About ACAN

Australian Course in Advanced Neuroscience

The Australian Course in Advanced Neuroscience (ACAN) is the pre-eminent course in the Asia-Pacific region for young scientists who would like to become expert in cellular neurophysiology.

ACAN, held on North Stradbroke Island near Brisbane, delivers an intensive learning experience. Leading Australian and overseas experts work with small groups of students to provide rigorous training in the theory and practice of neurophysiology and fluorescence imaging.

During the three-week course, participants will:

• attend lectures about the fundamentals of cellular neuroscience
• receive extensive hands-on laboratory training in patch clamping and imaging using the latest equipment
• conduct a research project of their own choosing

Applications for ACAN 2012 are now closed

ACAN 2013 will run 7-27 April 2013 — the call for applications will go out in late 2012

Past and present ACAN faculty include:

• Cliff Abraham, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
• George Augustine, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, South Korea
• Yuki Goda, University College London, UK, and RIKEN Brain Institute, Wako, Japan
• Michael Hausser, Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, London, UK
• Shaul Hestrin, Stanford University, USA
• Meyer Jackson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
• Matthew Larkum, University of Bern, Switzerland
• Paul Martin, University of Sydney, Australia
• Pankaj Sah, Queensland Brain Institute, Brisbane, Australia
• Massimo Scanziani, University of California San Diego and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA
• Stephen Smith, Stanford University, USA
• Nelson Spruston, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA
• Greg Stuart, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Canberra, Australia
• Jane Sullivan, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
• Jack Waters, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA
• Karen Zito, University of California Davis, USA