Young Swiss Society for Neuroscience
4th Annual
Early-Career Researchers Symposium 2022
Ontogeny of Cognition, &
Gender Bias in Neuroscience Research
The Swiss society for neuroscience held its annual meeting on the 11th of June 2022 at the University of Fribourg. After being canceled in 2021 and being delayed from February to June in 2022, the conference was co-organized by the University of Fribourg and the Universita Della Svizzera Italiana. It was the occasion for Swiss neuroscientists to network, catch up on the latest advances and communicate their findings.
As per usual, the young SSN opened the event with their early career symposium on Friday. The ERS is an opportunity for early career researchers to communicate their work to their peers and receive feedback in a less formal setting. It is not easy for early career researchers to ensure a spot to present their work during the SSN main event. Furthermore, the ERS can constitute the ideal practice for researchers not well versed in presenting their work at conferences as imposing as SSN. The theme of this year’s ERS was: “Ontogeny of cognition & gender bias in Neuroscience”. For the occasion, the main keynote speakers were Dr. Flavio Donato, an expert on ontogeny of cognition, and Dr. Maria Teresa Ferretti, founder of the Women’s Brain Project. Following a successful day of talks and poster presentations, the ySSN organized an apéro at the Belvédère Café overseeing the Sarine River, where early career researchers got the chance to mingle with the keynote speakers of the main SSN event. ERS 2023 is planned to take place in the city of Lugano.
Meeting Overview
Speakers
Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer
Women's Brain Project
Instructor at the Medical University of Vienna
Co-Founder & CSO
Women's Brain Project
Instructor at Medical University
of Vienna
Featured Speakers
The Early-Career Researchers Symposium (ERS) is back in person in 2022 with the overarching topic “Ontogeny of cognition and gender bias in neuroscience research”! ERS 2022 awaits you with two fantastic keynote speakers!
Dr. Flavio Donato will open the morning session with his talk on the Ontogeny of Cognition. Dr. Donato completed his PhD at Dr. Pico Caroni’s lab. After his postdoc at the prestigious lab of Prof. Edvard Moser and Prof. May-Britt Moser, he returned to Switzerland to start his own research group at the University of Basel. In the afternoon, we will switch gears with an opening talk from TED-speaker and co-founder of the “Women’s Brain Project”, Dr. Maria Teresa Ferretti. Dr. Ferretti has extensive experience on gender differences in Alzheimer disease. In her talk, we will hear about the importance of taking gender into account when resolving research questions.
The day will also feature the work of early-career researchers from all around Switzerland in plenary talks and poster sessions. Throughout the meeting, you will have the long-awaited opportunity to network in person at poster sessions, coffee breaks, and an apéro at the day's closing. Following the research portion of the event, there will be a special screening of the film "Cinq Nouvelles du Cerveau" directed by Jean-Stéphane Bron, taking place at the ERS venue as part of the SSN Meeting program. Afterwards, all registered attendees are invited to join the ySSN apéro for further discussion and networking.
Register now to not miss out on showcasing your work! PhD students and Postdocs are greatly encouraged to submit an abstract for a talk. Master's students are welcome to share their research in a poster presentation.
This 2022 ERS will be a hybrid meeting. If you cannot attend in person, you can still view the talks online! Yet, please note that virtual participation would provide access to talks only and not to the poster sessions or social events. Due to the current COVID-19 situation, only those who have been fully vaccinated can attend the in-person event. In addition, the use of face masks will be mandatory.
Meeting Overview
Information For Presenters
Plenary Talk
Plenary talks are scheduled to take place during either the morning or afternoon sessions. Each talk is allotted 20 minutes, with 15 minutes for the presentation followed by 5 minutes for questions. There is no limit on the number of slides.
Poster
Poster presentations are scheduled to take place between plenary talks. Posters with similar topics are grouped together into virtual rooms. In these groups, each presenter will have 5 minutes to speak about their poster followed by 5 minutes of questions. Due to the virtual format of the meeting, presentations may take the form of traditional posters or of slideshow presentations. There is no limit on the number of slides.
Presentations will be provided by graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from Swiss Institutes in any field in neuroscience. *Abstract submissions are now closed.
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Information For Presenters
Plenary Talk
Plenary talks are scheduled to take place during either the morning or afternoon sessions. Each talk is allotted 20 minutes, with 15 minutes for the presentation followed by 5 minutes for questions. There is no limit on the number of slides.
Poster
Poster presentations are scheduled to take place between plenary talks. Posters with similar topics will be grouped together into virtual rooms. In these groups, each presenter will have 5 minutes to speak about their poster followed by 5 minutes of questions. Due to the virtual format of the meeting, presentations may take the form of traditional posters or of slideshow presentations. There is no limit on the number of slides.
Presentations will be provided by graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from any field in neuroscience. *Abstract submissions are now closed.
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