Find FENS community members at MNS 2025
26 May 2025
FENS News, Neuroscience News
From 7-11 June 2025, the Mediterranean Neuroscience Society (MNS) will host its 10th MNS Conference (MSN 2025) in Chania, Crete, Greece. With a programme comprising 63 symposia, 3 poster sessions,7 special events, 4 keynote lectures, and much more, this event offers international neuroscientists a unique opportunity to share insights from their research and broaden their network while exploring state-of-the-art Mediterranean brain science.
Those planning to attend MNS 2025 are invited to explore the programme below, which lists all the activities where members of the FENS community will be present as speakers, panelists, or organisers.
Throughout the Conference, you are also invited to visit the FENS booth, where you’ll have the chance to learn more about FENS activities and speak with Yoland Smith, Co-Editor-in-Chief of EJN – The European Journal of Neuroscience.
If you haven’t registered for the Conference yet, you may do so here.
Saturday, 7 June 2025
14:30 – 17:30 / Keynote Lecture: How to Make a Hippocampus
- Speaker: Shubha Tole, IBRO President-Elect, ALBA Advisor
17:30 – 19:00 / ALBA Network-IBRO Keynote: Building Resilience to Sustain EDI Efforts in Neuroscience
- Join representatives from the ALBA Network and the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) to learn more about the current challenges in sustaining equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) efforts in neuroscience and what can be done to avoid EDI ‘burn-out.’ This session features speeches from:
- Carmen Sandi, ALBA Founder & Chair of Council of Partners, Former FENS President
- Francesca Cirulli, ALBA Network Chair, Former FENS Treasurer
- Shubha Tole, IBRO President-Elect, ALBA Advisor
- Find out more here.
Sunday, 8 June 2025
9:00-10:45 / Symposium 1: Perinatal Psychiatry Meets Immunology: From Mechanisms to Therapeutic Frontiers
- Featuring speeches by:
- Francesca Cirulli, ALBA Network Chair and Former FENS Treasurer: “Differential embedding of psychological and metabolic stressors experienced during prenatal life in male and female offspring”.
- Aniko Korosi, FENS Treasurer: “Role of maternal milk in the intergenerational transmission of maternal stress to her offspring”
13:00-14:00 / Meet the Editor of EJN
- Stop by the FENS booth to meet with Yoland Smith, Co-Editor-in-Chief of EJN – The European Journal of Neuroscience.
14:00-15:00 / Special Event 1: Navigating Stress, Gender, and Cultural Diversities: Building Inclusive Careers in Neuroscience
- Featuring speeches by:
- Christina Dalla, Chair of the FENS Communications Committee: “Opening Perspectives on Gender Disparities in Stress Research and the Mediterranean Neuroscience Community”
- Carmen Sandi, ALBA Founder & Chair of Council of Partners, Former FENS President: “Promoting Diversity and Global Collaboration in Neuroscience: Lessons from Major International Initiatives”
- Francesca Cirulli, ALBA Network Chair & Former FENS Treasurer: “Gender Equity and Stress Research: Bridging Science and Advocacy in Europe”
- Featuring a speech by Domna Karagogeos, Member of the FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training (CHET), on the topic: “Cortical Interneurons: Novel Intracellular Mediators of Axonal Outgrowth and Migration”.
Monday, 9 June 2025
11:15-13:00 / Symposium 29: More than Neurons: Key Roles of Glial Cells in CNS and PNS
- Featuring a speech by Cristina Limatola, Member of the FENS Committee on Animals in Research (CARE), on the topic: “Glial cells at the crossroad of gut-to-brain communication”.
13:00-13:30 / Meet the Editor of EJN
- Stop by the FENS booth to meet with Yoland Smith, Co-Editor-in-Chief of EJN – The European Journal of Neuroscience.
14:00-15:00 / Special Event 7: European Journal of Neuroscience Workshop
- Join this session to hear from Co-Editor-in-Chief Yoland Smith about the preparation and review of manuscripts submitted for review to EJN – The European Journal of Neuroscience.
- Find out more here.
- Chair and Session Speaker: Christina Dalla, Chair of the FENS Communications Committee
15:00-16:45 / Symposium 35: Mitochondrial Homeostasis in Neuronal Physiology
- Featuring a speech by Ana Joao Rodrigues, Member of the FENS Committee for Higher Education and Training (CHET), on the topic: “Appetitive and Aversive Stimuli Alter Mitochondrial Dynamics in the Nucleus Accumbens”.
Tuesday, 10 June 2025
13:00-14:00 / Meet the Editor of EJN
- Stop by the FENS booth to meet with Yoland Smith, Co-Editor-in-Chief of EJN – The European Journal of Neuroscience.
15:00-16:45 / Symposium 48: Sex Differences in Effects of Environmental Factors on Indices of Addiction and Mental Health
- Featuring a speech by Christina Dalla, Chair of the FENS Communications Committee, on the topic: “Sex differences in stress response and neuro-estrogens: insights from animal models”.
17:15-18:15 / Keynote Lecture 4: How Dendrites Empower Biological and Artificial Brains
- Join this session to hear from FENS Secretary General Panayiota Poirazi how dendrites contribute to biological and artificial intelligence and the important role they play in problem-solving.
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Featuring a speech by Mara Dierssen, Chair of the FENS Forum Host Society Committee, on the topic: “Neuroplasticity as a Therapeutic Target for Intellectual Disability in Down Syndrome and Fragile X Syndrome”.
11:15-13:00 / Symposium 58: Challenges and Opportunities in Neuroscience in the Mediterranean Area – Career Development Round Table
- Panelist: Shubha Tole, IBRO President-Elect, ALBA Advisor