Annual StratNeuro Retreat
The yearly StratNeuro retreat gathers neuroscience researchers from Karolinska Institutet, Umeå University, and the Royal Institute of Technology for a couple of days of networking and getting up to date with the latest research from across the spectrum of neuroscience topics aligning with the interests that the StratNeuro constellation represents.
The 2025 StratNeuro Retreat will be at Djurönäset during the 27th and 28th of May
The StratNeuro retreat is the place to be for neuroscientists from Karolinska Institutet (KI), Umeå University (UMU) and Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).
Additionally, as KI is a member of the European University of Brain and Technology (NeurotechEU), StratNeuro will welcome small delegations from our NeurotechEU partners.
If you haven’t had the chance to attend any of our earlier retreats, or just want to read about the highlights of our latest meeting, please check the news article about the 2024 retreat.
At our retreat, you will attend top talks from local researchers and invited leading neuroscientists, covering research from the molecular level and up to the cognitive and social levels. You will have a chance to network and discuss your work with other experts during our popular poster mingle session.
Several KI Core Facilities and infrastructures serving the Neuroscience community will also be participating at the poster session.
The scientific programme will consist of three plenary sessions, a poster session, and two break-out sessions with two parallel mini symposia/workshops in each session.
Application and Eligibility
Eligibility:
- PhD students and postdocs are required to submit an abstract for a poster in order to be eligible to attend the retreat.
- Undergraduates, MSci students or research assistants are unfortunately not eligible to register to the 2025 retreat.
Application
- Application will close on March 3rd
- Decisions will be sent by week 14
Competitions
At this retreat you will have a chance to receive one of these honors and awards:
- Best poster (two categories: pre-clinical & translational/clinical). The winners will receive a prize gift.
- Best poster blitz (two categories: pre-clinical & translational/clinical). The winners will receive a prize gift.
If you are selected to participate in the poster blitz, you may be one of the ten Poster blitz presenters that will be selected among the abstracts. Selected abstract authors will receive instructions on how to prepare, at the beginning of May.
Keynote speakers StratNeuro Retreat 2025
The keynote speakers for the StratNeuro retreat 2025 are:
- György Buzsáki (NYU Grossman School of Medicine, USA)
- Mackenzie Mathis (EPFL, Switzerland)
- Conor Liston (Cornell University, USA)
StratNeuro Retreat Program
Organising committee
- Karin Jensen, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience
- Konstantinos Meletis, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neuroscience
- Pablo Lopez, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neuroscience
- Joana Pereira, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience
- Laura Sardon Puig, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neuroscience
The StratNeuro retreat 2024 took place in Djurönäset on June 3-5. It included a PhD Day as well as 2 days for the main retreat
The 2023 StratNeuro Retreat took place in Djurönäset between 29-30 May 2023. Read the news article for a summary and highlights.
The 2022 StratNeuro Retreat took place at Runö in Åkersberga between 18-20 May. It was a somewhat special retreat and many were eager to meet again. The organisers worked particularly hard to make this meeting a productive and memorable one.
The StratNeuro 2019 retreat was held at Sånga-Säby on 1-2 October.