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 PublicAmphimax, UNIL Sorge OUVERT À TOUS!!!

  • Bernard THORENSTitle 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 VincentAgora-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 regulationAgora-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
  • NeuroholicsPanagiota 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 LectureAgora-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