The fourth annual meeting of the Young Academy of Europe took place on 7th September 2015 in Darmstadt, Germany. It was organised in conjunction with the Annual General Conference of the Academia Europaea (7th-10th September). All YAE members were also invited to attend the AE meeting. Agenda 08:30-09:00 Registration09:00-09:10 Welcome and introduction, Lynn Kamerlin (Chair of the YAE)09:10-09:30 Presentation of YAE activities and developments, Lynn Kamerlin (Chair of the YAE) 09:30-10:15 Plenary talk, Jean-Claude Burgelmann (DG Research and Innovation, European Commission) 10:15-10:45 Coffee break 10:45-11:30 Election of Board members 11:30-12:15 Debate on Resaver pension fund, Andreas Dahlén (European Commission) and Johan Huysse (VSNU), moderated by Christian Keysers (YAE Board) 12:30-13:30 Lunch/Networking 13:30-17:00 YAE scientific sessions LS session Nikolaus Weiskopf (Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL, London): "Towards in-vivo histology using magnetic resonance imaging" Dana Branzei (FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation, Milan): "DNA replication and recombination: tight connections" Mangala Srinivas (Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen): "Shhh....listen!" PE session Artur Bednarkiewicz (Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, and Wroclaw Research Centre EIT+): "Luminescent nanoparticles for life sciences" Nicola Pugno (University of Trento): "Bionicomposites" Panayiota Poirazi (Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion): "The role of dendrites in memory formation" 15:30-16:00 Coffee break SH session Monica Brinzei (Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes, Orléans: "Education, school institution and scholars-network during the late middle ages" Christian Keysers (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam): "How our brain allows us to empathise with the actions, sensations and emotions of others" Hagit Amirav (VU University, Amsterdam): "The interface between sociology and the study of history: Sociological perspectives on the Council of Chalcedon (AD 451)" 17:00-18:30 Panel discussion: Young scientist careers (Panelists: Anne Buttimer, Marie Farge, Gunnar von Heijne, Eva Kondorosi) 19:00 Reception Venue The YAE meeting will took place at TU Darmstadt: Room A03 Karolinenplatz 5 64289 Darmstadt Germany 9th September 2015. For further information please contact info@yacadeuro.org