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Community Leaders' Guide to the 2026 Neuroscience Meeting Planner

By Grace Valentine Olagunju, Jayalakshmi (Jaya) Viswanathan, PhD, Hugo Sánchez-Castillo, PhD

Oct 23, 2026

What is the Neuroscience Meeting Planner?

The Neuroscience Meeting Planner (NMP) is an online tool designed to help attendees navigate Neuroscience 2026. Users can search for abstracts, presentations, speakers, scientific sessions, professional development programs, networking events, and other meeting activities based on their interests. They can also save selected events to build a personalized itinerary, making it easier to organize their schedules and get the most from the meeting.

How can the NMP help Neuroscience 2026 attendees?

Hear from SfN’s Neuronline Community Leaders on how they are using the NMP to navigate Neuroscience 2026!

Grace Valentine Olagunju

I am a first-year PhD student at New Mexico State University. I am attending Neuroscience 2026 to network with fellow students, professors, and future colleagues. I am using the NMP to find a Professional Development Workshop related to my research interests to help prepare me for future academic and industry opportunities.

Visit the NMP to check out SfN26 Professional Development Workshops.

Jayalakshmi (Jaya) Viswanathan, PhD

I am an assistant professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine. I am attending Neuroscience 2026 to present my work, learn about recent neuroscience advances, and network with colleagues. I am using the NMP to find lectures and presidential topics with a broad range of content, as well as sessions on Alzheimer’s disease and research rigor for my work.

Take a look at SfN’s curated Alzheimer’s Itinerary on the NMP.

Hugo Sánchez-Castillo, PhD

I am a researcher and professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. I am attending Neuroscience 2026 because it is the most important meeting in neuroscience. I am using the NMP to find sessions related to depression and anxiety, timing, and temporal processing.

Hit the ground running and create a personalized itinerary on the NMP today! To learn more or to ask questions about the NMP, contact program@sfn.org or share in the Discuss box below.

About the Contributors

Grace Valentine Olagunju

Grace Valentine Olagunju is a first-year PhD student at the New Mexico State University. She earned her undergraduate degree in biology with distinction from the University of Abuja, Nigeria, and completed her master’s degree with distinction in molecular biology and interdisciplinary life sciences. Olagunju’s research focuses on brain lipidomics, with a particular interest in understanding how lipid composition and alterations contribute to brain cancer, specifically glioblastoma. As a community leader, she looks forward to contributing her scientific perspective, supporting collaboration, and engaging with diverse academic communities. She also hopes to contribute to neuroscience education by increasing awareness of the importance of lipids in health and disease.

Jayalakshmi (Jaya) Viswanathan, PhD

Jayalakshmi (Jaya) Viswanathan, PhD, is a neuroscientist, author, and artist born and raised in India. She earned an engineering degree, a master’s in neuroscience, and a doctorate in cognitive neuroscience. After her postdoctoral fellowship, she deepened her neuroscientific expertise as a contractor at the National Institutes of Health. She is currently a research assistant professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine working in translational neuroscience to prevent and treat Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias. She illustrated and wrote the first of its kind children’s neuroscience book, Baby Senses: A Sensory Neuroscience Primer for All Ages to convey complex scientific concepts through art and whimsy in terms of sensory “superpowers.”

Hugo Sánchez-Castillo, PhD

Hugo Sánchez-Castillo, PhD, is a professor and researcher at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He has a bachelor's in psychology and a doctorate in behavioral neurosciences from the UNAM and has completed postdoctoral studies at Columbia University in New York City. He is affiliated with the psycobiology and neurosciences department at the Psychology School at UNAM and is the head of the Neuropsychopharmacology and Timing Laboratory. His research focuses are the neurobiology of stress and trauma, the dissociative disorders, and the neurobiology of timing behavior.

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