News & Events

From 12-14 October 2026, the EBRAINS Virtual Users' Week brought free-of-charge, online, hands-on workshops to learners across the globe. With 344 participants from 35 countries across 5 continents, 56% of whom were women and 39% men, the event proved to be a vibrant international forum for digital neuroscience education.

The future of brain medicine took centre stage at the international EBRAINS Symposium “The Future of Brain Medicine: AI, Digital Brain Twins and Neurotechnology”, hosted by the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) in Kaunas, Lithuania.

The Receptor group led by Prof. Nicola Palomero-Gallagher at the C. & O. Vogt Institute for Brain Research, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, and Forschungszentrum Jülich has mapped the cellular and neurotransmitter receptor organisation of the macaque cingulate cortex, a brain region involved in emotion, motivation, decision-making and motor control.

Mean-field models are a powerful tool for understanding collective brain activity. A new model extends this approach by incorporating the exchange of ions between neurons and their surroundings, bringing important biological mechanisms into simulations of neuronal populations.

Following the strong engagement of the neuroscience community at the EBRAINS Roadmap Symposium in Munich in May 2026, work is progressing on a shared vision for the future of EBRAINS and neuroscience in Europe.

The Virtual Human Twin Annual Event brought together the VHT community on 20–21 October 2026 to review user requirements and discuss priorities for the platform’s development.