Brain Dynamics Seminar Series

- - summer break - -

• 24.09. 09:00 3^rd Brain Dynamics Scientific Day
  • Prof Dr Dr Dr Zolt¨¢n Nusser, Hungarian Research Network, Institute of Experimental Medicine HAS, Budapest, Hungary
  • Dr Darinka Tr¨¹butschek, Research Group Neural Circuits, Consciousness, and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt

NEWS

• Open call for Brain Dynamics Pilot Projects
• Day tickets available for the Neurobiology Doctoral Students Workshop (NeuroDoWo) 2024
• The third Brain Dynamics Science Speed Dating Meetup will be held on 29th May
• Open PhD position in Neurobiology and Metabolic Research in the research group Jais at the HI-MAG
• Brain Dynamics member Marius Lamberty successfully defended his thesis
• Five small collaborative proposals receive Brain Dynamics Pilot Project grants
• 2nd Brain Dynamics Scientific Day held on 28th September 2023
• Brain dissection demonstration for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers on 20th July 2023
• The first Brain Dynamics Science Speed Dating Meetup held on 26th April 2023
• Microscopy course for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers on 24th and 25th May 2023
• Doctoral candidates share their impressions on having a Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC)

• 12.09.2024 14:00 SFB1423 Guest Lecture - Prof David C. Martinelli, Ph.D. from the Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, USA will give a talk titled "The pleiotropic C1Q-like proteins regulate both synapses and oligodendrocyte maturation";
• 09.09.2024 10:30 Guest lecture at the PFI - Prof Dr Jeroen Bogie from the Biomedical Research Institute, School of Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium will talk about ¡°Lipids in control of microglia physiology in demyelinating CNS disorders¡±;
• 04.09.2024 13:00 Language Circle - Maya Inbar from the Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel will give a talk titled ¡°The temporal structure of intonation units in spontaneous speech: cross-linguistic and neuroscientific investigations¡±;
• 03.09.2024 09:00 - 11:30 Mini-Symposium: "Exploring the gut-brain interplay" - A warm-up event to the 3rd International Symposium of the CRC 1052 ¡°Obesity Mechanisms¡±. The half-day symposium aims to highlight exciting research on the interplay of the gut microbiome and the brain and features talks by four brilliant scientists in the field;
• 21.08.2024 15:00 - 18:00 Brain Dynamics Summer Symposium - The symposium will start with Dr Shiqiang Gao from the Julius Maximilians University of W¨¹rzburg and the talk ¡°Optogenetic tools for research and clinical trials: recent progress and considerations¡±. After the coffee brak, Prof Dr Susanne Schoch from University of Bonn will give a talk titled ¡°Paroxysmal dystonia results from the loss of RIM4 in Purkinje cells¡±. The symposium ends with Dr Giorgio Gilestro from the Imperial College in London, UK, and the talk ¡°What is the function of sleep? Insights from genetics & evolution¡±.

Latest publications by our doctoral candidates:

• Klingbeil J, M¨¹hlig M, Bahr E, Welle F, Ritter T, Stockert A, Wawrzyniak M, Saur D.
  Undoubtedly unaware of homonymous hemianopia: The contribution of overconfidence to anosognosia of hemianopia.
  Cortex. 2024 Aug; 177: 224-234.
• Gutsfeld S, Wehmas L, Omoyeni I, Schweiger N, Leuthold D, Michaelis P, Howey XM, Gaballah S, Herold N, Vogs C, Wood C, Bertotto L, Wu GM, Kl¨¹ver N, Busch W, Scholz S, Schor J, Tal T.
  Investigation of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Genes as Requirements for Visual Startle Response Hyperactivity in Larval Zebrafish Exposed to Structurally Similar Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).
  Environ Health Perspect. 2024 Jul; 132(7): 77007.
• Tast V, Schr?ger E, Widmann A.
  Suppression and omission effects in auditory predictive processing-Two of the same?
  Eur J Neurosci. 2024 May 19. doi: 10.1111/ejn.16393.
• Burkart ME, Kurzke J, Jacobi R, Vera J, Ashcroft FM, Eilers J, Lippmann K.
  K_ATP channel mutation disrupts hippocampal network activity and nocturnal gamma shifts.
  Brain. 2024 May 15; awae157.
• Bullmann T, Kaas T, Ritzau-Jost A, W?hner A, Kirmann T, Rizalar FS, Holzer M, Nerlich J, Puchkov D, Geis C, Eilers J, Kittel RJ, Arendt T, Haucke V, Hallermann S.
  Human iPSC-derived neurons with reliable synapses and large presynaptic action potentials.
  J Neurosci. 2024 May 9: e0971232024.
• Upadhya M, Kirmann T, Wilson MA, Simon CM, Dhangar D, Geis C, Williams R, Woodhall G, Hallermann S, Irani SR, Wright SK.
  Peripherally-derived LGI1-reactive monoclonal antibodies cause epileptic seizures in vivo.
  Brain. 2024 Apr 25: awae129.
• Richter V, Rist A, Kislinger G, Laumann M, Schoofs A, Miroschnikow A, Pankratz M, Cardona A, Thum AS.
  Morphology and ultrastructure of external sense organs of Drosophila larvae.
  eLife 12: RP91155.
• Simon M, Widdig A, Wei? BM.
  Sniffing behavior of semi free-ranging Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus).
  Am J Primatol. 2024 Feb 26: e23611. doi: 10.1002/ajp.23611.
• Marjieh R, Harrison PMC, Lee H, Deligiannaki F, Jacoby N.
  Timbral effects on consonance disentangle psychoacoustic mechanisms and suggest perceptual origins for musical scales.
  Nat Commun. 2024 Feb 19;15(1):1482. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45812-z.
• Svensson F, Zwick S, Exner C, Doering BK.
  Dyadic coping and illness adjustment after stroke: A longitudinal prospective study.
  Rehabil Psychol. 2024 Feb 15. doi: 10.1037/rep0000548.
• Vieira Contreras F, Auger GM, M¨¹ller L, Richter V, Huetteroth W, Seufert F, Hildebrand PW, Scholz N, Thum AS, Ljaschenko D, Blanco-Redondo B, Langenhan T.
  The adhesion G-protein-coupled receptor mayo/CG11318 controls midgut development in Drosophila.
  Cell Rep. 2024 Jan 4; 43(1): 113640. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113640.