Thursday, 10 September 2026

• 09:00 Arrival
• 09:30 - 09:45 Welcome
• 09:45 - 10:45 Introduction Participants
• 10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break
• 11:00 - 11:15 CTNR & Funding Opportunities
• 11:15 - 12:00 Session: Neurological Disorders I: Parkinson’s Disease
• 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
• 13:00 - 14:30 Session: Neurocognitive Development
• 13:30 - 14: 30 Dr. Robert John Eves: "Long-term developmental consequences of being born at neonatal risk"
• 14:30 - 15:00 Coffee Break
• 15:00 - 16:30 Session: Neurological Disorders II: Alzheimer’s Disease
• 15:30 - 16:30 Prof. Dr. Steffen Roßner: "Targeting pGlu-Abeta in Alzheimer’s disease"
• 16:30 - 18:00 Posterpresentation and Networking
• 18:00 - 19:30 Dinner

Friday, 11 September 2026

• 07:30 - 08:30 Breakfast
• 08:30 - 09:10 Session: Neurological Disorders III: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• 09:10 - 09:30 Coffee Break
• 09:30 - 12:30 Virginia Bolowski: "Project Management for Scientists"   
• 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
• 13:30 - 15:00 Session: Neurogenesis and Neurodegeneration: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms
• 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
• 15:30 - 16:30 CTNR Idea Lab
• 16:30 - 17:00 Closing Remarks

Targeting pGlu-Abeta in Alzheimer’s disease

Prof. Dr. Steffen Roßner

University of Leipzig – Faculty of Medicine

Paul Flechsig Institute – Centre of Neuropathology and Brain Research

Steffen Roßner is Group Leader at the Paul Flechsig Institute – Centre of Neuropathology and Brain Research at the University of Leipzig. His research focuses on uncovering the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying post-translational protein modifications in neurodegenerative diseases and protein aggregation disorders that have a neuroinflammatory component. A special focus lies on protein aggregation in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, as well as on neuroinflammation in stroke. To investigate these conditions, his team integrates cellular and animal models with analyses of human brain tissue obtained from the respective clinical conditions.

Long-term developmental consequences of being born at neonatal risk

Dr. Robert John Eves 

Bielefeld University - Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science

Robert John Eves is a Research Associate at Bielefeld University and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Warwick (Coventry, GB). His research aims to better understand the resilience factors that aid neurocognitive development for individuals born preterm and which risk factors can lead to difficulties.

Workshop: Project Management for Scientists – From Research Idea to Successful Project

Virginia Bolowski

University Medical Centre Rostock - Dean's Office

Scientific projects are becoming increasingly complex, involving interdisciplinary teams, limited resources, evolving objectives, regulatory requirements, and competitive funding environments. While scientists are highly trained in their research fields, formal project management skills are often not part of their academic education. This workshop provides a practical introduction to project management in the context of scientific and research projects. Participants will learn how project management tools can support the successful planning, implementation, monitoring, and completion of research projects - from the initial idea and grant proposal to the final project outcomes.

Virginia Bolowski combines strong expertise in research coordination and management with her role as Personal Assistant to the Vice Dean for Budget, Planning and Structure at the University Medical Centre Rostock and her qualification as a Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA® Level D).