Project description
A tiny minnow draws a crowd
Scientists are always in search of model systems that can help them study in the simplest, fastest and most effective ways disease pathways that affect humans. A tiny fish in the minnow family has proven extremely valuable in this regard. The zebrafish shares 70 % of the genes found in humans and many critical signalling pathways. The eggs are fertilised externally, facilitating developmental interventions and studies, and the resulting embryos are transparent, meaning development can be watched under a microscope. The EU-funded ZENITH project is preparing a new generation of scientists for interdisciplinary collaboration on pressing neuroscience challenges utilising the zebrafish model system and leveraging academic and industrial mentoring. The team will emerge with skills in visualisation, gene editing and computational modelling to study the nervous system and enhance understanding from cells to circuits to behaviour.
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MSCA-ITN-ETN - European Training NetworksCoordinator
75013 Paris
France
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75006 Paris
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WC1E 6BT London
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EH8 9YL Edinburgh
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80539 Munchen
10117 Berlin
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1400-038 Lisboa
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08003 Barcelona
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08916 Barcelona
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1010 Wien
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80333 Muenchen
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1099 085 Lisboa
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08002 Barcelona
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02138 Cambridge
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RG21 6XS Basingstoke Hants
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D-37081 Göttingen
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91370 Verrieres Le Buisson
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75002 Paris
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84102 Salt Lake City Utah
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33617 Bielefeld
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92150 Suresnes
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91400 Orsay
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