Join us for our upcoming events
UPCOMING:
NEURAL 2025
Emergent Properties of the Connected Brain
Bordeaux, France
6. October – 10. October 2025
ABOUT:
Join us in Bordeaux for the "Emergent Properties of the Connected Brain" workshop.
This immersive five-day experience showcases state-of-the-art methods, giving you the tools and insights to elevate your neuroscience research. Each day begins with compelling conceptual lectures to spark inspiration, followed by practical, hands-on afternoon sessions where you'll apply what you've learned directly to real datasets—including your own under the supervision of experts.
Emergent properties are complex phenomena arising from simpler interactions within interconnected brain networks, leading to cognitive functions and behaviours that cannot be predicted by studying individual components alone.
Bring your data, your questions, and your curiosity as we explore the frontier of brain connectivity and its emergent properties together.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE:
Tractography
fMRI & Functionnectome
Brain Lesions & Disconnectome
Emergent Properties & Advanced Statistics
BYOD: Bring your own data
Sunday, October 5th
18:00 - 22:00: (Optional) Informal Meet and Greet at the Connemara Pub
Monday, October 6th
09:00 - 09:30: Registration & Welcome
09:30 - 10:30: Introduction (Michel Thiebaut de Schotten)
10:30 - 11:30: Diffusion Weighted Imaging & Tractography (Flavio Dell’acqua)
11:30 - 12:30: Advanced Tractography (Flavio Dell’acqua)
12:30 - 14:00: Lunch (provided)
14:00 - 15:00: Data Preprocessing (Ahmad Beyh)
15:00 - 17:00: Hands-on: Language System Dissection (Stephanie Forkel)
19:00 - 22:00: Evening Social Event
Tuesday, October 7th
09:00 - 09:30: Welcome Breakfast
09:30 - 10:30: Emergent Language & Functionnectome (Stephanie Forkel)
10:30 - 11:30: Practical fMRI Analysis (Hervé Lemaitre)
11:30 - 12:30: Functionnectome Applications (Michel Thiebaut de Schotten)
12:30 - 14:00: Lunch (provided)
14:00 - 15:00: Hands-on: fMRI Preprocessing (Hervé Lemaitre)
15:00 - 17:00: Hands-on: fMRI Data Analysis (Hervé Lemaitre)
Wednesday, October 8th
09:00 - 09:30: Welcome Breakfast
09:30 - 10:30: Introduction to the Disconnectome (Michel Thiebaut de Schotten)
10:30 - 11:30: Disconnectome Applications (Valentina Pacella)
11:30 - 12:30: Advanced Disconnectome Applications (Stephanie Forkel)
12:30 - 14:00: Lunch (provided)
14:00 - 15:00: Hands-on: DeepDisco & QuickDisco (Anna Matsulevits)
15:00 - 17:00: Hands-on: Disconnectome Symptom Discoverer (Michel Thiebaut de Schotten)
Thursday, October 9th
09:00 - 09:30: Welcome Breakfast
09:30 - 10:30: Navigating Emergent Properties in Neuroscience (Michel Thiebaut de Schotten)
10:30 - 11:30: Tripartite Disconnection & the Fabric of Cognition (Valentina Pacella)
11:30 - 12:30: Emuses Statistical Techniques (Chris Foulon)
12:30 - 14:00: Lunch (provided)
14:00 - 17:00: fMRI and diffusion dataset preparation
Friday, October 10th
09:00 - 09:30: Welcome Breakfast
09:30 - 10:00: Introduction to the day (Michel Thiebaut de Schotten)
10:00 - 12:30: Data analyses
12:30 - 14:00: Lunch (provided)
14:00 - 17:00: Data analyses
17:00 - 18:00: Conclusions & Next Steps
18:00 - 20:00: Farewell Drinks & Networking
