September 2025 - June 2026
Description: With the Neuroscience lecture series the Institute of Physiology and Center for experimental Neurology foster qualitative scientific interactions with renowned national and international guest speakers. Scientific talks present state-of-the-art research and newest discoveries in cognitive, systems and computational neuroscience as well as neuro-engineering. Lectures are typically preceded or followed by a visit of the facilities and a round-table with the students. The Neuroscience lecture series builds upon previous seminar series at the Institute of Physiology, University of Bern and at the Department of Neurology, Inselspital University Hospital Bern.
Credits: 2 ECTS points. For credits, students must attend at least 80 % of the lectures and pass an exam based on lectures and materials provided by the speakers. Exam include multiple choice questions provided by speakers and lecture contents, and are schedule by the end of the second semester.
Registration for credits: by e-mail to administration.zen@insel.ch, please indicate full name, PhD-program and supervisor Organ.
Venue: Lectures are typically scheduled on Fridays 12.00-13.00 at one of our venues (see below) except when specified otherwise (*), for example in the context of a PhD defense.
Organisers/chairs: Prof. Antoine Adamantidis, PhD; Prof. Stéphane Ciocchi, PhD; PD Carolina Gutierrez Herrera, PhD; e-mail to administration.zen@insel.ch for questions.
The Neuroscience Lecture Series
| Author: | Prof. Robbert Havekes, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen |
| Title: | Restoring access to memories thought-to-be lost in the sleep-deprived brain |
| Location: | Lecture room INO B 118 |
| Fri 17. October 2025 12:00 |
The Neuroscience Lecture Series
| Author: | Prof. Ana Luisa Carvalho, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra (PT) |
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| Location: | Lecture room INO B 118 |
| Fri 31. October 2025 12:00 |
The Neuroscience Lecture Series
| Author: | Dr. Everton Agnes, Biozentrum, University of Basel (CH) |
| Title: | Excitatory inhibitory balance at the dendrite: A mechanism for context-dependent associative memory |
| Host: | Dr. Mihai Petrovici |
| Location: | Seminarraum 258 |
| Fri 14. November 2025 12:00 |
The Neuroscience Lecture Series
| Author: | Dr. Stephane Oliet, Astrocytes in health and disease, University of Bordeaux |
| Title: | Contribution astrocytes to NMDAR-dependent synaptic plasticity |
| Host: | Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Nevian |
| Location: | Seminarraum 258 |
| Fri 21. November 2025 12:00 |
The Neuroscience Lecture Series
| Author: | Prof. Valerio Mante, ETH Zürich |
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| Host: | Ass. Prof. Dr. Stéphane Ciocchi |
| Location: | Seminarraum 258 |
| Fri 5. December 2025 12:00 |
The Neuroscience Lecture Series
| Author: | Prof. Gioele La Manno, Brain Mind Institute, EPFL |
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| Location: | Lecture room INO B 118 |
| Fri 13. February 2026 12:00 |
The Neuroscience Lecture Series
| Author: | Arianna Maffei, Stony Brook University |
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| Location: | Lecture room INO B 118 |
| Fri 20. February 2026 12:00 |
The Neuroscience Lecture Series
| Author: | Sabine Krabbe, Sabine Krabbe, Functional Diversity of Neural Circuits,
DNZE (DE) |
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| Location: | Lecture room INO B 118 |
| Fri 27. February 2026 12:00 |
The Neuroscience Lecture Series
| Author: | Prof. Andrea Mouraux, Institute of Neuroscience, Professor at Catholic University of Louvain |
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| Host: | Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Nevian |
| Location: | Seminarraum 258 |
| Fri 13. March 2026 12:00 |
The Neuroscience Lecture Series
| Author: | Prof. Friedhelm Hummel, Brain Mind Institute, EPFL |
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| Location: | Lecture room INO B 118 |
| Fri 27. March 2026 12:00 |
The Neuroscience Lecture Series
| Author: | Thomas Andrillon, Paris Brain Institute, INSERM |
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| Location: | Lecture room INO B 118 |
| Fri 24. April 2026 12:00 |
The Neuroscience Lecture Series
| Author: | Prof. Philipp Tovote, Kliniklinikum Würzburg |
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| Host: | Ass. Prof. Dr. Stéphane Ciocchi |
| Location: | Seminarraum 258 |
| Fri 8. May 2026 12:00 |
The Neuroscience Lecture Series
| Author: | Prof. Nora Abrous, Bordeaux Neurocampus, INSERM |
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| Location: | Lecture room INO B 118 |
| Fri 15. May 2026 12:00 |
The Neuroscience Lecture Series
| Author: | Prof. Jasmin Hefendehl, Goethe Universität Frankfurt |
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| Location: | Seminarraum 258 |
| Fri 22. May 2026 12:00 |
The Neuroscience Lecture Series
| Author: | Tommaso Fellin, Italian Institute of Technology (IT) |
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| Location: | Lecture room INO B 118 |
| Fri 5. June 2026 12:00 |
The Neuroscience Lecture Series Test
Multiple-choice test
| Location: | Lecture room INO B 118 |
| Fri 26. June 2026 12:00 |
