SNN2026 Conference Program

Last updated: 30.07.2025, 6:00 PM


Thursday, 28 May 2026

09:00 – 14:00 Workshop Sessions for Young Investigators & Early-Career Researchers (click for details)

@ The Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest

  1. Spinal Nerve Ligation Induced Neuropathic Pain Model in Rodents: model design and outcome measures (Roxana-Olimpia Gheorghe)
  2. The shapeshifting microglia: advanced bioimage analysis of the cytoskeleton (Melania Maria Magercu)
  3. Application of the patch-clamp technique in the study of electrophysiological properties of nervous system cells (Bogdan Amuzescu)

@ The Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest

  1. EEG in Research Workshop. EEG data processing – an introduction to CARTOOL (Mihai Moldovan, Miralena Tomescu)
  2. Somnology in Neuroscience (Cristina Goanta)
  3. EBRAINS Computational Neuroscience Workshop (Michele Migliore, Carmen Lupascu)

12:00 Opening of the onsite registration and poster mounting – Faculty of Medicine

14:30 – 15:30 Opening Ceremony. SNN Anniversary Event – 25th years from launching SNN!

15:30 – 17:30 Session 1

17:30 – 17:45 ☕ Coffee break

17:45 – 19:00 Session 2

19:00 – 🍸 Welcome social event 🍸

Friday, 29 May 2026

8:30 – 9:00 Onsite registration and poster mounting

09:00 – 10:45 Session 3 – Young investigators blitz presentations

10:45 – 11:00 ☕ Coffee break

11:00 – 12:45 Session 4

12:45 – 13:30 Round table – How to integrate national and international resources to advance Neuroscience Education and Research in Romania

13:30 – 14:15 🍲 Lunch break 🍲

14:15 – 15:45 Poster & Networking Session

15:45 – 17:30 Session 5 – IBRO Early-Career Researchers Session I

17:30 – 17:45 ☕ Coffee break

17:45 – 19:30 Session 6

19:30 – 20:30 SNN General Assembly

Saturday, 30 May 2026

09:00 – 10:45 Session 7

10:45 – 11:00 ☕ Coffee break

11:00 – 12:45 Session 8 – IBRO Early-Career Researchers Session II

13:00 – 14:00 Neuroscience for Society: Public Engagement Lecture

14:00 – 14:30 Concluding remarks, Awards, and Closing Ceremony