Annual Meeting

The NLN’25 will take place on September 5, 2025 @ Campus Biotech Geneva

The NeuroLeman bunch in 2023.

The Annual Meeting of the NeuroLeman Network and Doctoral Schools (NLN’25) will take place at the Campus Biotech in Geneva on Friday, September 5


The NLN will also mark the endpoint of the FENS – Chen Institute – NeuroLéman Summer School “Neurobiology of psychiatric disorders.

  • NLN 2025 Meeting Program (to come)
  • NLN Abstract Book with poster numbers to come in August
    (For infos wrt poster and talk preparation please see HERE)

REGISTRATION (open in May) is free for LNDS, EDNE and EDBB PhD candidates. Please register and submit your abstract (mandatory for LNDS candidates beyond their first year in the doctoral program!)

Credit validation for LNDS & EDNE doctoral candidates: Attending the retreat earns 1 ECTS credit under the condition that doctoral candidates must (1) be first authors on a poster/presentation (2) and write a one-page document summarizing what they newly learned from the discussions and poster presentations of other participants. The document should be sent to the respective school coordinator (EDNE OR LNDS). In total, up to 2 such ECTS credits can be earned.


EVery year, our annual meeting hosts several awards for the NeuroLeman PhD candidates and alumni to value their work and professional development.

Awards for the best oral and poster presentations


Award of the Amicitia Association

The Amicitia Association awards an Excellence Prize in recognition of outstanding scientific research in all areas of neuroscience. The aim of the award is to support graduates from the doctoral programs in neuroscience in the Lemanic area who are continuing their scientific career in an international academic institution.

Please see the website of the Amicitia Association for more information and application procedures.