SERENE Epilepsy Research Symposium

Location details:
Inselspital Bern, Julie-von-Jenner-Haus (JJH) (Kinderklinik), Freiburgstrasse 19, Stock A, Kursraum 1 (Nr. 181)

4 credits SNS/SNG, SSNC/SGKN; 3 credits SSNP/SGNP

Introduction by Lukas Imbach (Zurich), Georgia Ramantani (Zurich), Athina Tzovara (Bern), President and board members of the Swiss League Against Epilepsy

Heinz Krestel, Winterthur (Hauptmann award laureate 2025)
The Digital Response Test in Epilepsy (DigRTEpi): Use of artificial intelligence to individually assess cognitive and behavioral performance in everyday societal skills

Christian Korff, Geneva
Research regarding developmental and epileptic encephalopathies

Antonio Giulio Gennari, Zurich
Brain-specific immune hub activation in pediatric focal lesional epilepsy

Panagiota Karatza, Zurich
Scalp high-frequency oscillations differentiate neonates with seizures from healthy neonates and indicate postneonatal epilepsy risk

Flavia Davidhi, Zurich
Real-time seizure detection in human iEEG with neuromorphic hardware

Cecilia Friedrichs-Maeder, Bern
Effects of anti-seizure medications on cortical excitability

15.45    Coffee break

2025 Epilepsy Research Recognition Award
Laudation: Lukas Imbach, president of the Swiss League Against Epilepsy
Daria Skwarzynska, Zurich
Power restored: Exploring how neurons recharge to end seizures
Nicolas Roehri, Geneva
Validation of the non-invasive mapping of the irritative zone using simultaneous intracerebral EEG and scalp EEG

Debora Ledergeber, Zurich
Studies on epileptic microcircuitry

Riccardo Cusinato, Bern
Intracranial investigations of sleep dynamics: Lessons from patients with epilepsy

Gregory Lepeu (Hauptmann award laureate 2025)
Dynamics of cortical stability and seizure resilience

Lili Timar, Zurich
Functional network dynamics in photosensitive epilepsy

There will be an apéro after the programme.

More about SERENE, the Swiss Epilepsy Research Network