DAY 1
Thursday, October 15, 2026
DAY 2
Friday, October 16, 2026
Session I
Advancing Human Neural Models:From Organoids to Physiologically Relevant Systems
Chairpersons:
Justyna Augustyniak (Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland)
Anne Eckert (University of Basel, Psychiatric University Clinics, Basel, Switzerland)
Laura Batlle Morera (Centre for Genomic Regulation, CRG, Barcelona, Spain)
Advancing Human Organoid Models Toward Physiological Relevance: Challenges and Opportunities
(format online)Analityk Genetyka
10x GENOMICS (company) presentation
Spatial Transcriptomics in 3D Neural Models: Mapping Cellular Architecture and Function
Coffee break
Michal K. Stachowiak (University at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA)
Measuring Functional Maturation and Network Activity in Human Neural Models Using MEA
Session II
Glial cells in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases
Chairpersons:
Luiza Stanaszek (Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences,Warsaw, Poland)
Julien Puyal (Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne Switzerland)
Julien Puyal (Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne Switzerland)
Anna Malik (Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland)
SorCS2 deficiency sensitizes astrocytes to amyloid-beta and accelerates Alzheimer’s pathology
SPONSOR presentation
Coffee break
Sujith Sajja (The Geneva Foundation,Bethesda, Maryland, USA)
Glial role in blood brain barrier disruption and pathology of blast induced traumatic brain injury
Amit Srivastava (Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA)
Coagulation Factor-Dependent Glial Dysfunction in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Young investigator presentation
Session III
Novel aspects of calcium signaling in the Central Nervous System
Chairpersons:
Maria Kawalec (Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences,Warsaw, Poland)
Anna Boratyńska-Jasińska (Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences,Warsaw, Poland)
Francesco Moccia Department of Medicine and Health Sciences University of Molise, Campobasso,Italy)
SPONSOR presentation
Coffee break
Young investigator presentation
Lunch and Poster session
Session IV
Neurodegenerative and Neuromuscular Diseases:
From Molecular Mechanisms to Pathophysiology
Chairpersons:
Dorota Golabek (Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences,Warsaw, Poland)
Katarzyna Kaczynska (Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences,Warsaw, Poland)
Silvia V. Conde (NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal)
Maternal Metabolic Dysfunction: Unraveling the Mechanisms Driving Offspring Neurobehavioral Alterations
Pawel Grieb (Farmacology Department Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland)
Streptozotocin model of Alzheimer's disease: source of artifacts or food for thought?
Sponsor presentation
Young investigator presentation
Closing Ceremony
