Conferences and seminars

Neuro-SysMed Junior Scientist Symposium, October 23, 2026

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Save the date for this year's fourth NEUROSYSM910, the Neuro-SysMed Junior Scientist Symposium!

Registration

Join us for this year's fourth Neuro-SysMed Junior Scientist Symposium, taking place at the BB-building on Friday, October 23, 2026!

The symposia inspire rich discussions in a dynamic, collaborative atmosphere and offer a wonderful chance to meet and learn from researchers across diverse fields. Although mainly for PhD candidates and other students, they are open to others in our research communities who are interested in the topics discussed.

Academic responsible: Agnete Engelsen and Yola Gerking

Chair: Håkon Olsen

Time and place

Time: Friday, October 23, 2026, at 09.00-13.00 (A light lunch will be served)

Place: Auditorium 4, BB-building (campus Haukeland University Hospital)

Registration

Registration through this link. (external link)

Language

English

Program

09:00–09:10: Welcome and introduction  

09:10–09.35: ‘Immune responses during controlled human infection with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) to guide vaccine development’ by Sehee Rim  

09:35–10:00: ‘Personalizing NAD augmentation therapy towards clinical application for neurodegenerative diseases’ by Aleksandra Pilcicka  

10:00–10:10: Coffee break

10:10–10:35: ‘The unexpected start to my PhD’ by Elisabeth Claire Evjenth

10:35–11:00: ‘Wearable signals in dementia care: methods, pitfalls and first look at results from DARK.DEM project’ by Valentina Casadei

11:00–12:00: Lunch

12:00–12:50: KEYNOTE: ‘Career Development Plan’ by Yamila Torres Cleuren  

12-50–13.00: Concluding remarks

Who

The junior symposium series is mainly intended for PhD candidates and other students, but also available for other researchers who would like to listen to the lectures. 

ECTS credits

Students who would like to have ECTS registered for participation can contact the Research School Leader Agnete Engelsen (agnete.engelsen@uib.no). 

Contact

Casper Eugen Sandvik (Casper.Sandvik@student.uib.no) and Håkon Olsen (hakon.olsen@uib.no) are the symposium coordinators and chairs. Any questions can be addressed to them.

NEUROSYSM910

The objective of the symposium series is to provide the PhD candidates with valuable skills in oral presentation techniques of their own research, as well as the dissemination of others' research, provide opportunities to engage in scientific discussions, and to take advantage of peer reviews and comments to strengthen the scientific quality of their own research and scientific thinking. A main ambition is also to strengthen the scientific networks and to encourage candidates to establish relations with scientists.

The symposia are organized 4 times annually, twice every semester. Each symposium is organised with a keynote lecture initially (45 min), followed by 4 PhD candidates/postdoctoral researchers who present their work (25 min each, including the oral presentation and discussion). Subsequently, there will be final discussions. The presentations will be of own research with special attention to presentation techniques and quality.