BraYn Awards • 9th Edition 2026
Starting Grant (sponsored by BraYn Association)
Vanessa Aragona
Decoding the hydrocephalic choroid plexus secretome: unbiased proteomic profiling of CSF from vascular- and immune-competent human organoids (VIChOs).
Best Oral Presentation (sponsored by BraYn Association)
Ilaria Tagliabue
Chronic GCase inhibition induces lipid remodeling and neurodegenerative alterations in human midbrain organoids.
Best Poster Presentation (sponsored by BraYn Association)
Lorenzo Cifarelli
Brain-wide mapping of perineuronal nets and parvalbumin-expressing neurons across postnatal development identifies age- and sex-dependent circuit alterations in behaviorally characterized Fmr1 KO mice.
Best Poster Presentation in Neurodegeneration (sponsored by)
Diana Ioana Boiangiu
Niclosamide improves neuroprotective pathways in a C9orf72 mouse model of ALS/FTD.
Audience Award (sponsored by Uniscuole and BraYn Association)
Daniele de Pasquale
Biomimetic Fluidic Model of the Glioblastoma-Affected Neurovascular Unit as an Advanced In Vitro Platform.
Best Speed Talk (sponsored by BraYn Association)
Martina Milani
Early microglial dysfunction is associated with altered cerebellar synaptic development in Friedreich’s Ataxia.
Creative BraYns (sponsored by BraYn Association & Scuola di Microscopia)
1. Claudia Messina
Neural Constellation
2. Paola Poliseno
The Dance of Neurons
3. Costanza Stacchiotti
The Butterfly Effect
Placido Illiano Grant (sponsored by BraYn Association)
Noemi Orsini
Giuseppe Ciullo
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