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<small>Smart Start - Joint Training Program in Computational Neuroscience
</small><small>Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience | Bernstein Coordination Site (BCOS)
Branch Office of the Forschungszentrum Jülich
at the University of Freiburg
Hansastr. 9A | 79104 Freiburg, Germany
phone: (+49) 0761 203 9593
mail: <a href="mailto:smartstart@fz-juelich.de">smartstart@fz-juelich.de</a> </small><small><small><b>
</b></small>web: <a href="http://www.nncn.de">www.nncn.de</a>
Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/NNCN_Germany">NNCN_Germany</a>
YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/BernsteinNetwork">Bernstein TV</a>
Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BernsteinNetwork/">Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience, Germany</a>
LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/bernstein-network-computational-neuroscience-germany">Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience, Germany</a></small><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/bernstein-network-computational-neuroscience-germany">
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