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Newsletter October 2026

Dear Members and Colleagues,

Congratulations to B05 co-PI Lukas Kunz (UKBonn) for receiving an ERC Starting Grant for "NEUROSPACE: Making sense of space: Uncovering the roles of egocentric neurons for spatial behavior in humans" (UKB press) and congratulations today, to the HU's Hertie Senior Professor (and former SFB1315 C01 co-PI) Peter Hegemann - for being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 together with Karl Deisseroth and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics” (Nobel.org press). What great news!

Image, Universitätsklinikum Bonn (UKB) / Rolf Müller

sfb_0019_C01 PI Peter Hegemann

Image, courtesy of Peter Hegemann

PhD-Postdocs

Image, DFG

DFG online information sessions for early career researchers


  • Oct 7, 2026 at 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. CEST – Heisenberg Programme
  • Dec 11, 2026, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. CET – Emmy Noether Programme

Upcoming Events

Oct 6, 2026 4:00 pm CET | BCCN Lecture Hall Philippstraße 13, 10115 | ZOOM ID: 7754910236
When animals are in an off-line, non-locomotor behavioral state, neuronal activity in the hippocampus is thought to be largely disengaged from the present setting to enable cognitive mechanisms such as memory consolidation and planning. But how does the brain re-engage with the present surroundings during this behavioral state and permit access to current sensory information or promote new memory formation? Read more here

This talk is hosted by A02 AG Schmitz
Certificate of attendance: contact SFB1315.ifb(at)hu-berlin.de

Series Overview

Image, courtesy of Ivan Soltesz

9th SFB1315 Member/Assoc. Retreat
Nov 10-11, 2026 | CCO Atrium/Lecture Hall

Images, courtesy of T Bruhn (l) and ML Grossman (r)

4th Women's Networking Retreat
Dec 10-11, 2026 | Seehotel Rheinsberg

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

METIS Lecture 2026
Digital violence against female professors

The METIS Lecture recognizes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, under this year’s theme “Stand Your Ground, Take a Stand", and is organised by the Centre for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging.

*Please register by email at by 23 Nov, via metis-online@hu-berlin.de to receive the Zoom link.

24 Nov, 2026 | 12:00 - 14:00 | *

"Gender-based digital violence is a growing challenge for both gender equality and academic freedom. Nina Vischer and Prof. Dr. Katherine Guertler (OTH Regensburg) present findings from the project “Digital Hate — Digital violence against female professors in contentious fields of knowledge,” examining experiences of professors working in gender, migration and climate research. The lecture also discusses institutional strategies and support structures against digital hate in academia."

Image, CHUTTERSNAP, Unsplash

Registration: log in here Zoom. ID: 622 2370 3676
Meeting ID: 990063
DRIVERS

Drivers Journal Club Online

Nov 2, 2026 | 12 noon | Meeting ID: 990063

Karin Höhne will introduce:

Alvarez-Ponce D, Batz G, Ramirez Torres L (2026) Biomedical and life science articles by female researchers spend longer under review. PLoS Biol 24(1): e3003574. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003574

Outreach

outreach

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Ausschreibung: Open Humboldt Freiräume

Die Förderung „Open Humboldt Freiräume“ unterstützt Forschende, die Projekte in Zusammenarbeit mit der Gesellschaft durchführen. Die Bewerbung für das Programm 2027/28 ist bis zum 23. Oktober 2026 geöffnet.

Watch and follow the SFB1315 on YouTube, Web, and LinkedIn social media channels; Visit us on Instagram at @sfb1315.

Recent Publications

Distinct roles of cortical layer 5 subtypes in associative learning

Sara Moberg, Michele Garibbo, Camille Mazo, Ariel Gilad, Dietmar Schmitz, Rui Ponte Costa, Matthew E. Larkum & Naoya Takahashi

Nat Neurosci 17:2648 (2026)

DOI 10.1038/s41467-026-68307-5

Image, courtesy of Naoya Takahashi

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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