Neuro-SysMed Junior Scientist Symposium December 5, 2025

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 organized with a keynote lecture initially (45 minutes), followed by four PhD candidates/postdoctoral researchers who present their work (25 minutes 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.

Academic responsible: Shamundeeswari Anandan and Yola Gerking

Coordinators: Håkon Olsen and Casper Eugen Sandvik

Time: Friday, December 5, 2025, at 09.00-13.00 (A light lunch will be served!)

Place: Conference room, BB building (campus Haukeland University Hospital)

Registration through this link.

Students who would like to have ECTS for their participation need to register in Studentweb as well, for the subject NEUROSYSM910 for the fall term. The deadline in Studentweb for all subject codes for the fall term is September 1. Find more information about the course code on the student pages.

Language: English

Program:

09:00–09:10    Welcome and introduction
09:10–10:10    “Beyond the Lab: Navigating Your Career with Purpose” workshop by Ellen Hagen and Kristin Miskov Nodland from the UiB Ferd career center for early-stage researchers 
10:10–10:30    Coffee break
10:30–10:55    Andrea Kyvik Habbestad: “EBV and MS: My PhD Project Plan”
10:55–11:20    Marie Ytterdal: “Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Extracellular Vesicles as Therapeutic Tools in Multiple Sclerosis”
11:20–12:00    Lunch (included, just remember to register within Dec. 2 at 11:00 AM)
12:00–12:25    Connor Langworth-Green: “Immune Dysregulation and Innate-Adaptive Interplay Across Parkinson’s Disease: From Biomarker Discovery to Targeted Immune Intervention”
12:25–12:50    Jonas Bull Haugsøen: “Immune Remodeling after Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in RRMS”
12:50–13:00    Concluding remarks

Contact: Feel free to contact us if you have questions: Shamundeeswari (Sam) Anandan: samanandhan@gmail.com or Yola Gerking: yola.gerking@uib.no