IBRO World Congress Committee
In collaboration with societies of neuroscience throughout the world, IBRO promotes international congresses and regional meetings on a recurring basis. Their overall aim is to promote neuroscience, increase communication and facilitate collaboration between investigators throughout the world.
A key objective of IBRO-sponsored congresses is to advance neuroscience in regions that need assistance. This can be achieved by facilitating the participation of scientists from less well-funded regions at congresses and meetings held in parts of the world with greater scientific strength and resources. To further facilitate this role, the congress/meeting venues alternate from region to region. In 2023, the World Congress happens in Granada, Spain, organized locally by the Spanish organizing committee.
Chair of Local Organizing Committee
Dr. Juan Lerma
Professor at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Director of the Cajal International Neuroscience Centre (CINC-CSIC)
Editor-in-Chief of Neuroscience
Madrid, Spain
Local Organizing Committee
Dr.Albert Compte
Senior Group Leader at the Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS) (CINC-CSIC)
Barcelona, Spain
Dr. Mara Dierssen
Group Leader at Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)
Group Leader at the Institut Municipal d’Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM)
Barcelona, Spain
Dr. Milagros Gallo
Professor of Psychobiology at the University of Granada
Neuroplasticity and Learning Research Group
Granada, Spain
Dr. Teresa Giraldez
Professor of Physiology at the University of La Laguna (ULL) Medical School
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of General Physiology
Member of the Board of Reviewing Editors of eLife
Granada, Spain
Dr. Eloísa Herrera
Professor at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Principal Investigator at the Neurosciences Institute in Alicante
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Scientific Reports
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Molecular Brain
Program Committee for the Spanish Society of Neuroscience (SENC)
Alicante, Spain
Dr. José Esteban
Professor at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Group Leader at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Member of the Directive Board of the Neurobiology Department at the Severo Ochoa Center for Molecular Biology (CBM)
Madrid, Spain
Dr. Rafael Fernández-Chacón
Professor of Physiology at the Department of Medical Physiology and Biophysics of the University of Seville
Director of the Institute of Biomedicine of Seville (IBiS)
CIBERNED Investigator
Seville, Spain
Dr. Conchi Lillo
Professor of Cell Biology at the University of Salamanca
Group Leader at the Institute for Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL)
Group Leader at the Institute of Neuroscience of Castilla y Leon (INCyL)
Director of the Electron Microscopy Facilities of the University of Salamanca
Treasurer and head of the communication committee of the Spanish Society for Neuroscience (SENC)
Salamanca, Spain
Dr. Casto Rivadulla
Professor at the School of Health Sciences, University of A Coruña
Group Leader at the Biomedical Research Institute of A Coruña
Secretary of the Spanish Society for Neuroscience
A Coruña, Spain
Dr. Amanda Sierra
Research Professor at Ikerbasque and Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience
Academic collaborator of the Department of Neurosciences, University of the Basque Country EHU/UPV
Director of the Glial Cell Biology Lab
Member of Editorial Board of the journal Glia
Member of Life Science Office (panel 3) of the Spanish Confederation of Scientific Societies (COSCE)
Leioa, Spain
Dr. José Luis Trejo
Research Scientist at the Cajal Institute of Madrid in the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
President of the Spanish Brain Council
Chair of one of the boards of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) funding system of Belgium
Madrid, Spain