Beside the main objective of MERC which is “conducting a high quality research” we are pleased to offer various training and continuous education activities as follows:

1. Egyptian Network for Neurodegenerative Disorders (ENND):
MERC is the coordinating nucleus for ENND, through this we are organizing a yearly translational summer school which connect 30 Egyptian students with international speakers from all-over the world. Students are funded totally for free registration and accommodation.
More important ENND supports the travel of three Egyptian postgraduate students -yearly- to Munich for training on various basic and clinical techniques in Technical University of Munich and German Center for Neuro degenerative disorders.

2. Different hands on training workshops e.g. workshop on stem cells isolation, microsurgical techniques, animal handling etc.

3. IBRO (International Brain Research Organization). activities: currently, MERC is a center of excellence for IBRO-MENA chapter. Through this, MERC is planned to receive scholars- who are funded from IBRO to study certain techniques e.g. cell culture, stereotaxis aided brain surgeries – from different countries of Middle East.

MERC organizes yearly IBRO school who receives students from Africa and Middle East and offer them access to pioneers in the field from all over the world.

4. MERC supports training of undergraduate students through offering summer grants to join research teams in MERC. Through this program, different students had the opportunity to publish their works in international journals. More recently, two students from MERC were invited to present their work as a webinar for Middle East Molecular Biology Society (MEMBS) educational resources.

5. TReND in Africa Focal Point: MERC is the focal point for TReND in Africa inside Egypt. Main aim of TReND is to support the short stays of volunteers from European institutions to transfer knowledge and offer training for African students. MERC is waiting the first visit by Dr. Natalie Doig (Oxford University) who will be the first expert visiting MERC through this European Union funded program.

6. Tranlsational Neuroscience Summer School II (TNSS), Hurghada september 24-28th, 2017. the school supported 30 students from allover Egypt plus a variety of international and national faculty. 3 students were awarded short term scholarships for travel to Munich Germany.

7. Neuroethics symposium (MERC, IBRO, AUC) November, 28,29th 2017