:30 – 19:30

Dinner (UNSW Social area)

SUNSET SESSIONACAN Lab (WW 312)

19:30 – Late.

Lab After-hours: back at the rig! | All groups

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THEME 2 | NETWORKS & SYSTEMS

Tuesday 28 JANUARYMEASURING NEURAL FUNCTION WITH LIGHT

07:30 – 07:55

Breakfast (Perouse Randwick)

SUNRISE SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

09:00 – 10:15

Neuronal Microcircuits and Networks and How to Probe them
Christina Mo | Florey Institute of Neuroscience (VIC)

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee BreakMORNING SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

10:45 – 12:00

Advances in Optogenetics
John Lin | University of Tasmania (TAS)

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch (UNSW Food Court)

AFTERNOON PRAC

ACAN Lab (WW 312)

13:00 – 13:30

Pre-Lab Debrief | All groups
Kate Poole and John Power | UNSW Sydney (NSW)

13:30 – 18:00

Lab: Optical vs electrical stimulation | All groups

18:30 – 19:30

Dinner (UNSW Social area)

SUNSET SESSIONACAN Lab (WW 312)

19:30 – Late.

Lab After-hours | All groups

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THEME 2 | NETWORKS & SYSTEMS

Wednesday 29 JANUARYMULTIPHOTON IMAGING

07:30 – 08:45

Breakfast (Perouse Randwick)

SUNRISE SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

09:00 – 10:15

Neuronal Calcium Signalling
John Power | UNSW (NSW)

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee BreakMORNING SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

10:45 – 12:00

Wide-Field Imaging
Jack Waters | Allen Brain Institute (USA)

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch (UNSW Food Court)

AFTERNOON PRAC

Imaging Labs (TNF [WW 354A] & Katharina Gaus Facility)

13:00 – 14:30

Intravital Imaging (TNF) | Group 1
2P imaging (KGLMF) | Group 2
Spinning disk microscopy (KGLMF) | Group 3

14:45 – 16:15

Intravital Imaging (TNF) | Group 2
2P imaging (KGLMF) | Group 3
Spinning disk microscopy (KGLMF) | Group 1

16:30– 18:00

Intravital Imaging (TNF) | Group 3
2P imaging (KGLMF) | Group 1
Spinning disk microscopy (KGLMF) | Group 2

18:30 – 19:30

Dinner (The Spot)SUNSET SESSION

Seminar Room (WW LG02)

19:30 – 20:30

Special Lecture Neuron-Glia interactions in vivo
Hiro Wake | National Institute for Physiological Sciences (JAPAN)

20:30 – Late.

Post Lecture Discussion

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THEME 2 | NETWORKS & SYSTEMS

Thursday 30 JANUARYMESOSCOPIC NEURAL SYSTEMS

07:30 – 08:45

Breakfast (Perouse Randwick)

SUNRISE SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

09:00 – 10:15

Using Brain organoids to Model Disease
Lezanne Ooi | University of Wollongong (NSW)

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee BreakMORNING SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

10:45 – 12:00

Light-sheet Imaging of Whole Brain Networks in Zebra Fish
Ethan Scott | University of Melbourne (VIC)

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch (UNSW Food Court)

AFTERNOON PRAC

Imaging Labs (TNF [WW 354A] & Katharina Gaus Facility)

13:00 – 14:30

Light sheet imaging of organoids (KGLMF) | Group 1
Whole-field imaging of organoids (KGLMF) | Group 2
Organoid Multielectrode Array recording (KGLMF) | Group 3

14:45 – 16:15

Light sheet imaging of organoids (KGLMF)| Group 1
Whole-field imaging of organoids (KGLMF) | Group 2
Organoid Multielectrode Array recording (KGLMF)| Group 3

16:30– 18:00

Light sheet imaging of organoids (KGLMF)| Group 1
Whole-field imaging of organoids (KGLMF) | Group 2
Organoid Multielectrode Array recording (KGLMF) | Group 3

18:30 – 19:30

Dinner (The Spot)SUNSET SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

19:45 – 21:15

Data Analysis Tutorial

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THEME 2 | NETWORKS & SYSTEMS

Friday 31 JANUARYMICROSCOPIC NEURAL SYSTEMS

07:30 – 08:45

Breakfast (Perouse Randwick)

SUNRISE SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

09:00 – 10:15

Probing Synaptic Function with Super-Resolution Microscopy
Fred Meunier | University of Queensland (QLD)

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee BreakMORNING SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

10:45 – 12:00

The Molecular Structure of Learning and Memory
Victor Anggono | University of Queensland (QLD)

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch (UNSW Food Court)

AFTERNOON PRAC

Imaging Lab (Katharina Gaus Light Microscopy Facility)

13:00 – 14:30

TIRF Microscopy (KGLMF) | Group 1
Super-resolution imaging (KGLMF) | Group 2Super-resolution analysis pipeline (WW G01) | Group 3

14:45 – 16:15

TIRF Microscopy (KGLMF) | Group 2Super-resolution imaging (KGLMF) | Group 3
Super-resolution analysis pipeline (WW G01) | Group 1

16:30– 18:00

TIRF Microscopy (KGLMF) | Group 3
Super-resolution imaging (KGLMF) | Group 1
Super-resolution analysis pipeline (WW G01) | Group 2

18:30 – 19:30

Dinner (UNSW Social area)

SUNSET SESSION

Seminar Room (WW LG02)

19:30 – 20:30

Special Lecture Shining a Light on Survival
Yeka Aponte | NIDA/NIH (USA)

20:30 – Late.

Post Lecture Discussion
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THEME 2 | NETWORKS & SYSTEMS

Saturday 1 FEBRUARY

WRAP UP!

07:30 – 08:45

Breakfast (Perouse Randwick)

MORNING

ACAN Lab (WW 312) | Lecture Room (WW G01)

09:00 – 12:00

Data Analysis | All Groups

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch (UNSW Social Area)

AFTERNOON

Lecture Room (WW G01)

13:00 – 15:00

Data Presentations | All students

18:30 – 19:30

DinnerSUNSET SESSION

Seminar Room (WW LG02)

19:30 – 20:30

Special Lecture Decoding the Brain
Matthew Larkum | Humboldt Universität (Germany)

20:30 – Late.

Sunday 2 FEBRUARY

Post Lecture Discussion

FREE DAY ACTIVITY

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THEME 3 | SYSTEMS & BEHAVIOUR

Monday 3 FEBRUARYLEARNING & BEHAVIOUR

07:30 – 08:15

Breakfast (Perouse Randwick)

SUNRISE SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

08:30 – 09:00

Intro to ThemeJay Bertran-Gonzalez | UNSW Sydney (NSW)

09:00 – 10:15

Associative Learning and Behaviour
Nathan Holmes | UNSW Sydney (NSW)

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee BreakMORNING SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

10:45 – 12:00

Interrogating Neural Systems Function with Behaviour
Karly Turner | UNSW Sydney (NSW)

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch (UNSW Food Court)

AFTERNOON PRAC

Lecture Room | Computing Lab | Behaviour Lab

13:00 – 18:00

Designing our Behavioural Experiment | Group rotations
Jay Bertran-Gonzalez | UNSW Sydney (NSW) | WW G01

Controlling a Conditioning Rig | Group rotations
Karly Turner | UNSW Sydney (NSW) | WW G01

Meet Your Mouse & Training Day 1 | Group rotations
Chelsea Goulton | UNSW Sydney (NSW) | WW LG11

18:30 – 19:30

Dinner (The Spot)SUNSET SESSION

Seminar Room (WW LG02)

19:30 – 20:30

Special Lecture Origins of the Neuroscience of Associative

Learning
Simon Killcross | UNSW Sydney (NSW)

20:30 – Late.

Post Lecture Discussion
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THEME 3 | SYSTEMS & BEHAVIOUR

Tuesday 4 FEBRUARYSETTING UP BRAIN SYSTEMS

07:30 – 07:55

Breakfast (Perouse Randwick)

SUNRISE SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

09:00 – 10:15

Evolution & Development of the Cerebral Cortex
Rodrigo Suárez | University of Queensland (QLD)

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee BreakMORNING SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

10:45 – 12:00

Studies of Neurogenesis and Neural Circuit Formation
Laura Fenlon | University of Queensland (QLD)

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch (UNSW Food Court)

AFTERNOON PRAC

ACAN Lab | Computing Lab | Behaviour Lab

13:00 – 18:00

Training Day 2 | All Groups | WW LG11
Prac 3_1 | In Utero Electroporation | Group 1 | WW 312
Prac 3_2 | Advanced Behaviour | Group 2 | WW G01
Prac 3_3 | In Vivo Fibre Photometry | Group 3 | WW LG13

18:30 – 19:30

Dinner (The Spot)SUNSET SESSION

Seminar Room (WW LG02)

19:30 – 20:30

Special Lecture Slow Neurotransmission & Flexible Behaviour
Michael Bruchas | University of Washington (USA)

20:30 – Late.

Post Lecture Discussion

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THEME 3 | SYSTEMS & BEHAVIOUR

Wednesday 5 FEBRUARYLEARNING AND NEUROMODULATION (I)

07:30 – 08:45

Breakfast (Perouse Randwick)

SUNRISE SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

09:00 – 10:15

Studying Neural Systems in vivo
Lizzie Manning | University of Newcastle (NSW)

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee BreakMORNING SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

10:45 – 12:00

Capturing Learning through Fibre Photometry
Philip Jean-Richard Dit Bressel | UNSW Sydney (NSW)

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch (UNSW Food Court)

AFTERNOON PRAC

ACAN Lab | Computing Lab | Behaviour Lab

13:00 – 18:00

Training Day 3 | All Groups | WW LG11
Prac 3_1 | In Utero Electroporation | Group 2 | WW 312
Prac 3_2 | Advanced Behaviour | Group 3 | WW G01
Prac 3_3 | In Vivo Fibre Photometry | Group 1 | WW LG13

18:30 – 19:30

Dinner (The Spot)SUNSET SESSION

Seminar Room (WW LG02)

19:30 – 20:30

Special Lecture Why and When is Dopamine Valuable?
Melissa Sharpe | University of Sydney (NSW)

20:30 – Late.

Post Lecture Discussion
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THEME 3 | SYSTEMS & BEHAVIOUR

Thursday 6 FEBRUARYLEARNING AND NEUROMODULATION (II)07:30 – 08:45

Breakfast (Perouse Randwick)

SUNRISE SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

09:00 – 10:15

Acetylcholine Systems in the Striatum
Nathalie Dehorter | University of Queensland (UQ)

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee BreakMORNING SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

10:45 – 12:00

Muscarinic Control of Neural Function and Chemogenetics
Leigh Walker | The Florey Institute of Neuroscience (VIC)

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch (UNSW Food Court)

AFTERNOON PRAC

ACAN Lab | Computing Lab | Behaviour Lab

13:00 – 18:00

Learning Encoding Test 1 | All Groups | WW LG11
Prac 3_1 | In Utero Electroporation | Group 3 | WW 312
Prac 3_2 | Advanced Behaviour | Group 1 | WW G01
Prac 3_3 | In Vivo Fibre Photometry | Group 2 | WW LG13

18:30 – 19:30

Dinner (The Spot)SUNSET SESSION

Seminar Room (WW LG02)

19:30 – 20:30

Special Lecture Dopamine, Acetylcholine and Corticostriatal

plasticity
John Reynolds | University of Otago (NZ)

20:30 – Late.

Post Lecture Discussion
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THEME 3 | SYSTEMS & BEHAVIOUR

Friday 7 FEBRUARYSYSTEMS FAILURE

07:30 – 08:45

Breakfast (Perouse Randwick)

SUNRISE SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

09:00 – 10:15

Subcortical Systems and Disease
Robyn Brown | The Florey Institute of Neuroscience (VIC)

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee BreakMORNING SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

10:45 – 12:00

Synaptic Genes & Cognition
Jess Nithianantharajah | Florey Institute of Neuroscience (VIC)

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch (UNSW Food Court)

AFTERNOON PRAC

Lecture Room | Behaviour Lab

13:00 – 18:00

Learning Encoding Test 2 | All Groups | WW LG11
INTEGRATIVE WORKSHOP | WW G01
Miriam Matamales | UNSW Sydney (NSW)
Discussion-based session aimed at integrating the fundamental
concepts acquired during the course with a novel experimental
research program individually or as groups. Students will workon their research question together with faculty.

18:30 – 19:30

Dinner (UNSW social area)

SUNSET SESSION

Lecture Room & Computing Lab (WW G01)

19:30 – Late.

Preparation of Presentations | All Groups
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Saturday 8 FEBRUARY

WRAP UP!

07:30 – 08:45

Breakfast (Perouse Randwick)

MORNING PRAC

Lecture Room & Computing Lab (WW G01)

09:00 – 12:00

Preparation of Presentations | All Groups
Behavioural data processing | Selected groups

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch (UNSW Food Court)

AFTERNOON SESSION

Lecture Room (WW G01)

13:00 – 19:30

Student Presentations | All students
Conditioning Experiment Results | All students

SUNSET SESSION

The Lounge @ UNSW

19:30 – 21:00

END OF COURSE DINNER

21:00 – Late.

Drinks at The Spot

Sunday 9 FEBRUARY

RETURN HOME

07:30 – 09:00

Breakfast (Perouse Randwick)

09:00 –

Checkout and Safe return home.

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2025 | AUSTRALASIAN COURSE IN ADVANCED NEUROSCIENCECOURSE FACULTY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Christina Mo (Florey)

Jay Bertran-Gonzalez (UNSW)John Lin (UTAS)

Kate Poole (UNSW)Jack Waters (Allen, USA)

Lee Fletcher (Monash)

Hiro Wake (NIPS, Japan)

John Power (UNSW)

Yeka Aponte (NIH, USA)

Elena Bagley (USyD)

Lezanne Ooi (UoW)

COORDINATORSAlex Tang (UWA)
Chelsea Goulton (UNSW)
Beatrice Leung (UNSW)

Ethan Scott (UniMelb)
Fred Meunier (UQ)
Victor Anggono (UQ)
Matthew Larkum (Humboldt, Germmany)
Nathan Holmes (UNSW)LECTURERS

Karly Turner (UNSW)John Bekkers (ANU)

Simon Killcross (UNSW)

Greg Stuart (Monash)

Rodrigo Suarez (UQ)

Bill Connelly (UTAS)Laura Fenlon (UQ)

Maarten Kole (Utrecht, Netherlands)

Michael Bruchas (UW, USA)

Karl Iremonger (Otago)

Lizzie Manning (UoN)

Cliff Abraham (Otago)

Phil JRDB (UNSW)

Chris Reid (Florey)

Melissa Sharpe (USyD)

Stephen Williams (Monash)

Nathalie Dehorter (UQ)

Saba Gharaei (ANU)

Leigh Walker (Florey)

Ehsan Arabzadeh (ANU)

John Reynolds (Otago)

Clarissa Whitmire (UQ)

Robyn Brown (Florey)

Matilde Balbi (UQ)

Jess Nithianantharajah (Florey)

Michael Carnell (UNSW)
Lucy Palmer (Florey)

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2025 | AUSTRALASIAN COURSE IN ADVANCED NEUROSCIENCECOURSE FACULTYLABORATORY INSTRUCTORS
Ian Forster (Florey)
Cherry Mao (Florey)Alex Tang (UWA)
Benjamin Lau (UNSW)
Tobias Bluett (UQ)
Bryony Winters (USyD)
Yossi Buskila (UWS)
Saba Gharaei (ANU)
Rachel Gormal (UQ)
Dennis Cheung (NIPS, Japan)
Chanchanok Chaichim (AbCellera)
Chelsea Goulton (UNSW)
Christopher Nolan (UNSW)Thomas Burton (UNSW)
Dylan Black (UQ)
Karly Turner (UNSW)Phil Jean-Richard Dit Bressel (UNSW)
Leigh Walker (Florey)
Laura Fenlon (UQ)
Rodrigo Suarez (UQ)

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