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Bernstein Conference 2025

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Welcome

The Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience connects experimental and theoretical scientists. It comprises more than 200 research groups and 450 individual scientists from all over the world who combine experimental neuroscientific approaches with theoretical models and computer simulations.

The Bernstein Network was launched in 2004 through a major funding initiative of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) which aimed at advancing the transfer of theoretical knowledge to clinical and technical applications. The network is named after the German physiologist and biophysicist Julius Bernstein (1839-1917).

News

Frankfurt am Main April 10, 2025

Call for Nominations – Valentin Braitenberg Award

We are currently accepting nominations for this year's Valentin Braitenberg Award for Computational Neuroscience. The deadline for nominations is April 30, 2025.

Göttingen April 10, 2025

The visual system through the eyes of AI

Using artificial intelligence to understand the visual system in the brain: An international research team (MICrONS) with the participation of the University of Göttingen has developed new AI models to decode the complex processing of visual stimuli in the brain. The researchers investigated how the shape, connectivity pattern and activity of nerve cells in the mouse brain are related. The project's key findings have been published in a series of articles in the journals Nature and Nature Communications.

Göttingen, Germany April 10, 2025

How the brain controls movement under uncertainty

A new study by neuroscientists at the German Primate Center (DPZ) - Leibniz Institute for Primate Research in Göttingen shows that our brain deals with different forms of visual uncertainty during movements in distinct ways. Depending on the type of uncertainty, planning and execution of movements in the brain are affected differently. These findings could help to optimize brain-computer interfaces that, for example, help people with paralysis to control prostheses or computers with their thoughts alone (Nature Communications).

Bonn, Germany March 24, 2025

Deciphering the sequence of neuronal firing

How does the brain retain a sequence of events in memory? Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn, the University Hospital Tübingen and the University of Tübingen investigated this question. Using a unique measurement technique with implanted electrodes in the human brain, they were able to test a widely accepted theory of memory processes for the first time. The response pattern of the nerve cells did not align with the theory, but could be explained by a new model. The results have now been published in the journal "Nature Neuroscience".

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Calls

Plus 3 perspectives program

With its Plus 3 funding programme, the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation aims to support outstanding junior group leaders in Germany conducting basic research in biology, chemistry, and medicine.

Deadline: 15.03.2025

Rise up!

The Rise up! programme is aimed at outstanding and exceptionally creative basic scientists in biology, chemistry, and medicine who have accepted their first appointment to an associate professorship at a German university. With Rise up!, they can bring forward an especially innovative research programme that may have a lasting impact on their field.

Deadline: 15.03.2025

Tenure Track Pro­fes­sor­ship

Wübben Stif­tung Wis­sen­schaft’s Tenure Track Pro­fes­sor­ship program sup­ports German uni­ver­si­ties in ap­poin­ting and on­boar­ding in­ter­na­tio­nal talents for tenure track po­si­ti­ons by funding the first years of the pro­fes­sor­ship.

Deadline: 31.03.2025