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Dear All!

Uppsala University Behavioral Facility (UUBF) is giving the annual research training course "How to study behavior in vertebrates with focus on fish and rodents" at Uppsala University January 28^th to February 1^st  2019.  We welcome students from a broad background in preclinical or clinical behavioral studies with an interest in preclinical neuroscience. The course is free of charge and will give an introduction on behavioral studies in animals and the use of laboratory animals including rodents and fish, and common and novel methodological applications.

Example of contents

Day 1: Introduction to ethology, how to measure and interpret behavior in animals, factors that can influence results in behavioral studies

Day2: Mouse genetics, behavioral testing in mice, behavior and neuroscience, considerations for genetic and optogenetic testing, methods for introducing rat as a genetic model organism
Day 3: Multivariate behavioral tests for behavioral profiling of rat, mouse and zebrafish including multivariate data analysis procedures

Day 4: Fish behavior, behavioral tests in fish, zebrafish larvae and adults, other species (e.g. sticklebacks, salmonids), inter-specific differences in behavior
Day 5: Examination; a computer based examination and scientific discussions related to the student’s own projects

For more information and to sign up for the course: http://www2.medfarm.uu.se/utbildning/forskarniva/for_doktorander/kurs559.html

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to get in contact with UUBFT: uubf@farmbio.uu.se

Forward this message to students and postdocs who would be interested.

Best,

The UUBF team

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