The course runs over 5 days, with the students split into two separate groups, divided based on their age ranging from 14 to 18-years old. 

The itinerary written for the course is set up so that the topics remain the same for both groups, but the teaching is adjusted based on the students’ needs. These topics range from brain areas and their function, different cell types and their purpose, how  the brain communicates, to artificial intelligence. Each year the schedule is slightly different but with the core topics always present.  Also included is one day where the students can challenge their teachers for a change and have them answer questions about the brain.

The culmination of BrainCamp Kosovo is always on the last day, which we dedicate to our quiz. The first part of the quiz consists of true/false questions, multiple choice questions or open-ended questions designed by the four teachers. 

The second part, the students have the chance to come up with their own research question and give a short presentation. They are judged by their teachers on different categories like: relevance of the question, methods of research, hypothesis and implications. The winners receive a BrainCamp trophy and eternal bragging rights.

Some students' questions: 

Why do we sleepwalk?
What is synaesthesia?
What happens when we have anxiety or panic attacks?
What happens when we experience adrenaline?
How plastic is the mature brain? Where do memories get stored and how are they retrieved?
Are there differences between an average person’s brain and Einstein’s brain?
How does the brain represent the passing of time?
How does the mouse brain compute?

Lisa Bauer

PhD student Max Planck Institute Neurobiology

Ali Haydaroglu

PhD student Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Peter Vincent

PhD student Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Edmund Chong

Post-doctoral fellow Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Isobel Parkes

PhD student University College London

Flora Takacs

Phd student Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Max Matuszweski

Master's student in Neuroscience, UCL

Sofia Lima da Silva Soares

Post-doctoral candidate in Neuroscience, Harvard University

Sarah Olesen

PhD student Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Tizibt Bogale

MD and MSc in Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute

Quentin Pajot-Moric

PhD student, University College London

Shanice Bailey

PhD student, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Piermatteo Morucci

PhD student in Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute

Christopher Hall

PhD student, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Nicole Maug

PhD student, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Emils Matiss

PhD student, Queen's University

Marta Maciel

PhD student, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Candela Sanchez Bellot

Post-doctoral fellow, UCL

Ana Rita Riberio Bras

PhD student in Neuroscience, Hungary Academy of Science

Alice Koltchev

PhD student, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Chi-Yu Lee

PhD student, University College London

Zane Mitrevica

PhD student, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Bruno Cruz

PhD student in Neuroscience, Champalimaud

Elina Jacobs

Post-doctoral fellow, UCL

Francesca Greenstreet

PhD student, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Philip Shamash

PhD student, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Jesse Geerts

PhD student, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Simon Thompson

PhD student, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Federico Claudi

PhD student, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Anna Lebedeva

PhD student, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Francesca Pozzolo

PhD student, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Orsolya Fölsz

PhD student, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Emmett Thompson

PhD student, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Nesibe Temiz Karayol

PhD student, Friederich Miescher Institute

Joseph Cohen

Master's student, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL

Ariádne Belo-Silva

PhD student, University of Coimbra

Remzi Karayol

Post-doc candidate, Friederich Miescher Institute