Bernstein Node Hamburg

Neuroscience is a central pillar of research at the University of Hamburg and its medical faculty, the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. The city’s neuroscience landscape spans the full spectrum—from molecular and cellular mechanisms to systems-level understanding, clinical applications, and cognitive processes.

At the heart of this vibrant ecosystem, computational neuroscience serves as a unifying thread—bridging diverse approaches with powerful theoretical models and data-driven methods.

Founded in 2025, the Bernstein Node Hamburg reflects this diversity in both its membership and its mission. Researchers from across the university—spanning the Institutes for Computational Neuroscience, Systems Neuroscience, and Neural Information Processing, as well as the Departments of Psychology, Neurology, Computer Science—and the Medical School Hamburg collaborate to advance computational modeling at every level of neuroscience.

Whether you’re modeling synaptic dynamics, decoding brain signals, simulating large-scale brain networks, or exploring the computational underpinnings of cognition—the Bernstein Node Hamburg offers a vibrant platform for collaborative neuroscience. It brings together diverse perspectives through shared methods, models, and a commitment to advancing theoretical understanding across the brain sciences.

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