Become a member from now to enjoy reduced registration to Chromatin meeting and membership benefits for 2026 meetings.

We encourage you to become members of the SCB.

Membership fees:

– 20€/year for students and postdocs up to 28 years old

– 42€/year for the rest.

Many meetings organized by other sections have a significant discounts for members. Additional meetings that might be of your interest are the ones organized by the following sections: Molecular and Cellular Biology, Development, Bioinformatics and Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Cancer and Experimental Neurobiology...

To become member, go to the SCB webpage https://scb.iec.cat/ and click on the top right icon Fes-te’n soci!  For payment method select domiciliació bancaria (direct debit). Later in the application you will have to download the SEPA document, fill it in and send it back to scb@iec.cat. Allow two weeks between signing up for membership and registration to the meeting, so that you can register as member.

Become a member from now to January 15th 2026 to enjoy reduced registration to DevBioCat Synergy meeting and membership benefits for 2026 meetings.

We encourage you to become members of the SCB.

Membership fees:

– 20€/year for students and postdocs up to 28 years old

– 42€/year for the rest.

Many meetings organized by other sections have a significant discounts for members. Additional meetings that might be of your interest are the ones organized by the following sections: Molecular and Cellular Biology, Chromatin and Epigenetics, Bioinformatics and Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Cancer and Experimental Neurobiology.

To become member, go to the SCB webpage https://scb.iec.cat/ and click on the top right icon Fes-te’n soci! Add your personal information, select your fee and the section: Biologia del Desenvolupament. For payment method select domiciliació bancaria (direct debit). Later in the application you will have to download the SEPA document, fill it in and send it back to scb@iec.cat. Allow two weeks between signing up for membership and registration to the meeting, so that you can register as member.

The Neurobiology Symposium is a biennial scientific event organized by the Neurobiology section of the Societat Catalana de Biologia (SCB), an institution funded in 1912 with the main objective of disseminating biological science in Catalunya. Since the first Edition in 1996 (30 years ago), the Neurobiology Symposium has been a reference for researchers, professors and doctoral and postdoctoral students in the field of Neurobiology and Neurosciences in Catalunya, Valencia and IIles Balears. The main objective of the Symposium is to present recent scientific advances in the field of Neurosciences of the research groups of our community in order to be a scientific forum for participation of local, national and international, researchers. The active participation of young researchers at early/middle stages of their professional career, including talks and posters, is our priority. On this occasion the symposium will be held in June 2026 at the headquarters of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (C/Carme 47, Barcelona), historical building of the first Hospital of the city of Barcelona. The participation of researchers in the last five editions are as follows:

XIII Simposi de Neurobiologia 2024: Cellular complexity in brain function and dysfunction. 279 participants. 4 Plenary lectures, 8 oral sessions (4 sessions/day). Oral presentations: 49. Number of posters: 92

XII Simposi de Neurobiologia 2022: Towards Translational Medicine. 205 participants. 4 Plenary lectures, 7 oral sessions (4 sessions/day). Oral presentations: 42. Number of posters: 67

XI Simposi de Neurobiologia 2018: Future Technical Challenges.192 participants. 4 Plenary lectures, 7 oral sessions (4 sessions/day). Oral presentations: 45. Number of posters: 64

X Simposi de Neurobiologia 2016: 240 participants. 4 Plenary lectures, 8 oral sessions (4 sessions/day). Oral presentations: 53. Number of posters: 85

IX Simposi de Neurobiologia 2014: 220 participants, 4 Plenary lectures, 8 oral sessions

This year's symposium aims to be a space to think beyond traditional boundaries and imagine new ways to explore the human brain. At a time when science is advancing at a dizzying pace, we propose a meeting that fosters the connection between disciplines in order to generate innovative ideas and integrative approaches to better understand the brain. Beyond the boundaries of each field, we seek to build a shared vision on the future of neuroscience research.

The scientific program and oral communications are in English. The scientific program is organized in 4 plenary lectures (1 hour each) with invited senior international and national researchers, and in 8 parallel sessions (2 simultaneous sessions in the morning and 2 in the afternoon) of short talks starting with an invited tenure-track researcher (30 min each) followed by 5 short talks (15min each) by junior postdoctoral and/or predoctoral researchers. Poster presentations are held on both days during morning/afternoon coffee and lunch breaks.

The research on ultracold quantum gases is continuously evolving and reaching new frontiers in both theory and experiment.

Organized in the framewok of the XLI Trobades Científiques de la Mediterrània-Josep Miquel Vidal and supported by the Catalonia Quantum Academy, the Workshop and School on “Frontiers in ultracold quantum gases” aims at bringing together experts and younger researchers on ultracold atoms, to discuss developments in the context of:

• Ultracold quantum mixtures
• Ultracold atoms in curved geometries
• Few-body physics
• Dipolar quantum gases
• Quantum metrology with ultracold atoms

Dates and place: 10 – 12 June 2026 – Maó (Menorca, Spain)

Become a member from now to January 15th 2026 to enjoy reduced registration to DevBioCat Synergy meeting and membership benefits for 2026 meetings.

We encourage you to become members of the SCB.

Membership fees:

– 20€/year for students and postdocs up to 28 years old

– 42€/year for the rest.

Many meetings organized by other sections have a significant discounts for members. Additional meetings that might be of your interest are the ones organized by the following sections: Molecular and Cellular Biology, Chromatin and Epigenetics, Bioinformatics and Genomics, Evolutionary Biology, Cancer and Experimental Neurobiology.

To become member, go to the SCB webpage https://scb.iec.cat/ and click on the top right icon Fes-te’n soci! Add your personal information, select your fee and the section: Biologia del Desenvolupament. For payment method select domiciliació bancaria (direct debit). Later in the application you will have to download the SEPA document, fill it in and send it back to scb@iec.cat. Allow two weeks between signing up for membership and registration to the meeting, so that you can register as member.

La presa de decisions sorgeix de processos neuronals que es despleguen a través de múltiples escales temporals i espacials, des de la codificació sensorial ràpida i la selecció d'accions fins a l'aprenentatge més lent, l'actualització de creences i la formació d'estratègies. Els avenços recents en sistemes i neurociència computacional han començat a revelar com aquestes dinàmiques s'implementen en circuits neuronals i com interactuen per modelar el comportament.

Aquest satèl·lit reunirà investigadors destacats que utilitzen models animals per estudiar la presa de decisions mitjançant una combinació de comportament, enregistraments neuronals a gran escala, manipulacions de circuits dirigides i modelització computacional. Les xerrades destacaran els avenços recents en la identificació de com la dinàmica de la població neuronal en circuits corticals i subcorticals dóna lloc a un comportament d'elecció adaptatiu. Es posarà un fort èmfasi en les interpretacions mecanístiques que vinculen l'activitat del circuit amb el comportament a través d'escales de temps, des de la selecció d'accions moment a moment fins a l'aprenentatge a llarg termini i la formació d'estratègies.

Integrant enfocaments experimentals i teòrics, el simposi pretén definir els marcs conceptuals actuals, identificar principis unificadors en l'estudi de la presa de decisions, aclarir com les diferents escales de temps interactuen dins i entre els circuits cerebrals, i discutir els reptes clau per a la investigació futura. L'esdeveniment serà d'interès per a neurocientífics de sistemes, neurocientífics computacionals i estudiants en formació que busquen una comprensió a nivell de circuit de la presa de decisions basada en l'experimentació causal.

Congrès de recerca internacional

Barcelona Mathematical Days 2026; 7-9 octubre 2026