On April 14th 2019, a conceptual meeting devoted to the perspectives of developing a new research program of integrated biology of organisms and neurobiological mechanisms of transmitting emotions in animals was held at the Nencki Institute Research Station in Mikołajki. The meeting was attended by: prof. Agnieszka Dobrzyń – director of the Nencki Institute, prof. Marek Konarzewski from the Department of Animal Ecology, University of Bialystok, dr hab. Ewelina Knapska – head of the Laboratory of Neurobiology of Emotions, Nencki Institute, dr hab. Ulf Bauchinger from the Faculty of Biology of the Jagiellonian University and dr Tomasz Janecki – head of the Nencki Institute Research Station in Mikołajki.