PANERIS WEBINAR SERIES: Promoting Collaboration Across Partners
To foster closer scientific exchange and collaboration between institutions, PANERIS held a monthly online webinar series, organised by GIMM and featuring research talks from scientists across all project partners.
Running once per month between January and October 2025, the series provided a regular space for partners to present ongoing work, share methods and results, and identify opportunities for joint activities. The webinars covered multiple topics, such as neurobiology, neuropharmacology, neuroinflammation, brain–body interactions, translational research, and were attended by students and researchers from across the consortium, encouraging interaction across different career stages and disciplines.
By showcasing the wide range of expertise within the PANERIS partners, the series helped connect teams working on complementary topics and supported new discussions that can lead to further collaborations within the project.
We thank all speakers and participants for contributing to the success of this series and helping strengthen the PANERIS collaborative research community.
Webinar programme (January–October 2025)
Webinar 1
- Osvaldas Rukšėnas (Professor of Physiology and Neurobiology, Vilnius University) — Research at the Department of Neurobiology and Biophysics
Webinar 2
- Maria José Diógenes (Associate Professor, University of Lisbon – School of Medicine) — Novel strategy to recover BDNF actions in Alzheimer’s disease
- Anna Rafało-Ulińska (Senior Scientist, Maj Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences) — The Link Between Zinc Deficiency and Depressive Symptoms: Behavioral & Pharmacological Studies
Webinar 3
- Sara Xapelli (Assistant Professor, University of Lisbon – School of Medicine) — Role of physical exercise in depression and demyelination
Webinar 4
- Valentina Vengelienė (Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology and Biophysics, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University) — Behavioral pharmacology of addiction
- Ana Sebastião (Full Professor & Group Leader, University of Lisbon – School of Medicine) — Adenosine and seizure control
Webinar 5
- Urtė Neniškytė (Principal Investigator, Life Sciences Center – Vilnius University) — Neuron–microglia interactions in the developing brain
Webinar 6
- Sandra Vaz (Assistant Professor, University of Lisbon – School of Medicine) — Novel perspectives on the role of astrocytes in synaptic function
- Hugo López-Pelayo (Psychiatrist & Group Leader, Hospital Clínic Barcelona – IDIBAPS) — Metabolomics and Alcohol Use Disorder
Webinar 7
- Daiva Baltriukienė (Research Professor, Life Sciences Center – Vilnius University) — Microglia and Neuroinflammation: Unraveling Mechanisms and Pathways
- Inga Griškova-Bulanova (Research Professor, Life Sciences Center – Vilnius University) — Brain states: translational aspects in humans and rats
Webinar 8
- Aurelijus Burokas (Research Professor, Life Sciences Center – Vilnius University) — Microbiota–gut–brain axis in aging
- Jan Rodriguez Parkitna (Head of the Dept. of Molecular Neuropharmacology, Maj Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences) — Spatial analysis of drug-induced gene expression in the mouse brain
Acknowledgments
The PANERIS Webinar Series was organized by the Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine as a part of the PANERIS project.
The opinions and views expressed are solely those of their author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or of the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the REA can be held responsible for them.
