NLN’26 – September 4-5, 2026
— Leysin, Swiss Alpine Center —

The Annual Meeting of the NeuroLeman Network and Doctoral Schools (NLN’26) will take place on September 4-5, 2026 in the Swiss Alpine Center in Leysin.
Join us for two great invited plenary lectures given by
– Larry Zweifel, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of Washington, U.S.A.
– Johannes Felsenberg, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
and several presentations of NeuroLeman junior PIs (to be announced soon), share your science in poster sessions and get to know many other doctoral candidates from EPFL, UNIGE and UNIL.
More program details will follow soon and meeting registration will open on May 1.
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
- Awards of the Jean Falk-Vairant Foundation for the best basic and the best clinical neuroscience poster / oral presentation
- NeuroLéman Network Awards for the best oral and the best poster presentation
