Dr. Johannes Larsch, Martinsried Neurogenetics of social affiliation in zebrafish

Dr. Anne Jacobi, Boston (USA) Molecular mechanisms of neuroprotection and ax-on regeneration after optic nerve injury identified using single cell RNA sequencing

Prof. Daniel Dombeck, Chicago (USA) Microscopic mechanisms of memory formation in the hippocampus

Dr. Raunak Basu, Frankfurt Representation of navigational goals in the Orbitofrontal cortex

The Dynamic Synapse - Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Synaptic Strength
Internationales Symposium der DFG-geförderten Forschungsgruppe FOR 2419 Flyer

Prof. Barbara Niemeyer, Saarbrücken STIM1 splicing stimulates synaptic signaling

Prof. James Trimmer, Davis (USA) Specialized Calcium Signaling Domains at Kv2.1 Potassi-um Channel-Organized Neuronal ER-PM Junctions

Prof. Jose Esteban, Madrid (ES) PI3K signaling for synaptic plasticity and cognitive function

Prof. Naoya Takahashi, Bordeaux (FR) Cortical dendritic activity in tactile sensory detection

Prof. Fritjof Helmchen, Zürich (Schweiz) Neocortical signal flow in sensory discrimination tasks involving short-term memory

Prof. Alexander Schlaefer, Hamburg Robotics and AI in medicine: from simple classification to autonomous systems (bAIome)

Prof. Tommaso Patriarchi, Zürich (Schweiz) Genetically encoded tools for high-resolution in vivo imaging of dopamine dynamics (FOR2419)

Prof. Geert Litjens, Nijemgen (NL) Going beyond what is humanly possible: machine learning for clinical pathology (bAIome)

Prof. Wanda Kukulski, Bern (Schweiz) The supramolecular landscape of growing human axons (FOR2419)

Prof. Frank Ueckert, Sylvia Nuernberg, Hamburg Medical Informatics applied from bed to bench and back (bAIome)

Prof. Amparo Acker-Palmer, Frankfurt Wiring neuronal and vascular networks (FOR2419)

Prof. Martin Spindler, Hamburg Inference in High-Dimensional Settings (bAIome)

Prof. Michael Tamkun, Fort Collins, CO Neuronal cell biology of Kv2.1-induced endoplasmic reticulum/plasma membrane contact sites

Prof. Timo Gerkmann, Hamburg Machine learning for assistive listening devices

Prof. Justus Piater, Innsbruck Machine learning in robotics

Prof. Gregor Kasieczka, Hamburg AI and particle physics

Prof. Chris Biemann, Hamburg Interpretable adaptive language technologies in application to the biomedical domain

Prof. Siawoosh Mohammadi, Hamburg Quantitative MRI for in vivo histology application strategies using AI

Prof. Olivia Masseck, Bremen Illuminating the seratonergic system

Prof. Philipp Berens, Tübingen Inferring biophysical models of retinal neurons from data

Dr. Mathias Böhme, Berlin Synaptic architecture and plasticity - from neuromuscular to enteric synapses

Dr. Quan Yuan, NIH, Bethesda Structural homeostasis in dendrite development

Dr. Jan Wolff, Hamburg AI in Medical 3D Printing

Prof. Patrik Verstreken, Leuven The cellular basis of Parkinson's disease

Prof. Tobias Knopp, Hamburg Tomographic image reconstruction: challenges and opportunities

Dr. Marisa Brockmann, Berlin The role of RIM/RBP in synaptic organization

Dr. Michael Lippert, Magdeburg Functional imaging of brain stimulation reward

Prof. Volker Tresp, Munich Clinical Data Intelligence

Prof. Antonia Roll-Mecak, Bethesda, MD Microtubule dynamics: not only at the tips

Prof. Laurent Nguyen, Liège Regulation of cortical neurogenesis by migrating interneurons - from physiology to disease

Dr. Johannes Letzkus, Frankfurt/Main Processing of top-down information in mouse and human neocortex

Dr. Marie-Jo Moutin, Grenoble Tubulin detyrosination by vasohibin-SVBP enzyme complex is crucial for neuron and brain

Prof. Rene Werner, Hamburg Learning in Medical Imaging and Image Processing at the UKE

Dr. Paolo Botta, New York An amygdala circuit for experience-dependent exploratory arrest

Dr. Jan Felix Evers, Heidelberg Neural circuits in time and space: wiring partners in times of change

Prof. Christiane Wrann, Boston Molecular mediators of the cognitive benefits of exercise

Prof. Johannes Gräff, Lausanne Face your fears - Recent insights into remote fear memory attenuation

Prof. Johannes Boltze, Warwick Cell-drug interactions in experimental stroke treatments

Prof. Gerhard Schratt, Zürich Non-coding RNA regulation in mammalian synapse development and plasticity

Prof. Robert Kittel, Leipzig Synaptic physiology and mechanosensation - is there a link?

Dr. Johannes Kohl, London Investigating the neural circuits underlying instinctive behavior

Dr. Nelson Totah, Tübingen The roles of attention, errors, and noradrenaline during learning in an electrophysiology-compatible rodent set-shifting task

Dr. Robert Patrick Zinzen, Berlin Cell fate acquisition in embryogenesis and early nervous system development

Prof. Konstantinos Meletis, Stockholm A molecular atlas of the adult mouse brain

Prof. Michael Kiebler, Munich The role of RNA-binding proteins at the synapse and their impact on memory

Prof. Martin Hofmann-Apitius, Bonn Mechanism-based stratification of patients in neurology: lessons learned from the IMI-AETIONOMY project

Dr. Eugenio F. Fornasiero, Göttingen Principles of protein and organelle turnover in the mammalian brai n

Prof. Peter W. Baas, Philadelphia Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia: gain-of-function mechanisms revealed by a new transgenic mouse

Prof. Andrew Plested, Berlin Glutamate Receptors: from structure to synapse

Dr. Marion Silies, Göttingen Molecular and circuit mechanisms of peripheral visual processing

Prof. Stefan Kins, Kaiserslautern Beyond beta-Amyloid production: functions of the Amyloid precursor protein

Dr. Tomomi Shimogori, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Japan Activity dependent Btbd3 protein dynamics for selective dendrite morphogenesis in developing neuron

Prof. Ulrich Boehm , Homburg Neural circuit formation during early development

Dr. Ernesto Ciabatti, Cambridge Life-long manipulation of neural networks: from basic to translational research

Dr. Christian Lohmann, Amsterdam How spontaneous activity wires the developing brain prior to experience

Dr. Karin Dumstrei, Heidelberg Behind the scenes of scientific publishing

Prof. Stefan Hallermann, Leipzig Action potential dynamics in small cortical nerve terminal revealed by direct patch clamp recordings

Prof. Bente Klarlund Pedersen, Kopenhagen The role of myokines in exercise as medicine - a translational perspective

Prof. Bing Ye, Michigan The roles of Down syndrome genes in neuronal development and brain disorders

Prof. Ryuichi Shigemoto, Klosterneuburg Short- and long-term synaptic plasticity in cerebellar motor learning

Dr. Tim Fieblinger, Lund Striatal projection neurons modulate responses to Parkinson's therapy

Prof. Christiane Wrann, Boston Molecular mechanisms of exercise; potential therapeutic role for FNDC5/irisin

Prof. Alain Chédotal, Paris Development and evolution of commissural circuits

Prof. Dr. Eckhard Mandelkow and Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Mandelkow, DZNE, Bonn Tau: structure, aggregation, and interaction partners as well as animal models, modes of toxicity, and therapeutic approaches

Prof. Brian McCabe, Lausanne Mechanisms and maladies of motor circuits and synapses

Prof. Valentin Stein, Bonn Neddylation of synaptic proteins

Prof. Oren Schuldiner, Rehovot From genetics to systems, and back: A systematic exploration of neuronal remodeling

Univ.-Prof. Thomas Klausberger, Vienna Prefrontal circuits for decision-making

Prof. Yimin Zou, San Diego Breaking symmetry - polarity signaling in axon guidance and synapse formation

Prof. Jeroen Pasterkamp, Utrecht Molecular mechanisms of neural circuit development

Dr. Ofer Yizhar, Rehovot Optogenetic manipulation of axonal terminals: the good, the bad, and the surprising

FOR 2419 Symposium 2018: Scientific Program (pdf 6.81 MB)

Prof. Michael K.E. Schäfer, Mainz L1CAM, a new player in neuroinflammatory disease

Prof. Gaia Novarino, Klosterneuburg Neurodevelopment disorders: from molecular mechanism to novel treatments

Dr. Beatiz Rebollo, Barcelona Synaptic and non-synaptic propagation of slow waves and their modulation by endogenous electric fields

Prof. Dr. Sabine Levi, Paris Tuning of synaptic inhibition by the sencond messenger Cl-

Prof. Dr. Walter Schaffner, Zurich A career in gene regulation: what went right, what went wrong

Dr. Cordelia Imig, Göttingen Presynaptic ultrastructure-function relationships resolved by electron tomography

Prof. Dr. Martijn Schonewille, Rotterdam Unraveling the cerebellar cortex: module-related differences in activity and plasticity

Dr. Anna Antoniou, Marburg MicroRNAs at the membrane: compartmentalized microRNA production in local plasticity and neuronal development

Prof. Dr. Valentin Nägerl, Bordeaux Super-resolution imaging of the extracellular space of the brain

Prof. Dr. Paul Heppenstall, Rome Developing new technology to control pain and itch at its source

Prof. Dr. Kevan Martin, Zurich What are all those wires for? The enigma of cortical circuits

Dr. Julia Schiemann, Edinburgh Neuromodulatory control of simple & skilled motor movements

Prof. Dr. Stefan Bonn, Hamburg Insights into the genetic and epigenetic basis of neuropathies: CMT and beyond

Prof. Dr. Claudia Bagni, Lausanne The molecular basis of brain wiring and social behaviour

Dr. Andrea Barberis, Genova Spatial regulation of coordinated excitatory and inhibitory synaptic plasticity

Dr. Martin Harterink, Utrecht C. elegans as a model to study neuronal microtubule polarity organization and polarized transport

Prof. Dr. Wieland Huttner, Dresden Neural stem and progenitor cells and neocortex expansion in development and evolution

Prof. Dr. Siegrid Löwel, Göttingen The dynamic architecture of the adult visual cortex or how can I keep my brain young?

Prof. Dr. Helge Ewers, Berlin Nanoscopic membrane compartmentalization in the axonal initian segment

Prof. Dr. Tobias Moser, Göttingen How hearing happens: molecular physiology and optogenetic restoration

Prof. Dr. Anthony Holtmaat, Genf Facilitation of synaptic plasticity in the mouse somatosensory cortex by paralemniscal circuits

Dr. Frédéric Gambino, Bordeaux Dendritic Mechanisms for Associative Learning in Behaving Animals

Dr. Rajiv Mishra, Klosterneuburg Cellular mechanisms of learning and memory: synaptic plasticity at CA3-CA3 synapses

Prof. Lothar Jänsch, Braunschweig Proteome-aided characterization of novel mechanisms at immunological synapses

Prof. Daniela Dieterich, Magdeburg Mechanosensitivity and Neuronal Protein Synsthesis

Prof. Imre Vida, Berlin Inhibiting inhibition: fast and slow inhibitory interactions among hippocampal GABAergic interneurons

Prof. Roderick MacKinnon, New York The incredible diversity of K+ channels

Dr. Benjamin Rost, Berlin Optogenetics at the presynaptic terminal

Prof. Dr. Victor Tarabykin, Berlin: Molecular control of the neocortex development

Prof. Dr. Britta Qualmann, Jena: Actin nucleation and membrane remodelling in neuromorphogenesis and synaptic plasticity

Dr. Nicolas Gutierrez-Castellanos, Lissabon: Motor learning requires Purkinje cell synaptic potentiation through activation of AMPA receptor subunit GluA3

Dr. Eugene Katrukha, Utrecht: Axonal cargo distribution and transport: role of motors composition

Prof. Dr. H. Christian Pape, Münster: Th extended amygdala: what it is and what it has to do with our fear to unpredictable threat

Dr. Nathalie Sans, Bordeaux: Planar cell polarity proteins and molecular mechanisms regulating exitatory synapses

Jack van Horssen, PhD, Amsterdam: Mitochondrial dysfunction and free radicals contribute to neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis

Prof. Guus Smit, Amsterdam: Dissecting the role of auxiliary subunits in the regulation of AMPA-type glutamate receptors

Prof. Martin Korte, Braunschweig: Losing the Balance between Plasticity and Stability: Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration

Dr. Martin Fuhrmann, Bonn: Cellular and synaptic correlates of learning and memory

Prof. Dr. Timothy Radstake, Nijmegen: A Systems Medicine approach to disease understanding. Disease interception fact or fiction?

Prof. Dr. Zoya Ignatova, Hamburg: Translational control: probing dimensionality beyond the linear sequence of mRNA

Dr. Annika Herwig, Hamburg: A hibernating brain - why bother?

Dr. Clemens Wülfing, Hamburg: Antigen presenting cells in lymphoid organs - new morphology and architecture of single cell innervation

Prof. Dr. Thomas Schikorski, Puerto Rico: Synaptic vesicle power spinning: a quick lottery

Prof. Dion K. Dickman, Southern California: Homeostatic control of synaptic strength and structure

Prof. Dr. Peter Robin Hiesinger, Berlin: Brain wiring on the fly: simple rules in neural circuit assembly

Prof. Johann H. Brandstätter, Erlangen: Adaptation at a sensory synapse - the role of complexins

Petra van Bergeijk, Utrecht: Optogenetic control of organelle transport and positioning

Dr. Stefan Bonn, Göttingen: Taking a deeper look into the nature and nurture of health and disease