Recap Berlin Neuroscience Meeting 2025

The Berlin Neuroscience Meeting 2025, held on October 16 and 17 at the GLS Campus Berlin, offered researchers and students an important platform to present and discuss the latest findings in neuroscience from Berlin and beyond. The meeting was attended by over 200 guests, with attendance remaining consistently high throughout the entire event.

The program featured several notable Einstein Lectures, including John F. Cryan’s talk on the microbiome’s influence on brain and behavior, Laura Manuelidis’ insights into prion proteins and innate immunity, Hermona Soreq’s presentation on the role of tRNA fragments in neurodegeneration, and Maciej Wojtkowski’s advances in non-invasive retinal imaging.

Scientific sessions covered a wide range of topics such as neuroimmunology, molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration, synaptic plasticity, the challenges of big data in neuroimaging, and gene therapy approaches. Diverse contributions from both established and early-career researchers provided a well-rounded view of current neuroscience research.

Poster sessions on both days allowed many researchers, especially early career scientists, to present their work and engage in in-depth discussions. On Friday, poster prizes were awarded to the best contributions, and congratulations go to all the winners. Informal meetings during breaks and evening social events facilitated networking and collaboration within the neuroscience community.

The Berlin Neuroscience Meeting 2025 demonstrated the ongoing vitality and interdisciplinary nature of neuroscience research in Berlin.

Looking ahead, the next Berlin Neuroscience Meeting will take place on October 8 and 9, 2026, at the Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, continuing the tradition of fostering collaborative scientific exchange.

This upcoming event promises to bring the community together again to share new findings and advance the field further.

Conference Chairs

Panel Chairs

Amrit Kashyap | Charité ‒ Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Linda Kokwaro | Charité ‒ Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Fiona O'Donovan | Charité ‒ Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Stefania Polzin | German Institute for Human Nutrition (DIfE), Potsdam

Speakers

Frauke Ackermann | German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin
Sarah Ayash | Charité ‒ Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Adel Ben-Kraiem | Helmholtz Center Munich
Akshita Chhabra | German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin
John F. Cryan | University College Cork, Ireland
Xinyue Cui | Charité ‒ Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Maria Geesdorf | Charité ‒ Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Antje Grosche | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
Christian Hoffmann | German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin
Amrit Kashyap | Charité ‒ Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Julian Keil | Charité ‒ Universitätsmedizin Berlin; University of Potsdam
Beatrix Keweloh | German Institute for Human Nutrition (DIfE), Potsdam
Stefania Polzin | German Institute for Human Nutrition (DIfE), Potsdam
Sandra Martin | Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
Laura Manuelidis | Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Janice Ngiam | Charité ‒ Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Fiona O'Donovan | Charité ‒ Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Momsen Reincke | Charité ‒ Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Omar Angelo Ibrahim | Charité ‒ Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Marion Weber-Boyvat | Charité ‒ Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Stefan Sigrist | Freie Universität Berlin
Agata Witkowske | Leibniz Research Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP), Berlin
Rhonda Voskuhl | University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
Hermona Soreq | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Maciej Wojtkowski | International Center for Translational Eye Research (ICTER), Warsaw, Poland