Scientific Events

Berlin Neuroscience Meeting (BNM) 2026

The BNM was initiated in 2016 with the inaugural conference of the Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin. It took place for the first time in October 2017.
Organized jointly by NeuroCure and the Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin, the meeting brings together neuroscientists from all career stages to present their latest research. Over the years, it has become an annual event for Berlin's neuroscience community.
The BNM also gives students the opportunity to connect with Berlin's neuroscience researchers and internationally renowned scientists.

This year, the BNM takes place on October8and9, 2026 at the Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus.

Registration

 

Chairs of the Meeting
Christine Heim, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Hanna Hörnberg, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association
Christian Rosenmund, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Susanne Wegmann, Deutsche Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE)

ECR Chairs:
Tobias Pohl, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association
Renata Ponce, Deutsche Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE)
Yuliya Kovalchuk, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Astghik Abrahamyan, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Speakers // Keynotes
Camilla Bellone, Geneva University Neurocenter, Switzerland
Andrew H. Miller, Emory University School of Medicine, USA
Mahmoud Maina, University of Sussex, UK I Maina Lab at Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre (BioRTC) at Yobe State University, Nigeria
Christopher Ford, University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA

Talks
Talks for the panel sessions and poster presentations will be selected from the list of registered participants.

Dates and Deadlines
The Berlin Neuroscience Meeting is free of charge. Please register until May 29, 2026 if you want to give a talk. Selected speakers will be informed until the end of June.

Preliminary Program

Keynotes

October, 8

10:45-11:30 Keynote I Andrew Miller 
14:30-15:15 Keynote II Mahmoud Bukar Maina 
   

October, 9

11:45-12:30 Keynote III Camilla Bellone
15:30-16:15 Keynote IV Christopher Ford

Regular scientific events

ReproducibiliTeach: Strategies to make your research more transparent, robust & reproducible

Participants in the hands-on ReproducibiliTeach workshop, offered by the QUEST Center and NeuroCure, will learn to identify common problems that affect transparency and reproducibility, and how to implement better practices in their own research.

This course follows a flipped classroom principle. Participants are required to watch a recorded lecture focussed on common practices for more transparent and reproducible alternatives prior to the workshops.

In these lectures, they learn the theoretical background and skills needed to apply these concepts to their own research. During the workshops, participants ask questions, apply concepts to their own research, learn from others’ experiences and receive feedback from instructors and classmates. Instructors will provide support and guidance.

Upon completion of the course, participants will have implemented practices to make their research more transparent and reproducible, and will have shared their knowledge with others in their research group.

For more information, click here.

You can register here.

No Data Without... Excellence: A Coffee Lecture Series

The Coffee Lecture Series explored the essentials of research data management and its role in driving excellence in science. Under the theme "No Data Without... Excellence", this series addressed key topics such as research integrity, FAIR principles, persistent identifiers, electronic lab notebooks, and more.

 



This series was organized by MATH+Matters of ActivityUniSysCat and NeuroCure, bringing together expertise from leading clusters of excellence.

From mid-January 2025, the series featured weekly 10-minute presentations followed by questions and discussions, all held online via Zoom.

Past events can be found in the event calendar.

These sessions offered a chance to relax with a cup of coffee and engage in stimulating discussions on research data management. Each provided valuable insights from experts, practical tips for researchers, and thought-provoking discussions.

 

Berlin Neuroscience Meeting

The Berlin Neuroscience Meeting is an annual networking event organized by NeuroCure and the Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin. It aims to bring together neuroscientists from the local community and international guests, provide a platform to present their latest research, and foster interactions and collaborations between neuroscientists of all career levels. To allow sufficient time for exchange, scientific talks and poster sessions are followed by an informal get-together with drinks and snacks.

The Berlin Neuroscience Meeting takes place in October. Please check the event calendar for details!


Berlin Neuroscience Meeting 2023 at GLS Campus.

Past Meetings

Members' Assembly

The NeuroCure Members’ Assembly is an annual meeting in which all members come together to exchange ideas and discuss current and future research projects.

 

Members' Assembly 2025 at GLS Campus

Members' Assembly 2022 at Humboldtlabor I Dietmar Schmitz & Thomas Südhof

 

Members' Assembly 2021 at KFH I Speeddating 

      Members' Assembly 2020 at Cabuwazi

Career Lunch Talks

The Career Lunch Talk series offers first-hand knowledge from professionals in a variety of fields. It is hosted approximately once a month on the Berlin Neuroscience Network. Speakers are primarily alumnae and alumni from the Berlin neuroscience community who give an overview of their career paths, share insights from their professional experiences, and are available for questions in a low-threshold environment. Check events to find out when the next session takes place.

How to Join:

The Career Lunch Talk series will be hosted in the Berlin Neuroscience Network.

Registration is required the first time you want to join. We suggest  to register a few days in advance as we will be revising all registrations.

Once you are on the welcome page of the Berlin Neuroscience Network, click JOIN NOW (red button on the top) and Register with your email.

If you are a former or current Berlin neuroscientist, you are welcome to register as PhD, Postdoc, Group Leader or Alumni.
If you are not a neuroscientist but want to join the Career Lunch Talk, please register as a Career Lunch Talk participant.
If you have registered before, you can just login and join the Event.
Future events can be found in the event calendar.

Student/Postdoc-run Seminar Series

In 2023, NeuroCure and the Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin established the Student/Postdoc-Run Seminar Series to stimulate interactions within the Berlin neuroscience community on several levels. The series is organized by teams of early career neuroscientists, each team consisting of members from at least three different labs. Teams invite internationally renowned scientists to hold a talk in Berlin. Following the talk, a networking event provides an opportunity to interact with the speaker and other attendees.

2025
2024
2023

Neuroimmunological Colloquium
The Neuroimmunological Colloquium offers scientists, physicians, and students a framework for exchanging ideas on topics related to neuroimmunology. The colloquium takes place mondays 4:30 - 6:00 pm.