Welcome, we are pleased to announce The Annual National Neuroscience Society of Romania (SNN) Conference with international participation, SNN2026!

The Annual National Neuroscience Society of Romania (SNN) Conference with international participation, SNN2026 promises a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the 25th years of SNN activity by engaging with cutting-edge neuroscience research, exchanging ideas with leading experts, and exploring the latest advancements in experimental and clinical neuroscience. During the 8 sessions and 6 workshops, SNN2026 conference will cover exciting topics such as brain circuits, neurodegeneration, neuroprotection, neurorecovery, vision, neuropathic pain, gut-brain axis, and computational neuroscience.

Organisers: National Neuroscience Society of Romania – SNN, in collaboration with:
University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest, Faculty of Medicine
&
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology

Date: 28 – 30 May 2026
Venue: Bucharest, Romania, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Faculty of Medicine & University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology
Event type: In-person
Event official language: English

Ana-Maria Zăgrean, M.D. Ph.D. (București) – SNN President
Mihai Moldovan, M.D. Ph.D. (București, Copenhagen) – SNN Past President
Aurel Popa, Ph.D. (Craiova) – Vice-President of the National Neuroscience Society of Romania
Violeta Ristoiu, Ph.D. (București) – SNN General Secretary
Andrei Miu, Ph.D. (Cluj-Napoca) – EC member
Alexandru Babeș, Ph.D. (București) – EC member
Beatrice Radu, Ph.D. (București) – EC member
Daniela Popa, M.D. Ph.D. (Paris) – EC member
Andrei Ilie, M.D. Ph.D. (Newcastle Upon Tyne) – EC member
Tibor SzilĆ”gyi, M.D. Ph.D. (TĆ¢rgu-Mureș) – EC member
Bogdan Pavel, M.D. Ph.D. (București) – EC member
Denise Carmen Mihaela Zahiu, M.D. Ph.D. (București)– SNN Treasurer

Ana-Maria Zăgrean, M.D. Ph.D. (București) – Chair of the Organising Committee
Violeta Ristoiu, Ph.D. (București) – Co-Chair of the Organising Committee
Mihai Moldovan, M.D. Ph.D. (București, Copenhagen)
Denise Carmen Mihaela Zahiu, M.D. Ph.D. (București)
Bogdan Pavel, M.D. Ph.D. (București)
Alexandra-Mirela Mocanu, Ph.D. Stud. (București) – SNN2026 Webmaster
Mihai Stancu, M.D. Ph.D. (București, Munchen)
Ana-Teodora Chirilă, M.D. Stud., SOMS President (București)
Bogdan Amuzescu, M.D. Ph.D. (București)
Roxana-Olimpia Gheorghe, Ph.D. (București)
Melania Magercu, Ph.D. Stud. (București)
Cristina Goanță, M.D. Ph.D. (București)

Hannah Monyer ā€“ Department of Clinical Neurobiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, DKFZ (German Cancer Research Centre)

Mihai Moldovan – The value of EEG reactivity as a translational outcome measure after hypoxic ischemic brain injury, Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen

Daniela Popa – Cerebellum in defensive behaviors, Institut de Biologie de l’École Normale, Paris, France
Michele MiglioreSUNY Dept. of Neurology, Downstate Health Science University, Brooklyn, USA; Institute of Biophysics, National Research Council, Palermo, Italy

Marc R. Suter – microRNA signatures in fibromyalgia patients: Linking extracellular vesicles to chronic pain mechanisms in neural and non-neural cells, Pain Center, CHUV & DNF, Faculty of Biology and Medicine University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Andrei Sorin Ilie – Human evolution in the age of exponential technologies, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Milorad Dragić – The GluN2A subunit is necessary for intermittent theta burst stimulation-induced hippocampal plasticity, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Belgrade, Serbia
Alexandru Deftu – Neuroimmune interactions in neuropathic pain: a focus on neuronal and non-neuronal extracellular vesicles profiling and their effects on DRG neuronal excitability, macrophages and spinal microglia, Pain Center, CHUV & DNF, Faculty of Biology and Medicine University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Ioana Florentina Grigoras ā€“ Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford
Mihai Stancu – The encoding of acoustic trauma in the mammalian auditory brainstem, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversitƤt, München, Germany
Rosana-Bristena Ionescu – Decoding Neurodegenerative Vulnerability – Multiomics Signatures of Inflammaging and Resilience Loss, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Robert Mihai Haret – Modelling spatio-temporal contrast adaptation in retinal ganglion cells, University Medical Centre, Gƶttingen, Germany
Miruna Rascu – Continuous evidence integration under ketamine, Oxford Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (OxCIN), Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Alexandru Babes – Statins activate temperature-gated Transient Receptor Potential ion channels (University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania)
Tudor Badea (Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania)
Ioana Mindruta (Epilepsy and Sleep Monitoring Unit, Emergency University Hospital Bucharest; Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania)
Andrei Miu – Neural mechanisms of trauma and psychopathology (Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

Raul C. Muresan – Waving neurons: How brain oscillations can be used in practical applications and therapy (Transylvanian Institute of Neuroscience, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Bogdan Pavel – Claustrum modulation impact on the anesthetic state (Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania)
Gratiela Gradisteanu Pircalabioru – Microbes and moods: unraveling the gut-depression connection (University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania)
Aurel Popa – Genetic conversion of astroglia cells to redress neural balance after stroke (Craiova University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania)
Beatrice Radu – Blood-brain barrier: the bridge between health and disease (University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania)
Violeta Ristoiu – Glutamine supplementation as a putative therapeutic approach to reduce SNI-induced pain in rats (University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania)
Tibor SzilĆ”gyi – Molecular and cellular changes in temporal lobe epilepsy: focus on calcium binding proteins and drug modulation (George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, Romania)
Miralena Tomescu – Spontaneous EEG microstates signatures of brain disorders and clinical states risk, diagnostic and predictive biomarkers (Faculty of Educational Sciences, University ā€œStefan cel Mareā€ of Suceava, Suceava, Romania)
Ana-Maria Zagrean – Maternal environment influences in setting up the response of offspring brain to perinatal asphyxia (Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania)

Mara Ioana Ionescu – Prenatal programming of the brain: The role of maternal microbial communities on the neurodevelopment of the offspring (Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania)
Gabriela Marcu – Wired but tired: A resting EEG study of insomnia-related cortical hyperactivation in depression (Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu and Clinical Psychiatric Hospital, Sibiu, Romania)
Kevin Boboc – The therapeutic efficacy of exosomal miRNAs in ischemic stroke (Craiova University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania)
Violeta Caragea – The functional expression of thermosensitive ion channels in the cerebellum (University of Bucharest)
Sebastian Isac – The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in septic encephalopathy – an intensive care perspective (Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania)
Michael Bogdan Margineanu – Neural characteristics and nerve interplay in small cell lung cancer (“Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania)