Brain Dynamics

Brain Dynamics Seminar Series

• 25.10. 12:00 Prof Dr Johannes Hirrlinger
  Carl Ludwig Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University &
  Department of Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen
  "Assessing dynamics of brain metabolism using genetically encoded fluorescent nanosensors";
• 08.11. 12:00 PD Dr Markus Schwab
  Paul Flechsig Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Leipzig
  "Tba";
• 22.11. 12:00 Prof Patrick Ragert, PhD
  Department of Movement Neuroscience, Faculty of Sport Science, Leipzig University & Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
  “Non-invasive brain stimulation to optimize (motor) performance in humans”;
• 06.12. 12:00 Prof Dr Erich Schröger
  Wilhelm Wundt Institute for Psychology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Leipzig University
  "Tba".

NEWS

• Open call for Brain Dynamics Pilot Projects
• The third Brain Dynamics Scientific Day held on 24th September
• Day tickets available for the Neurobiology Doctoral Students Workshop (NeuroDoWo) 2024
• The third Brain Dynamics Science Speed Dating Meetup will be held on 29th May
• Open PhD position in Neurobiology and Metabolic Research in the research group Jais at the HI-MAG
• Brain Dynamics member Marius Lamberty successfully defended his thesis
• Five small collaborative proposals receive Brain Dynamics Pilot Project grants
• Brain dissection demonstration for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers on 20th July 2023
• The first Brain Dynamics Science Speed Dating Meetup held on 26th April 2023
• Microscopy course for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers on 24th and 25th May 2023
• Doctoral candidates share their impressions on having a Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC)

• 25.10. 12:00 Brain Dynamics Seminar Series - Prof Dr Johannes Hirrlinger from the Carl Ludwig Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University & Department of Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen will talk about "Assessing dynamics of brain metabolism using genetically encoded fluorescent nanosensors";
• 25.10. 11:00 CBS CoCoNUT Talk - Christian Tinauer from the Neuroimaging Research Unit at the Medical University of Graz, Austria will give a talk titled “Debugging, regularization and validation - explainable deep learning as a means to enhance brain disease classification models using MRI data”;
• 23.10. 17:00 Guest lecture at the CLI - Matej Hotka, PhD from the Medical University of Vienna in Austria will give a talk titled “Neuronal glutaminolysis drives epileptogenesis in primary hippocampal neurons”;
• 23-24.10. 09:30 - 15:30 Advanced EEG Workshop - Two-day workshop on Multivariate Temporal Response Function (mTRF) toolbox run by Dr Mareike Daeglau, University of Oldenburg & Jakab Pilaszanovich, Leipzig University;
• 24.09. 09:00 - 17:30 The 3rd Brain Dynamics Scientific Day - The symposium will be comprised of oral and poster presentations by doctoral candidates and postdocs, bookended with two keynote lectures: “Diverse molecular mechanisms underlying heterogeneity in presynaptic release probability” by Prof Dr Dr Dr Zoltán Nusser from the Hungarian Research Network, Institute of Experimental Medicine HAS, Budapest, Hungary, and “Of moments and memories: How subjective perception and experience shape one another in the human brain” by Dr Darinka Trübutschek from the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt am Main;
• 12.09. 14:00 SFB1423 Guest Lecture - Prof David C. Martinelli, Ph.D. from the Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, USA will give a talk titled "The pleiotropic C1Q-like proteins regulate both synapses and oligodendrocyte maturation";
• 09.09. 10:30 Guest lecture at the PFI - Prof Dr Jeroen Bogie from the Biomedical Research Institute, School of Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium will talk about “Lipids in control of microglia physiology in demyelinating CNS disorders”.

Latest publications by our doctoral candidates:

• Klingbeil J, Mühlig M, Bahr E, Welle F, Ritter T, Stockert A, Wawrzyniak M, Saur D.
  Undoubtedly unaware of homonymous hemianopia: The contribution of overconfidence to anosognosia of hemianopia.
  Cortex. 2024 Aug; 177: 224-234.
• Gutsfeld S, Wehmas L, Omoyeni I, Schweiger N, Leuthold D, Michaelis P, Howey XM, Gaballah S, Herold N, Vogs C, Wood C, Bertotto L, Wu GM, Klüver N, Busch W, Scholz S, Schor J, Tal T.
  Investigation of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Genes as Requirements for Visual Startle Response Hyperactivity in Larval Zebrafish Exposed to Structurally Similar Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).
  Environ Health Perspect. 2024 Jul; 132(7): 77007.
• Tast V, Schröger E, Widmann A.
  Suppression and omission effects in auditory predictive processing-Two of the same?
  Eur J Neurosci. 2024 May 19. doi: 10.1111/ejn.16393.
• Burkart ME, Kurzke J, Jacobi R, Vera J, Ashcroft FM, Eilers J, Lippmann K.
  K_ATP channel mutation disrupts hippocampal network activity and nocturnal gamma shifts.
  Brain. 2024 May 15; awae157.
• Bullmann T, Kaas T, Ritzau-Jost A, Wöhner A, Kirmann T, Rizalar FS, Holzer M, Nerlich J, Puchkov D, Geis C, Eilers J, Kittel RJ, Arendt T, Haucke V, Hallermann S.
  Human iPSC-derived neurons with reliable synapses and large presynaptic action potentials.
  J Neurosci. 2024 May 9: e0971232024.
• Upadhya M, Kirmann T, Wilson MA, Simon CM, Dhangar D, Geis C, Williams R, Woodhall G, Hallermann S, Irani SR, Wright SK.
  Peripherally-derived LGI1-reactive monoclonal antibodies cause epileptic seizures in vivo.
  Brain. 2024 Apr 25: awae129.
• Richter V, Rist A, Kislinger G, Laumann M, Schoofs A, Miroschnikow A, Pankratz M, Cardona A, Thum AS.
  Morphology and ultrastructure of external sense organs of Drosophila larvae.
  eLife 12: RP91155.
• Simon M, Widdig A, Weiß BM.
  Sniffing behavior of semi free-ranging Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus).
  Am J Primatol. 2024 Feb 26: e23611. doi: 10.1002/ajp.23611.
• Marjieh R, Harrison PMC, Lee H, Deligiannaki F, Jacoby N.
  Timbral effects on consonance disentangle psychoacoustic mechanisms and suggest perceptual origins for musical scales.
  Nat Commun. 2024 Feb 19;15(1):1482. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45812-z.
• Svensson F, Zwick S, Exner C, Doering BK.
  Dyadic coping and illness adjustment after stroke: A longitudinal prospective study.
  Rehabil Psychol. 2024 Feb 15. doi: 10.1037/rep0000548.
• Vieira Contreras F, Auger GM, Müller L, Richter V, Huetteroth W, Seufert F, Hildebrand PW, Scholz N, Thum AS, Ljaschenko D, Blanco-Redondo B, Langenhan T.
  The adhesion G-protein-coupled receptor mayo/CG11318 controls midgut development in Drosophila.
  Cell Rep. 2024 Jan 4; 43(1): 113640. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113640.