A memorable FENS Forum for Iconeus
: June saw the Iconeus team in Vienna for the FENS Forum – and it turned out to exceed our expectations in several ways!
The biennial FENS Forum is a major event for European neuroscientists, and our already high expectations for this year’s event in Vienna were definitely exceeded!
Run by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies and taking place every two years, the FENS Forum has gained a reputation as the main event for neuroscientists in Europe. Naturally, we were there in Paris in 2022, and in June this year we were excited to be presenting functional ultrasound (fUS) again, this time at the Messe Wein in Vienna, Austria.
This year’s event had a similar number of attendees as in the past (about 7000), of which this year we contributed eight – including Scientific Applications Specialists Pia Pelaez and Hippolyte De Valmont, and our co-founder and CEO Ludovic Lecointre. Gratifyingly, we noticed significantly more interactions with attendees this year, which was likely due to the enhanced visuals and sleek design of our booth (courtesy of our colleague Marion Lelièvre).
Our Head of Product Development Jeremy Ferrier also took the stand for a ‘Product Theater’ session in the main hall, showcasing our fUS technology and our Iconeus One product to a large audience – a resounding success! We also had a crew recording the Product Theater and moments at the booth, and this provides a really nice flavor of the event.
A poster session focused on fUS
Importantly for us, and signifying how awareness of fUS continues to rise, this year there was a whole poster session dedicated to fUS, titled “Functional ultrasound and imaging advances”. This featured posters including topics as diverse as neurovascular coupling along the the optic nerve in rodents, multi-month monitoring of neuronal activity in cats, and functional connectivity changes in preterm neonates exposed to music therapy.
The session also featured work by our own Ph.D. students, specifically 3D ULM of the brains of mice and non-human primates (Adrien Bertolo), and the effects of cannabinoids in awake mice (Samuel Le Meur-Diebolt).
Jeremy also presented work on whole-brain fUS in the mouse, which he describes in the video below, and which convincingly demonstrates the superiority of the MultiArray probe over other 3D fUS probes.
Overall, we found the FENS Forum to be a really exciting and worthwhile event. Many thanks to the event organizers for putting on such a great conference – we look forward to returning in 2026!
Do you have any questions about the posters or presentations we gave at the FENS Forum? Please drop us a line!
