We’re pleased to invite you to the Neuroimmunology conference which will take place on 19-20 November 2026 in Antwerp, Belgium and is organized by VIB, a leading life sciences research institute in Flanders.
20 key scientists from academia will present their latest insights in sessions focusing on the following topics:
– Innate immunity in CNS health & disease
– Barrier systems & peripheral-CNS crosstalk
– Adaptive immunity in CNS health & disease
– New therapeutic agents to modulate neuroimmunity
If you want a complete overview of what’s happening now in these exciting fields, join your colleagues at #Neuroimmunology26.
Upcoming deadlines
– Travel grant deadline: 27 August 2026
– Abstract deadline: 17 September 2026
Speaker line-up for Neuroimmunology26
Here are the confirmed scientists who will showcase their latest breakthroughs:
Valerio Chiurchiù Institute of Translational Pharmacology and IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, IT
Marco Colonna Washington University, US
Aleksandra Deczkowska Institut Pasteur, FR
Ali Erturk Helmholtz Munich, DE
Sonia Garel Collège de France; IBENS, FR
Jennifer Gommerman University of Toronto, CA
Steffen Jung Weizmann Institute of Science, IL
Jonathan Kipnis Washington University, US
Daniela Latorre IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital & Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, IT
Adrian Liston University of Cambridge, UK
Diane Mathis Harvard Medical School, US
Sarah Mundt University Hospital Zurich, CH
Jessica Osterhout University of Utah School of Medicine, US
Tristan Qingyun Li Washington University, US
Francisco Quintana Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School, US
Caroline Sokol Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, US
Ari Waisman University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz & Institute for Molecular Medicine, DE
Andrew Yang Gladstone Institute & UC San Francisco, US
Frauke Zipp Mainz University, DE
Present your research via a selected talk or a poster
We look forward to hearing about your research at this conference. You can submit your abstract for the poster sessions and the selected talk slots. Poster presenters will have a chance to win the Neuron Poster Prize.
The best abstracts will be given a selected talk slot in the program.
The deadline for abstract submission is 17 September.
Apply for a travel grant
We offer travel grants to international junior scientists, which will reimburse travel costs up to 400 Euros.
Are you interested in attending Neuroimmunology26 in Antwerp and want to have a chance to receive a travel grant? Then submit your motivation below by 27 August the latest.
We hope we have piqued your interest and look forward to talking to you in February!
Kind regards,
VIB Training & Conferences
Organizing Committee:
Menna R Clatworthy University of Cambridge, UK
Sebastiaan De Schepper VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular Neurology, BE
Niels Hellings UHasselt, BE
Renzo Mancuso VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular Neurology, BE
Emanuela Pasciuto VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular Neurology, BE
Roosmarijn Vandenbroucke VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, BE
Lisa Thyrion VIB Training & Conferences, BE
Belgian Immunological Society 