Shuzo Sakata is a Professor of Systems Neuroscience at the University of Strathclyde in the UK. He completed his PhD at Kyoto University in Japan. Securing a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, he continued his research career at Rutgers University in the US. Since 2010, he has led his own research group...

Prof. Sandra Vaz obtained her Ph.D. from the Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa (FMUL), where she investigated the modulation of GABA transporters in astrocytes by brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). She subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM), Lisbon, focusing on astrocyte-mediated...

Dr. Sara Xapelli is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon. Her research focuses on identifying modulators of neural stem cells (NSCs) to enhance adult neurogenesis and oligodendrogenesis, with the goal of facilitating brain functional repair. Dr. Xapelli's team aims to advance NSCs as therapeutic platforms...

Dr hab. Zenon Rajfur, prof. UJ is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science of Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He earned Master degree in Physics and PhD in Biological Sciences from Jagiellonian University. After completing his doctoral studies he pursued his postdoctoral research at...