Meeting of the NeuroLeman Network and Doctoral Schools 2025 (NLN’25)
NLN’25 – September 5, 2025 @ Campus Biotech Geneva
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.
With talks by
• Frederike Petzschner (Brown University) – Psychiatry, Embodiment and Computation
• Guillaume Dumas (University of Montreal) – Multi-Brain Neuroscience of Inter-Brain Synchronization: from Biological Mechanisms in Humans to Computational Principles for AI
…. as well as a special appearance of Marty Saggese (Executive Director of the Society for Neuroscience) who will talk about “Beyond the Lab Bench: Building the Future of Neuroscience Careers” and be available to answer questions of the junior NeuroLeman Network members …
… and many short talks and poster presentations by NeuroLéman doctoral candidates…
- NLN 2025 Meeting Program (NOTE: Changes in session timing made on Aug 29)
- NLN Abstract Book with poster numbers (NOTE: changes made on Aug 29)
(For infos wrt poster and talk preparation please see HERE)
The NLN will also mark the endpoint of the FENS – CHEN – NeuroLéman Summer School “Neurobiology of psychiatric disorders“.
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
Meeting of the NeuroLeman Network and Doctoral Schools 2024 (NLN’24)
The Annual Meeting of the NeuroLeman Network and Doctoral Schools (NLN’24) tok place at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne on Friday, August 30.
The NLN’24 also marked the endpoint of the FENS – Chen Institute – NeuroLéman Summer School “Monitoring and manipulating the affective state: new perspectives on neurotechnologies and AI tools” and we were very happy to welcome the participants of the summer school in our meeting.
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
Marit Knoop, Mi Xue Tan and Anas Masood (UNIGE) won the awards of the Jean Falk-Vairant Foundation. The NeuroLéman Network Awards went to Stefano Scafa (UNIL) and Lukas van den Heuvel (EPFL). From left to right.
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.
Meeting of the NeuroLeman Network and Doctoral Schools 2023 (NLN’23)
The Annual Meeting of the NeuroLeman Network and Doctoral Schools (NLN’23) took place on September 1 & 2, 2023, this time in the beautiful Villars Alpine Resort in Villars-sur-Ollon. This year’s organizer was Johannes Graeff from the BMI-EPFL.
Awards for the best oral and poster presentations @ NLN 2023
- 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
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.
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.
Meeting of the NeuroLeman Network and Doctoral Schools 2021 (NLN’21)
Program and other details
The 2021 edition of the Meeting of the NeuroLeman Network and Doctoral Schools took place on 7 May 2021, adapting a fully online format due to the Covid pandemics. The meeting program was organized by Claudia Bagni (DNF-UNIL) and Ron Stoop (CNP-CHUV) as PIs, as well as NeuroLeman junior researchers.
The detailed meeting program can be found here, and the abstract book as well as more information under: https://drive.switch.ch/index.php/s/ulyI3dVtYkoJQKS
Awards of the Jean Falk-Vairant Foundation for the best presentation/poster of PhD candidates
The Foundation Jean Falk-Vairant each year attributes two presentation prizes during the meeting. In 2021, the awards went to Karin Bortolin from the Eliez lab and Ali Nourizonoz from the Huber lab in Geneva.
NeuroLéman Network Awards for the best presentations of PhD candidates
The awards for the best oral presentations during the meeting went to Andrea Lopes & Laura Solanelles from the Telly lab in Lausanne, as well as to Alejandro Osorio-Ferero from the Lüthi lab in Lausanne (from left to right).
Annual Meeting of the NeuroLeman Network and Doctoral Schools 2020 (NLN’20)
NeuroUnlocked Apero @ Campus Biotech Geneva
Unfortunately, the NLN’20 had to be cancelled, please join us (given that Covid sanitary measures will permit) for a NeuroUnlocked Apero
When: September 4, 2020 @ 17h
Where: Campus Biotech Geneva
The first half of 2020 has been very challenging for many of us in terms of professional and private life, and whether the end of the year will be less challenging no one really knows … For this reason, we would like to propose a little get-together to you, meeting your colleagues in person instead of on-screen (albeit likely behind a mask), maybe share some thought about the last months and the coming ones over a snack and a beverage …
Plus, we would like to take the opportunity to present you the recipients of local neuroscience awards in 2020, hoping to encourage the NeuroLeman community to work hard, but also to take care of their physical and mental well-being!
1st Annual Meeting of the NeuroLeman Network and Doctoral Schools 2019 (NLN’19)
Program and other details
The NeuroLeman Network and Doctoral Schools Meeting took place on May 2-4, 2019, in Les Diablerets . Photos of the meeting can be found here .
While May 2 will be a day for Lemanic PIs to meet and discuss, May 3 and 4 are dedicated to lectures, encounters, presentations and social activities common for PhD candidates and PIs.
The meeting program on May 3-4 is organized by members of the BMI-EPFL, namely
- as PIs: Kathryn Hess-Bellwald, Gabriele Grenningloh, Carl Petersen & Ralf Schneggenburger and
- as student commitee: Cristina Colangelo, Nathan Riguet, Choung Oh-Hyeon (EPFL)
Program details can be found below; plenary lectures will be given by:
- Michael Hausser (University College London, UK): All-optical interrogation in behaving animals
- Laura Andreae (Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King’s College London, UK): The role of spontaneous neurotransmitter realease during neuronal development
- Kathryn Hess-Bellwald (EPFL): Topological insights in neurocience
- Pavan Ramdya (EPFL): Reverse-engineering drosophila behavior
15 Data Blitz talks by PhD candidates in neuroscience from the Lemanic region wil complete the scientific talk program. The slots are given on a competetive basis once PhD candidates choose the option to present a concise insight into their research when submitting their presentation abstract. The blitz talk should not last longer than 10min (and leaving 3min for questions from the audience).
On Friday evening, all PhD candidates are asked to present their research in a poster session, paralleled by an aperitif with many possibilities to discuss with fellow students and more senior researchers. These discussions can of course be continued at the conference dinner at the Hotel Victoria. All oral and poster presentations will enter the competition for the Jean Falk-Vairant award as every year.
Diablerets2019_CommonProgram.pdf (288 Ko)
The Foundation Jean Falk-Vairant each year attributes two prizes during the meeting, i.e.
– for the best poster or oral presentation in fundamental neuroscience
– for the best best poster or oral presentation in clinical/applied neuroscience
In 2019, the prizes went to Tamara Zehnder (DNF-UNIL) and Janir R. da Cruz (BMI-EPFL). Congratulations!
However, as there were numerous great presentations by PhD candidates, this year’s meeting organizers spontaneously created a second prize, the BMI-EPFL prize
– for the best poster or oral presentation in fundamental neuroscience
– for the best best poster or oral presentation in clinical/applied neuroscience
These ones were attributed to Aiste Baleisyte (BMI-EPFL) and Corrado Sandini (UNIGE). Well done!