Tuesday,
17 June
08:00
Registration. Coffee is served
Coffee stations can be found in the tent at Frederikke plassen, Sophus Lies hus, and basement floor of Georg Sverdrups hus.
Frederikke plassen
08:00-08:30
Poster placement for Poster session I
08:30-16:00
Posters available for viewing
08:30-09:30
Plenary Lecture: The Nightlife of the Brain
Speaker: Maiken Nedergaard, University of Rochester/University of Copenhagen, USA/Denmark
Chair: Nicolas Caesar Pedersen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
To ensure access for all participants, the event is streamed in the tent at Frederikke plassen.
09:30-09:45
Break
09:45-11:00
Symposia - Parallel sessions
Symposium: The multi-laned hippocampus: parallel circuits for memory processing
Chair: Flavio Donato, Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland
Speakers:
Flavio Donato, Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland
Liset de la Prida, Instituto Cajal CSIC, Spain
David Dupret, MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit, UK
Symposium: Decoding Brain Waves: Understanding Their Roles and Mechanisms
Chairs:
Shoi Shi, International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Adamantidis Antoine, Inselspital University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland
Speakers:
Adamantidis Antoine, Inselspital University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland
Rachel Swanson, University College London, UK
Shoi Shi, International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Symposium: Progress in Consciousness Research: A Multiscale Integrative Approach
Chairs:
Johan Frederik Storm, University of Oslo, Norway
Bjørn Erik Juel, University of Oslo, Norway
Speakers:
Matthew Larkum, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Björn Merker, Uppsala University, Sweden
Johan Frederik Storm, University of Oslo, Norway
Symposium: Functions and regulatory mechanisms of the neuronal actin cytoskeleton in health and disease
Chair: Marco Rust, University of Marburg, Germany
Speakers:
Theresa Wiesner, The Institute of Neurophysiopathology (INP), France
Monica Sousa, University of Porto, Portugal
Marco Rust, University of Marburg, Germany
11:00-11:15
Break
11:15-12:15
Parallel Special Lectures
Special Lecture: Translating genetic discoveries to understand underlying neurobiology in mental disorders
Speaker: Ole A. Andreassen, University of Oslo, Norway
Chair: Klas Kullander, Uppsala University, Sweden
To ensure access for all participants, the event is streamed in the tent at Frederikke plassen.
Special Lecture: Viral infection, neuroinflammation, and associated neurodegeneration
Speaker: Martin Korte, Helmhotz Center for Infection Research, Germany
Chair: Eero Castrén, University of Helsinki, Finland
To ensure access for all participants, the event is streamed in Auditorium 2, Georg Sverdrups hus.
12:15-13:15
Cajal Training Programme 10-Year Anniversary Symposium
Chairs:
Antoine Adamantidis, CAJAL President, University of Bern, Switzerland
Ana Luísa Carvalho, CAJAL Vice-President, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Catarina Seabra, CAJAL Programme Manager
Speakers:
Christophe Mulle, Founding CAJAL Member, Bordeaux School of Neuroscience, France
Sten Grillner, Founding CAJAL Member, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Eero Castrén, Past CAJAL President, University of Helsinki, Finland
Meryl Malezieux, Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Germany
Frederic Römschied, Alumni Participant, University of Göttingen, Germany
12:15-14:15
Lunch break
Free lunch is served for FRM 2025 participants in the tent at Frederikke plassen and basement floor of Georg Sverdrups hus.
Exhibitions
12:30-13:45
Science Political Meeting: On Research Policy and the Future of Neuroscience
Speakers:
Henrik Peersen. Secretary General of the Norwegian Brain Council, Norway
Ole Petter Ottersen, University of Oslo, Norway
Katrine Rolid, The Norwegian Research Council, Norway
Tomás Ryan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Usman Ahmad Mushtaq, Secretary of State, Department of Health, Norway
Kari-Anne Jønnes, Member of Parliament, The Conservative Party of Norway
Hanne Flinstad Harbo, University of Oslo, Norway
Moderator: Martin Gray, Dagens Medisin, Norway
13:15-14:15
EJN Workshop Tips to Effectively Prepare, Publish and Review EJN Articles
Chairs:
John Foxe, University of Rochester, co-Editor-in-Chief at EJN, USA
Yoland Smith, Emory University, co-Editor-in-Chief at EJN, USA
Speakers:
John Foxe, University of Rochester, co-Editor-in-Chief at EJN, USA
Yoland Smith, Emory University, co-Editor-in-Chief at EJN, USA
Sophie Molholm, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Section Editor at EJN, USA
Guillaume Rousselet, University of Glasgow, Section Editor and Registered Reports Editor at EJN, UK
14:15-15:30
Symposia - Parallel sessions
Symposium: Resolving the cognitive (dys)function of prefrontal circuits: from molecules to behavior
Chairs:
Ileana Hanganu-Opatz, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
Thomas Klausberger, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Speakers:
Thomas Klausberger, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Sandra Reinert, Sainsbury Wellcome Center, UK
Jens Hjerling Leffler, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Symposium: “We are all fatheads!” Why lipids are important for neurodevelopment
Chairs:
Maija Castren, University of Helsinki, Finland
Adrian Harwood, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
Speakers:
Adrian Harwood, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
Edna Grünblatt, University of Zürich, Switzerland
Mimmu Hiltunen, University of Helsinki, Finland
Symposium: Spotlight on senescence: Cutting-edge tools and approaches to study senescence in neurodegeneration
Chairs:
Nuria Suelves, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Pascal Kienlen-Campard, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Speakers:
Pascal Kienlen-Campard, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Nurun Fancy, Imperial College London, UK
Christina Ising, University of Cologne, Germany
Symposium: Hypothalamic mechanisms for adaptive behavioral control
Chairs:
Anne Petzold, Georg August University, Germany
Speakers:
Derya Sargin, University of Calgary, Canada
Maribel Rios, Tufts University School of Medicine, USA
Nicholas Betley, University of Pennsylvania, USA
15:30-15:45
Break
15:45-16:45
Kavli Prize Lecture: Intuitive Physical Reasoning in the Human Brain
Speaker: Kavli Prize laureate Nancy Kanwisher, MIT McGovern Institute, USA
Chair: Sten Grillner, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
To ensure access for all participants, the event is streamed in the tent at Frederikke plassen.
16:45-17:00
Break
17:00-18:00
Plenary Lecture: Synaptic propagation of tau in Alzheimer’s disease and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Speaker: Tara Spires-Jones, University of Edinburgh, UK
Chair: Ioanna Sandvig, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
To ensure access for all participants, the event is streamed in the tent at Frederikke plassen.
18:30-20:00
Satellite Public Lecture: Deep control - Layer 6b as a gatekeeper of conscious processing
Speaker: Matthew Larkum, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany