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Invitation
Dear Colleagues,
We cordially invite all neuroscientists to participate in the International Neuroscience Conference (INC) 2026 of the Hungarian Neuroscience Society (HNS) on January 29–30, 2026 with a HunDoc student pre-conference on January 28. This year, INC 2026 will take place at Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Natural Sciences (ELU FNS) in Budapest.
This outstanding scientific event will feature plenary lectures, symposia, and poster sessions, showcasing novel and groundbreaking results from across the field. We are honored to welcome renowned international scientists who will present their latest research, highlighting the importance of Hungarian neuroscience within the international community.
The conference is organized by the HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology (RCNS ICNP), and is expected to host approximately 400 participants.
We are looking forward to a fruitful and successful meeting in Budapest!
General information
Everything you need before you arrive
Important dates & deadlines
24 November 2025→ 1 December 2025Early bird registration
extended
15 December 2025
Written cancellation of registration
23 December 2025
Abstract submission deadline
28 – 30 January 2026
HuNDoC (28 Jan) · INC 2026 (29–30 Jan)
Venue of the conference
Eötvös Loránd University (ELU / ELTE), Faculty of Natural Sciences (FNS / TTK), Northern Block (Északi Tömb)
Address: H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A
Conference participants are asked to use the South entrance, near the university parking lots. Registration takes place on the ground floor, near the South entrance. From there, a staircase leads directly to the cloakroom set up on level -1.
Approaching the venue
Public transportation
- Tram 4/6: Petőfi Bridge, Buda side (stop "Petőfi híd, budai hídfő")
- Tram 1: stop "Infopark"
- Bus 212: Petőfi Bridge, Buda side (stop "Petőfi híd, budai hídfő")
- Buses 153, 154: University campus (stop "Egyetemváros – A38 hajóállomás")
Parking
Parking is available in the university parking lot free of charge upon prior registration. Entrance is possible only from the direction of Rákóczi Bridge, while there are two exits towards Petőfi and Rákóczi Bridges.
Inside the building
- Registration desk (South entrance of the Northern Building): 29 January 08:30–17:00 · 30 January 08:30–12:00
- Exhibition: exhibitors' stands in the Sphere Hall ("Gömb aula"), next to the poster area, throughout the conference
- Meals: coffee and lunch breaks are included in the registration fee; servers will only serve people wearing badges, so please wear your badge at all times
- Language: the official language of the conference is English
Conference dinner (Gala dinner) · Trófea Grill Restaurant
- When & where
- 29 January 2026, 19:30 – 23:00 · 1117 Budapest, Hauszmann Alajos u. 6/b. The gala dinner voucher, assuming you ordered it in advance, is included in the name badge. Registration does not include the cost of the conference dinner (20 000 HUF), which needs to be paid separately during the registration.
- How to get there
- The restaurant is 1,7 km from the ELTE building, approx. 15–20 min walk. Indoor parking is available for 400 HUF/hour with direct access to the restaurant. By public transport: take tram no. 1 from "Infopark" towards "Kelenföldi vasútállomás"; the restaurant is at the 2nd stop, "Hauszmann Alajos utca / Szerémi út".
Accommodation
Rooms could be reserved through the on-line registration page. Prices include breakfast and taxes.
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- Single room 34 300 HUF/night
- Double room 19 500 HUF/night/person
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Radisson Budapest BudaPart
Budapest, Dombóvári út 25A, 1117 · radissonhotels.com
- Single room 47 204 HUF/night
- Double room 26 602 HUF/night/person
1,2 km from the venue.
Cancellation policy (accommodation)
Before 15 December 2025: 100% of the accommodation cost reimbursed · from 16 December to 28 December: 50% reimbursed · after 28 December: no reimbursement.
Technical information
Billing information
All registration fees include VAT. If your registration was successful, you will automatically receive a confirmation email. The proforma invoice will be sent via email within a few days of registration. The invoice can be paid via bank transfer or with a credit card by the due date. In the case of requests for invoice revisions (e.g. wrong billing name/address given at registration), a 4000 HUF + VAT administration fee is charged.
Cancellation and refunds
Only written cancellations sent to the Organizer's office before 15 December 2025 could be accepted; any cancellation or refund requests received after the due date will be denied. In all other cases, the participation, accommodation, and other fees will be refunded within 15 days of the request with a 10% administration fee deducted (at least 2% of the refunded amount, minimum 4000 HUF + VAT). Any services that were paid for and not cancelled in writing by the due date must be paid for by the customer. The cancellation fees were decided upon in accordance with the terms of the service providers.
Liability
The registration fee does not include any insurance for accidents, health, luggage, or personal liability. The Organizers cannot accept liability or reimburse participants for personal accidents or loss of or damage to private property. Participants are advised to organize their own personal travel and health insurance for their trip.
Safety and security
Please do not leave bags or suitcases unattended at any time, whether inside or outside the session halls. Participants are advised to leave their valuables in the coatroom for the duration of the conference.
Organizers & contact
Patron of the conference
Imre Kacskovics, ELU FNS, Dean
Presidents
President of the conference:
István Ulbert, HUN-REN RCNS ICNP, Director
President of the HNS:
Árpád Dobolyi, ELU FNS, DPN, Chairman
Program committee
Judit Makara, Zsuzsanna Helyes, Enikő Kubinyi, Balázs Lendvai, László Acsády
Organizing agency · Remedicon Ltd.
Dr. Gábor CzékusPhone: +36-1-2250188
E-mail: info@remedicon.hu
Programme
Scientific programme
Four plenary lectures — including the Buzsáki lecture — four symposia and two poster sessions over two days at ELU FNS, preceded by the HuNDoC student pre-conference. The full programme book and abstract book are available for download.
WedWednesday, 28 January 2026
- 9:00 – 15:00Satellite event
HuNDoC – Hungarian Neuroscience Doctoral Conference
Free, but registration required · at the HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences (Magyar Tudósok körútja 2, 1117 Budapest), a 5-minute walk from ELU FNS · English-language scientific forum for graduate students, selected presentations, career forum and discussion
ThuDay 1 · Thursday, 29 January 2026
- 08:30 – 18:00Registration
- 09:20 – 09:30Opening remarks
- 09:30 – 10:20Plenary lecture I
Neuronal mechanism that underlies spatial learning
József Csicsvári (Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg) - 10:20 – 10:40Coffee break
- 10:40 – 12:10Symposium I
Aging and rejuvenation
Organizers: Karolina Pircs and Csaba Kerepesi - 12:10 – 12:40Lunch break
- 12:40 – 15:30Poster session I · PS01 Stem cells and development · PS02 Repair and regeneration · PS03 Disorders, disease models · PS07 Behaviour · PS08 Neuroendocrinology · PS10 Novel techniques
- 15:30 – 17:00Symposium II
Multimodal maps of mind: from circuits to systems in health and disease
Organizer: Gergely Szalay - 17:00 – 17:20Coffee break
- 17:20 – 18:10Plenary lecture II · Buzsáki lecture
Astrocytes: emerging stars of engrams
Sheena A. Josselyn (Hospital for Sick Children and The University of Toronto) - 19:30 – 23:00Gala dinner · Trófea Grill Restaurant (with the HuNDoC 2026 hackathon winners' ceremony)
FriDay 2 · Friday, 30 January 2026
- 08:00 – 16:00Registration, information
- 09:30 – 10:20Plenary lecture III
Multidimensional structure of activity in transcriptomically identified cortical cell types
Kenneth Harris (University College London) - 10:20 – 10:40Coffee break
- 10:40 – 12:10Symposium III
Neuromethods
Organizer: Péter Gombkötő - 12:10 – 12:40Lunch break
- 12:40 – 15:30Poster session II · PS04 Cellular neuroscience · PS05 Systems neuroscience · PS06 Cognitive neuroscience · PS09 Modelling
- 15:30 – 17:00Symposium IV
Research networks around Richter – how open innovation strategies could advance translational neuroscience
Organizers: Zsolt Némethy and Balázs Lendvai - 17:00 – 17:20Coffee break
- 17:20 – 18:10Plenary lecture IV
AI-assisted brain-machine interface for navigation in virtual reality
Peter Janssen (Leuven Brain Institute / KU Leuven Faculty of Medicine) - 18:10 – 18:20Closing remarks
Plenary lectures
JCs
Prof. József Csicsvári
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg
Neuronal mechanism that underlies spatial learning
SJ
Prof. Sheena A. Josselyn
Hospital for Sick Children and The University of Toronto · Buzsáki lecture
Astrocytes: emerging stars of engrams
KH
Prof. Kenneth Harris
University College London
Multidimensional structure of activity in transcriptomically identified cortical cell types
PJ
Prof. Peter Janssen
Leuven Brain Institute / KU Leuven Faculty of Medicine
AI-assisted brain-machine interface for navigation in virtual reality
Symposia
Symposium I · 29 January, Thursday, 10:40 – 12:10Aging and rejuvenationCo-chairs: Karolina Pircs (HCEMM-SU Neurobiology and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Group, HUN-REN-SZTAKI-SU Rejuvenation Group) & Csaba Kerepesi (HUN-REN-SZTAKI-SU Rejuvenation Group, MILAB)
- Csaba Kerepesi (HUN-REN-SZTAKI-SU Rejuvenation Group) — Determining biological age by AI
- Joana Ferreira (Synapse Architecture Group, MIA-Portugal, University of Coimbra) — Super-resolution microscopy for studying age-related synaptic changes
- Ferenc Torma (Research Institute of Sport Science, Hungarian University of Sport Science) — FitAge: biological aging through the lens of physical fitness and function
- Pál Vakli (HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Brain Imaging Centre) — Brain age biomarkers derived from structural MRI
- Karolina Pircs (HCEMM-SU, HUN-REN-SZTAKI-SU Rejuvenation Group) — Direct neural reprogramming: new possibility to model aging and age-related neurodegenerative diseases
Symposium II · 29 January, Thursday, 15:30 – 17:00Multimodal maps of mind: from circuits to systems in health and diseaseChair: Gergely Szalay (HUN-REN Institute of Experimental Medicine — Laboratory of 3D Functional Network and Dendritic Imaging)
- Balázs Rózsa (HUN-REN Institute of Experimental Medicine) — Brain interface for fast 3D photostimulation, voltage, and Ca2+ imaging of PV-, SOM-, and VIP-expressing interneuron networks and dendrites in V1 during visual learning in freely navigating animals
- Štěpán Kortus (Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences) — Correlative preclinical imaging combining 2P, MRI and light-sheet microscopy for studies of glioblastoma
- Theresa Niedermeier (LMU Munich, Institute for Neuropathology) — In vivo imaging of axonal pathology in Alzheimer's disease
- Wulf Haubensak (Medical University of Vienna, Center for Brain Research) — Affective states from amygdala-cortical hierarchical interactions
Symposium III · 30 January, Friday, 10:40 – 12:10NeuromethodsChair: Péter Gombkötő (ETH Zürich, Institute of Neuroinformatics)
- Domokos Meszéna (HUN-REN RCNS, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology) — Probing laminar ensemble dynamics in the human neocortex using high-density intraoperative multielectrodes
- Péter Gombkötő (ETH Zürich, Institute of Neuroinformatics) — MRI-visible ultra-flexible electrodes for stable, high-resolution recordings of brain networks
- Dániel Hillier (HUN-REN RCNS ICNP; Pázmány Péter Catholic University) — Unlocking brain plasticity: a multimodal approach to interrogating and modifying neural circuits
- Attila Kaszás (HUN-REN RCNS ICNP) — Combined deep-tissue imaging and electrophysiology for the treatment of glioblastoma and tumor-related epilepsy
- Gábor Orbán (NetS3 Lab, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) — Next-gen CMOS bioelectronics for scalable neural monitoring and modulation
Symposium IV · 30 January, Friday, 15:30 – 17:00Research networks around Richter – how open innovation strategies could advance translational neuroscienceCo-chairs: Zsolt Némethy & Balázs Lendvai (Richter Gedeon Nyrt.)
- Zsolt Némethy (Richter Gedeon Nyrt.) — General introduction
- Ádám Dénes (HUN-REN Institute of Experimental Medicine) — Targeting inflammatory networks and glial mechanisms in CNS disorders
- Szilvia Benkő (University of Debrecen, Department of Physiology) — In vitro macrophage models for drug research
- László Cervenák (Semmelweis University, Department of Internal Medicine and Hematology) — Mesenchymal stem cells in inflammation
- Balázs Hangya (HUN-REN Institute of Experimental Medicine) — Dopamine dynamics in complex associative learning paradigms
Posters
Recommended size: A0, 90 × 120 cm, portrait format. The poster sessions take place in the ELU FNS building (main venue). Posters are presented in two sections, on Thursday and Friday; they should be mounted in the morning before the scientific sessions and removed from the stands by the end of the day. Tools are provided on site to help install the posters.
29 January · Poster session I (12:40 – 15:30)
- PS01 Stem cells and development
- PS02 Repair and regeneration
- PS03 Disorders, disease models
- PS07 Behaviour
- PS08 Neuroendocrinology
- PS10 Novel techniques
30 January · Poster session II (12:40 – 15:30)
- PS04 Cellular neuroscience
- PS05 Systems neuroscience
- PS06 Cognitive neuroscience
- PS09 Modelling
All posters presented by eligible applicants (35 or younger) as first authors automatically take part in the poster competition.
Events
Satellite meeting
9th Hungarian Neuroscience Doctoral Conference (HuNDoC)
The 9th Hungarian Neuroscience Doctoral Conference for Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students and Junior Post-Docs (HuNDoC) will be held on the 28th of January 2026 (Wednesday) as a satellite event of INC2026, but at a different venue (at the HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, a 5-minute walk from ELU FNS). Registration is separate, and it is free of charge for MITT members who paid their annual fees (2000 HUF for students and 4000 HUF for postdocs) by November 15th. Non-members are asked to pay a registration fee of 15 000 HUF.
We would like to welcome undergraduates, PhD students and junior post-docs to share their research at an open, stimulating, and motivational forum. It'll be a fun day filled with good company, elevating speeches, workshops and most of all fascinating science in the lively and lovely city of Budapest. The HuNDoC conference will provide the catering and amazing programs and discussions with great Hungarian neuroscientists. In the evening there will be a social event to further discuss and reflect on the happenings of the day.
Every participant is required to submit an abstract, however ongoing projects are also welcome. Results are expected to be presented in the form of an A4 mini poster, with the possibility of being chosen to present your work in a short talk (10 min talk with 5 min discussion time).
Abstract submission deadline for HuNDoC: December 26, 2025 (extended).
Registration
Registration fees
Early bird registration extended to 01 December 2025!
| Category | until 24 Nov 2025 | after 25 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| HNS member | 55 000 HUF | 60 000 HUF |
| Non member | 65 000 HUF | 70 000 HUF |
| PhD student | 45 000 HUF | 50 000 HUF |
| University student | 38 000 HUF | 43 000 HUF |
| Conference dinner | 20 000 HUF | 20 000 HUF |
| All including VAT. | ||
Registration fee for participants includes the entry to scientific programs, conference materials, coffee breaks and lunch. Registration does not include the cost of the conference dinner (20 000 HUF), which needs to be paid separately during the registration.
Students are kindly asked to email a copy of their student's card or a letter signed officially by the Dean's Office to prove their student status to the organizer: office@remedicon.hu
Sponsors / Exhibitors
Thank you to our partners
Main sponsor
Gold sponsor
Silver sponsors
Bronze sponsors
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Exhibitors' stands are placed in the Sphere Hall ("Gömb aula") and are on display throughout the conference next to the poster area.
Downloads
Conference documents
INC 2026 Programme Book
The conference booklet: detailed schedule, plenary lectures, symposia, poster sessions and practical information for INC 2026, Budapest, 29–30 January 2026.
PDF 60 pages · 12,7 MB
INC 2026 Conference Abstract Book
All abstracts of the plenary lectures, symposia and poster presentations of the International Neuroscience Conference 2026.
PDF 178 pages · 22,7 MB