E-news March 2026
ECNP podcast
New ECNP Podcast episode
Neuromodulation in psychiatry
How can neuromodulation transform care for severe and treatment resistant depression? 
Tiago Costa, United Kingdom, and Piotr Jazdzyk, Poland, join host Luisa Klahn, Sweden, to explore evidence, training gaps and the new ECNP Course on Neuromodulation.
Listen here
ECNP Course on neuroscience research
New ECNP Course
Neuroscience research
Advance your skills in translational research with ECNP’s new course. Gain a clear overview of the key challenges, model systems, and cutting‑edge technologies that turn basic discoveries into clinical innovation. 
Perfect for early career researchers and clinicians looking to strengthen their foundation in brain research.
Register here
ECNP 2026: call for abstracts!
39th ECNP Congress 2026
Call for abstracts
Share your research at the 39th ECNP Congress 2026! Abstract submission for poster presentations is now open.
📍 10–13 October | Munich, Germany
 📅 Deadline: 5 May 
Excellent work might be rewarded with an ECNP Excellence Award.
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Call for lecture proposals
39th ECNP Congress 2026
Call for lecture proposals
Share your research at the 39th ECNP Congress 2026 with Europe’s largest audience in applied and translational neuroscience! Join us in Munich, Gremany, and present in:
Submit by 30 April
ECNP New Frontiers Meeting 2026
ECNP New Frontiers Meeting 2026
You can still join virtually!
From plasticity to recovery: how we can change the brain,15-16 March 2026, discusses cutting-edge discoveries to explore how plasticity can promote recovery in mental health and how measuring it can guide new treatments. 
Register for virtual participation by 11 March.
ECNP webinar
ECNP Knowledge Hub | New webinar
Plasma proteomics & treatment resistance
This Webinar presents a proteomics-based approach to identify plasma biomarkers of treatment resistance and molecular subgroups across these disorders. 
Speaker: Inci S. Aksoylu, Sweden 
🗓️ 20 March 2026 at 16.00 CET
Access here
The Brain Prize winners 2026
The Brain Prize 2026
Meet the winners
Congratulations! 
David Ginty, United States, and Patrik Ernfors, Sweden, are awarded The Brain Prize 2026 for pioneering work on the cellular architecture of somatosensation, revealing how the nervous system detects and processes stimuli such as touch and pain. 
The Brain Prize is awarded by the Lundbeck Foundation.
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