News from the neurosciences of the CRC
The Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1436 at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg is seeking outstanding early-career scientists for four Postdoctoral Research Positions. Researchers will develop independent, innovative projects across diverse neuroscience fields, contributing to and expanding the CRC’s internationally recognized research.
The positions are offered under a 3+3-year funding model at the Medical Faculty and Faculty of Natural Science, providing excellent opportunities for scientific independence, interdisciplinary collaboration, and career development within one of Germany’s leading neuroscience research communities.
Mark your calendar for the 2nd International SynAGE Conference on Healthy Ageing, taking place March 10–12, 2027, at the Herrenkrug Hotel in Magdeburg, Germany.
Organized by the doctoral candidates of the SynAGE Graduate Program, the conference will bring together international researchers to discuss the latest advances in healthy ageing, neuroscience, and age-related brain research.
Abstract submission is now open, and additional invited speakers will be announced soon.
For conference details, registration, and abstract submission, visit the official conference website.
As part of the 15th Female Career Days, we’d like to ask you to mark your calendars now for a talk with Lisa Niendorf. Titled “Power, Responsibility, and Change in Science,” the opening event of this year’s Career Days will take place on the afternoon of November 3, 2026.
The Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1436 and the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN) are pleased to welcome Professor Yingxi Lin (UT Southwestern Medical Center, Texas) as the next speaker in the CRC Lecture Series and Leibniz Lecture.
Date: Monday, August 10, 2026
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Ebbinghaus Room, LIN Magdeburg
Lecture Title: Engram Tagging Reveals Learning-Driven Synaptic Plasticity Across Functionally Distinct Neuronal Ensembles
The lecture will explore the latest advances in memory engram research, neuronal ensemble labeling, and synaptic plasticity. Researchers interested in RAM technology are especially encouraged to attend and exchange ideas on experimental design and future applications.
Following the lecture, PhD students and postdoctoral researchers are invited to join an exclusive Q&A session with Professor Lin, offering the opportunity for in-depth discussion and networking.
Congratulations to our CRC member Panagiotis Iliopoulos on receiving the Best Student Poster Award at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), the world’s largest international conference on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia research, attracting more than 10,000 participants from around the globe.
The award-winning poster, “Memory precision training and perirhinal plasticity: Navigating the influence of p-tau pathology on memory gains.”,” presented findings from a study on cognitive training, investigating improvements in memory performance, structural plasticity in the perirhinal cortex, and their association with plasma p-tau pathology. The award recognizes the scientific excellence of this research and its contribution to advancing Alzheimer’s disease research.
Congratulations!
On the afternoon of June 24, the first Rising Scientist Meet Up 2026 for early-career researchers took place in Building 64. Organized by young researchers for young researchers, the event provided an opportunity for lively poster presentations, the exchange of ideas, and networking with around 50 PhD students and postdocs from various institutes.
The “Rising Scientist Meet Up 2026” poster award was presented in the categories of animal research and human research, as well as alternative research approaches. We warmly congratulate the winners Nina Lindemann (RTG2408) – for animal research – and Manoj Pandiri (CRC1436) – for human research and alternative research approaches.
The organizing team was thoroughly satisfied with the event and would like to ask participants to complete a short survey.
The Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology in Magdeburg is hosting a scientific symposium on November 10, 2026, in honor of its founding director, Henning Scheich.
On Tuesday, November 10, 2026, the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology in Magdeburg will host a scientific symposium in honor of its founding director, Henning Scheich.
The aim of this symposium is to honor Henning Scheich’s scientific achievements and his contributions to science policy, and to highlight how his visions continue to shape the current and future landscape of the neurosciences.
The Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences (CBBS) in Magdeburg has a new website that you should definitely check out.
The CBBS is an internationally oriented and regionally networked neuroscience center at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg. It brings together researchers from seven faculties at the University of Magdeburg, the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Magdeburg.
As part of a Transatlantic Network of Excellence, the research group led by CRCmember Stefanie Schreiber has successfully secured a grant of eight million euros over five years from the Leducq Foundation for Cardiovascular Research.
In early 2027, UMMD will thus become a founding member of the “Transatlantic Network of Excellence.”
An international network of renowned institutions, including Harvard Medical School, Boston University, and other European and U.S. partners, will then conduct research on cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA).
Female researchers have until August 31 to apply for the 11th round of the COMETiN@GraduateAcademy program— a structured one-year interdisciplinary program by the Graduate Academy of Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg. It supports women in academic qualification phases and offers space for reflection, orientation, and courageous career decisions.
Researcher can find all the details here or contact directly.
Our research focus
Is it possible to increase the performance of memory?
What is the hidden potential of the brain and what are its limits?
How can the brain’s cognitive potential be mobilized and enhanced?
The architecture of our brain provides biological limits for the performance of memory, attention, and our capacity for learning; this is evident on both the micro and macro scale. However, there is large variability within these limits and individual cognitive abilities can be improved through directed training. The goal of our Collaborative Research Center (CRC) is to uncover the performance limits of the human brain and to explore methodological approaches for improving this performance. We aim to understand which neurobiological principles limit cognitive resources and how these resources can be fully accessed or even enhanced. Further, we will identify new ways to preserve neural resources across the lifespan with targeted interventions.
More than 40 scientists in 20 individual projects are currently working in our CRC towards this exciting neuroscientific topic, which is also highly relevant in our current society.
Co-Spokesperson Prof. Dr. Michael Kreutz & Spokesperson Prof. Dr. med. Emrah Düzel
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Tacikowski, P., Kalender, G., Ciliberti, D., & Fried, I.
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