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Programme

IBRO Day Buenos Aires
Date: August 28th 2026, IFIBYNE (Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires)

  1. 09:00 – 09:20
    Opening

    Opening Remarks

    Welcome by SAN officers. Opening remarks by IBRO President, Prof. Shubha Tole.
  2. 09:20 – 09:40
    IBRO Session

    IBRO programs, opportunities, and offerings for the local community.

    Prof. David Belin

    Treasurer of IBRO

  3. 09:40 – 10:20
    Talks

    Career Trajectory Talks

    Prof. David Belin and Prof. Shubha Tole

    2 x 20 min (Highs, lows, special moments + Science).
  4. 10:20 – 10:50
    Break

    Coffee Break

    Informal networking with IBRO Officers.
  5. 10:50 – 12:30
    Workshops

    Workshop I

    Investing in yourself: shaping your career.

    Prof. Shubha Tole

    Professor, Department of Biological Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India

  6. 12:30 – 13:30
    Break

    Lunch & Networking

    Dedicated time for IBRO Officers to interact directly with early-career scientists.
  7. 13:30 – 14:30
    Talks

    Short Talks: Part I (PhD Students)

    6 talks x 10 min. Highlighting the work of current doctoral candidates.
    1. 1

      Agustina Bruno-Vignolo

      Huntingtin Is Required for Temporal Regulation of Dense-Core Vesicle Transport, Clock Neuron Physiology and Sleep Behavior in Drosophila

      Instituto de Investigación en Biomedicina de Buenos Aires (IBioBA, CONICET – Partner of the Max Planck Society)

    2. 2

      Leonardo Ariel Cano

      Neural Signatures of Motor Planning During Rapid Decision-Making

      Universidad Nacional de Tucumán – INSIBIO (CONICET)

    3. 3

      Carolina Lucía Facal

      A Precision RNA Therapy Targeting Regional Selective Vulnerability in Tauopathies

      INGEBI-CONICET

    4. 4

      Walen Leonardo Gribaudo

      Evaluating AMPA-Type Glutamate Receptor Saturation at Inner Hair Cell Ribbon Synapses With Glutamate Uncaging

      INGEBI-CONICET

    5. 5

      Agustín Eleazar Lara

      Parallel Antennal Lobe Subsystems Differentially Process Odor Valence in Honey Bees

      IFIBYNE, CONICET-UBA

    6. 6

      Candela Medina

      Semaglutide Modulates Consolidation and Updating of Inhibitory Avoidance Memory

      Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica (UBA) / IFIBYNE-DFBMC (CONICET-UBA)

  8. 14:30 – 16:15
    Workshops

    Workshop II

    From mentee to mentor-training trajectories in Neuroscience.

    Prof. David Belin

    Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience University of Cambridge · Fellow, Homerton College

  9. 16:15 – 16:45
    Break

    Coffee Break

    Informal networking.
  10. 16:45 – 17:45
    Talks

    Short Talks: Part II (Early-Career Researchers)

    6 talks x 10 min. Highlighting the work of Postdocs and Junior Investigators.
    1. 1

      Esteban Javier Beckwith

      Sickness Behaviour in Drosophila

      Instituto de Investigación en Biomedicina de Buenos Aires (IBioBA)

    2. 2

      Estefanía P. Bello

      Dopamine Control of Social Cognition

      IFIBIO Houssay

    3. 3

      Cecilia Inés Calero

      Teaching Minds: How Children Share, Transform, and Seek Knowledge

      Escuela de Gobierno, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

    4. 4

      Evelin Cotella

      Multidimensional Behavioral Analysis Reveals Sex-Specific Vulnerability to a PTSD Model in Mice

      Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra (INIMEC-CONICET-UNC)

    5. 5

      Jose Fernandez Leon Fellenz

      High-Theta EEG Activity During Virtual Navigation as a Candidate Electrophysiological Marker of Early MCI-Related Spatial Navigation Dysfunction

      CIFICEN (CONICET–CICPBA-UNCPBA), Tandil, Buenos Aires

    6. 6

      Roberto Sebastián Miranda Morales

      Early-Life Parenting Shapes Adolescent Emotional Behavior, Social Interactions and Ethanol Responses: Insights From a Mouse Model

      Instituto Ferreyra (INIMEC-CONICET-UNC)

  11. 17:45 – 18:00
    Closing

    Closing Remarks

    Wrap-up by SAN and IBRO Officers.