MindBrainBody Symposium - Information

Online Registration

Attendance without presentation is possible.
Previously presented posters are also welcomed.
In the registration link (survey), please try to use characters existing only in the English alphabet (excluding characters such as ä, ü, ö and other).
Please note that you might NOT get any confirmation email directly after registering online (specially if your email address in gmail domain), but just a note on the survey Webpage saying: “Thank you! Your survey responses have been recorded.”

If you wish to present a poster or give an oral presentation, please provide an abstract with title and author list.
Only the best abstracts will be chosen for oral presentations.
Oral presentation slots are 15 minutes only (10 min talk / 4 min discussion).
You have to bring your file with a USB-stick and hand it to our technician during the break.
You can share your screen with the file of your talk for the Oral Presentation virtually.
Your talk will be scheduled either for Panel 1, Panel 2 or Panel 3.

Posters should be uploaded in PDF format.
IMPORTANT: Name your poster PDF file with your poster number and your family name! You will get your poster number per email later. Example: A23_Mueller
The posters will be available for all applicants and with poster abstracts. They can be found in the symposium booklet online.
Each applicant should prepare a max. 1-min presentation (max. 3 sentences) for the poster session.
We have scheduled 2 poster presentation slots with different sessions (poster session A & B) and (poster sessions C & D).
Please use as little text as possible and more graphs, diagrams, and pictures.

Please print your posters in advance (A0), maximum poster size is 900 x 1200 mm (width x height, portrait format).
You can also distribute printouts of your poster (A4). You will hang your posters when you arrive and/or during the break before (poster sessions A & B together and poster sessions C & D together).

For the poster presentation, we recommend preparing 4 PowerPoint slides (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion). You don't have to send us these slides. You will have it with you during the poster session in your breakout room and can share it. Participants will join several breakout rooms, so please try to always be available.
Try to prepare a 1-2 minute 'blitz' explanation of your poster with your 4 slides and send us the file per Email.
Prepare an A4-size poster PDF file of any design (portrait or landscape) or 4 Powerpoint slides in a 1-page PDF file (4 Slides horizontal; landscape orientation)
You can prepare this PDF file from 4 PowerPoint slides, which you can then use as your presentation, by clicking: Save as PDF -> Options; Publish what: -> Handouts; Frame Slides; Slides per page: 4; Horizontal;
IMPORTANT: Name your poster PDF file with your poster number and your family name! You will get your poster number per email later. Example: A23_Mueller

Please write the authors’ names and affiliations following the format of the example below (max. 60 characters).
Please don’t forget each comma, point, brackets and “&” signs. Indicate each author’s affiliation after his/her name with brackets and number(s) as shown.
Include ONLY city but not state/country in the affiliation line! Example:
- Authors: Nierhaus, T. [1,2], Vidaurre, C. [1], Mueller, K. [3], & Villringer, A. [1,2]
- Affiliations:
- [1] Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
- [2] MindBrainBody Institute, Berlin School of Mind and Brain, HU, Berlin
- [3] Machine Learning Department, Technical University Berlin, Berlin

The abstract should NOT exceed 300 words! Please avoid references, literature, bibliography, and figures in the abstract. It should include Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion sections in separate paragraphs.
Example: Introduction: Xxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Methods: Xxxxx xx xx xxxxx xxxxxxx. Results: Xxxx xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxx. Discussion: Xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxx.

We offer a MBB Young Scientist Award, which will provide you with the opportunity of a funded research stay at MindBrainBody Institute (Berlin School of Mind and Brain) or at the Neurology Department of Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig (MPI CBS Leipzig).
If you want to be considered for the selection of the MBB Young Scientist Award, please add your CV and a project idea (in the research areas of MindBrainBody) to be performed in a 3-month period within the next year, using behavioral and neurophysiological/neuroimaging methods available at our Institute.
The project can be conducted in co-supervision.
Project Proposal text should be in a form of short proposal including Introduction, Research Question, and Methods (about 800 words).
The winner will be announced at the end of the MBB Symposium.
Submit your proposal while registering for the MBB Symposium online in the same platform.

You will receive an acceptance email in January 2027.
You will receive an attendance certificate at the end of the MBB Symposium via email.