News 2024
Bernstein-CorTec Award 2024
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Prof. Kerstin Krieglstein, Rektorin der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, verleiht am Vormittag des 16. Oktober den Bernstein-CorTec Preis für Computational Neuroscience und Neurotechnologie an zwei NachwuchsforscherInnen, Enya Paschen und Eric Klein.
Bernstein Retreat at Kloster Lichtenthal
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A Two-Day-Retreat with Members and Associated Members of the Bernstein Center Freiburg, Sep 23-25, 2024
IESF-OM CODIGE Prize 2024 for Best Master Thesis bagged by Richmond Crisostomo
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We are proud to announce that Richmond Crisostomo, a doctoral student with the Bernstein Center Freiburg, was recognized for his master thesis from the University of Montpellier, France. His work entitled "Eco-evolutionary Dynamics from Estimation of Strain Abundances in the Human Gut Microbiome" was awarded the 2024 IESF/OM-CODIGE Prize for Best Master's Thesis in the Fundamental Research category.
Alumni-Preis 2024
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Zainab Chokr erhielt für ihre Masterarbeit: "Analysis of learning processes in brain networks using coarse graining of graphs and spectral graph theory" den Alumnipreis 2024 des Instituts für Physik der Universität Freiburg.
Low rate hippocampal delay period activity encodes behavioral experience
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Several cortical mechanisms have been proposed to explain the neuronal basis of short-term memory; however, the community has not reached a consensus yet. A recent publication in Hippocampus reports that hippocampal activity contains information about past behavior in brief sporadically spread, time intervals.
Bernstein-CorTec-Award 2024 - Call for Nominations
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In 2024, the Bernstein-CorTec Award 2024 will be conferred for a PhD thesis.
Innovative approach for treatment-resistant epilepsy
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New stimulation method shows success in controlling focal epileptic seizures in animal models