Brain, Bacteria and Behaviour: understanding the gut-brain axis (RSS4.06)

Course

This course discuss the following

The (Systems) Biology of the Microbiota and the various routes of gut-brain communication
The role of the Microbiota -Gut-Brain Axis in behaviour and mental health
Key modifiers of the gut microbiome (nutrition, stress, age, gender and host genes)
Current methodological approaches to analyse Microbiota -Gut-Brain Axis-based hypothesis (data collection, bacterial DNA extraction, bioinformatic and statistical tools)
Practical sessions aimed to analyse 16s RNA-gene microbiome data and associating it with brain imaging data and cognitive tasks.

Location Berchmanianum Houtlaan 4 6525XZ Nijmegen

08 July 2024, 9 am

12 July 2024, 5 pm

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Admission Level of participant:

Master
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Professional Admission requirements:
Basic understanding of statistics (regression) and a working understanding of research methods
Prior experience with the statistical analysis program R (with regard to loading and organisaising data, and loading packages)
Background in behavioral science/psychiatry including knowledge about neurobiology and anatomy of the brain is recommended If you are unfamiliar with the statistical analysis program R, you are required to go through online tutorials before the course (e.g. chapter 1-3 of this tutorial. You may also choose one of the other Radboud Summer School courses on R. Furthermore, if you want to update your knowledge before the course, you can read the suggested reading materials that will be provided to you.

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