Moderator – Armelle Rancillac 

Armelle Rancillac completed her PhD in Neuroscience in 2003 at Paris VI, where she conducted research in F. Crépel’s lab, focusing on synaptic plasticity using patch-clamp recordings on cerebellar slices in mice. Her doctoral work first described different forms of synaptic plasticity between stellate cells and parallel fibers. Currently, Armelle Rancillac is engaged in research as part of Rouach’s team at the Collège de France. Her current focus is on investigating the contribution of neuron-glia communication to the regulation of NREM sleep in the VLPO of mice. Through her ongoing work, she aims to deepen our understanding of the mechanisms underlying sleep regulation and the role of glial cells in this process. 

 Speaker – Christina Dalla 

Dr Christina Dalla is an Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, past-President of the Hellenic Society for Neurosciences and President-elect of the Mediterranean Neuroscience Society. She is also a member of the board of directors of the European Brain Foundation, Section Editor for the European Journal of Neuroscience, a member of the FENS Communication Committee and a member of the ECNP Educational Committee. Her work focuses on sex differences in animal models of depression and novel pharmacological treatments.  

 Speaker – Roman Stilling 

Roman Stilling studied life sciences at the University of Münster and neurosciences at the International Max-Planck Research School in Göttingen, Germany. He received his PhD in 2013 at the European Neuroscience Institute in Göttingen. From 2013 to 2016, he worked on microbiome-brain interaction as a postdoc at the APC Microbiome Institute in Cork, Ireland. Since September 2016, Dr Roman Stilling has been working for the information initiative „Tierversuche verstehen“ (understanding animal research), which is coordinated by the Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany.