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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Call for Abstracts for the Bernstein Conference
 2025 is now open</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
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+++ The Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience invites proposals for Contributed Talks and Poster Sessions at the Bernstein Conference 2025 in Frankfurt am Main. +++</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Bernstein Conference</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Each year, the Bernstein Network invites the international computational neuroscience
 community to the annual <b>Bernstein Conference</b> for intensive scientific exchange. It has established itself as one of the most renowned conferences worldwide in this field, attracting students, postdocs and PIs from around the world to meet and discuss
 new scientific discoveries.<b> </b><br>
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</span><a href="https://www.bernstein-conference.de/"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">https://www.bernstein-conference.de/</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
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<b>September 29 – October 2, 2025</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
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<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">    </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Contributed Talk</b> abstract submission:
<b>June 17, 2025 at 15:00 CEST</b><br>
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">    </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Poster Session</b> abstract submission:
<b>July 15, 2025 at 15:00 CEST<br>
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">    </span>Travel Grant </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">application:</span>
<b>July 15, 2025 at 17:00 CEST</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Notification of acceptance:<br>
<b>July 2025</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
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</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">We invite the computational neuroscience community to submit their abstracts.
 Submissions may be considered for either Contributed Talks or Poster Sessions. All accepted abstracts will be published online and will be citable via Digital Object Identifiers (DOI).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Further information can be found here:
</span><a href="https://bernstein-network.de/bernstein-conference/abstract-submission/"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:blue;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">https://bernstein-network.de/bernstein-conference/abstract-submission/</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">TRAVEL GRANTS</span></b></p>
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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">To support the participation of young researchers at the Bernstein Conference,
 the Bernstein Network offers up to 10 Travel Grants, each endowed with 500 €.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Further information can be found here:
</span><a href="https://bernstein-network.de/bernstein-conference/early-career-scientists/travel-grants/"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">https://bernstein-network.de/bernstein-conference/early-career-scientists/travel-grants/</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
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Alison Barker (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Upinder S. Bhalla (National Centre for Biological Sciences, India)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Albert Compte (Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS),
 Spain)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Luca Mazzucato (University of Oregon, USA)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Tirin Moore (Stanford University, USA)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Edvard Moser (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Katherine Nagel (NYU School of Medicine, USA)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Panayiota Poirazi (Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Greece)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Viola Priesemann (Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Germany)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Andreas Tolias (Stanford University, USA)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
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Jochen Triesch (Conference Chair)</span></p>
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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
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Tatiana Engel (Program Chair)</span></p>
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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
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Wiktor Młynarski (Workshop Chair)</span></p>
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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">Katharina Wilmes (Workshop Vice Chair)<br>
& Athena Akrami, Nicolas Brunel, Alex Cayco-Gajic, Mehrdad Jazayeri, Jennifer Li, Scott Linderman, Ashok Litwin-Kumar, Ida Momennejad, Christina Savin, Andrew Saxe, Daniela Vallentin.
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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">For any further questions, please contact:
</span><a href="mailto:bernstein.conference@fz-juelich.de"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
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Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH<br>
52425 Jülich<br>
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Jülich<br>
Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Düren Nr. HR B 3498<br>
Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Stefan Müller<br>
Geschäftsführung: Prof. Dr. Astrid Lambrecht (Vorsitzende),<br>
Dr. Stephanie Bauer (stellv. Vorsitzende),<br>
Prof. Dr. Ir. Pieter Jansens, Prof. Dr. Laurens Kuipers<br>
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