Neuroscience Day
Neuroscience Day
- An annual event hosted by NeuroCampus Aarhus
Neuroscience Day 2026
DATE: Monday 15th June 2026
TIME: 10.00 - 17.00
VENUE: Aarhus University, City Auditorium 1790 MAP ...
REGISTRATION: https://events.au.dk/neuroscienceday2026
Cancer Neuroscience
We are pleased to announce Neuroscience Day 2026, an annual gathering of researchers dedicated to advancing our understanding of the neuroscience.
Program
10:00-10:05 Welcome Christian Fynboe Christiansen (Head of Department, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University)
10:05 – 10:20 Uniting and connecting - Vision of the Danish Neuroscience Center Jens Christian H. Sørensen (Department of Clinical Medicine - The Department of Neurosurgery/Danish Neuroscience Center, Aarhus University)
At the Danish Neuroscience Center, we aim to unite neuroscientists and clinicians to exchange knowledge and build connections that spark new ideas. By fostering collaboration across disciplines, we aim to deepen our understanding of brain structure, function, and disease. Much like the brain itself—collecting inputs and integrating them into coherent thoughts and self-awareness—we create an environment where diverse insights are connected, leading to innovation and new perspectives.
10:25 –11:10 Genomic heterogeneity drives distinct infiltration patterns in glioblastoma Bjarne Winther Kristensen (Biotech Research & Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen)
11:10-11:30 Flash talks for selected posters
11:30-12:00 Poster session I
12:00 -12:30 Lunch
12:30 -13:00 Poster session II
13:00-14:30 x3 parallel sessions: 1 plenary talk (30 min + 2 presentations of 15 min + 3 ECR presentations of 10 min each)
Session I: Inflammation
13:00 – 13:30 Immune responses in the brain to control infections: balancing elimination of danger and neuropathology Line Reinert (Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University)
13:30 – 14:00 2x presentations selected based on abstracts: TBA
14:00 – 14:30 3x presentations selected based on abstracts: TBA
Session II: Cancer
13:00 – 13:30 Translational Cancer Neuroscience in Aarhus Anders Rosendal Korshøj (Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University)
13:30 – 14:00 2x presentations selected based on abstracts: TBA
14:00 – 14:30 3x presentations selected based on abstracts: TBA
Session III: Perfusion and barriers
13:00 – 13:30 RPTPγ links acid-base signaling to ischemic outcomes in the brain Ebbe Bødtkjer (Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University)
13:30 – 14:00 2x presentations selected based on abstracts: TBA
14:00 – 14:30 3x presentations selected based on abstracts: TBA
15:00 – 16:00 Brain Prize lecture: Cancer Neuroscience of Brain Tumors: From Fundamental Discoveries to Clinical Trials Frank Winkler (Faculty of Medicine, Heidelberg University)
16:00 – 16:10 Break
16:10 – 16:40 Targeting the most undruggable of all proteins: De novo protein design against intrinsically disordered proteins Magnus Kjærgaard (Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University)
16:40 – 17:00 Prize announcement
Keynote speakers:
Frank Winkler Brain Prize Winner 2025, Professor of Neuro-Oncology, Heidelberg University, Faculty of Medicine and Managing Senior Physician in the Department of Neurology, Heidelberg, Germany will be keynote speaker with a presentation entitled “Cancer Neuroscience of Brain Tumors: From Fundamental Discoveries to Clinical Trials”
Professor Bjarne Winther Kristensen (MD, PhD) is professor of Pathology with research focus on brain cancer at University of Copenhagen.
Professor Bjarne Winther Kristensen is Vice-President in Euro-CNS and Past President of the Scandinavian Neuropathological Society (2013-2016 and 2019-2022). He was Congress President and main organizer of the 12th European Congress of Neuropathology 2021.
Professor Bjarne Winther Kristensen is also chief physician at Rigshospitalet-Copenhagen University Hospital.
Neuroscience Day - bridging basic and clinical research
NeuroCampus Aarhus hosts an annual Neuroscience Day for all affiliated research labs and centres as well as for students and other people with interest in neuroscience. By bringing basic and clinical scientists together, the organisers wish to encourage collaborations and strengthen translational neuroscience research within the NeuroCampus Aarhus research cluster.
Foundations, scientific associations, and patient and professional organisations spanning the broad field of neuroscience are also invited.
Past Events
2015
The first Neuroscience Day took place on April 28, 2015. More than 150 researchers and students attended the event at AIAS, AU.
Pictures from the event can be found here.
2016
The second Neuroscience Day took place on May 4, 2016. More than 350 researchers and students attended the event at The Lakeside Lecture Theatres, AU.
Pictures from the event can be found here.
2017
The third Neuroscience Day took place on May 2, 2017. More than 450 researchers and students attended the event at The Lakeside Lecture Theatres, AU.
Pictures from the event can be found here.
2018
The fourth Neuroscience Day took place on May 1, 2018. More than 350 researcher and students attended the event at The Lakeside Lecture Theatres, AU.
Pictures from the event cant be found here.
2019
The fifth Neuroscience Day took place on May 13, 2019. More than 380 researcher and students attended the event at The Lakeside Lecture Theatres, AU.
Pictures from the event can be found here.
2021
The sixth Neuroscience Day took place on May 6th, 2021. More than 200 researcher and students attended the event in a interesting new format at Gather.Town.
Contact
For questions regarding Neuroscience Day, please contact:
Caroline Søndergaard Bendixen
NeuroCampus Aarhus
E-mail: carben@au.dk