Hands-On Classes 2026

This course provides participants with the essential skills to design and deliver clear, engaging, and impactful scientific presentations. The course combines practical insights with hands-on exercises, focusing on both preparation and delivery. By the end of the course, participants will have received personalized feedback and will be better equipped to present their research with confidence.

This course introduces participants to effective scientific project management using the Project Canvas framework. Participants will learn how to plan, structure, and communicate their projects clearly, identifying key goals, resources, and potential risks. The session combines practical guidance with interactive exercises, enabling participants to apply the Project Canvas directly to their own research projects.

In this course students will learn how to measure and interpret pain behavior in rodents through practical examples and key testing methods. This hands-on course focuses on reliable behavioral assays used in preclinical pain studies.

In this course students will learn how to measure and interpret pain behavior in rodents through practical examples and key testing methods. This hands-on course focuses on reliable behavioral assays used in preclinical pain studies.

The first part involves interactive work on which neural structures and systems of nociception can be examined in patients. In the second part, common and experimental examination techniques such as clinical examination of pain patients, quantitative sensory testing, electrical stimulation for examining unmyelinated nerve fibers, and axon reflex erythema are carried out in practical exercises. A brief theoretical introduction and concluding reflection on personal experiences will be offered for each technique.

The first part involves interactive work on which neural structures and systems of nociception can be examined in patients. In the second part, common and experimental examination techniques such as clinical examination of pain patients, quantitative sensory testing, electrical stimulation for examining unmyelinated nerve fibers, and axon reflex erythema are carried out in practical exercises. A brief theoretical introduction and concluding reflection on personal experiences will be offered for each technique.

Students will be introduced to basic methods in immunofluorescence. The course focuses on labeling different markers for diverse structures, such as nerve fibers or immune cells found in the skin. Preparation of sections and staining will be performed. Afterwards, the stained skin sections will be analyzed using a fluorescence microscope.