Talking Science 2025

We are delighted to invite you to this year’s Talking Science event, featuring Prof. György Buzsáki, Biggs Professor of Neuroscience at NYU School of Medicine.

The event will take place on Tuesday, 16^th and Wednesday, 17^th of December at the LMU Biocenter in Martinsried.

About the event

Talking Science is a two-day event consisting of a public keynote lecture, 1-on-1 meetings, and roundtable discussions organized by PhD students, to provide a platform for Masters, PhD students and postdocs to interact with distinguished researchers in an approachable, friendly setting. During this year's event, students will have the chance to engage in informal discussions with Prof. Buzsáki.

About Prof. Buzsáki

Over the past four decades, Prof. Buzsáki has shaped the field of modern systems neuroscience. His groundbreaking research on hippocampal and cortical circuits revealed how neuronal oscillations, including theta rhythms, gamma cycles, and sharp-wave ripples, serve as the temporal framework for cognition. Through his work, we have come to understand how these rhythms coordinate information flow, support memory consolidation during sleep, and underpin the brain’s predictive coding of the world.

Prof. Buzsáki is also the author of the influential book Rhythms of the Brain, and his ideas continue to inspire generations of neuroscientists and scholars across disciplines.

Programme

This year’s program offers participants the following agenda:

Tuesday 16 December

Lunch with students - 12:30–13:30

Open discussion forum: Choosing a career today - 14:00–15:30

1-on-1 student meetings - 16:00–17:30

Wednesday 17 December

Roundtable discussion with students - 09:00–10:30

Roundtable discussion with students - 11:00–12:30

Lunch with students and postdocs - 12:30–13:30

1-on-1 student meetings - 14:00–15:30

Keynote lecture: From Actions to Cognition in the Hippocampal System - 17:00

Dinner with students - 19:00

We warmly invite you to join us for this exciting event, a unique chance to connect, learn, and be inspired by one of neuroscience’s most influential thinkers.

Sign up now!

Sign-up is required for most events. Do it early to ensure your spot! We'll do our best to get you into your preferred event, while ensuring a fair balance across different institutes and career stages. 

We look forward to seeing you there!

Warm regards,

The Talking Science Organizing Committee

Jonathan Gant

Elizabeth Herbert

Carlos Gomez-Guzman

Lukas Meyerolbersleben