IMPRS BB PhD students enjoyed a 3-day retreat in the middle of the Eifel National Park Our PhD students in Bonn, Germany had a wonderful time at the 3-day IMPRS Student Retreat at Vogelsang IP, in the middle of the… Read more »
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Our partner institute University of Bonn is named “University of Excellence”!
19/07/2019 · by Ezgi BulcaThe University of Bonn is among 11 universities that got selected to receive permanent institutional funding as well as the sought-after title as universities of excellence. On 19 July 2019, the Excellence Commission has taken the much-awaited decisions in the… Read more »
The brain’s auto-complete function
05/04/2019 · by Ezgi BulcaCollaboration between Birmingham and Bonn yields new insights into associative memory When looking at a picture of a sunny day at the beach, we can almost smell the scent of sun screen. Our brain often completes memories and automatically brings… Read more »
IMPRS Faculty Member Frank Bradke to be awarded for research on neuronal regeneration
30/01/2019 · by Ezgi BulcaBonn/Geneva, January, 30th, 2019. Frank Bradke, a senior researcher at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and a professor at the University of Bonn, will be awarded the Roger de Spoelberch Prize, which is endowed with 750,000 euros. The… Read more »
Sunposium 2019
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience presents Sunposium 2019, the fourth biennial conference highlighting some of the most complex issues at the forefront of understanding neural circuits.
Gaucher disease and the Sphinx
31/03/2017 · by Katie EdwardsSphingosine inhibits the enzyme GBA2, thereby regulating the degradation of lipid-sugar compounds in cells. Sphingosine, a compound as enigmatic as the sphinx, plays a key role in the metabolic disorder Gaucher disease. Scientists from the Bonn research center caesar have… Read more »
How cortical circuits keep the balance in imbalance
15/12/2016 · by Katie EdwardsA recent study published in “Neuron” provides insights into the interplay between the cellular properties of single neurons, their connections and the network architecture. Cortical neurons receive thousands of excitatory and inhibitory signals, both from local and long-range circuits. To… Read more »
Bonn-based neuroscientist awarded 1.8 million
14/12/2016 · by Katie EdwardsEU sponsors research conducted at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases. Bonn-based neuroscientist Prof. Stefan Remy (41) will receive the “Consolidator Grant” from the European Research Council (ERC) worth EUR 1.8 million. The Grant is a special award because, apart from the high funding… Read more »
Visualization of newly formed synapses with unprecedented resolution
11/08/2016 · by Katie EdwardsResearchers from Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience optimized a spatiotemporally controlled method that induces and visualizes the formation of synapses in cortical neurons – Proper cell-to-cell connection is a fundamental mechanism for normal brain function; abnormal connections result in… Read more »
Farris Foundation Supports MPFI’s New, Innovative Ph.D. Research Program
16/06/2016 · by Katie EdwardsThe Max Planck Florida Foundation today announced that The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W. Farris Foundation has continued its commitment to the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) through the support of a Ph.D. fellowship in the institute’s… Read more »