School of Brain Cells & Circuits "Camillo Golgi"

Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice (Italy)

Upcoming Course

Modeling the brain in health and disease: towards digital twins.

Course Directors: Egidio D’Angelo, Claudia Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott & Viktor Jirsa

Date: 8th – 12th December 2023
This course runs in person and attendance to the entire meeting is strongly recommended.

Rationale: The 2023 Course of the school of brain cells and circuits will be dedicated to the hot topic of brain digital twins: what is a digital twin and how can we construct it? What are the clinical fallouts of such emerging technology? What should we concentrate on as a multi-disciplinary community to achieve the highest impact? Modeling of molecular, cellular, microcircuits and large scale properties of the brain is fundamental for developing the building blocks of a brain digital twin. Once we have the scaffold, though, how can we personalize the brain digital twin in a way to maximise benefit for the single patients? The complexity of the brain requires all different modeling strategies to deal with both the complexity of its physiology and biology as well as with the data generated by current imaging (primarily MRI) and neurophysiological techniques. The problem therefore requires understanding of single neurons and local microcircuits as well as of global network behaviors. The course will include discussion on fundamental definitions, on data collection and on validation. From the discussion sections and networking events of the course we will forge new collaborations and foster the development of ideas on what to concentrate on in years to come, inspiring young and established scientists, promoting inter-disciplinary integration..

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PROGRAMME OUTLINE 2023

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