Tydzień Mózgu i Dzień Mózgu 2025 -Brain Week and Brain Day 2025.

From March 10 to 14, 2025, we warmly invite you to attend the events of Brain Week 2025 in Kraków, entitled “ADVANCES IN NEUROPHARMACOLOGY: IN SEARCH OF NEW DRUGS.”

The lectures will take place in the Auditorium Maximum of Jagiellonian University, located at 33 Krupnicza Street, at 5:00 PM from Monday to Friday, in an in-person format.

Organizers: Copernicus Society of Naturalists (PTPK), Maj Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences in Kraków (IF PAN), Jagiellonian University (UJ)

Organizing Committee: Irena Nalepa, Elżbieta Pyza, Dorota Kłyś, Katarzyna Stachowicz

All lectures will be delivered by researchers from the Maj Institute of Pharmacology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kraków, which celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2024.

Brain Week has been organized in Kraków since 1999 as part of the international Brain Awareness Week, under the patronage of The European Dana Alliance for the Brain (EDAB), The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, and FENS. The event aims to popularize science, raise public awareness about the proper and pathological functioning of the brain, and highlight the necessity of research in this field due to the significant impact of brain disorders on quality of life.

In Kraków, Brain Week is organized by the Copernicus Society of Naturalists (PTPK), Jagiellonian University, and the Jerzy Maj Institute of Pharmacology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The Institute is represented on the Organizing Committee by Professor Irena Nalepa, who has co-organized this annual event since 2011.

Program:

March 10, 2025 Prof. Irena Nalepa, Department of Brain Biochemistry, Jerzy Maj Institute of Pharmacology, PAN Lecture: “Neurobiological Basis of Depression and Mechanisms of Antidepressant Drugs: Evolution of Strategies in the Search for New Medications”

March 11, 2025 Dr. Małgorzata Frankowska, Department of Addiction Pharmacology, Maj Institute of Pharmacology, PAN Lecture: “Psychoactive Substances and the Brain: What We Should Know About Addiction”

March 12, 2025 Prof. Marzena Maćkowiak, Department of Pharmacology and Brain Biostructure, Maj Institute of Pharmacology, PAN Lecture: “Schizophrenia and the Effects of Psychedelics”

March 13, 2025 Prof. Katarzyna Starowicz-Bubak, Department of Neurochemistry, Maj Institute of Pharmacology, PAN Lecture: “Cannabidiol in Combating Pain and Affective Disorders: Breakthrough or Placebo?”

March 14, 2025 Dr. Katarzyna Głombik, Department of Experimental Neuroendocrinology, Maj Institute of Pharmacology, PAN Lecture: “Where Does the Brain Get Its Energy, and How Can We Support It? Has the Era of Metabolic Biohacking Arrived?”

Brain Day 2025 for School Youth

Brain Day has been organized since 2020 by IF PAN in Kraków, initiated by Prof. Irena Nalepa in cooperation with the Copernicus Society of Naturalists and Jagiellonian University.

This year’s theme: “The Importance of Diet and Inflammation in Brain Function and the Process of Drug Development.”

We warmly invite you to attend the online lectures on March 15, 2025, starting at 10:00 AM.

Program:

Prof. Irena Nalepa, Department of Brain Biochemistry, IF PAN Lecture: “Introduction to the Brain Day 2025 Program”

Dr. Irena Smaga-Maślanka, Department of Addiction Pharmacology, IF PAN Lecture: “The Consequences of Maternal Diet on Offspring”

Dr. Ewa Trojan, Department of Experimental Neuroendocrinology, IF PAN Lecture: “Inflammatory Processes as a Basis for Brain Pathologies”

Dr. Katarzyna Stachowicz, Department of Neurobiology, IF PAN Lecture: “How Are Drugs Developed?”

Additionally, a children’s book titled The Adventures of Amygdala and Hippocampus: Illness by Dr. Katarzyna Stachowicz (Department of Neurobiology, IF PAN) will be available for download at: https://ptpk.org/strona/dzien-mozgu/

Summaries of the lectures can be found on the website of the Copernicus Society of Naturalists (PTPK) under the Brain Week section: https://ptpk.org/strona/tydzien-mozgu/

Related articles will be published at the end of March in the Wszechświat journal: https://wszechswiat.ptpk.org/index.php/wszechswiat