The fruit fly is one of the best-studied organisms in the world. Yet it still leaves questions unanswered. For example, how some of its neurons develop special, comb-like shape dendrites. ESI-scientists just conducted a study to answer it. And discovered something astonishing.

Neurobiologists at the German Primate Center developed a model that for the first time can completely represent the neuronal processes from seeing to grasping an object.

Early synthesis of scent perception

The German Research Foundation is funding the new Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 1461 "Neuroelectronics: Biologically Inspired Information Processing" at Kiel University with approximately 11.5 million euros.

DFG funds ‘Mathematics of Experiment’ with approximately nine million euros

An international team of scientists around Udo Ernst (University of Bremen) and Dirk Jancke (Ruhr University Bochum) is researching possibilities for implants that are intended to directly target areas of the brain responsible for processing visual information.

Foundation Pour l'Audition recognizes his pioneering work towards the optical cochlear implant for the treatment of hearing loss.

University of Göttingen coordinates new European research project on ultra-fast, fibre-optic technology.

Prof. Kerstin Krieglstein, Rector of the University of Freiburg, presented the first edition of the newly established Bernstein-CorTec Prize for Computational Neuroscience and Neurotechnology

Study explores functions of fruit fly’s nervous system in food seeking / results valuable for the development and control of artificial intelligence