by Oliver Mai-Kolerus
Position available as Editor-in-Chief
The CNS (Charite NeuroScience) – a volunteer-basis, student-run newsletter/magazine which serves as a creative outlet and opportunity for students to explore different flavors of science writing – is looking urgently for a motivated student (or a team of students) to take over the care and organization of the CNS!
by Linda Faye Tidwell
ERC grants Berlin scientists €2.5 million each
Neuroscientists Gary Lewin and James Poulet at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine and ECN PIs have won highly coveted and competitive ERC Advanced Grants to study pain and the neural mechanisms that underlie temperature perception.
by Oliver Mai-Kolerus
Call for Association Open
The Einstein Center for Neurosciences (ECN) Berlin accepts again applications from PhD students for an association to the ECN. Eligible are all PhD students of workgroups within the ECN. Interested PhD students should send their application until May 8, 2024.
by Linda Faye Tidwell
When thoughts flow in one direction
Contrary to previous assumptions, nerve cells in the human neocortex are wired differently than in mice. Those are the findings of a new study conducted by Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and published in the journal Science.* The study found that human neurons communicate in one direction, while in mice, signals tend to flow in loops. This increases the efficiency and capacity of the human brain to process information.