Bernstein Network News. Find the latest news from our researchers regarding current research results, new research projects and initiatives as well as awards and prizes.
Deciphering the behavior and neurobiological basis of social interaction
German Research Foundation DFG will fund new Collaborative Research Center at Göttingen Campus with approximately 12.5 million euros.
Lower Saxony Science Award for Viola Priesemann
On November 17, 2021, the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony awarded the researcher of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPIDS) in Göttingen the prestigious Lower Saxony Science Award in the category "Scientist in an early career phase".
Fascinated by memory: tracing memories in the brain
Christian Leibold is the new professor for Theoretical Systems Neuroscience at the Bernstein Center Freiburg. He focuses on the study of memory formation through data analysis and theory building. He focuses on the study of memory formation through data analysis and theory building.
Bernstein SmartSteps – Fall Series
The Bernstein SmartSteps series provides a unique platform for selected Early Career Scientists of the Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience to present their research projects to the scientific community.
The goal in mind
Scientists discover the brain’s internal goal map enabling animals to navigate precisely to a chosen destination
Tatjana Tchumatchenko receives the Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award 2022
On October 14, the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and Boehringer Ingelheim announced the winners of the Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award 2022. It will be awarded to Tatjana Tchumatchenko (DE) and Tom Baden (UK) during the FENS Forum 2022.
Bernstein-CorTec Award goes to Jeanine Laturner
Jeanine Laturner receives this year's Bernstein CorTec Award for her master thesis "Ocular dominance plasticity in a thalamo-cortical recurrent network model". The award was presented by Prof. Kerstin Krieglstein, Rector of the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, during the opening of the academic year.
A “green lung” for the brain
LMU neurobiologists have shown that photosynthetic micro-organisms can be used as a source of oxygen for nerve cells.
First comprehensive atlas of neuron types in the brain published
International research collaboration explores the properties of different neuron types in the brain motor cortex of mice, monkeys and humans using novel experimental and data analysis techniques
EBRAINS shares access to improved laptop-to-supercomputer brain simulator
EBRAINS is the new digital research infrastructure set up by the EU-funded Human Brain Project.