Neuroscience Day
Neuroscience Day 2026
The next Neuroscience Day will be held on Thursday, May 7, 2026 in the Skåne University Hospital Aula in Lund (Entrégatan 7).
Registration is now OPEN: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/Phe0hJNz7k. The last day to register is Wednesday, April 15.
Program
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 8:45 – 9:00 | Registration and name badge collection |
| 9:00 – 9:10 | Introduction by Martin Garwicz |
| 9:10 – 9:50 | TBA 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 Dr. Laia Montoliu-Gaya (University of Gothenburg) Chair: Merab Kokaia |
| 11:05 – 11:45 | Modelling and measuring behavioral-neural dynamics with AI Prof. 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? Assoc. 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.
About Neuroscience Day
Neuroscience Day in Lund is an annual event that brings together both researchers and research students from the Lund-Malmö-Copenhagen area to foster interaction in an informal setting. Neuroscience Day concludes with the prestigious Segerfalk Lecture.
To learn more about Neuroscience Day, please watch the video above created by Martino Avallone, Per Ludvik Brattås, and Michael Jewett.