We are pleased to announce that our Lab’s Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor Annette Horstmann will be pre­sent­ing at the upcom­ing event titled “Big Ques­tions in Neu­ro­science and Cur­rent Lim­its of Knowl­edge.” This engag­ing ses­sion will take place on Wednes­day, Sep­tem­ber 11, 2024, from 15:15 to 16:15, fol­lowed by coffee/tea and dis­cus­sion, at Lec­ture Hall 2, Haart­maninkatu 3, Meilahti.

Pre­sen­ta­tion Title: Brain vs. Food 0 — 1: Cog­ni­tive Aspects of Obesity

Host­ed by Pro­fes­sor Iiris Hov­at­ta, this event invites stu­dents, post­docs, group lead­ers, and any­one inter­est­ed in neu­ro­science and sci­ence in gen­er­al to explore key open research ques­tions in neu­ro­science. Atten­dees will delve into cur­rent con­cep­tu­al and method­olog­i­cal lim­i­ta­tions and dis­cuss the biggest hur­dles for effec­tive pre­ven­tion and treat­ment of psy­chi­atric and neu­ro­log­i­cal diseases.

Pro­fes­sor Annette Horstmann, PhD, is an esteemed researcher at the Depart­ment of Psy­chol­o­gy, Uni­ver­si­ty of Helsin­ki. She will present her work inves­ti­gat­ing the neu­ro­bi­ol­o­gy of obe­si­ty, focus­ing on the cog­ni­tive process­es and traits that influ­ence eat­ing behav­iors and the devel­op­ment of obe­si­ty. In addi­tion to her inter­dis­ci­pli­nary approach that draws upon biol­o­gy, psy­chol­o­gy, neu­ro- and cog­ni­tive sci­ences, med­i­cine, nutri­tion­al sci­ences, and mathematics.

Join us for this insight­ful pre­sen­ta­tion and engage with top neu­ro­sci­en­tists as they dis­cuss time­ly ques­tions in the con­text of their research.

We look for­ward to wel­com­ing you to an after­noon of stim­u­lat­ing dis­cus­sions and knowl­edge sharing!