The conference will be held in English, except for the Public Lecture and the Jacques Benoit Lecture, which will be in French.
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
16h-18h00. Accueil des participants et Inscriptions – Amphimax, UNIL Sorge
18h00-19h00. Conférence Grand Public – Amphimax, UNIL Sorge OUVERT À TOUS!!!
- Bernard THORENS – Title to be announced
19h00-20h30. Apéritif dinatoire “Bienvenue en Suisse” – Amphimax, UNIL Sorge
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
8:00 AM – 8:45 AM Participant Registration – Agora-Atrium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM Opening Ceremony – Agora-Auditorium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Symposium 1. Body-Brain Interoceptive Mechanisms Regulating Feeding and Energy Homeostasis – Agora-Auditorium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
- Amandine Gautier-Stein (France, Lyon)- Deciphering the gut-brain pathway induced by intestinal gluconeogenesis
- Virginie Mansuy-Aubert (Suisse, Lausanne) – The Role of SCFAs and Neural Pathways in Energy Balance and Metabolic Health
- Jean-Philippe Krieger (Suisse, Zurich) – The vagal gut-brain axis links food intake with anxiety states: insights from rodents and humans
- Giuseppe Gangarossa (France, Paris) – The gut-brain vagal axis governs natural and recreational rewards by gating dopamine dynamics
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Coffee Break – Agora-Atrium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Coffee Break – Agora-Atrium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Flash Talks – Agora-Auditorium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
12:30 PM – 1:15 PM Lunch – Agora-Atrium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
1:15 PM – 2:45 PM Poster Session 1 (Even Numbers) – Agora-Atrium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM Tribute to JD Vincent – Agora-Auditorium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Oral Presentations Session 1 – Agora-Auditorium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM Activities – Lausanne and Surroundings
Thursday, October 9, 2025
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Participant Registration – Agora-Atrium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
9h-11h. Symposium 2. Molecular mechanisms of neuroendocrine secretion – Agora-Auditoire, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
Sponsored by the Exocytosis-Endocytosis Club
- Aurélien Roux (Suisse, Genève) – Mechanisms of membrane remodelling by ESCRT-III
- Emeline Tanguy (France, Strasbourg) – Deciphering the multiple functions of membrane phospholipid species in neurosecretion
- Maité Montero (France, Rouen) – Chromogranin A, a central multifaceted protein controlling neuroendocrine secretion
- Fanny Langlet (Suisse, Lausanne) – Tanycyte-derived extracellular vesicles: from molecular mechanisms to the control of energy balance
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Coffee Break – Agora-Atrium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Jacques Benoit Lecture – Agora-Auditorium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
- Yves Tillet – Contrôle neuroendocrinien de la reproduction : ce qu’un mouton nous dit
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch – Agora-Atrium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Poster Session 2 (Odd Numbers) – Agora-Atrium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM SNE Assembly – Agora-Auditorium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
16h00-18h00. Symposium Jeunes Chercheurs. Non neuronal cells and Neuroendocrine regulation – Agora-Auditoire, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
- Sreekala Nampouthiri (France, Lille) – Sexually dimorphic immune-competence of tanycytes
- Evagelia Kyriakidou (France, Bordeaux) – Microglial mTORC1 regulates metabolic adaptation to calorie surfeit in a sex-dependent manner
- Elena Garcia Calve (Allemagne, Munich) – Astrocytes & Insulin: A new player in liver metabolic control
- Neuroholics – Panagiota Nti Konstantzo & Eleftheria Varmazi (Greece) – Engaging storytelling for effective neuroscience communication
Friday, October 10, 2025
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Participant Registration – Agora-Atrium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Symposium 4. Oxytocin as a Regulator of Physiological Functions – An Integrative Vision – Agora-Auditorium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
- Alexandre Charlet (France, Strasbourg) – Oxytocin shapes astrocytes to control the stress response
- Julie Buron (Suisse, Lausanne) – The oxytocin-modulated neuronal circuit that amplifies cardiorespiratory coupling: implication for recovery from stress
- Stephanie Schimmer (Allemagne, Mannheim)- Oxytocin facilitates social behavior of female rats via selective modulation of interneurons in the medial prefrontal cortex.
- Ron Stoop (Suisse, Lausanne) – Oxytocin recruits “buffer” neurons in the central amygdala to induce a social buffering of fear memory.
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Coffee Break – Agora-Atrium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM SNE Awards Lecture – Agora-Auditorium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch – Agora-Atrium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Oral Presentations Session 2 – Agora-Auditorium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Coffee Break – Agora-Atrium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Symposium 5. Genetics and Epigenetics in Neuroendocrinology 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Flash Talks – Agora-Auditorium, UNIL/CHUV Bugnon
- Katharina Gapp (Suisse, Zurich) – Epigenetic Inheritance of Stress Responses: Implications for Neuroendocrine Disorders
- Ali Seifinejad (Suisse, Lausanne) – Epigenetic silencing of hypothalamic neuropeptides in narcolepsy
- Nelly Pitteloud (Suisse, Lausanne) – Genetics of GnRH deficiency
- Giles Yeo (Royaume-Uni, Cambridge) – Mapping the appetite circuitry in the human brain
6:00 PM – 1:00 AM Gala Dinner, Award Ceremony, and Closing Event – Olympic Museum