On September 27-29th at the Nencki Institute Hydrobiological Station in Mikolajki, mini scientific symposium took place "Modern Methods in Neurobiology". During the lecture session the participants of the symposium - representatives of four IBD laboratories (Laboratory of Neurobiology of Emotion, Laboratory of Molecular Behavior, Laboratory of Spatial Memory and Animal Model Laboratory,) and special guest - prof. Marek Konarzewski, presented topics and research methods of their current studies. The meeting was an opportunity to exchange experiences and to discuss the possibilities of cooperation.