Luca Leonardo Bologna (CNR-IBF, Palermo, Italy), The EBRAINS-Italy Infrastructure ecosystem for Neuroscience Research
Michele Migliore (CNR-IBF, Palermo, Italy), Computational Modeling of neurons and networks: how it is done and how it can support experimental and clinical studies
Andrei Ilie (James Cook University Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK) – Science 3.0
Susan Wu (RWD Life Science, Sposor Presentation) – RWD Overall Solutions for Neuroscience Research

Kapil Bharti (National Eye Institute, Maryland, USA) – Developing Cell Therapy for age-related macular degeneration: from Bench to Bedside
Raluca Pascalau (Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania) – Gene expression profiles of human retinal ganglion cell types
Mihai Stancu (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany) – Trading speed for accuracy: the role of stress peptides at the giant synapse of the Calyx of Held
Bernd Müller-Zülow (Miltenyi Biotec – Sponsor presentation) – From Whole Organs to Spatial Biology – Total Tissue Characterization using Imaging Techniques

Hannah Monyer (Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany) – From inhibition to neurodegenerative diseases
Daniela Popa (IBENS, Paris, France) – The cerebellum: a new player in the emotional brain
Clément Léna (IBENS, Paris, France) – Taking breaks when acquiring a motor skill is not a lazy choiceC

1. Florian-Vintilă Armăşescu (University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania) – Mechanisms of NIR laser photobiomodulation: in vitro studies on primary sensory neurons and voltage-dependent Na+ channels
2. Alexandra Ciubotaru (Prof. Dr. Alexandru Obregia Psychiatry Hospital, Bucharest, Romania) – Towards general decision support systems in medicine
3. Constantin-Iulian Chiță (University of Central Lancashire, Lancashire, UK) – Short-term face familiarity displays greater modulatory effects for neutral expressions than for emotional ones – Findings from a mixed behavioural-electrophysiological study
4. Claudia-Ioana Drăghici (Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Măgurele, Romania) – The neuroprotective effect of naringenin on endothelial inflammation induced by lipopolysaccharide on a BBB microvasculature model
5. Edwin Humberto Hodelin Maynard (Transylvania University, Research and Development Institute, Brasov, Romania) – Mapping Brn3b+ Cell populations of the Superior Colliculus using Brn3bCre mice
6. Melania Magercu (University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania) – Investigating microglial migratory properties that underlie their accumulation in multiple sclerosis
7. Michael Bogdan Margineanu (The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK) – Metabolic lactate shuttle powers electrical activity of small cell lung cancer
8. Alexandra – Mirela Mocanu (University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania) – EEG Microstates Reactivity during Social Imitation
9. Maria Alexandra Nuțu (University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania) – Fine Particles, Fine Damage: Cytotoxic and metabolic effects of Diesel nanoparticles on different cell components of the central nervous system
10. Adelina Paduraru (University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania) – Modulatory effects of Tumor suppressor candidate 5 on Transient Receptor Potential ion channels
11. Gisselle Fernandez Pena (Transylvania University, Research and Development Institute, Brasov, Romania) – Exploration of the specific role of RGC-32 gene in an Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis murine model.
12. Aloyma Veliz Perez (Transylvania University, Research and Development Institute, Brasov, Romania) – Analysis of Ret gene expression in retinal ganglion cells and their brain projections using Immunofluorescence in CFP-Reporter Mice
13. Diana Petre (Transylvania University, Research and Development Institute, Brasov, Romania) – Distribution of Retinal Ganglion Cells expressing Brn3b and Brn3c in the Area Centralis of the mouse retina and their axonal projections in the brain
14. Miruna Rascu (University of Oxford, Oxford, UK) – Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Stimulation of the Human Basolateral Amygdala Modulates Emotional Biases
15. Matei-Alexandru Stamate (University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania) – Attractiveness-Driven Bias in Cooperative Decision-Making: An ERP Study on Neural Signatures in Social Exchange
16. Matei Serban (Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania) – From Stability to Collapse: Rethinking Cognitive Decline as a Functional Transition in Brain Network Dynamics

Jeffrey S. Diamond (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Maryland, USA) – Synaptic mechanisms in the retina that shape visual signaling at night
Robert Haret (University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany) – Modelling Contrast Adaptation in Retinal Ganglion Cells
George Opriță (University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania) – TRPV1-TRPV2 interactions. Less than the sum of their parts.
Dan Domocos (University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania) – The effects of statins on temperature-gated Transient Receptor Potential ion channels
Bogdan Amuzescu (University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania) – Effects of hypothermia on brain serotonergic circuits – expression levels of serotonin transporter (SERT) and receptors 5-HTR1A and 5-HTR2A

Mihai Moldovan (Copenhagen Univ., Copenhagen, Denmark) – To burst or not to burst – an EEG reactivity model
Florin Amzica (University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada) – Coma: How deep can it get
Beatrice Radu (University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania) – X-rays or protons? Unraveling their impact on brain microvascular cells for smarter brain cancer therapy
Ioana Florentina Grigoras (University of Oxford, Oxford, UK) – Non-invasive neuromodulation of deep brain circuits using a novel ultrasound stimulation system in healthy people
Gabriela Marcu (Lucian Blaga University, Sibiu, Romania) – The Role of ERP Components in Assessing Cognitive Control Dysfunctions in Adolescents with Complex Trauma

Bogdan Ovidiu Popescu (Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania) – Brain cleansing system and neurodegeneration
Aurel Popa (Craiova University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania) – Post-stroke genetic conversion of astrocytes into new neurons. Facts and Fantasies
Dirk Hermann (University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany) – Role of the extracellular matrix in regulating post-ischemic brain plasticity
Daniel Pirici (Craiova University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania) – Aquaporin 4 facilitation decreases amyloid burden in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease
Lubomir Traikov (Medical University-Sofia, Faculty of Medicine, Dept. Medical Physics and Biophysics, Sofia, Bulgaria) – Complex neuro-biophysical approach for simultaneous investigation of neuronal-electrical activity and structural-functional changes in the area of the Caudate Putamen of the rat brain – in an animal model of Parkinsonian disease in vivo.

1. Andrei Bordeianu (Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania) – Heart Rate Variability Under Conditions of Intermittent Photic Stimulation in Anesthetized Rats
2. Ana Maria Catrina (Cantacuzino National Military Medical Institute for Research and Development, Bucharest, Romania) – Preparation and Assessment of Primary Microglia Isolated from Mixed Glia Cell Culture of Newborn Rat Pups
3. Cristian Ciotei (Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania) – The Probiotic Usage Potential to Alleviate Depressive Behavioural Features and Anxiety in an Animal Model of Gestational Antibiotic Exposure
4. Vlad-Petru Morozan (Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania) – Antibiotic exposure during gestation increases perinatal asphyxia severity in rodents
5. Vladimir Muzyka (Transylvania University of Brasov, Research and Development Institute, Brasov, Romania) – Neural sub-cellular localization of TUSC5/TRARG1 protein in TUSC5eGFP novel mouse line
6. Davide Ortolan (National Eye Institute, Maryland, USA) – Determination of non-stochastic changes of RPE organelles during cell polarization using volumetric image analysis
7. Ruchi Sharma (National Eye Institute, Maryland, USA) – Region specific iPSC-Retinal Pigment Epithelium Models Reveal Differential Sensitivity to AMD
8. Gontea Adina Teodora (Transylvania University of Brasov, Research and Development Institute, Brasov, Romania) – Retina-specific ablation of the transcription factor Pou4f1/Brn3a does not significantly impact Ipsi vs. Contralateral projection of Retinal Ganglion Cells in mice
9. Laurentiu Tofan (Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania) – Multimodal analysis of the networks involved in producing visual symptoms
10. Stefan-Alexandru Tirlea (Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania) – Democratizing Sleep Research: A Cost-Effective System for Long-Term Rodent Monitoring
11. Florin Zamfirache (University of Bucharest, Romania) – Frontal transcranial direct current stimulation in moderate to severe depression: Clinical and neurophysiological findings from a pilot study