The document announces the third meeting of the Basque research community in neuroscience, scheduled for June 27th, 2016, at the Bizkaia Aretoa in Bilbao. Organized with support from various institutes, the event aims to foster networking and collaboration among neuroscientists and includes presentations on multiple topics related to neuroscience. Participants are invited to submit abstracts and will have the chance to vote on the best posters, with awards given for outstanding contributions.

1. Neuroscience is a strategic area of
knowledge worldwide.
Understanding the basic mechanisms of
our brain in ageing and mental illnesses,
are big questions and challenges of our
society.
The Basque Government and the
University of the Basque Country
(UPV/EHU), together with the Achucarro
centre, BCBL - Basque Center on
Cognition, Brain and Language and
Biodonostia Health Research Institute
are supporting the organisation of the third
meeting of the Basque research community
in all the areas of neuroscience.
www.neurogune.net
Third meeting of the
BASQUE RESEARCH COMMUNITY IN
NEUROSCIENCE
Bizkaia Aretoa (Main Hall of the UPV/EHU) in Bilbao
June 27th 2016

2. www.neurogune.net
Third meeting of the
BASQUE RESEARCH COMMUNITY IN
NEUROSCIENCE
Bizkaia Aretoa (Main Hall of the UPV/EHU) in Bilbao
June 27th 2016
Organisation
Contact
E-mail: neurogune2016 (at)
achucarro.org
Tel: (+34) 94 601 81 35
Scientific Committee
• Manuel Carreiras (BCBL)
• Joaquín Castilla (CIC bioGUNE)
• Jesús Cortés (BioCruces)
• Ana M. González-Pinto (HU Araba & UPV/EHU)
• Pedro Grandes (Achucarro & UPV/EHU)
• Naroa Ibarretxe (Deusto)
• Marian Martínez de Pancorbo (UPV/EHU)
• Carlos Matute (Achucarro & UPV/EHU)
• Olga Peñagarikano (UPV/EHU)
• Iñigo Pomposo (HU Cruces & UPV/EHU)
• Mª Cruz Rodríguez Oroz (BioDonostia)
• Alfredo Rodríguez-Antigüedad (HU Basurto & UPV/EHU)
• Amanda Sierra (Achucarro)
• Koen Vandenbroeck (Achucarro & UPV/EHU)
• Álvaro Villaroel (Biophysics Unit [CSIC - UPV/EHU])

3. www.neurogune.net
Third meeting of the
BASQUE RESEARCH COMMUNITY IN
NEUROSCIENCE
Bizkaia Aretoa (Main Hall of the UPV/EHU) in Bilbao
June 27th 2016
Organisation
Contact
E-mail: neurogune2016 (at)
achucarro.org
Tel: (+34) 94 601 81 35
Organisation Committee
• María Domercq (Achucarro & UPV/EHU)
• Carlos Matute (Achucarro & UPV/EHU)
• Jose Ramón Pineda Martí (Achucarro)
• Jaime Sagarduy (Achucarro)
• Leyre Urigüen (UPV/EHU)

4. www.neurogune.net
Third meeting of the
BASQUE RESEARCH COMMUNITY IN
NEUROSCIENCE
Bizkaia Aretoa (Main Hall of the UPV/EHU) in Bilbao
June 27th 2016
Call for Abstracts
Topics of this edition
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Neurotransmitters receptors
Neurogenesis
Glia
Plasticity and learning
Neurobiology of Disease
Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience
Imaging
Neurology
Neurogenetics
Clinical Neurology
Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry
Clinical Psychiatry

5. www.neurogune.net
Third meeting of the
BASQUE RESEARCH COMMUNITY IN
NEUROSCIENCE
Bizkaia Aretoa (Main Hall of the UPV/EHU) in Bilbao
June 27th 2016
Call for Abstracts
How to participate
The main objective of Neurogune is to foster the networking and community spirit of
individuals working on the advance of knowledge about the brain. Neurogune is excited to
hear about the latest findings of the Basque community of neurosciences, as well as from
colleagues willing to establish collaborations with research groups established in the Basque
Country.
In honor to our ties with the region of Aquitaine in France and the cross-border campus of
the UPV/EHU and the University of Bordeaux, our colleagues from the Bordeaux
Neurocampus are warmly welcome to participate in this edition.
Language
The language of the meeting is English.

6. www.neurogune.net
Third meeting of the
BASQUE RESEARCH COMMUNITY IN
NEUROSCIENCE
Bizkaia Aretoa (Main Hall of the UPV/EHU) in Bilbao
June 27th 2016
Call for Abstracts
Awards
There will be awards for the best posters of each topic: Cellular and Molecular
Neuroscience; Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience; Imaging; Neurology and Psychiatry.
All the participants will be given the chance to vote for the best posters in their opinion,
and the winners will be announced before the closure of the meeting.

7. www.neurogune.net
Third meeting of the
BASQUE RESEARCH COMMUNITY IN
NEUROSCIENCE
Bizkaia Aretoa (Main Hall of the UPV/EHU) in Bilbao
June 27th 2016
Programme
Time Activity
Duration
(min)
9.00 - 9.30 Registration (and poster arrangement) 30
9.15 - 9.30 Opening 15
9:30 - 10:20 Opening Keynote 50
10:20 - 11:00 Coffee Break (and Posters) 40
11:00 - 11:30 Oral Communication 1 (Parallel sessions by topics) 30
11:30 - 12:00 Oral Communication 2 (Parallel sessions by topics) 30
12:00 - 12:30 Oral Communication 3 (Parallel sessions by topics) 30
12:30 - 13:00 Oral Communication 4 (Parallel sessions by topics) 30
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch (and Posters) 120
15.00 - 15:50 Closing Keynote 50
15:50 - 16:00 Closure 10
The preliminary agenda for
the programme of this edition
is this:

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Third meeting of the
BASQUE RESEARCH COMMUNITY IN
NEUROSCIENCE
Bizkaia Aretoa (Main Hall of the UPV/EHU) in Bilbao
June 27th 2016
Venue
Address
Abandoibarra, 3
48009 Bilbao
Getting there
There are many ways to reach
the venue.
You can find some directions
here.
Bizkaia Aretoa - The Main Hall of the UPV/EHU in Bilbao
The meeting will be held in the Bizkaia Aretoa Building in Bilbao, Bizkaia.
The Bizkaia Aretoa is located in one of the most emblematic parts of Bilbao. Its L-shaped main
building opens out onto the estuary and the Guggenheim Museum, and is placed right in the
middle of Avenida Abandoibarra, between the Padre Arrupe footbridge and the Deusto bridge.

9. www.neurogune.net
Third meeting of the
BASQUE RESEARCH COMMUNITY IN
NEUROSCIENCE
Bizkaia Aretoa (Main Hall of the UPV/EHU) in Bilbao
June 27th 2016
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