International Scientific Symposium

Join our one day scientific symposium on

“Development and function of cortical networks”

date: September 29, 2025

location: Mainz, Campus of the JGU Mainz, BFZ, Duesbergweg 6,  Germany

time: 10:00 – 18:00 o’clock

This scientific symposium will bring together leading international experts in the field of neurosciences with a focus on the development of sensory neocortical functions, and the role of oscillatory activity and GABAergic interneurons in the adult. An additional aspect of the symposium is to honor the scientific contributions and achievements of Prof. Heiko J. Luhmann (Institute for Physiology, UniMed Mainz). Dr. Luhmann has made various outstanding contributions on the physiology and pathophysiology of the neocortex and will officially step-back from his present senior professorship shortly after the symposium in October 2025. In this regard, the list of our invited speakers (see below) builds up a strong line from Prof. Luhmann’s research focus to the current-state of research on development of sensory neocortical functions. The invited international experts will present their latest results on different aspects on the topic in 20 min talks, and they will discuss open questions and limitations in the following 10 min discussion with the audience.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required since the location has limited space.


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Confirmed Speakers

Zoltan Molnar (Univ. Oxford, UK)

Alessandra Pierani (INSERM, Paris, France)

Patrick Kanold (Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, USA)

Siegrid Löwel (Univ. Göttingen)

Andreas Draguhn (Univ. Heidelberg)

John Huguenard (Univ. Stanford, USA)

Wolf Singer (ESI, Univ. Frankfurt)

Marlene Bartos (Univ. Freiburg)

Jochen Staiger (Univ. Göttingen)

Denise Manahan-Vaughan (Univ. Bochum)

Program (PDF 278,6 KB)