Preliminary Program 2026

Monday, March 23rd, 2026

Young Investigator Symposium

Opening Keynote

Cori Bargmann (Rockefeller University, USA)

Welcome Reception


Tuesday, March 24th, 2026 

Sensing

Keynote: Maude Baldwin (MPI for Biological Intelligence, Germany)

Ruben Portugues (TUM, Germany)
Laura Busse (LMU, Germany) 
Kishore Kuchibhotla (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
2 selected talks

Poster Session 1

Learning & Memory

Keynote: Edvard Moser (Kavli Institute/NTNU, Norway)

Inna Slutsky (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Claudia Clopath (Imperial College London, UK)
Dmitriy Aronov (Columbia University, USA)
2 selected talks


Wednesday, March 25th, 2026

Neuroglia Interactions

Keynote: Rosa Paolicelli (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)

Long-Jun Wu (McGovern Medical School, USA) 
Rune Enger (University of Oslo, Norway) 
Ania Majewska (University of Rochester, USA)
2 selected talks

Poster Session 2

Neuromodulation

Keynote: Zachary Knight (UCSF, USA)

Sarah Melzer (Medical University of Vienna, Austria)
Carolina Rezaval (University of Birmingham, UK)
Josh Dudman (HHMI Janelia, USA)
2 selected talks

Awards & Farewell