A new EPFL /BBP MOOC

EPFL has developed an online and open educational course for the future generation of Neuroscientists. This course provides the fundamental knowledge in neuroscience required to understand how the brain is organised and how function at multiple scales is integrated to give rise to cognition and behaviour.

Modern neuroscience is multidisciplinary and collaborative. We need to integrate knowledge of experimental and theoretical approaches to neuroscience, and look at the brain and brain function from different perspectives: for example, genes can partially explain differences in reading ability, but there is no single gene that makes someone a good or a poor reader. And genes can be turned on and off by external factors such as someone’s diet or a virus infection. So to understand something as complex as reading ability, we need to stitch together knowledge about the role of genes, proteins, cells, and large networks of cells.

In this course on Genetics and Brain Development, we will focus on the principles of neurogenetics and brain development and we will introduce you to the fields of genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics and their applications.

Our team

Our passionate team is a diverse, selected group of experts that shares a common passion to understand the brain. They are people who have significantly contributed to basic, clinical, applied or translational neuroscience. They have all been brought together by their desire to inspire and be inspired, to explore new possibilities for education, and to constantly transform the field of neuroscience.

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