Neurobehavior and Neuroscience Methods Workshop
June 1 through 5, 2026 at Stanford University
The Workshop is a one week-long, in person, interactive course on practical, mechanistic, and ethological aspects of rodent behavioral testing for translational research with emphasis on applications for drug discovery and neurodegenerative disease models.
The course is comprised of theoretical and technical lectures as well as hands-on testing trials and demonstrations. The overall goal of the course is to enable researchers with minimal or no rodent behavioral experience to independently design, conduct, and analyze behavioral pharmacology studies. Topics may include:
•Behavioral Tests for Learning & Memory, Sensory & Motor, Anxiety & Depression, Addiction
•Drug Administration Routes
•Stereotaxic Surgery, Brain Cannulation & Infusion
•Fiber Photometry
•Microdialysis
•Tissue Collection
•Whole Brain Clearing
•Immunostaining
This workshop is open to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as post docs, staff, and faculty from any university/research institute. Prior rodent handling experience is not required.
Watch the Virtual Seminar in our "About" page to learn of other opportunities offered by the SPrINT Program.
Fees:
No cost to attend
Travel and Lodging:
Housing is provided for external participants
Travel costs are not covered
Contact:
Mehrdad Shamloo, Ph.D.
Professor (Research) of Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Stanford University
Erwin Defensor, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist and Project Manager
Stanford Program for Integrated Neuroscience Technologies
