Volga Neuroscience Meeting 2025 brings together more than 260 researchers from Russia and other countries
The 5th International Conference Volga Neuroscience Meeting 2025, focusing on the study of the nervous system and its functions, opened in the Nizhny Novgorod region on August 25. This biennial event brings together the most prominent researchers from around the globe to exchange insights, share findings, and discuss the latest advancements, experiments, and theories in the field of neuroscience. This year's conference brought together more than 260 participants from Russia, Italy, China, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The conference is organised by Lobachevsky University, the International Centre for Advanced Research in Nizhny Novgorod, the Bekhtereva Institute of the Human Brain of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Scientific Centre for Mental Health.
The first two conferences were held on board a cruise motor ship sailing along the Volga River, and then the conference moved to the Nizhny Novgorod region. This biennial event, known as the Volga Neuroscience Meeting, has celebrated its tenth anniversary, becoming one of the most prominent neuroscience conferences in Russia and receiving worldwide recognition.
Claudio Franceschi, a renowned international expert in the fields of healthy longevity, immunology, neuroscience, genetics, and molecular biology, shared his thoughts on the event and his collaboration with Lobachevsky University:
"This conference brings together top Russian and international experts, making it a truly significant event that I always look forward to attending. It is a truly interdisciplinary event. I have been working closely with Lobachevsky University for a long time. As part of the megagrant, we have established a laboratory for systemic medicine of healthy aging here, and we collaborate closely with the Research Institute of Aging Biology at UNN. In our recent publication in the prestigious journal Nature Aging, we proposed a model of the so-called immune-inflammatory clock and discussed its potential for early detection of accelerated aging and age-related diseases. This clock enables the identification of the illness in its earliest phase, prior to the onset of symptoms, and by intervening in the human body, one can reverse these unfavorable tendencies, thereby eliminating the risk of the disease's progression."
The conference program, which runs from August 25 to 29, features oral and poster presentations on the following topics: molecular and cellular neurobiology; systems and cognitive neuroscience; clinical and translational neuroscience; neuroplasticity, learning and memory; neurophotonics and optogenetics; neurotechnology and neuroelectronics; neurodynamics, computational neuroscience and artificial intelligence.
