How star-shaped cells increase flexible learning
Bonn, July 17- Bonn researchers solve the hidden mystery of the role of astrocytes for learning processes and memory in the brain Star-shaped glial cells, so-called astrocytes, are more than just a supporting cell of the brain. They are actively involved in learning processes and interact with the nerve cells. But what exactly is it […]
Bayer PhD Thesis Award 2023
Bayer PhD Thesis Award 2023 Recognizes Lukas Henning for Pioneering Research In a significant achievement for the field of neuroscience, Lukas Henning, a former PhD student under the mentorship of Prof. Dr. Christian Steinhäuser, has been awarded the prestigious Bayer PhD Thesis Award 2023. This accolade honors his dissertation titled ‘Glial Dysfunction in the Pathology […]
UKB Study Reveals Fine Mechanism of Gaze Control
Researchers from the AOVISION Laboratory (https://ao.ukbonn.de/index.html) at the University Eye Hospital Bonn uncover the link between foveal cellular topography and fixational eye movements and their consequence for fine scale vision. In a recently published peer-reviewed pre-print on eLife on June 28, 2024, a team of researchers from the AOVISION Laboratory at the University Eye Hospital […]
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science Honors Bonn Neurobiologist
Frank Bradke receives the 50,000 Euro Academy Prize Bonn/Germany, June 14, 2024. Neurobiologist Frank Bradke, a research group leader at DZNE and professor at the University of Bonn, has been awarded the 50,000 euro Academy Prize of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The award recognizes his outstanding scientific accomplishments in the field of neuronal development […]
Research Studying Research
In what ways do evaluation and reward systems influence the conduct and results of research studies? This is the question addressed by Dr. Oliver Braganza of the University of Bonn and University Hospital Bonn, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Utrecht, the University of Duisburg-Essen and colleagues from the University of Bonn. Titled […]
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: supervised and unsupervised. Each approach carries its own strengths and weaknesses (for example, user bias, training cost, complexity and action discovery), which the user must consider in their decision. Here, an […]
Bonn Neuroscientist Receives 1.2 Million Dollars for Research into Psychiatric Disorders
Bonn/Germany, November 10, 2023. Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s can be associated to depression and anxiety. Dr. Sabine Krabbe, a neuroscientist at DZNE’s Bonn site, is receiving 1.2 million US dollars from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to understand the mechanisms involved in the onset of these syndromes. To this end, she aims to examine the function of the brain’s “emotion center” using […]
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 recoding”. Specifically, the study, led by Oliver Braganza finds that the dentate gyrus feedback microcircuit translates an incoming phase code into a sparse synchronous […]
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 failure. It might be most pithily summarized as ‘When a measure becomes a target, it can cease to be a […]
Professor Eva-Christina Schulte is now leading the genomics department at the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy.
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). As part of her professorship, she aims to establish a clinic for genetic diagnostics of mental disorders. Additionally, she intends to make data and biobanks from clinical practice available […]