Press Releases 2020
Sonderforschungsbereich NeuroMac geht in die Verlängerung
November, 27, 2020: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft bewilligt rund 10.6 Millionen Euro
Managing Stress Skillfully
November 24, 2020: Experts from Freiburg and Trier have integrated scientifically proven tips for stress management in a new guidebook
Sichtbarkeit und Einfluss in der Wissenschaft
November 18, 2020: Freiburger Neurowissenschaftler Prof. Dr. Marco Prinz zählt zu den „Highly Cited Researchers“ 2020
Key source of memories
November 13, 2020: Researchers identify a region of the brain as a key source of signals encoding past experiences in the neocortex.
Two first prize winners of the Bernstein-CorTec Award
November 4, 2020: Prof. Kerstin Krieglstein, Rector of the University of Freiburg, presents the first edition of the newly established Bernstein-CorTec Prize for Computational Neuroscience and Neurotechnology to two young researchers, Júlia Gallinaro and Katharina Heining, in the afternoon of November 4, for Corona-reasons in virtual format.
Performance test for neural interfaces
October 28, 2020: Freiburg researchers develop guidelines to standardize analysis of electrodes
Gehirn des weltweit ältesten Wirbeltieres untersucht
October 20, 2020: Detaillierte Untersuchungen des ältesten Gehirns können neue Erkenntnisse für altersbedingte Krankheiten des Gehirns ermöglichen / Studie im Fachmagazin Acta Neuropathologica erschienen
Meyer-zum-Gottesberge Prize 2020 for Dr. Nicole Rosskothen-Kuhl
September 09, 2020: Dr. Nicole Roßkothen-Kuhl, Head of the Neurobiological Research Laboratory at the ENT Clinic, University Medical Center Freiburg and member of the Bernstein Center Freiburg, is awarded with the Meyer-zum-Gottesberge Prize 2020 of the German Society of Audiology (DGA).
Loop, resonate and accelerate!
August 20, 2020: Neuroscientists demonstrate how to improve communication between different regions of the brain. They have now presented their results in the journal PLoS Computational Biology.
Heisenberg Professorship for Johannes Letzkus
August 03, 2020: The researcher is working on key mechanisms behind the flexibility and computational power of the brain
Long-term Sight on the Horizon
July 9, 2020: Researchers receive four million euros to develop a neuroprosthetic implant to improve vision
Lichtorgel im Ohr: Erstmals Einsatz von vielkanaligen Cochlea-Implantaten mit Mikro-Leuchtdioden
July 6, 2020: Meilenstein in der Hörforschung: Forscher*innen der Universitätsmedizin Göttingen sowie der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg kombinieren erstmals die Gentherapie in der Hörschnecke mit optischen Cochlea-Implantaten zur optogenetischen Anregung der Hörbahn in Wüstenrennmäusen.
Mit Leuchtmarkern Hirnerkrankungen besser verstehen
July 2, 2020: Dank eines neuartigen Verfahrens können erstmals wichtige Typen von Immunzellen im Gehirn unterschieden und ihre Rolle bei Krankheiten des Gehirns gezielt untersucht werden / Studie im Fachmagazin Nature Immunology erschienen
Brief Bursts, Big Insights
February 14, 2020: Researchers at the University of Freiburg use new method to investigate neural oscillations
Tracing Memories in the Brain
February, 6, 2020: Monika Schönauer receives more than 1.3 million euros of the Emmy Noether Program of the German Research Foundation
Fewer scars in the central nervous system
January 31, 2020: Researchers have discovered the influence of the coagulation factor fibrinogen on the damaged brain
Making Machine Learning More Democratic
January, 13, 2020: The European Research Council is funding Frank Hutter’s project with a Proof of Concept Grant