Synapse Day – Join the organizing committee!

For over 20 years, the Synapse Day has been a cornerstone event organized by and for our neuroscience community. In the last years it has fostered exchanges between synaptic physiology and neuronal network, reflecting the growing interplay between these fields. A hallmark of this event has always been to highlight the work of young researchers, giving them the possibility to share their results to a large audience.

This year, the organizing committee would like to strengthen this participation and invite PhD students and postdoctoral researchers to join the organizing committee and officially organize it (with our help!).

This will be a great experience to gain hands-on training in scientific event organization. Furthermore, it will enhance your CV, and PhD students will benefit from hours as ‘continuous formation’.

As part of the organizing committee, you’ll be involved in the main following tasks (but not only):

• Set up the program (between April and end of June):
  • Select and invite two external speakers (usually one French and one European, associated to the PhD seminar)
  • Choose local senior researchers
  • Launch the call to collect young researchers’ candidatures
  • Make a balanced and exciting program
  • Create the flyer for the advertisement (usually before July)
• Practical organization:
  • Coordinate with the administration for speakers travel, book the venue, communication, and organize lunch and coffee break…
• During the day:
  • Present the speakers, run the question/answer session, ensure smooth timing, and take care of breaks…

If you are interested or you want more details, please send an email to , introducing yourself (position, lab, your research domain…) before April 3rd. Beginning of April, we will meet with the selected team (2 PhD students and 2 post-doc) to see together in details all the steps.

The Scientific committee
Elena Avignone, Clementine Bosch-Bouju, Mario Carta, Fréderic Lanore