Timetable & learning outcomes

Course content combines lectures and practical sessions on hot topics in immunopsychiatry, as well as educational workshops on cytokine measurement, maternal immune activation or meta-analysis. The program is delivered  and developed by researchers belonging to the ECNP immuno-neuropsychiatry network.

In addition to the lectures and practical sessions, students and speakers will share lunches and dinners in an environment encouraging exchange and reflection. To faciliate collaboration, a “speed dating” event with each course leader will be organized.

Tentative program

Please note: participants will be asked to introduce each plenary speaker and play the role of chairman during the round tables. Participants must also prepare a scientific poster prior to the course.

Monday July 18th	Tuesday July 19th	Wednesday July 20th	Thursday July 21st	Friday July 22nd
	09.00 - 11.00 Plenary lecture and round table Auto-immune psychosis: red flags for diagnosis Dominique Endres        Molecular neuro-imaging of brain auto-antibodies in psychiatric disorders Laurent Groc	09.00 - 11.00 Plenary lecture and round table Stratification of major psychiatric disorders using brain inflammatory markers Neil Harrison      A translational perspective on the microbiome-gut-brain axis in depression: focus on the essentials   Gerard Clarke	09.00 - 11.00 Plenary lecture and round table Brain imaging, inflammation and depression Jennifer Felger Immuno-modulatory treatment of major psychiatric disorders Bernhard Baune	10.00 - 11.00 Workshop Building a stratification project
	11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break	11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break	11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break	11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break
	11.30 - 13.00 Mentored poster walk	11.30 - 13.00 Mentored poster walk	11.30 - 12.30 Plenary lecture and round table Stratification of major psychiatric disorders using immuno-genetic markers Ryad Tamouza	11.30 - 12.30 Closing remarks and awards ceremony (poster prize)
	13.00 - 14.00 Lunch	13.00 - 14.00 Lunch	12.30 - 13.30 Lunch	12.30 - 13.15 Lunch
16.00 - 16.30   Arrival and welcome coffee	14.00 - 16.00 Working groups on methods and strategies Cytokine measurement, Meta-analysis Nicolas Glaichenhaus,  Livia de Picker	14.00 - 16.00 Plenary lecture and round table Diet and depression Lucile Capuron    Gut-brain axis in Schizophrenia Emily Severance	13.30 - 15.00 “Speed dating” with a course leader	14.15 - 15.30 Bordeaux River Cruise - UNESCO excursion (departure from the summer school venue at 13.15)
16.30 - 16.45 Welcome and introduction (objectives, program, sessions) Lucile Capuron, Muriel Darnaudery, Marion Leboyer
16.45 - 17.45 Plenary lecture and round table An introduction to immuno-psychiatry Marion Leboyer
17.45 - 19.00 Flash presentations and icebreaker: 90 seconds per participant (background, study program or research project, and motivations for taking part in this summer school)	16.00 - 17.30 Working group presentations	16.00 - 17.30 Visit of Bordeaux Neurocampus
19.00 Welcome cocktail		19.45 Dinner

Expertise upon completion

This summer school will provide participants with basic and practical education on immunopsychiatry. It is a unique opportunity for young scientists to improve their academic and professional networks and gain feedback on their own research from renowned experts.

A certificate of participation will be awarded to students upon completion of the course.