21st San Servolo Advanced Epilepsy Course

Bridging Basic with Clinical Epileptology: Contribution of non-neuronal cells to epilepsy and new therapeutic strategies

San Servolo (Venice), Italy

21 July - 1 August 2025

The main objective of the 8th edition of the Advanced Epilepsy Course Bridging Basic with Clinical Epileptology is to train attendees to improve the critical competence necessary to design an effective research project/activity in the field of epilepsy. The course is addressed to neuroscientists, neurologists and other professionals with a documented background in epilepsy research. Lectures on general and specific topics will be interspersed with interactive seminars, workshops, and breakout sessions where small groups of attendees and faculty will be involved in tutorials. The main focus of the course is the preparation of a project on a subject defined and assigned by the course directors. Groups of six to eight students are formed at the beginning of the course; each group will develop a research project under the supervision of two tutors. The progress of the project will be evaluated daily during group discussions with tutors. Each research project will be collectively discussed and evaluated during the last day of the course.

Course Directors: David Henshall (Ireland) and Annamaria Vezzani (Italy) 

Faculty: Vezzani Annamaria, Henshall David, Giuliano Avanzini, Maria Elisa Calcagnotto, Helen Cross, Mark Cunningham, Marco de Curtis, Raymond Dingledine, Alon Friedman, Rita Garbelli, Premysl Jiruska, Gilles Huberfeld, Katja Kobow, Mathias Koepp, David Loane, Solomon Moshé, Heidrun Potschka, Stefanie Prast-Nielsen, Matthew Walker, Josè Serratosa, Michele Simonato, Laura Tassi, Elisabetta Vaudano, Christian Wolff

Registration fee: 4.000 € (single room) and 3.600 € (shared, two-bed room), VAT included

The registration fee includes: 

  • Accommodation from 21 July - 1 August 2025 (11 nights) 
  • Full board and coffee breaks for the entire duration of the course 
  • Access to the course apps and to the Venice International University facilities 

Please send application forms to epilepsysummercourse@univiu.org to the attention of Valentina Guarino. Application deadline: 15 January 2025

A limited number of fellowships for registration and local expenses (no travel costs) are available.