The Kavli Prize Laureate Lectures in Neuroscience 2026
The Kavli Prize Laureate Lectures in Neuroscience 2026
08:00- (UTC)
Oswald Steward, Christine Holt, Erin Schuman and Kelsey Martin. Photo: Liwllig
10.00: Welcome by Vice-Rector Jens Petter Berg and Secretary General Marit Westergaard
Committee Chair Edvard Moser introduces the Laureates
10.15: mRNA Localization and Local Translation at Synapses: A Mechanism Enabling Repair and Plasticity of Synaptic Connections over the Lifespan
by Laureate Oswald Steward
10.55: Remote Control: How Local Translation Sculpts and Sustains the Wiring of the Brain
by Laureate Christine Holt
Break 30 minutes
12.00: The Central Dogma De-centralized: Localized Messages and Machines Control Protein Synthesis at the Synapse
by Laureate Erin Schuman
12.35: One Nucleus, Thousands of Synapses: A Cell Biology of Memory
by Laureate Kelsey Martin
13.10: Closing remarks by Committee Chair Edvard Moser