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flagship program · since 2018

braincamp: five days that change how students see science.

An intensive neuroscience course taught by PhD students from world-renowned universities like MIT, Harvard, Columbia, and UCL. Open to students aged 16 and up, hosted in Prishtina, Kosovo.

The course runs over 5 days, with students ranging from 16 and up. The itinerary is written so that 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.

The culmination of BrainCamp is always on the last day, which we dedicate to our quiz. The first part consists of true/false questions, multiple choice questions, or open-ended questions designed by the teachers. During the second part, students have the chance to come up with their own research question and give a presentation to the whole cohort. 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.

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braincamp through the years.

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hear from teachers & students.

schedule

subjects covered at braincamp.

*all topics ever covered since 2018

monday

  • the brain as an organ
  • implications of neuroscience
  • computational neuroscience
  • neural networks
  • neuroanatomy
  • neurons
  • cells

tuesday

  • communication in the brain
  • senses in the brain
  • neuroprosthetics
  • engineering in neuroscience
  • daily responses
  • senses
  • history of neuroscience

wednesday

  • debates
  • brain health
  • interactive day: microbit

thursday

  • interesting cases
  • related professions
  • data analysis
  • coding in neuroscience
  • use of animal models
  • neuroscience and disease
  • ai and neuroscience
  • neuroethics

friday

  • game day
  • the braincamp quiz
  • research presentations
  • trophy & awards
faculty

teachers over the years.

BrainCamp is taught by graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from world-renowned universities like MIT, Harvard, Columbia, and UCL.

LB

Lisa Bauer

phd · max planck institute neurobiology
AH

Ali Haydaroglu

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
PV

Peter Vincent

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
EC

Edmund Chong

post-doctoral fellow · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
IP

Isobel Parkes

phd · university college london
FT

Flora Takacs

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
MM

Max Matuszewski

master's student in neuroscience · ucl
SL

Sofia Lima da Silva Soares

post-doctoral candidate · harvard university
SO

Sarah Olesen

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
TB

Tizibt Bogale

md & msc · max planck
QP

Quentin Pajot-Moric

phd · university college london
SB

Shanice Bailey

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
PM

Piermatteo Morucci

phd · max planck institute neurobiology
CH

Christopher Hall

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
NM

Nicole Maug

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
EM

Emils Matiss

phd · queen's university
MM

Marta Maciel

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
CS

Candela Sanchez Bellot

post-doctoral fellow · ucl
AR

Ana Rita Ribeiro Bras

phd in neuroscience · hungary academy of science
AK

Alice Koltchev

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
CL

Chi-Yu Lee

phd · university college london
ZM

Zane Mitrevica

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
BC

Bruno Cruz

phd in neuroscience · champalimaud
EJ

Elina Jacobs

post-doctoral fellow · ucl
FG

Francesca Greenstreet

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
PS

Philip Shamash

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
JG

Jesse Geerts

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
ST

Simon Thompson

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
FC

Federico Claudi

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
AL

Anna Lebedeva

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
FP

Francesca Pozzolo

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
OF

Orsolya Fölsz

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
ET

Emmett Thompson

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
NT

Nesibe Temiz Karayol

phd · friedrich miescher institute
JC

Joseph Cohen

master's student · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
AB

Ariádne Belo-Silva

phd · university of coimbra
RK

Remzi Karayol

post-doc candidate · friedrich miescher institute
SM

Sara Mederos

post-doc candidate · sainsbury wellcome centre
RP

Roshni Patel

research associate · sainsbury wellcome centre
BC

Beatriz Cruz

phd · lundbeck / university of copenhagen
SF

Shohei Furutachi

post-doc candidate · sainsbury wellcome centre
AA

Athina Apostolelli

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre, ucl
LP

Laura Porta

research software engineer · sainsbury wellcome centre
TC

Thomas Childs

phd · optical biology, university college london
DS

Drin Shabani

phd · lmu munich
AMP

Ana Margarida Pinto

post-doc candidate · universit paris cite
DT

Dafina Toplanaj

phd · sbri
RGB

Rudy Gelb-Bicknell

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre
JL

Jake Laherty

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre & gatsby unit
LM

Linus Meienberg

phd · sainsbury wellcome centre
GK

Gert Kida

teaching assistant · brainCamp 2026
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