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Bernstein Conference 2025

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Bernstein Conference

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

Göttingen, Germany – December 19, 2026

How coordination emerges during real-time social interaction

New study from the Cognition of Interaction Collaborative Research Consortium elucidates continuous dynamics of cooperation and competition

Berlin, Germany – December 15, 2025

What mitochondria reveal about the brain

International researchers have analysed the distribution of mitochondria, the energy producers of cells, in the brain. The results offer new perspectives on the organisation of neuronal networks and their performance.

Berlin, Germany – December 13, 2025

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize awarded to Klaus-Robert Müller

The main committee of the German Research Foundation (DFG) today announced the recipients of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, considered the highest honor for researchers in Germany. Among the ten awardees is Prof. Dr. Klaus-Robert Müller, co-director of BIFOLD and head of the Machine Learning Group at TU Berlin. He is regarded as a pioneer of machine learning and has been driving this important area of artificial intelligence (AI) since 1989. His work combines excellence in formal mathematical reasoning with a strongly application-oriented approach. His interdisciplinary method brings together fields such as biology, medicine, chemistry, mathematics, and computer science.

Magdeburg, Germany – December 10, 2025

Recognition for cutting-edge research

Neuroscientist Professor Dr. Kristine Krug from Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg has once again been appointed Visiting Professor of Neuroscience at the renowned University of Oxford in the UK. The Medical Sciences Board at Oxford University confirmed the unpaid title for a further five years.

Events

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LASCON 2026 – X Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience

05.01. – 30.01.2026

São Paulo, Brazil

Summer School

LASCON 2026 offers an intensive four-week training program designed for graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and early-career researchers interested in applying computational and mathematical methods to the study of neurons and neural networks. The curriculum spans multiple scales of brain modeling—from biophysically detailed neurons to large-scale networks and theoretical frameworks of brain function and dysfunction—and covers topics such as extracellular field modeling, synaptic and structural plasticity, brain disease and brain state modeling, artificial intelligence, criticality in brain dynamics, consciousness, and brain–machine interfaces.

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Bernstein Conference 2025

Past

Past and future conferences

Become a Member

The Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience supports science, research and education in computational neuroscience, and disseminates research themes and findings to the public. Everyone who is active in the field of computational neuroscience or related subjects can become a member of the Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience.

Job Offers

Other positions

Research Engineer

Postdoc positions

Postdoctoral Researcher in computational neuroscience and machine learning for Neuro-AI project (m/w/d; E13 TV-L, 100%)

PhD-student positions

PhD position on multiscale theory of spiking neural networks for modeling human language

Further Job Offers

Stay informed

As a quarterly digest, the public bulletin informs about exciting new topics in computational neuroscience and summarizes the news of the Bernstein Network for the scientifically interested public. The public bulletin is in German only. Register now!

Calls

PROCOPE-Mobility Grants 2026

The Office for Science and Technology of the French Embassy in Germany aims to strengthen Franco-German cooperation in research and innovation by supporting the mobility of young researchers. The Procope Mobility program specifically supports the mobility of young researchers affiliated with a laboratory or research institute in Germany to France. These mobility grants will enable them to conduct research in a laboratory or research institute in France. All research fields are eligible. The mobility grant will fund a stay of one, two, or three months, beginning no earlier than May 18, 2026, and no later than December 31, 2026.

Deadline: 12.01.2026

ERC Consolidator Grants

Are you a scientist who wants to consolidate your independence by establishing a research team and continuing to develop a success career in Europe? The ERC Consolidator Grant could be for you. You can also apply if you have recently created an independent, excellent research team and want to strengthen it.

Deadline: 13.01.2026

Simons Foundation: Fellows-to-Faculty Award

The Simons Foundation’s Autism & Neuroscience division is pleased to announce the Fellows-to-Faculty Award request for applications (RFA) is now open. The program supports talented early-career scientists by facilitating their transition into tenure-track faculty positions. We offer the program to nurture new talent and to broaden the community of scientists contributing to the scientific missions of our programs.

Deadline: 14.01.2026