We are pleased to announce The Annual National Neuroscience Society of Romania (SNN) Conference with international participation, SNN2027!

The Annual National Neuroscience Society of Romania (SNN) Conference with international participation, SNN2027, will bring together leading national and international experts, researchers, clinicians, and early-career scientists in an exciting event dedicated to scientific exchange, capacity building, and inclusive neuroscience. Hosted in Sibiu by Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, the conference will combine high-level scientific sessions with practical workshops and structured activities designed to explore the latest advancements in experimental and clinical neuroscience. The program will cover key areas of experimental, cognitive, computational, and clinical neuroscience, including brain circuits, neuroplasticity, aging, neurodegeneration, neuroprotection, neurorecovery, vision, neuropathic pain, gut–brain axis, computational neuroscience, neuropsychology, and translational brain research.

Organisers: National Neuroscience Society of Romania – SNN, in collaboration with Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
Date: 20 – 22 May 2027
Venues: Sibiu, Romania, Lucian Blaga University
Event type: In-person
Event official language: English

Organising committee

Ana-Maria Zăgrean, M.D. Ph.D. (Bucharest) – SNN President, Chair of the Organising Committee
Gabriela Marcu, Ph.D. (Sibiu) – Executive Committee member, Co-Chair of the Organising Committee
Leon Zăgrean, M.D. Ph.D. (Bucharest) – SNN Founding President
Violeta Ristoiu, Ph.D. (Bucharest) – SNN General Secretary
Mihai Moldovan, M.D. Ph.D. (Bucharest, Copenhagen) – Past President
Andrei Miu, Ph.D. (Cluj-Napoca) – Executive Committee member
Bogdan Pavel, M.D. Ph.D. (Bucharest) – Executive Committee member
Denise Carmen Mihaela Zahiu, M.D. Ph.D. (Bucharest) – SNN Treasurer
Alexandra-Mirela Mocanu, Ph.D. Stud. (Bucharest) – SNN2027 Webmaster

Confirmed International Speakers

Monica Baciu – Adaptive language neuroplasticity in aging. A dynamic perspective integrating connectomics, cognitomics, and allostatic variation (Université Grenoble Alpes, LabEx CerCoG Cerveau et Cognition, France)
Hannah Monyer – Mechanisms accounting for the reset of spatial maps (Department of Clinical Neurobiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, DKFZ, German Cancer Research Centre)
Florin Amzica – TBA (University of Montreal, Canada)
Daniela Popa – Cerebellum as a driver of high-order thalamus (Institut de Biologie de l’École Normale, Paris, France)
Andrei Sorin Ilie – Neuroscience 3.0: Building the AI-Native Lab – Tools, Teams, and New Models for Accelerating Brain Science (Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK)
Vanja Kovic – What counts as reproducible? Lessons from human neuroscience (University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia)
Mihai Moldovan – Decoding EEG Reactivity for Neuroprognostication (Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark)

Confirmed National Speakers

Violeta Ristoiu – Neuroimmune Mechanisms Involved in Vulnerability to Pain Induced by Nociceptive Experiences During the Neonatal Period (University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania)
Alexandru Babes – Statins inhibit several isoforms of voltage-gated sodium channels (University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania)
Andrei Miu – The RoMentalHealth longitudinal study of vulnerability to psychopathology in youth: From gene-environment interactions to neural and cognitive mechanisms (Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Gabriela-Mariana Marcu – From Insomnia Symptoms to EEG-Based Psychiatric Stratification: Preliminary Data from a Brainmarker-I Assessment Study (Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, CCSN – Clinical Psychiatry Hospital Sibiu, Romania)
Bogdan Pavel – Sensitivity of Optic Nerve Ultrasound in the Assessment of Neuroinflammation (Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania)
Beatrice-Mihaela Radu – The Lying Brain: Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Deceptive Decision-Making Between Emotion, Stress, and Prefrontal Control (University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania)
Aurel Popa – Anti-aging therapies: from caloric restriction to epigenetic approaches (Craiova University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania)
Ana-Maria Zagrean – Maternal environment influences the response of offspring brain to perinatal asphyxia (Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania)

Confirmed International Early-Career Researchers

Mihai Stancu – Alzheimer’s Disease: Getting home is trickier (Clinical Neurobiology, DKFZ, Heidelberg University, Germany)
Rosana-Bristena Ionescu – From Blood to Brain: Immune Mechanisms in Neurodegeneration (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK)
Cristian Alexandru Bogaciu – Neurexin and neuroligin recycling as a mechanism of regulating synaptic transmission and plasticity (Institute for Neuro- and Sensory Physiology and Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration (BIN) Center, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany)
Anđela Šoškić  – Implementing Reporting Standards in a Journal: The ARTEM-IS–Cortex Pilot (University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia)
Madalina-Octavia Buciuman – Longitudinal Changes in Brain-State Dynamics in Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis (Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany)
Robert Mihai Haret – Contrast Adaptation in Natural Stimulus Encoding by Retinal Ganglion Cells (University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany)

Confirmed National Early-Career Researchers

Violeta Caragea – The Thermal object memory task – a novel behavioral paradigm for investigating somatosensory learning and memory in rodents (Department of Anatomy, Animal Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania)
Delia Gheorghe – Early Adversity and Brain Health Across the Lifespan (Transylvanian Institute of Neuroscience (TINS), Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Melania Magercu – Profiling of microglia in multiple sclerosis: between cytoskeleton remodeling and lipidome-induced reactivity (University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology, Department of Anatomy, Animal Physiology and Biophysics, Bucharest, Romania)
Alexandru Rusneac – Neural mechanisms of empathy and emotion regulation in trauma and PTSD (Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
George Opriță – Functional characterization of the interactions between TRPV1 and TRPV2 (University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology, Department of Anatomy, Animal Physiology and Biophysics, Bucharest, Romania)
Florin Zamfirache – Twenty Years of tDCS Research: From Simple Cortical Stimulation to Personalized Neuromodulation (University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology, Department of Anatomy, Animal Physiology and Biophysics, Bucharest, Romania)