Language

The official language of the conference is English, which will be used for all presentations and printed materials.

Presentation format

– Talk: 15 min each (12-min presentation + 3-min discussion)
– Poster: A0 size (portrait orientation, i.e., taller than wider)
– Poster with flash talk: Poster as above. In addition 1-min talk with 1 slide at the auditorium before your poster session.

Because of the limited slots, we can select only certain numbers of talks and flash talks. Selection results will be notified at around the beginning of August.

Guideline of abstract preparation

Title of your talk/poster
Please do not capitalise each word.

Full list of authors and affiliations (including the presenter)
Example: 
Mary Smith 1, John Doe 2
1 University  A, Institute B
2 University  C,  Institute D
(As in journal publication. In the order of Given Name and then Family Name. Do not add Dr., Prof., etc. Specify different affiliations by numbers.

Abstract text
Without title, author names and affiliations. Up to ca. 3,000 characters including spaces. Plain text only. You can use paragraph breaks. Unfortunately, you cannot use italics, bold, figures, photos, etc.

Talk/Poster topic
This information will be used for organising your presentation in a right group. Please select your first choice and second choice from the same list.
– Cell biology, etc.
1a            Neuronal cell biology
1b            Intercellular signalling
1c            Intracellular signalling
1d            Cytoskeleton
1e            Gene regulation
1f              Biochemistry
1g             Glial biology
1h            New biological techniques and tools
– Building and maintaining the nervous system
2a            Development
2b            Regeneration
2c            Aging
2d            Disease, disease models
2e            Evolution
2f              Inter-species comparison
– Sensory Systems
3a            Visual system
3b            Olfactory system
3c            Gustatory system
3d            Sound / acceleration / gravity / wind (antenna)
3e            Exteroception
3f              Proprioception
– Higher-order functions
4a            Learning and memory
4b            Decision making
4c            Modulatory systems
4d            Attention, motivation, emotion and cognition
4e            Homeostasis and metabolism
4f              Circadian rhythms
4g             Brain – body/gut/immune-system communication
– Behaviour
5a            Motor control
5b            Courtship behaviour
5c            Aggression behaviour
5d            Defence behaviour
5e            Feeding behaviour
5f              Addiction
5g             Sleep
5h            Other behaviours
– Data analysis
6a            Connectome analysis (whole-brain/CNS level)
6b            Computational modelling (cellular level)
6c            Computational modelling (circuits in general)
6d            Computational analysis tools
6e            Data platform
– Other      Please give some keywords by yourself

NOTE on the topic: Computational/connectome analysis and modelling of a particular topic should select the corresponding research topic between 1a and 5h. Computational analysis of the whole brain/CNS or aspects of generalised circuits should select the topics 6a or b.

In addition we need the following information
– Full name of the lab head (PI) of the presenter
– Academic level of the presenter
Tenured PI / Non-tenured PI (Time-limited contract) / Postdoc / Student (PhD) / Student (Master/Bachelor) / Lab staff
– Gender
– Country of affiliation

Travel fellowship

If you want to apply for a travel fellowship, please explain why you need the support at the end of the Abstract Submission Form (up to a few hundred words). Please also include your concise CV, and comment on the current funding situation of the lab and yourself.

Travel fellowship is primarily for the people coming from underfunded laboratories and countries. The number of available slots will be limited. Fellowship will be provided in the form of the partial refund of the registration fee with the payment method you used.

Selection priority will be given to the following:
– Early Career Researchers (students and then postdocs)
– Participants who require long-distance travel
– Participants who are the only member of their lab attending Neurofly2026, except for the PI.
– Participants with traditionally (for NeuroFly) underrepresented backgrounds

We will inform the selection results by mid July. If you want to cancel your participation because of the failed fellowship application until 31st July, you can get 100% refund of the paid fee minus 50 € for the transaction cost.

Depending on finances, there might be a second round of travel fellowship selection after the end of the conference.

Revision of your submission

You can revise your submitted contents until the deadline of submission (7th June).
(Any changes that you make after the deadline will cause inconsistency with the Conference Program and Abstract Book.)
When you complete the Abstract Submission Form and click the “Submit” button, you will receive a Forms Response Receipts email. Please click the “Edit response” button in the email to revise the contents.

Retraction of your submission

– If you want to retract your submission before the deadline, please visit your Submission Form (using the “Edit response” button in the email) and write “Retracted” in the Title and Abstract text field of the form.
– If you want to retract your submission after the deadline, please contact the conference office: neurofly-office@uni-koeln.de

Intellectual property

Titles of presentations will become publicly available in the Program page of the conference web site. Abstract book (in PDF) will be provided only to the conference participants.

The questions of intellectual property concern the only responsibility of the submitter. All submissions will be open access to all queries, whether from conference participants or not.