Young Researchers’ and Education Committee

Missions and Objectives

The Young Researchers’ and Education Committee (YREC) has four major aims: i)  to encourage the professional development of young researchers, ii) to promote their participation in the scientific community and their visibility, iii) to channel their own initiatives and iv) to organize activities devoted to them, useful for their training and their future as independent scientists.

In its Education mission, the YREC channels all the information relative to Education in Neuroscience that can be useful for both teachers and students. The Committee encourages the participation of all SENC members in these goals, providing information, orientation, offering common activities, and actively collaborating in their development.

Activities

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To drive the Mentor Programme for young SENC researchers, coordinating and organizing both on-site activities (e.g. in the Biannual SENC Meetings) and on-line get-together events.

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To coordinate and select the recipients of the Tatiana Foundation Young Investigator Award and organize the “Tatiana Foundation Symposium” at the Biannual SENC Meetings.

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To coordinate and select the recipients of the Excellent Student Rita Levi Montalcini Award  devoted to PhD students, and organize the “Rita Levi Montalcini Symposium” at the Biannual SENC Meetings.

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To evaluate and select the recipients of Travel Grants (for SENC in Spain, FENS in Europe and SFN in the US, among others).

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To broadcast activities, conferences, awards, grants, employment offers, etc., which might be of interest to young SENC members, which can be followed on Twitter: @JovInvest_SENC.

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To inform, orient and advise about opportunities for Education in Neuroscience:

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To promote other specific activities useful for the professional development, training, and promotion of young neuroscientists.

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Contact Committee of Young Researchers (CJI)

For issues related to the Mentoring Program: mentoring@senc.es

For issues related to the Broadcasting and Education Counseling, or general inquiries to the committee: cji@SENC.es

Current members of the Young Researchers’ and Education Committee. (SENC-J)- 2026-2027

Lydia Jiménez

Head – Member of SENC board
Education Counseling Team
Physiology Associate Professor, Medical School
University of Castilla La Mancha 

 

Carlos Matute

SENC President 
Education Counseling Team
Full Professor of Anatomy and Embriology
University of Basque Country 

 

Mario Martín-Fernández

Tatiana Foundation Award 2025
Mentoring Team 
Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow
PI of ‘Astro-Neuronal Systems Lab’
Centro de Neurociencias Cajal, Madrid 

Marta Cimadevila

Broadcasting and Distinctions Teams
Postdoctoral Researcher
Center for Biomedical Network Research
– Neurodegenerative diseases (CIBERNED)
University of the Basque Country, EHU 

Adrián Chinarro

Broadcasting and Mentoring Teams
FPU PhD student
Department of Cell Biology & Histology
Faculty of Biological Sciences
Complutense University of Madrid
Madrid, Spain 

Candela González Arias

Mentoring Team 
Postdoctoral Researcher
Physiology Department, Medicine School
Complutense University of Madrid 

Patricia González

Broadcasting Team
Professor, Medical School
Institute of Biomedicine of Seville
University of Seville 

Ana León

Equipos Mentoring y Distinciones
Investigadora Postdoctoral
Universidad de Málaga/IBIMA Plataforma Bionand
Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga 

Soraya Martín Suárez

Mentoring Team
Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow
Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience 

 

Juan José Rodríguez

Mentoring and Distinctions Teams
FPI PhD student 
The Institute for Neuroscience CSIC-UMH
Alicante (Spain) 

Paula Rodríguez

Broadcasting and Mentoring Teams
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University 

Irene Serra Hueto

Mentoring Team
Postdoctoral EMBO fellow
ICM Paris Brain Institute

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