Welcome

The International Astrocyte School is aimed at all those who are attracted by the most intriguing hypotheses on the role of astrocytes in brain function and wish to learn how to best approach these problems. The school, with its strategy of disseminating state-of-the-art knowledge, is especially targeted at young scientists beginning their careers in this field, but is also open to senior scientists wishing to refresh their glial background.

Gliotransmission in health and disease

A hallmark of our School is the debate of intriguing concepts, often with contradictory data in current literature. One of the aims of the School is to critically evaluate the available data and possible interpretations, following rigorous and unbiased scientific approaches. Every year, the IAS Agora brings students and faculty together to discuss selected themes, in an open and informal fashion (when possible in the beautiful context of an open-air amphitheatre).

Faculty 2016

Alfonso Araque, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Giorgio Carmignoto, Padua, Italy
Elly Hol, Utrecht, Netherlands
Frank Kirchhoff, Homburg, Germany
Giovanni Marsicano, Bordeaux, France
Eric Newman, Minneapolis, MN, USA
João Filipe Oliveira, Braga, Portugal
Gian Michele Ratto, Pisa, Italy
Richard Robitaille, Montréal, QC, Canada
Dmitri Rusakov, London, United Kingdom
Sebastien Thuault, New York, NY, USA
Marie-Ève Tremblay, Quebec, QC, Canada

Past editions of the School

IAS 2015 • Gliotransmission in the normal and diseased brain (12-18 April 2015)

IAS 2014 • Heterogeneity of Astrocytes and Gliotransmission (6-12 April 2014)

IAS 2013 • Gliotransmission in the brain network (17-23 March 2013)

IAS 2012 • Gliotransmission in neurovascular coupling and the brain network (25-31 March 2012)

IAS 2011 • Gliotransmission in the brain network Methodological approaches to study gliotransmission Functional significance of gliotransmission (27 March - 3 April 2011)