Welcome to DNO 2025

Dear participants, teachers, and guests,

We are thrilled to welcome you to this year’s German Neuroscience Olympiad (DNO) in Bonn on march 29, 2025! This page serves as a central information hub for all important details about the event. Here you will find the latest schedule, information about our exciting specials, and everything you need to know about the event. After the DNO, photos from the event will also be linked here.

Location: Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar, Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 2, 53175 Bonn (Contact & Directions)

Please remember to submit your consent forms, which you received via email with your registration, before the competition.

To access the Study Guide, please visit:
students – DNO https://neurowissenschaften-olympiade.de/students/
The access password is: neurOlympiade2025

Schedule

11:30 - Registration (Registration Desk)

12:15 - Welcoming Remarks (Lecture Hall)

12:30 - Written Exam (Lecture Hall)

13:00 - Neuroanatomy (Canteen 1st floor)

14:00 - Lunch Break (1st floor)

14:00 - Go & Visit our NeuroExpo (Ground floor)

15:00 - Patient Diagnosis (Lecture Hall)

15:30 - Break & Group Photo (Outside)

16:00 - Podium Session (Lecture Hall)

17:00 - Ask-Me-Anything (Lecture Hall)

17:45 - Award Ceremony & Closing Remarks (Lecture Hall)

18:15 - Event Conclusion

Specials in our NeuroExpo

• NEW: iBOTs Booth at the NeuroExpo – Interactive coding workshops and live demonstrations on the connection between programming and neuroscience.
• Exciting Experiments
• Craft your Brain Hat
• Scientists on Site
• Brain Models
• Quiz
• Neuroscience Poster
• NeuroExpo (Open the whole day – Come and Visit)

Finals & International Participation

The top 15 participants of today’s competition will qualify for the final competition in Frankfurt.

The national champion will represent Germany at the 2025 IBB World Championship, which will take place virtually from November 7-12, 2025 (tentative dates) in conjunction with Neuroscience 2025 in San Diego, California.