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Dear Members and Colleagues,
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Image: Invited speaker Marieke Schölvinck challenges the single-PI model, at our 3rd annual networking retreat in Rheinsberg. Dec 16, 2025. Image, MLG
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Our 3rd annual women's networking retreat was a success, with speakers Livia de Hoz (A09), Marieke Schölvinck (ZeroNoise Lab, ESI for Neuroscience & MPG Group), and Ronny Fischer (Charité Research Grants Office). Thanks to associate PI Lisa Scheunemann for moderating sessions.
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Looking ahead, we have a great line-up of lecture series speakers in 2026, and much more. Wishing you peaceful holidays and all the best for 2026.
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BUA Support for Postdocs and Late-Phase PhDs
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Grant Application Writing
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Dates in February available, see link below.
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Doctoral phase students are welcome to join this online workshop. Familiarize yourself with strategies for designing and writing successful grant/fellowship applications to various funding bodies.
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This workshop is part of the Graduate Studies Support Program of Berlin University Alliance
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Public Engagement Workshop
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PhD students in the final phase of doctoral studies in a BUA institution, are eligible to join an in-person workshop in English. Explore the basics of public engagement (PE) and its value for research and practice.
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Dendritic axon origins in cortical neurons – from mouse to man
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Jan 13, 2026 4:00 pm CET | BCCN Lecture Hall Philippstraße 13, 10115 | ZOOM ID: 7754910236
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In certain subtypes of cortical neurons, axons originate from basal dendrites, resulting in an axon-carrying dendrite branch with unique functional characteristics (AcD cells). This type of neuron has been known since the days of Raymón y Cajal, however, it remained a somewhat non-canonical morphology that was overlooked for decades. Recently, new data from the murine hippocampus has shown that this morphological configuration allows for the selective recruitment of pyramidal cells into patterned network activity.
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Image, Maren Engelhardt
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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
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Third annual women's networking retreat Dec 15-17, 2025 Rheinsberg. Image MLG
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Challenging the single-PI model
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Innovative leadership is the modus operandi of the Havenith-Schölvinck lab. The two PIs lead one lab and its investigations of simultaneous cognitive processes during natural foraging in mice, monkeys, and humans. Contact the coordination office for more information.
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Image, Marieke Schölvinck
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The DRIVERS Journal Club team
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Feb 2, 2026 | 12:00 CET | Link to event
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The next DRIVERS journal club will meet to discuss:
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Cappelletto B et al., 2025
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Train Unconscious Bias before Recruiting
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Applicants, reviewers, committee members - mitigating bias in scientific evaluation and decision-making processes.
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“Equal Opportunities in Appointment Procedures – Unconscious Bias Training” is a collaborative project between the TU Berlin and Berlin University of the Arts (UdK), funded by the Berlin Program for the Promotion of Equal Opportunities for Women in Research and Teaching and the Einstein Foundation Berlin. CCBY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
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Bias can occur in appointment procedures, influencing the process as a distorting effect. Unconscious Bias Training aims to sensitize members of appointment committees to unconscious bias in appointment procedures. The focus is on gender bias.
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Hippocampal commissural circuitry shows asymmetric cAMP-dependent synaptic plasticity
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ACS Chem Neurosci 16:4236−4245 (2025)
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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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