Lineup
Preliminary course program
26th February 2026
16:00-17:30 CET
Introduction to the course
Marco de Curtis, Piotr Suffczynski and Premysl Jiruska
17:40-19:10 CET
Lecture: Introduction to human epilepsy
Marian Galovic and Petr Marusic
5th March 2026
16:00-17:30 CET
Interactive session: Seizures and epilepsy
Marian Galovic and Petr Marusic
17:40-19:10 CET
Lecture: Epileptic neurons and epileptic networks
Premysl Jiruska and Piotr Suffczynski
12th March 2026
16:00-17:30 CET
Interactive session: Epileptic neuron and neural circuits
Piotr Suffczynski and Premysl Jiruska
17:40-19:10 CET
Lecture: The role of glia, inflammation and metabolism in epilepsy
Erwin van Vliet
19th March 2026
16:00-17:30 CET
Interactive session: Glia and inflammation
Erwin van Vliet and Helena Pivonkova
17:40-19:10 CET
Lecture: Research tools – electrophysiology and imaging
Christos Lisgaras and Premysl Jiruska
26th March 2026
16:00-17:30 CET
Interactive session: Imaging in epilepsy, optogenetics and genetic manipulations
Christos Lisgaras and Ondrej Novak
17:40-19:10 CET
Lecture: Research tools – morphology, biochemistry, molecular biology
Katja Kobow and Julika Pitsch
2nd April 2026
16:00-17:30 CET
Interactive session: How to study brain tissue morphology
Julika Pitsch and Silvia Cases-Cunillera
17:40-19:10 CET
Mechanisms of seizure initiation, spread, and terminationy
Marco de Curtis and Vadym Gnatkovsky
9th April 2026
16:00-17:30 CET
Interactive session: EEG interpretation of epileptic activity
Marco de Curtis
17:40-19:10 CET
Lecture: Epileptogenesis – molecular, cellular, and network reorganization
Nihan Çarçak
16th April 2026
16:00-17:30 CET
Lecture: Epileptogenesis in developing brain
Simona Balestrini and Stephanie Baulac
17:40-19:10 CET
Lecture: Focal epilepsy – neuropathological substrates and underlying mechanisms
Katja Kobow
23rd April 2026
16:00-17:30 CET
Interactive session: Interpretation of histological findings – identify the lesion
Katja Kobow, Angelika Mühlebner and Lucas Hoffmann
17:40-19:10 CET
Lecture: Neurobiological aspects of generalized epilepsies
Gilles Huberfeld, Piotr Suffczynski
30th April 2026
16:00-17:30 CET
Interactive session: Experimental studies and data interpretation in genetic epilepsies
Massimo Mantegazza and Cristina Ruedel-Reschke
17:40-19:10 CET
Lecture: Epileptic encephalopathies
Simona Balestrini and Christian Korff
7th May 2026
16:00-17:30 CET
Interactive session: From the diagnosis to the treatment of epileptic encephalopathies
Christian Korff and Simona Balestrini
17:40-19:10 CET
Lecture: Status epilepticus
Matthew Walker
14th May 2026
16:00-17:30 CET
Lecture: Models of seizure and epilepsies
Nihan Carcak, Erwin van Vliet and Christos Lisgaras
17:40-19:10 CET
Interactive session: Choose the best model for your experiments
Nihan Carcak, Erwin van Vliet and Christos Lisgaras
21st May 2026
16:00-17:30 CET
Lecture: Anti-seizure medications and therapeutic approaches
Premysl Jiruska and Cristina Ruedel-Reschke
17:40-19:10 CET
Lecture: Future therapeutic approaches
Gabriele Lignani
28th May 2026
16:00-17:30 CET
Lecture: Epilogue – 20 mysteries that should be solved in epilepsy
Marco de Curtis et al.
17:40-19:10 CET
Panel discussion
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