2024
by Linda Faye Tidwell
Yangfan Peng honored with the Du Bois-Reymond Prize
Dr. Yangfan Peng, junior group leader at the Clinic for Neurology with Experimental Neurology and the Neuroscience Research Center Charité, has been awarded the Du Bois-Reymond Prize by the German Physiological Society. This prize honors outstanding scientific achievements by early-career researchers and is endowed with 2,500 euros.
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by Oliver Mai-Kolerus
Now Open - Call for PhD Association
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 September 1, 2024.
by Linda Faye Tidwell
Research funding of over €7m approved for sustainable batteries, better treatment options for stroke patients, and childhood cancer treatment
In July, the Executive Board of the Einstein Foundation Berlin approved funding for two new Einstein Visiting Fellows, Mark E. Tuckerman and Mohammed A. Bamyeh, while Alastair Buchan and Rogier Versteeg have had their funding extended for two more years. Three new Einstein Starting Researchers, Sarah Ayash, Sameer Singh, and Luis R. Paniagua Voirol, received the go-ahead, along with the Einstein Circle on Longevity – Healthy Aging Assisted by Digital Technologies. Berlin University Alliance’s Einstein Research Unit on Coping With Affective Polarization is also ready to start, following a successful review by the Einstein Foundation.
by Linda Faye Tidwell
Allen Institute launches neuroscience initiatives on perception, recognition, and psychedelics
How do neurons react to magic mushrooms? What happens in the brain when we see motion, or when we recognize grain patterns in a piece of wood? How do our brains track the subtle changes in our friends' appearances over time?