Registration closes Friday November 22nd

NeuroDays is a scientific event organized by students of the Neuroschool PhD program (Aix-Marseille Université). Each year a different theme is chosen and a program surrounding this theme is assembled for the scientific community. This year, the focus will be on pleasure and the brain where renowned speakers will discuss the many facets of pleasure from different neuroscientific perspectives.

Date: November 28-29, 2019

Place: Campus La Timone

Faculté d'Odontologie Aix-Marseille Université

27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille, France

The event will take place over two days starting in the morning on November 28th. It will be held in the amphitheatre of the Faculté d'odontologie at the Timone Faculty of Medicine. Researchers invited from abroad and from France will give talks concerning the theme of the event. They include Nils Kroemer (University of Tubingen, Germany), Wolfram Schultz (University of Cambridge, UK), James Pfaus (Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico), Eva Pool (University of Geneva, Switzerland), Anna Beyeler (Université de Bordeaux), and Christelle Baunez (University of Aix-Marseille). In addition, a public conference held by Robert Zatorre (McGill Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal) will take place on the 27th in St Charles campus. There will also be break sessions featuring scientific posters from PhD students and stands from companies where they will be able to represent their work and interact with the participants.

Theme: Brain and Pleasure

Are pleasure and desire obstacles to reasonable and intelligent behavior or could they be the best tools for the brain to motivate us to take actions in order to survive and reproduce? A multi-faceted exploration of pleasure makes us travel through the whole spectrum of human experience, such as how emotion fuels our personality, allowing us to pay attention and learn.  From neural substrates of its hedonic components such as wanting or liking, to how those shape learning and decision making, many themes will be explored along with their pathological aspects. Indeed, neurobiological research on the pleasure system is crucial to prevent and treat several of the most common pathologies around the world, such as addictions, depression, apathy, eating disorders. It could also help us achieve the right pleasure balance to get closer to happiness.

The Doctoral Program:

The Neuroschool PhD Program (Ecole Universitaire de Recherche nEURo*AMU) is open to all PhD students in Neuroscience from AMU. It offers a unique training track with the aim of expanding and improving the knowledge and skills of its PhD students and to develop their professional network.

This program is recognized and supported by Health and Life Sciences Doctoral School (ED62) and AMIDEX Label. Open to AMU neuroscience PhD students, this unique training track aims at expanding and improving your knowledge and skills as well as your professional network. It also introduces you to the corporate and medical worlds with practical, clinical and scientific training in English.