Courses and events

Conferences, symposia, workshops

• B&M Symposium 2020, October 15-16, 2020 (online)
• Computational neuroscience, October 29-30, 2020 (Helsinki, Biomedicum & online)
• 6th Finnish Symposium on Biological Psychiatry, December 11, 2020, Helsinki (online)
• Functional neuroanatomy course, December 2020 (online)
• Sigrid Juselius Symposium: Neuronal Plasticity in Brain Disorders and Their Treatment, June 13-17, 2021 (Helsinki)

Continuous seminars

• Big questions in neuroscience and current limits of knowledge (monthly, Biomedicum, Helsinki)
• B&M Journal Club (monthly, Biomedicum, Helsinki)
• Neuroscience Seminar Series (monthly, Biomedicum/Viikki, Helsinki)
• Viikki Monday Seminar (monthly, Viikki, Helsinki)
• Biomedicum Helsinki Seminar (monthly, Biomedicum, Helsinki)
• Computational breakfast (monthly, Aalto University)
• BioMag seminar (monthly, Helsinki)

NOTE: When preparing your study plan for the application, please remember to include all the obligatory studies: research ethics, book exam and B&M symposium.

Degree structure of B&M doctoral programme (effective since 1.8.2017): 

1. Doctoral thesis

2. Discipline-specific studies (30 ECTS)

2.1. Scientific content training (>15 ECTS)

Obligatory studies:

• Research ethics (1 ECTS)
• Book exam (5 ECTS)

Elective courses within the following fields:

• Developmental neuroscience
• Excitability, synaptic transmission, and neuronal networks
• Disorders of the nervous system
• Sensory and motor systems
• Neuroimmunology, neuroendocrine systems and sleep
• Cognition and behavior
• Systems and computational neuroscience

2.2. Scientific seminars and activities (<15 ECTS)

• B&M symposium (1 ECTS, obligatory including poster presentation)
• Scientific seminars, conferences, symposia
• Research visit
• Scientific publications not included in thesis

3. General competence studies (10 ECTS)

Elective transferable skills courses withing the following topics:

• Communication and teaching
• Management and entrepreneurship
• Career planning and development
• Legislation
• Basic research tools and skills

General information about the structure of the doctoral degree and doctoral dissertation at the University of Helsinki is available at the Instructions for students website.

Search for courses

You can search for relevant courses organized by the B&M or other study programs through the links below. 

Registration to courses

You can register to courses in WebOodi or through a separate e-form during the registration time indicated in the course announcement. 

Cancellation

Please note that it is very important to cancel your registration as soon as possible if you, for some reason, cannot participate in a course you have registered to. Cancellation can be done in WebOodi (during the registration period) or by contacting the course organizer or coordinator.

Aalto NBE courses

B&M doctoral candidates have a limited access to some of the courses organized by Aalto University's Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering. For more information and the application form for non-degree studies of Aalto courses, please contact the coordinator.

Courses taken in another university/abroad and conference presentations

To get the credits registered to your study register, please send a certificate of the passed course / presentation to the coordinator.

NEUBM-533 Functional neuroanatomy

December 7 - 18, 2020 (online)

Registration in WebOodi (UH students) or e-form (other participants).

When: 11 December, 2020  10:00-16:00
Venue: Zoom webinar

The symposium will include:

• Keynote lecture by Michael Eriksen Benros (University of Copenhagen)
• Invited lecture by Salli Antila (University of Helsinki and Wihuri Research Institute):
  "Meningeal lymphatic vessels in the CNS function"

Small group discussion with experts:

• William Hennah: Biomarkers in psychiatry
• Leonard Khirug: Methods of in vivo imaging and electrophysiology in behaving animals
• Anneli Kylliäinen: Autism spectrum disorders
• Francesco Noe: Neuroimmunology
• Hanna Ollilla: Genetics of sleep
• Olli Pietiläinen: Genetics of schizophrenia

Short talks by young investigators, selected based on submitted abstracts. 

Target audience: Students, postdocs and faculty working on human genetic and imaging studies in psychiatric diseases, mechanisms of psychiatric diseases, including functional, pharmacological and genetic analyses in model organisms, and related fields. 

Credits (NEUBM-301): Students will receive 1 ECTS from attendance + submitting a 1 page essay on the scientific content of the symposium, or 2 ECTS by attendance + essay + short talk presentation.

ONLINE REGISTRATION

Abstract submission deadline: 20.11.2020 
The deadline for registration without an abstract is November 27, 2020 

We hope to see you there!

• Iiris Hovatta, PhD, professor of behavioral genetics      
• Tiina Paunio, MD, PhD, professor of psychiatry
• Maija Koskinen, MSc, doctoral student
• Fatma Doagu, MSc, doctoral student              

B&M Symposium 2020

October 15-­16, 2020  
Aalto University, Dipoli, Otakaari 24, Espoo (Kaleva hall)

B&M Symposium 2020 website >>>

Kansainvälisen aivoviikon yleisöseminaari 10.3.2020

KIPU - Mitä se on?

Yleisöseminaari klo 17-19 (Porthania, Auditorio PII)

• Tilaisuuden avaus. Kliinisen neuropsykiatrian professori Laura Hokkanen (Helsingin yliopisto)
• Kipu, huonosti nukutut yöt ja ahdistus – miten purkaa noidankehä? Kipulääketieteen professori, kipuklinikan ylilääkäri Eija Kalso (Helsingin yliopisto / HYKS)
• Kivun aivokuvantaminen – mitä kroonisesta kivusta tällä hetkellä tiedetään? Lääketieteen tohtori, neurokirurgian erikoislääkäri Nuutti Vartiainen (HYKS)
• Kansallinen neurokeskus ja pääkaupunkiseudun yhteistyö. Professori Jari Koistinaho (Helsingin ja Itä-Suomen yliopistot)

Luentojen tallenteet: Unitube_Aivoviikko

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Vuonna 2019, yleisöseminaarin aiheena oli "Addiktio"
Vuonna 2018, yleisöseminaarin aiheena oli "Aivot ja stressi"
Vuonna 2017, yleisöseminaarin aiheena oli "Kehittyvät aivot"
Vuonna 2016, yleisöseminaarin aiheena oli "Aivot ja uni"

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Kansainvälisen aivoviikon posterinäyttely 2019 
 

Time: Aug. 25 – 30, 2019
Place: Tartu / Pühajärve (Estonia) 
Organizers: Doctoral Programme Brain & Mind, University of Helsinki, and University of Eastern Finland

Summary: The target group for this training course are doctoral and post-doctoral students working in broad areas of neuroscience and pharmacology. The aim of the course is to introduce a variety of methods available for assessment of rodent behaviour in laboratory conditions. A special emphasis is on translational potential of behavioural animal models. In addition, good practices for design and implementation of animal testing will be covered, addressing the ongoing debate and concerns regarding reliability and reproducibility of findings in basic research. 

Maximum number of students: 40
Credits: 2 ECTS for attendance, 3 ECTS for attendance with presentation (10 min slideshow)

Participation fee for students: 380 €, covering accommodation and meals during the course (5 nights)

FENS and IBRO-PERC provide 4 stipends of 750 EUR for master and/or PhD students interested in attending this course. (Deadline for FENS IBRO-PERC stipends has ended on March 31st).

Registration to the course has ended.

More information from Vootele Voikar or Katri Wegelius.