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ArticleEpilepsia open2026

ILAE-YES global webinar series: Integrating clinical and basic science in epilepsy research.

Cecilie G Nome, Parthvi Ravat, Fabrice Bartolomei, Marco de Curtis, Rossella Di Sapia, Marian Galovic, Maria Gogou, Lukas Imbach, Julia Jacobs, Katja Kobow and 13 more

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Article in Epilepsia open, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

Cecilie G NomeILAE-YES: The Young Epilepsy Section (YES) of the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE).ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2284-7615
Parthvi RavatILAE-YES: The Young Epilepsy Section (YES) of the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE).ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9548-8704
Fabrice BartolomeiAix-Marseille University, French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (UMR 1106), Systems Neuroscience Institute, Marseille, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1678-0297
Marco de CurtisEpilepsy Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7443-6737
Rossella Di SapiaILAE-YES: The Young Epilepsy Section (YES) of the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE).ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7481-5198
Marian GalovicDepartment of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Maria GogouILAE-YES: The Young Epilepsy Section (YES) of the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE).ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2714-7582
Lukas ImbachSwiss Epilepsy Center, Klinik Lengg, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6135-8642
Julia JacobsAlberta Children's Hospital Research Institute & Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Katja KobowInstitute of Neuropathology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0074-2480
Alice D LamMassachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7754-4637
Christos Panagiotis LisgarasILAE-YES: The Young Epilepsy Section (YES) of the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE).ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3712-5993
Elisa MicalizziILAE-YES: The Young Epilepsy Section (YES) of the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE).
Eleni NikalexiILAE-YES: The Young Epilepsy Section (YES) of the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE).ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0519-3591
Jeffrey L NoebelsDevelopmental Neurogenetics Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2887-0839
Jeanne T PazGladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6339-8130
Avtar Singh RoopraDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8502-1406
Sally ShaabanILAE-YES: The Young Epilepsy Section (YES) of the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE).ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5881-9607
Laurent SheybaniDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, University College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4824-6408
Shobi SivathambooDepartment of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4638-9579
Ana Suller MartiILAE-YES: The Young Epilepsy Section (YES) of the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE).ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8421-1125
Adam WilliamsonInternational Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Naoto KurodaILAE-YES: The Young Epilepsy Section (YES) of the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE).ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1977-4893

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bridging clinical and basic research is increasingly recognized as a priority in the epilepsy field, yet opportunities for integration remain limited by the time, space, and financial constraints of scientific meetings. To address this gap, the Research Task Force of the Young Epilepsy Section of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE-YES) organized a free global webinar series designed to promote translational dialogue and provide accessible research education for early-career clinicians, researchers, and physician-scientists. Based on a preliminary ILAE-YES community survey, eight topics of high interest were selected: (1) epigenetics, (2) EEG biomarkers, (3) ictogenesis, (4) thalamo-cortical network, (5) sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, (6) neurodegeneration and seizures, (7) seizure-related brain damage, and (8) neuromodulation therapy. From March to June 2025, eight live Zoom webinars were held, each featuring expert speakers representing both basic science and clinical perspectives, with recordings made available as unlisted YouTube videos to ensure on-demand access. A total of 1199 individuals from 116 countries registered, 63.2% from low- and middle-income countries. Live attendance averaged 50 participants per session, and the mean session duration was 71.6 min, including an average of 16 min of discussion. Post-session feedback was obtained from 285 respondents; overall satisfaction was high, with 93.3% rating their experience as 4 or 5 on a 5-point Likert scale. Speaker satisfaction was similarly high (95.4%), and 80.0% reported gaining new research ideas. Although access to YouTube and Google Forms may have limited participation in some regions, the series provided an inclusive and globally accessible platform. These findings demonstrated that free, discussion-focused online webinars represent a scalable, low-cost, and reproducible educational model that can effectively promote international engagement and integration between clinical and basic epilepsy research, aligning with the ILAE's global educational mission and complementing WHO IGAP priorities on capacity building and equitable access to knowledge. PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY: Bringing together basic science and clinical research is important for improving epilepsy care, but many researchers have limited opportunities to learn across these fields. We organized a free global webinar series that helped early-career clinicians and researchers learn about epilepsy research by combining scientific talks with clinical perspectives and open discussion. More than 1100 participants from over 100 countries joined, and most reported high satisfaction and gaining new research ideas. These results show that free, discussion-based online webinars can provide an accessible way to support research education and international learning in epilepsy.

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Biomedical ResearchEpilepsyTranslational Research, BiomedicalHumansInterneteducationIGAPILAE‐YEStranslational researchwebinar

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PMID41980698
PMCPMC13238559

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