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Understanding the mechanisms of alcohol addiction by analyzing brain networks

Our scientists have worked on mathematical and network theoretical models that contribute to preventing relapse in alcohol addiction.

Call for applications: Grants for independent young scientists

The Romanian Institute of Science and Technology invites applications from young scientists for research projects to be funded with up to 550,000 lei (about 122,000 euros) for up to 2 years. Our institute welcomes scientists who would like to apply for this funding and, if successful, will come to work full time in the institute, implementing the funded projects.

Nobel prize winner James Watson visited our institute and lectured at the Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School

James Watson has been awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his contribution to the discovery of the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material.

Nobel prize winner James Watson will be one of the lecturers of the Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School

Call for proposals – funding of up to 2 million euros

The institute invites applications for research projects to be funded with up to 2 million euros with European structural funds awarded through the Romanian National Authority for Research and Innovation.

3 Day Startup Cluj – April 2015

A video of the event organized by Research for Industry, a project of the Romanian Institute of Science and Technology

Research for Industry is a partner of Cluj Innovation Days

Cluj Innovation Days, organized by Cluj IT Cluster, is an annual regional forum aimed to consolidate the IT community and to facilitate the interaction with business partners as well as the public sector.

The fourth edition of the Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School

The fourth edition of TENSS will take place between June 1-19, 2015. 150 students from 42 countries have applied for one of the 13 available places.
See the school’s website

Crowdfunding campaign for the Transylvanian Neuroscience Summer School

The philosophy of the school is learning by doing and while doing so, openly sharing ideas and expertise. TENSS is unique in that most of the experimental (hardware and software) tools are assembled from scratch, with minimal costs leading to a deeply personal transfer of information from first principles. Your support is vital for the continuity of TENSS itself, and for accomplishing one if its main goals to support neuroscience research in Eastern Europe and Romania, to raise community awareness and support in the matter. Donate on Indiegogo.

A new class of spike train metrics

Cătălin Rusu and Răzvan Florian have developed a series of several new metrics for quantifying the differences between spike trains. The new metrics are inspired by the Pompeiu-Hausdorff distance.