Neuroscience Day 2026 program
Program
Thursday, May 7, 2026 | Skåne University Hospital Aula in Lund (Entrégatan 7)
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:45 – 9:00 | Name badge collection |
| 9:00 – 9:10 | Introduction by Martin Garwicz |
| 9:10 – 9:50 | Precision Prevention and Combination Therapies for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Prof. Miia Kivipelto (Karolinska Institutet) Chair: Niklas Mattsson-Carlgren |
| 9:50 – 10:20 | Coffee break |
| 10:20 – 11:00 | Next challenges in blood biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease Laia Montoliu-Gaya (University of Gothenburg) Chair: Merab Kokaia |
| 11:05 – 11:45 | Modelling and measuring behavioral-neural dynamics with AI Mackenzie Mathis (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Chair: Martin Garwicz |
| 11:45 – 13:40 | Combined lunch and poster session |
| 13:40 - 14:20 | How can we make neuroscience research more trustworthy and useful? Prof. Gustav Nilsonne (Karolinska Institutet) Chair: Alexander Santillo |
| 14:20 – 15:20 | Meet the Speakers with refreshments |
| 15:20 – 15:30 | Announcements of awards |
| 15:30 – 16:30 | 2026 Segerfalk Lecture Lowering huntingtin for clinical benefit in Huntington’s disease Prof. Gillian Bates (University College London) Chair: Åsa Petersén |
Neuroscience Day 2026 organizing committee:
Martin Garwicz | Christine Ekdahl Clementson | Merab Kokaia | Niklas Mattsson-Carlgren | Johan Mårtensson | Malin Parmar | Åsa Petersén | Daniella Rylander Ottosson | Megg Garcia-Ryde (administrative coordinator)
Neuroscience Day is sponsored by The Thorsten and Elsa Segerfalk Foundation.