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Dear Colleagues and Friends,

It is our great pleasure and honor to welcome you to the 10th Mediterranean Neuroscience Society Conference, to be held in Platanias/Chania on the island of Crete, Greece, from June 7th to June 11th, 2025. Chania, the second-largest city on Crete, offers a stunning Mediterranean landscape coupled with a rich blend of modern, traditional, and ancient cultural heritage. The vibrant surroundings, filled with colors, scents, flavors, and music, make it an ideal location for our gathering. The conference will take place at the beautiful Minoa Palace Resort in Platanias, just 10 km from Chania city center, by the serene Mediterranean seaside.

We invite you to join us for another unforgettable Mediterranean Neuroscience Conference, a unique gathering that brings together neuroscience experts, professionals, and students not only from Mediterranean countries but from around the world. We anticipate welcoming over 400 participants to this event, which we are committed to making friendly, diverse, and inclusive, with ample opportunities for social interactions, training, and networking. Our goal is to provide a unique platform for exchanging knowledge, ideas, and advancements across all areas of basic, translational, preclinical, and clinical neuroscience.

The Scientific and Organizing Committees are working tirelessly to create an engaging program that includes keynote speakers, opinion leaders, and experts from around the globe. We aim to promote research, education, advocacy, policy-making, and public awareness on all aspects of brain science.

The MNS is excited to offer travel stipends and prizes to young scientists, particularly from the southern Mediterranean regions, and to foster North-South networking and scientific exchange!

Stay tuned for updates, and we eagerly look forward to welcoming you to Crete in 2025!

Prof. Christina Dalla and Prof. Ali Jahanshahi
Chairs of the 10th Mediterranean Neuroscience Society Conference




Committees

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:

• Prof Ali Jahanshahi (MUMC+, Netherland) – Co-Chair
• Prof Christina Dalla (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece) – President, Co-Chair
• Prof Giuseppe Di Giovanni (University of Malta, Malta) – Past- President
• Prof. Youssef Anouar (Inserm, France)- President-Elect
• Prof Khalid El Lali (IAV Hassan II, Morocco) – General Secretary
• Prof Jacques Noël (Université Côte d'Azur Nice, France) – Treasurer
• Dr Liana Fattore (IN-CNR, Italy) – Honorary Member
• Dr Driss Boussaoud (CNRS, France) – Honorary Member
• Prof Marc Landry (University of Bordeaux, FR) - Honorary Member
• Dr Luisa Pinto, (Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, ICVS), University of Minho, Portugal), member
• Prof Eleonora Palma, (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), member
• Prof Eva de Lago Femia (University of Madrid, Spain), member
• Prof Francisco Eliseo Olucha Bordonau, (Universitat Jaume I, Spain), member
• Dr Ioannis Sotiropoulos (NCSR "Demokritos", Greece), member
• Dr Lucy Privitera (Queen Mary University of London, Malta Campus), member
• Prof Nermeen Zakaria Abuelezz (MUST University , Egypt), member
• Prof Sandra Vaz (FMUL and iMM, Lisbon, Portugal), member
• Prof Taoufik Ghrairi (El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia), member
• Prof Zakaria Ouhaz (Institut Supérieur des Professions Infirmière et techniques de la santé, Marrakech, Morocco), member
• Prof George Panagis (University of Crete, Greece), member
• Prof Nikolaos Kokras (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece), member
• Prof. Harris Alexopoulos (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece), member
• Dr Alexia Polissidis, (Deree, The American College of Greece), member
• Dr Panos Politis, (Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens), member
• Dr Ourania Semelidou, (INSERM, France), member

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

• Prof Christina Dalla (University of Athens, Greece) – co-Chair
• Prof Ali Jahanshahi (MUMC+, Netherland) – co-Chair
• Prof Giuseppe Di Giovanni (University of Malta, Malta) – Past-President
• Prof Youssef Anouar (INSERM, France)- President-elect
• Prof Khalid El Lali (IAV Hassan II, Morocco) – General Secretary
• Prof Jacques Noël (Université Côte d'Azur Nice, France) – Treasurer
• Dr Liana Fattore (IN-CNR, Italy) – Honorary Member
• Prof Marc Landry (University of Bordeaux, FR) - Honorary Member
• Dr Luisa Pinto, (Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, ICVS), University of Minho, Portugal), member
• Prof Eleonora Palma, (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), member
• Prof Eva de Lago Femia (University of Madrid, Spain), member
• Prof Francisco Eliseo Olucha Bordonau, (Universitat Jaume I, Spain), member
• Dr Ioannis Sotiropoulos (NCSR "Demokritos", Greece), member
• Dr Lucy Privitera (Queen Mary University of London, Malta Campus), member
• Prof Nermeen Zakaria Abuelezz (MUST University , Egypt), member
• Prof Sandra Vaz (FMUL and iMM, Lisbon, Portugal), member
• Taoufik Ghrairi (El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia), member
• Prof Zakaria Ouhaz (Institut Supérieur des Professions Infirmière et techniques de la santé, Marrakech, Morocco), member

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

• Prof Christina Dalla (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece) – Chair
• Dr Ioannis Sotiropoulos (NCSR "Demokritos", Greece)- co-chair of the local organizing committee
• Prof. George Panagis (University of Crete, Greece), member
• Prof. Nikolaos Kokras (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece), member
• Prof. Harris Alexopoulos (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece), member
• Dr Alexia Polissidis, (Deree, The American College of Greece), member
• Dr Panos Politis , (Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens), member
• Dr Ourania Semelidou, (INSERM, France), member