Neuroscience Ireland Conference 2025

08:30 Tea & Registration

09:00 Opening & Welcome

Symposium 1: Connectivity & Brain Health Across the Lifespan

11:30 ECR Spotlight Sessions

12:00 Lunch

13:00
Targeted control of microglia polarisation after spinal cord injury
ECR Awardee: Dearbhaile Dooley
University College Dublin, Ireland

13:30 Posters & Networking

Symposium 2: Dysconnectivity in Neurology & Psychiatry

14:15
Title to be confirmed
Alexander Leemans
Utrecht University, Netherlands

15:00
Title to be confirmed
Stephanie Duguez
Ulster University, Northern Ireland

15:30
A circadian neuroscience perspective on bipolar disorder
Daniel Smith
University of Edinburgh, Scotland

15:45 ECR Spotlight Sessions

16:00
From neurons to knowledge: Reflections on the practice, purpose and potential of neuroscience education
Education in Neuroscience Awardee: Áine Kelly
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

16:30 Closing remarks

17:30 Conference Banquet

29th August 2025

09:30 Tea & Coffee

Symposium 3: Molecular & Cellular Connectivity

10:00
Revolutionising precise neuromodulation for human motor control
Charlie Stagg
University of Oxford, United Kingdom

11:15
CNS-101: A validation study of multimodal digital biomarkers for longitudinal at-home use in dementia patients
Alison Buick
Cumulus Neuroscience, Head of Global BD, Northern Ireland

11:30 ECR Spotlight Sessions

12:00 Lunch

12:45
From neurons to networks: A journey through the dynamic brain
DIA Awardee: Mark Cunningham
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

13:30 Posters & Networking

Symposium 4: Impacting Connectivity

15:00
My Bipolar Life Behind the Science
Liam Gildea
Ireland

15:15
Modulation of sensorimotor representations through motor imagery-based neurofeedback
Ingrid Odermatt
Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland

15:45 ECR Spotlight Sessions

16:00 Poster & Spotlight prize winners

16:15 Closing