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Newsletter June 2024

Dear Members and Colleagues,

Images courtesy A.Gilad (l), H. Zwaka (c), C. Ellis (r)

Our SFB1315 lectures series has a fantastic lineup of speakers this month. Ariel Gilad (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Hanna Zwaka (Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology) and Cameron Ellis (Stanford University) will give talks. Read about these events and more in our June newsletter. See you there!

PhD Postdocs

Mentoring Possibilities for SFB1315 PhDs

Doctoral students within the consortium are encouraged to reach out to our teaching coordinator, as well as to our postdocs and admin for mentoring and general assistance. Please visit our Internal Website for further details, as well as mentoring possibilities with our alumni.
Would you like to become a mentor? Please send a mail to SFB1315.ifb@hu-berlin.de).

Do not disturb: Sleep in fish and bees

June 18, 2024 | 2 pm | BCCN Seminar Room, Philippstraße 13 Haus 6, 10115 Berlin

(early career research session, at our annual business meeting)

Humans and animals alike require sleep in order to function properly. A lack of sleep can result in a range of negative effects on the brain and body, including decreased cognitive performances. Over time, sleep deprivation can lead to serious health problems. Despite numerous studies, the exact mechanisms behind these effects remain largely unknown.
Read more >>
Poster and further information here

SFB1315 Events

Brain-wide dynamics underlying different cognitive functions

June 4, 2024 | 4:00 pm CET | CCO Auditorium Virchowweg. 6, Berlin | ZOOM ID: 7754910236
Our lab studies brain-wide dynamics underlying cognition. We train mice on many different behavioral tasks, each focusing on adifferent cognitive function such as sensory integration, perception, working memory, social interactions and more. As mice perform each task, we use brain-wide imaging techniques to record neuronal population activity from as many brain areas as possible [...] Read more >>
Poster and further information here

The foundations of learning and memory in the infant brain

June 18, 2024 | 4 pm | BCCN Lecture Hall Philippstraße 13 Haus 6, 10115 Berlin + ZOOM Meeting-ID: 775 491 0236
Why don’t we remember being an infant? Infants learn an incredible amount of information — the faces of loved ones, how to control their movement, the names of objects — and can even retain information over brief intervals; yet their limited long-term retention remains a puzzle. My research examines this mystery by elucidating the mechanisms for learning and memory in the developing mind and brain. [...] Read more >>
Poster and further information here

Equal Opportunity and Diversity

SoapBox Science

June 8, 2024 | 3 to 6 pm | Holzmarkt 25, Berlin
Join Soapbox Science Berlin in 2024. Bringing science to the public!
Contact: Orga Team

Source, Franziska Sattler-Morrison

Check out Season 3, episode 2 of Franziska Sattler-Morrison's most recent SFB1315-supported podcast .
A01 PhD and Brenda Milner Award winner Alexandra Tzilivaki will talk about "Neural Networks & Breaking Barriers – A Journey Through Neuroscience and Disability"

Fig 1. Actors and forces affecting harassment and inequality in academia.

DRIVERS (journal club online)

June 3, 2024 | 11:00 am | ZOOM ID: 957 6165 3396
This month DRIVERS is reading:
Harassment as a consequence and cause of inequality in academia: A narrative review
S. Täuber, 2022 Open Access license.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101486

Contact: Kim Mason

Outreach

The Virtual Brain
Visit TVB at Petra Ritter's lab (BIH, Charité Berlin)
Go to event >>
METIS@HU
See METIS suggestions on equal opportunty & diversity Go to suggestions>>
The Brain in Science and Art
Tour the BMM exhibit!
Go to event >>
Browse the programme

Image source @LNDWBerlin. See also Berlin.de

Berlin Science Week

Nov 1-10, 2024

Guided by the leitmotif “Dare to Know”, we partner with organisations from around the globe to showcase scientific excellence, promote debates on the world‘s major challenges, and find new, interactive, and fun ways to make science, research, and innovation accessible and engaging.
Call to action: >>Get involved

Source, @BerlinSciWeek

Open Access Publications

sfb_0068_A05 PI James Poulet
Human connectome topology directs cortical traveling waves and shapes frequency gradients
Dominik P. Koller, Michael Schirner, Petra Ritter
Nat Commun 15:3570 (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47860-x

Cortical cellular encoding of thermotactile integration
Philipp Schnepel, Richardo Paricio-Montesinos, Ivan Ezquerra-Romano, Patrick Haggard, James FA Poulet
Curr Biol 35:1718-1730 (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.018

sfb_0040_B03 PI_Klaus Obermayer
Improving the detection of sleep slow oscillations in electroencephalogrphafic data
Chi Chen, Hugo Cruces-Solís, Alexandra Ertman, Livia de Hoz
Curr Res Neurobiol 5:100110 (2023)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crneur.2023.100110

Improving the detection of sleep slow oscillations in electroencephalographic data
Cristiana Dimulescu, Leonhard Donle, Caglar Cakan, Thomas Goerttler, Lilia Khakimova, Julia Ladenbauer, Agnes Flöel, Klaus Obermayer
Front Neuroinform. 18:1338886 (2024)

https://doi.org/10.3389/fninf.2024.1338886

Institut für Biologie
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
SFB1315 Speaker Matthew Larkum, Deputy Speaker Richard Kempter.

Management & Coordination
Mary Louise Grossman.
Office:
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin

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