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.
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.
Machine learning improves biological image analysis
International team of researchers develops algorithm that accelerates super-resolution microscopy
When the Brain’s GPS Goes Off the Grid
A new study on bats reveals an unexpected representation of three-dimensional space in the brain
Tracking the traces of light in the short-lived memory of the eyes
The traces light leaves on the retina close gaps in visual perception and provide continuity in knowing what is where as we move.
Eric Kandel Young Neuroscientists Prize 2021 goes to Julijana Gjorgjieva
The Hertie-Foundation and FENS award Eric Kandel Young Neuroscientists Prize to Julijana Gjorgjieva. The Max Planck scientist is recognized for outstanding achievements in the field of computational and theoretical neuroscience.