UCL Neuroscience Symposium 2025

In 2025, the UCL Neuroscience Domain is celebrating 17 years since its launch by hosting a special edition of the renowned UCL Neuroscience Symposium. This is a fantastic opportunity to find out more about the latest research in neuroscience at UCL.

Over 600 UCL neuroscientists are expected to attend, and delegates will have the chance to create new cross-disciplinary links and foster collaboration between basic and clinical researchers, discover new research applications and meet potential industry partners.

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Save the date!

The 16th Neuroscience Symposium is taking place on Wednesday 18th June 2025.

The programme and speakers for 2025 is currently being confirmed.

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Early Career Neuroscience Prize 2025 - Submissions now open!

Deadline extedned to Wednesday 23rd April, 1pm.

Each year the UCL Neuroscience Domain presents the Early Career Neuroscience Prize to two UCL neuroscientists. The prize aims to recognise outstanding work published in the past year by early career UCL neuroscientists in any field of neuroscience, and is awarded in two categories.

• PhD student – Junior postdoc (up to 3 years post-PhD).

• Senior Postdoc (+3 years post-PhD) – Junior PI (within 5 years of starting your lab).

Winners will receive a prize of £750 and will be given the opportunity to present their work at the annual UCL Neuroscience Symposium.

The deadline to has been extnded to Wednesday 23rd April 2025, 1pm. We hope to inform applicants by week commencing Monday 19th May 2025.

Further details on eligibility and how to apply.

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Abstract submission for posters - PLACES NOW SOLD OUT

All attendees are eligible to submit an abstract for a poster presentation during registration. However, due to the volume of abstract submissions, submissions are limited and will be on a first come, first served basis. The deadline is Friday 28th February 2025, 13:00 and you will be notified by week commencing Monday 24th March 2025 if your abstract has been accepted to present a poster on the day.

On the day, two prizes will be awarded: one prize for the best research poster in the junior category, Master and PhD students, and one in the senior category, Post-Doctoral Researchers. All research abstracts submitted will be considered and a short list will be judged on the day. More details will be given closer to the event day. When preparing your abstract, bear in mind that your abstract will be evaluated by a panel of diverse scientific backgrounds and should therefore be accessible to the entire UCL neuroscience community. Clear introduction, hypotheses, methods, results and conclusions are expected. Please note, abstracts longer than 200 words will be excluded from the shortlisting for prizes.

Please note the following details in order to ensure you submit correctly:

Abstract submission is part of the registration process. Please select ticket type 'Abstract/poster submission and in-person ticket'. You must register and submit your abstract by Friday 28th February 2025, 13:00. No posters will be accepted on the day when abstracts have not been submitted in advance. Applications will also be rejected if the abstract and the details required are not provided before the deadline.

Research Poster Themes:

• Developmental Neuroscience

• Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia: Cellular Mechanisms

• Disorders of the Nervous System

• Sensory and Motor Systems

• Homeostatic and Neuroendocrine systems

• Cognition and Behaviour

• Novel Methods, Resources and Technology Development

• Other e.g. history of neuroscience, public awareness of neuroscience, resource posters

Size:

Poster boards are A0 portrait (841mm wide x 1189mm high). All posters must fit in this space. We regret that we cannot accept any landscape posters wider than 841mm.

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Jon Driver Prize submissions - now open!

To honour the memory of Jon Driver, an annual Prize is awarded to outstanding young neuroscientists from UCL. The Award will be announced at the UCL Neuroscience Symposium. The winner will be asked to give a short presentation of the work that the award was given for.

Eligibility

PhD students within the Neuroscience Domain at UCL who are engaged in cognitive, system and circuit based neuroscience research (registered at the time of the application deadline).

Award

Cash £750 awarded to the winner(s). The winner(s) will be asked to give a short presentation of the work that the award was given for at the symposium.

Further details on eligibility and how to apply.

Deadline

Friday 25th April 2025, 13:00

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Sponsors

We are immensely grateful for the support of all our sponsors.

If you wish to sponsor this event and exhibit at the symposium or wish to request further information about sponsorship opportunities available, please contact Ruzina Choudhury: ruzina-choudhury@ucl.ac.uk

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Important points to note

Target audience

This event is open to all, however, the programme is particularly relevant to researchers (PhD students, postdocs, research associates and Principal Investigators) working on any aspect of neuroscience within UCL, partner NHS organisations or other institutions / organisations.

Due to the popularity of the event, entry is only guaranteed for those that have pre-registered.

A limited number of tickets will also be made available to:

• UCL BSc/MSc students on neuroscience-related courses.

To confirm authenticity of your registration, please use your UCL/NHS email address when registering (i.e. do not use gmail, hotmail etc).

If you are affiliated to the Francis Crick Institute please use your primary organisation's address.

If you are under 18, please note you must be accompanied by an adult.

Access

We want to make this event as inclusive as possible.

• Access to the IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society and all the event space (on Level One) we will be using within it is step-free, with enough room to manouevre wheel chairs and mobility aids
• The main lecture theatre (the Logan Hall) has a hearing assistance system
• There are nearby accessible toilets
• We can provide for a range of dietary requirements

Please let us know when registering if you have any access or dietary requirements so we can try to make reasonable adjustments. Alternatively you can email NeuroscienceSymposium@ucl.ac.uk.

View the full Accessibility Guide for IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society

Photography

There will be photographs taken during the symposium. In registering for this symposium you are agreeing that your image may be used in future UCL promotional material.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

This is not an accredited CPD event but the learning hours can be logged as part of your CPD record. A certificate of attendance is available to all attendees via UCL Life Learning for the purpose of recording learning hours. Please contact email: neurosciencesymposium@ucl.ac.uk after the Symposium if you would like a certificate.

Privacy

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Cancellation policy

Notice of cancellation must be given by email: neurosciencesymposium@ucl.ac.uk by Monday 2 June, 5pm.

Contact

If you have any questions about the event, please email: NeuroscienceSymposium@ucl.ac.uk