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Dear Members and Colleagues,
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Three invited speakers in one month!
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Please join us for SFB lectures with Sen Cheng (Ruhr-Universität Bochum; February 4, BCCN Lecture Hall), Gabrielle Girardeau (IFM Paris; February 11, online), and Willem Wybo (Forschungszentrum Jülich; February 25, Paul-Ehrlich-Hörsaal). And don't hesitate to let us know if you wish to meet the speakers. Read about these lectures and more in this month's issue.
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Image Sen Cheng
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SFB1315 PhD-Postdoc Get-together
Please contact our student coordinator Lisa Velenosi, if you wish to join her for coffee or tea before our next SFB1315 lecture on Tuesday (Feb 4, 2025).
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Meeting point: Coffee truck near BCCN Berlin (HU Campus Nord) ca.15:00 or 15:30.
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Einstein Postdoctoral Grant
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Reconciling Spatial Representations in the Hippocampus with Episodic Memory
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February 4, 2025 4:00 pm CET | BCCN Lecture Hall Philippstraße 13/Haus 6 | ZOOM ID: 7754910236
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A fundamental question in neuroscience is why the hippocampus, critical for episodic memory in humans, primarily exhibits spatial representations like place cells in many species. This talk proposes that spatial coding emerges naturally when episodic memory systems are engaged in navigation tasks. We demonstrate this using a novel computational model based on memory-augmented neural networks. [...] Read more >>
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Neural mechanisms for emotional memory processing during sleep
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Feb 11, 2025 4:00 pm CET | ZOOM ID: 7754910236
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The gradual reinforcement of memories, called “consolidation”, is a process occurring partially during sleep and mediated by various patterns of coordinated neural activity. The formation of contextualized emotional memories involves a large network of structures, among which the hippocampus and the baso-lateral amygdala (BLA) are central. In the dorsal hippocampus, fast oscillations (sharp-wave ripples) during non-REM sleep mediate the consolidation [...] Read more >>
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Dendritic modulation balances stability and plasticity
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February 25, 2025 4:00 pm CET | Paul-Ehrlich-Hörsaal Virchowweg 4 10117 Berlin | ZOOM ID: 7754910236
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To thrive in continuously evolving environments, animals need to assimilate new sensory information while maintaining stable representations for previously acquired information. This interplay between plasticity and stability lies at the core of lifelong learning, although its underlying neural mechanisms remain poorly understood. I propose that biological learners primarily attempt to modulate neural activities when facing new challenges, through the activation of context-specific, top-down afferents targeting distal dendritic compartments (stability). [...] Read more >>
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Equal Opportunity and Diversity
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Feb 11- Mar 11, 2025 | BIH Charité
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A whole month dedicated to diversity, equal opportunities and commitment to an inclusive working and research environment.
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Image, courtesy SoapBox Science.
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Call for speakers
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Soapbox Science is looking for speakers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) at all career levels! Join Soapbox and share your work with the public in a fun, informal setting.
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Call for speakers:
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April 3, 2025 | ca. 10-3 pm | CCO & campus
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The Berlin-Bochum Memory Alliance is pleased to annouce its 5th annual Girls'Day event. Please let us know if you would like to give a talk in 2025 (See our programme in 2024 and in 2023.)
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Kino für Schulen: Still Alice mit anschließender Fragerunde
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10. März 2025, 10:00 - ca. 12:00 Uhr | Ort: Kreuzberg | Yorckstraße 86, 10965 Berlin-Kreuzberg
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Die Sprachwissenschaftlerin Alice Howland steht mitten im Leben und führt eine glückliche Ehe. Jedoch verliert sie zunehmend die Orientierung und verwechselt schließlich sogar ihr vertraute Menschen. Die 50-jährige Professorin ist an Alzheimer erkrankt, will aber mit allen Mitteln versuchen, weiterhin ein normales Leben zu führen. Dies stellt nicht nur sie, sondern auch ihren Ehemann sowie die erwachsenen Kinder Lydia, Anna und Tom vor eine schwierige Herausforderung.
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Im Anschluss an den Film steht Prof. Dr. Emrah Düzel vom Deutschen Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) in Magdeburg für eine Fragerunde zum Thema Alzheimer zur Verfügung.
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Adaptive dynamics of single neurons in small networks
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Mar 11, 2025 | 16:00 | BCCN, Philippstraße 13/Haus 6, 10115 Berlin | ZOOM ID: 7754910236
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Join our SFB1315 Brain Awareness Week lecture at BCCN. BAW Berlin is organized by BCCN, ECN, and NeuroCure Cluster. Read more >>
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Journal Club DRIVERS
Feb 3, 2025 |11:00 | ZOOM-ID 95761653396, code 487086
This month, René Bernard introduce (Cluster of Excellence NeuroCure, Value and Open Science):
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Dalla et al. Practical Solutions for Including Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV) in Preclinical Neuropsychopharmacological Research.
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Berlin-Bochum Memory Alliance
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GEM 2025 - Generative Episodic Memory
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June 2 - 4, 2025 | Ruhr University Bochum | Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum
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https://journals.aps.org/prx/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevX.14.041047
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Episodic memories are widely regarded as memories of personally experienced events. Early concepts about episodic memory were based on the storage model, according to which experiential content is preserved in memory and later retrieved. However, overwhelming empirical evidence suggests that the content of episodic memory is – at least to a certain degree – constructed in the act of remembering. [...] Read more here >>
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The call for abstracts is open!
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Deadlines: Call for abstracts 15.03.2025 | Registration 30.04.2025
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For more information visit >>
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Unveiling the cell biology of hippocampal neurons with dendritic axon origin
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Han Y, Hacker D, Donders BC, Parperis C, Thuenauer R, Leterrier C, Grünewald K, Mikhaylova M
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J Cell Biol. 224 (1): e202403141 (2025)
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The lack of synapsin alters presynaptic plasticity at hippocampal mossy fibers in male mice
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eNeuro. 11(7):ENEURO.0330-23.2024 (2024)
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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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