Program Overview
Program Overview
| 9th Morning | 10th Morning | 11th Morning |
| Session 4. Cognitive Neuroscience Session 5. Neurorehabilitation |
Session 3. Behavioral Neuroscience | Flash Poster Sessions |
| 9th Afternoon | 10th Afternoon | 11th Afternoon |
| Session 1. Neurodegenerative Diseases | Session 6. Neurotechnology and Neuroimaging | Session 2. Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Session 7. Systems Neuroscience |
IECBS-IECNS 2026 Program (DAY 1)
IECBS-IECNS 2026
Session 4. Cognitive Neuroscience
Session 5. Neurorehabilitation
Date: 9th March 2026 (Monday)
Time: 09:00 (CET, Basel) | 04:00 (EDT, New York) | 16:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CET | Speaker | Title |
| 9:00-9:10 | Assoc. Prof. Carla Masala Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 9:10-9:30 | Assoc. Prof. Carla Masala Invited Speaker |
Correlations between olfactory, gustatory function, and cognitive abilities in different age ranges |
| 9:30-9:50 | Assoc. Prof. Paolo Solla Invited Speaker |
Strategic management of infusional therapies in Parkinson's disease: impact on motor and non-motor symptoms |
| 9:50-10:10 | Dr. Tommaso Ercoli Invited Speaker |
Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Patients Undergoing Advanced Therapies for Parkinson’s Disease Management |
| 10:10-10:25 | Nikol Petrović Selected Speaker |
EEG markers of cognitive load and mental fatigue in university students: a systematic review |
| 10:25-10:40 | Kathrin Mertel Selected Speaker |
Can Music Training Enhance/Affect Working Memory and Speech-in-Noise Perception in Cochlear Implant Users? A Randomized Controlled Study of EEG Measures of Improvement |
| 10:40-10:50 | Prof. Dr. Rocco Salvatore Calabrò Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 10:50-11:10 | Prof. Dr. Alon Kalron Invited Speaker |
Advanced technologies to improve neurorehabilitation outcomes |
| 11:10-11:30 | Dr. Irene Giovanna Aprile Invited Speaker |
Upper limb rehabilitation: motor and cognitive outcomes |
| 11:30-11:45 | Paula da Cruz Peniche Selected Speaker |
Telehealth intervention involving the HEARTS Technical Package and the additional use of an activity monitor to increase physical activity level post-stroke: a feasibility randomized controlled trial |
IECBS-IECNS 2026
Session 1. Neurodegenerative Diseases
Date: 9th March 2026 (Monday)
Time: 14:00 (CET, Basel) | 09:00 (EDT, New York) | 21:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CET | Speaker | Title |
| 14:00-14:10 | Dr. Grażyna Lietzau Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 14:10-14:25 | Alan Michael Palmer Selected Speaker |
The Cerebrocortical Disconnection Hypothesis: Reframing Alzheimer's Treatment Strategy |
| 14:25-14:40 | Mayuri Nitin Bhosale Selected Speaker |
Bleomycin hydrolase deficiency and Homocysteine metabolism promote ER Stress, UPR dysregulation and apoptosis in the mouse neuroblastoma N2a-APPSwe cells |
| 14:40-14:55 | Łukasz Mencel Selected Speaker |
Dysregulation of amyloid-β precursor protein processing by treatment with Hcy, Hcy-thiolactone, N-Hcy-proteins and deficiency of bleomycin hydrolase in mouse neuroblastoma N2a-APPswe cells |
| 14:55-15:15 | Professor Jarosław Sławek Invited Speaker |
Many faces of Parkinson's Disease with special focus on interplay between dementia and dysautonomia |
| 15:15-15:30 | Sonia Di Tella Selected Speaker |
Social Cognition impairments in Huntington’s Disease progression |
| 15:30-15:45 | Carlos Domínguez-Vargas Selected Speaker |
Impact of Genetic Modifiers on Clinical Severity and Neurodegeneration in Huntington Disease |
| 15:45-16:00 | Chiara Scopa Selected Speaker |
Neurodegeneration and Transposable Element–Driven Immune Responses in C9orf72-ALS/FTD |
IECBS-IECNS 2026 Program (DAY 2)
IECBS-IECNS 2026
Session 3. Behavioral Neuroscience
Date: 10th March 2026 (Tuesday)
Time: 08:00 (CET, Basel) | 03:00 (EDT, New York) | 15:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CET | Speaker | Title |
| 8:00-8:10 | Assoc. Prof. Woon-Man Kung Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 8:10-8:30 | Dr. Nizhuan Wang Invited Speaker |
Single-Channel EEG-Based Brain-Computer Interfaces: Current Landscape and Future Directions |
| 8:30-8:45 | Paula Denisa Saragea Selected Speaker |
The Importance of Behavioral Phenotyping in Evaluating Multitarget Phytochemicals in the 5xFAD Model of Alzheimer’s Disease |
| 8:45-9:00 | ELEFTHERIA TAOUSANI Selected Speaker |
Neurobiology of early mother–infant bonding, the role of oxytocin and favorable midwifery practices |
| 9:00-9:15 | Abdelwahab Elshourbagy Selected Speaker |
Remote evaluation of stereotypy in hypokinetic catatonia with the Timed Stereotypies Rating Scale |
| 9:15-9:30 | Maryam Behjat Selected Speaker |
The role of Prostaglandin E2 in alcohol-related inflammation in Drosophila melanogaster |
| 9:30-9:45 | Amanda Gollo Bertollo Selected Speaker |
Intergenerational effects of childhood stress on depressive-like behaviors and function of glucocorticoids in the Nucleus Accumbens: therapeutic potential of Centella asiatica |
IECBS-IECNS 2026
Session 6. Neurotechnology and Neuroimaging
Date: 10th March 2026 (Tuesday)
Time: 14:00 (CET, Basel) | 09:00 (EDT, New York) | 21:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CET | Speaker | Title |
| 14:00-14:10 | Dr. James Robert Brasic Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 14:10-14:30 | Dr. James Robert Brasic Invited Speaker |
In vivo measurement of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 in humans with fragile X syndrome and idiopathic autism spectrum disorder |
| 14:30-14:45 | Xuanling Chen Selected Speaker |
Pulsed arterial spin labeling MRI insights: Sevoflurane's effects on moyamoya disease and cerebral ischemia |
| 14:45-15:00 | Daiki Matsuda Selected Speaker |
Learning-Dependent Modulation of Corticospinal Excitability During TMS-Based Neurofeedback |
| 15:00-15:30 | Prof. Dr. Neera Ghaziuddin Keynote Speaker |
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT): a life-saving treatment |
| 15:30-15:45 | Ismat Almadani Selected Speaker |
Protocol for Thalamocortical Functional Connectivity and Loss of Consciousness Investigation in Children with Epilepsy Using Stereo-EEG Data |
IECBS-IECNS 2026 Program (DAY 3)
IECBS-IECNS 2026
Flash Poster Session
Date: 11th March 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 09:00 (CET, Basel) | 04:00 (EDT, New York) | 16:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CET | Poster Presenter | Title |
| Session 1 | ||
| 9:00-9:05 | Maja Wojasiewicz | Homocysteine and homocysteine thiolactone contribute to Alzheimer's disease via TAU modifications in N2A-APPswe cells |
| 9:05-9:10 | Javiera Vicuña | Plants with antioxidant potential in the ancestral knowledge of the Mapuche people in Chile: natural alternatives for neurodegenerative diseases |
| 9:10-9:15 | Jose Joaquin Merino | Is there any relationship between mercury from dental amalgams and Alzheimer's disease?: Role of mercury and peripheral CCL2 chemokines as biomarker of disease progression |
| 9:15-9:20 | Loredana Maria Agavriloaei | Toward Reproducibility in Preclinical Alzheimer’s Research: The Case for Standardizing Aβ1-42-Induced Rodent Models |
| 9:20-9:25 | Ephraim Chidi Ezeigbo | Proteomic Profiling Reveals Systemic Effects of Peripheral mHtt Expression in Huntington’s Disease |
| 9:25-9:30 | Paula Barciela Álvarez | Targeting Neurotrophin Regulation by Polyphenols: Mechanistic Basis for Cognitive Resilience |
| 9:30-9:35 | Ansab Akhtar | IMPROVEMENT OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS BY INDIRUBIN-3′-OXIME THROUGH GSK-3β- AND CDK-MEDIATED TAU HYPERPHOSPHORYLATION INHIBITION IN A RAT MODEL OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE |
| Session 2 | ||
| 9:35-9:40 | Lucas Brandalise | Metal-dependent neural protection by HP-derived coordination compounds against mitochondrial dysfunction in glial cells |
| 9:40-9:45 | Carlos Domínguez-Vargas | Genome-Wide Variant Associations and Biological Pathways in Postherpetic Neuralgia |
| Session 3 | ||
| 9:45-9:50 | Abdelwahab Elshourbagy | Feasibility of identifying catatonia using the Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale via remote motor assessments |
| Session 4 | ||
| 9:50-9:55 | Ilenia Pinna | Long COVID-19 effects on the olfactory, gustatory, and cognitive functions |
| 9:55-10:00 | Grigorii Vyacheslavovich Iskarevskii | The impact of age and sports experience on balance control: physiological and cognitive insights |
| 10:00-10:05 | Anna Mikhailovna Beknazarova | Acute physical exercise enhances semantic memory processing speed: evidence from a reaction-time lexical decision task |
| 10:05-10:10 | Elizaveta Kozhevnikova | Psychophysiological Correlates of Geometric Visual Illusions: A Comparative Study of the Ponzo and Müller-Lyer Effects. |
| 10:10-10:15 | Yingying Wang | Cognitive Neurological Mechanisms and Causal Analysis of Brain-to-Brain Synchronization Between Teachers and Students |
| 10:15-10:20 | Xinbi Zhang | Effects of Different Stress States on Athletes’ Cognitive Function and the Underlying Neural Mechanisms |
| 10:20-10:25 | Olena Gennadiivna Aliyeva |
CONCOMITANCE OF ENDOTHELIUM DISORDERS IN THE BRAIN AND HEART VESSELS IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE |
| 10:25-10:30 | Nadejda Bocheva |
Neuronal similarity in perceiving illusory and real rotation directional flips |
| Session 5 | ||
| 10:30-10:35 | Victoria Kuvaeva | Assessment of knee muscle performance in para-athletes with unilateral transtibial amputation |
| Session 6 | ||
| 10:35-10:40 | Moses O. Sokunbi | Normative Convolutional Neural Network Modelling of Structural MRI for Personalised Neuroimaging |
| Session 7 | ||
| 10:40-10:45 | Margarita Nikulina | SENSORIMOTOR ADAPTATION IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL COGNITIVE STYLE |
IECBS-IECNS 2026
Session 2. Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Session 7. Systems Neuroscience
Date: 11th March 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 14:00 (CET, Basel) | 09:00 (EDT, New York) | 21:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CET | Speaker | Title |
| 14:00-14:10 | Dr. Keehoon Lee Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 14:10-14:40 | Prof. Dr. Matthew Huentelman Keynote Speaker |
MindCrowd and the Mobile Laboratory: scalable and inclusive approaches for the study of the aging brain |
| 14:40-14:55 | Ávila Guerrero Antonio Selected Speaker |
Quercetin suppresses mRNA Expression of Fto and the TNF-α/NF-κB/NLRP3 Inflammasome Pathway in Hypothalamus of Diet-Induced Obese Rats |
| 14:55-15:10 | Sheila Sousa Gomes Fortes Selected Speaker |
Modeling the blood–brain barrier under neuroinflammation using a BBB-on-a-Chip |
| 15:10-15:25 | Bikri Samir Selected Speaker |
A 100-Day Study of Biochemical, Behavioral, and Cognitive Changes Associated with Hippocampal and Prefrontal Cortex Alterations in Experimental Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes |
| 15:25-15:40 | Mariia Zhukova Selected Speaker |
Response of microglia and neural cells in the ICR mouse brain to experimental reserpine therapy due to traumatic brain injury |
| 15:40-15:55 | Alexandra-Mara Cimpanu Selected Speaker |
Targeting Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease with a Nicotinic Metabolite: Insights from the 5xFAD Mouse Model |
| 15:55-16:05 | Dr. Vasileios Papaliagkas Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 16:05-16:25 | Prof. Dr. Antoine Nonclercq Invited Speaker |
Vagus Nerve Activity as a Biomarker for Seizures: Insights from 3D Modelling |
| 16:25-16:40 | Mousa Javidialsaadi Selected Speaker |
Task-dependent modulation of aftereffects during visuomotor adaptation |
| 16:40-16:55 | Vsevolod Lyakhovetskii Selected Speaker |
WM/GM ratio of mammalian spinal cord: insights from African hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris) |