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Members' Meeting 2026

22 – 23 April 2026 + Add to calendar

Thursday 23 April

Welcome day 2 from President (NR)

9.30am – 9.35am
Morning Session

Rapid fire 1: 5-HT and Antipsychotic Modulation of Insular Cortex Neurons: Exploring Pathways for Psychedelic-Based Treatments by Noemi Castello

9.35am – 9.50am
Morning Session

Research comms 1: Reduced reliance on partner reciprocity drives lower trust in schizophrenia by Gabriele Bellucci

9.50am – 10.15am
Morning Session

YOUR BNA session

10.15am – 11am
Morning Session

Break

11am – 11.15am
Break

Rapid fire 2: Investigating the Impact of Tau Pathology on Synaptic RNA by Nathasia Muwanigwa

11.15am – 11.30am
Morning Session

Rapid fire 3: Altered cortical synaptome architecture in patients with schizophrenia by Wen Chyi Quah

11.30am – 11.45am
Morning Session

Rapid fire 4: Resting-state fMRI to characterise the temporal dynamics of functional connectivity following repetitive subconcussive head impacts by Holly Holden Rowley

11.45am – 12pm
Morning Session

Rapid fire 5: Do all visual centres tick alike? Divergent diurnal control of the Superior Colliculus by Abigail Pienaar

12pm – 12.15pm
Afternoon Session

Lunch break

12.15pm – 1.10pm
Break

Research comms 2: Exploiting our understanding of selective vulnerability of dopamine axonal subpopulations to identify α2δ as a promising target for Parkinson’s by Katherine Brimblecombe

1.10pm – 1.35pm
Afternoon Session

Research comms 3: Compensatory mechanisms in NaV1.7 embryonic null neurons by Eva Villalba-Riquelme

1.35pm – 2pm
Afternoon Session

Rapid fire 6: The Association between Childhood Maltreatment and Conduct Disorder: A Pre-Registered Systematic Review and Three Level Random Effects Meta-Analysis by Lorna Almond

2pm – 2.15pm
Afternoon Session

Rapid fire 7: Towards an EEG bedside assessment of speech comprehension for diagnosis after severe brain injury by Sonia Gascon Lopez

2.15pm – 2.30pm
Afternoon Session

Break

2.30pm – 2.45pm
Afternoon Session

Research comms 4: Disruption of perineuronal nets and diffuse extracellular matrix in ventral-intermediate hippocampus does not affect rapid place learning, novel object recognition or locomotor activ

2.45pm – 3.10pm
Afternoon Session

Closing words

3.10pm – 3.15pm
Afternoon Session