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Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Early Career Award 2025 Goes to Tobias Ackels

Tobias Ackels awarded for pioneering research on scent perception and brain function

Genetic and environmental risk factors cooperate to affect autistic like neuronal phenotypes

Researchers at the University of Bonn have revealed how genetic predisposition and environmental factors, interact to influence neuronal development and contribute to autism spectrum disorders.

Exome sequencing of 20,979 individuals with epilepsy reveals shared and distinct ultra-rare genetic risk across disorder subtypes

New insights from the Epi25 Collaborative reveal distinct ultra-rare genetic risk factors for epilepsy across various subtypes in the largest whole-exome sequencing study to date.

Single-neuron representations of odors in the human brain

Bonn researchers unveil how the brain encodes and interprets smells at the single-neuron level.

Single-neuron Representation of Nonsymbolic and Symbolic Number Zero in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe

Bonn and Tübingen researchers uncover how the brain processes zero in both symbolic and nonsymbolic forms.

Network State Changes in Sensory Thalamus Represent Learned Outcomes

Bonn researchers uncover how the auditory thalamus encodes reward outcomes, linking sensory processing to learning.

Concept and location neurons in the human brain provide the ‘what’ and ‘where’ in memory formation

Bonn researchers explore the neural processes that help link different aspects of episodic memory

Development of the Dopaminergic System: From Stem Cells to Circuits

The 2nd edition of the "Development of the Dopaminergic System: From Stem Cells to Circuits" conference will take place from May 24-27, 2025, in Crete.

Language improves learning in artificial networks

Bonn researchers get to the bottom of the social aspect of communication for mental activity

Social network of synapses controls their actions

Researchers from Bonn and Japan clarify how neighboring synapses coordinate their response to plasticity signals

How star-shaped cells increase flexible learning

Bonn researchers solve the hidden mystery of the role of astrocytes for learning processes and memory in the brain

Bayer PhD Thesis Award 2023

Lukas Henning has been awarded the Bayer PhD Thesis Award 2023 for his dissertation on 'Glial Dysfunction in the Pathology of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy'.

UKB Study Reveals Fine Mechanism of Gaze Control

AOVISION Laboratory's recent study on eLife reveals new insights into human gaze control, validating a hypothesis about vision limits using advanced imaging techniques.

Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science Honors Bonn Neurobiologist

Frank Bradke receives the 50,000 Euro Academy Prize

Research Studying Research

The Volkswagen Foundation is providing 1.8 million in funding for a project studying the effects of evaluation and reward systems in science

A-SOiD, an active-learning platform for expert-guided, data-efficient discovery of behavior

Artificial intelligence recognizes patterns in behaviour. Neuroscientists Create AI Tool To Analyze/Catalogue Behavior. To identify and extract naturalistic behavior, two methods have become popular:

Bonn Neuroscientist Receives 1.2 Million Dollars for Research into Psychiatric Disorders

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative funds project by Dr. Sabine Krabbe.

New study on "Phase to rate recoding " in Nature Communications

A new study by AG Beck was just published in Nature Communications. In it, Daniel Müller-Komorowska and collegues describe a novel compuatational function of feedback inhibitory circuits, namely "phase to rate recodi

BBS Target Article on proxy failure.

What do dead rats, dopamine, performance metrics and peacock's tails have in common? A new 'Target Article' in 'Behavioral and Brain Sciences' suggests they all, at one time or another, reveals the principle of proxy

Professor Eva-Christina Schulte is now leading the genomics department at the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy.

Bonn, May 10th - Professor Dr. Dr. Eva-Christina Schulte is now leading the "Genomics and Epigenomics" section at the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB).

Prof. Özgün Gökce as a new member of the Medical Faculty

We are pleased to announce that neurobiologist Prof. Özgün Gökce has recently been appointed as a new member of the faculty. He has been recruited to the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) located on

DZNE scientist receives Remedios Caro Almela Prize

Bonn/Alicante, July, 24th, 2023. Neurobiologist Frank Bradke, a senior researcher at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and a professor at the University of Bonn, will be awarded with the „Remedi

New Study by Florian Mormann

Florian Mormann has published a groundbreaking study on the regulation of neuronal circuits during sleep in Nature Neuroscience. This study uncovers how the sleeping brain controls neuronal activity to support synapt

Professor Tatjana Tchumatchenko accepted offer to W3 position at the medical faculty, Institute of Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research (IEECR)

We are delighted to announce that Professor Tatjana Tchumatchenko has accepted our offer of a W3 position at the Institute of Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research (IEECR).

New Addition to BCN: Tobias Ackels Joins as Principal Investigator

We are delighted to introduce Professor Tobias Ackels, who has graciously accepted our job offer and will be joining the Institute of Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research (IEECR)