Successful CRC Retreat 2025

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From June 25th to 26th, 2025, this year’s CRC 1436 retreat took place at the DZNE Magdeburg. Over two days, the focus was on networking, sharing the latest progress of the sub-projects, and welcoming new members. Exciting new collaborations emerged, and everyone started highly motivated in our new funding period. The service project Z02 presented […]

Meet Florian Engert at the LIN

On Tuesday, 8 July 2025 at 2 p.m., Prof. Florian Engert (Harvard University) will be a guest speaker in the Ebbinghaus Room (LIN). Florian Engert is a professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University and heads an interdisciplinary laboratory that researches neuroscientific processes – particularly in zebrafish – using state-of-the-art imaging techniques, behavioural […]

Prof. Christian Behrends as part of the Syntophagy Seminar Series

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We are pleased to announce that the Syntophagy Seminar Series will be hosting Prof. Christian Behrends. When: July 1st, 2025, 3:00 p.m. Where: Ebbinghaus-Lecture Hall, Leibniz-Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestraße 6 in Magdeburg Title: Endolysome dysfunction in TECPR2 mutation-induced neuropathy The seminar will be held in a hybrid format, with the in-person session taking place at LIN, Ebbinghaus Lecture Hall.  Contact: Julia Mitreiter (please contact […]

CRC 1436 Retreat 2025 with Bryan Strange

Our two-day CRC retreat started today. We are looking forward to all projects presenting there resent findings to our CRC 1436 members. As a special highlight, we are delighted to welcome Bryan Strange from Madrid with a keynote talk.

Congratulations, Niklas!

One of our PhD students within the CRC successfully defended his doctoral thesis on May 28, 2025. We warmly congratulate Niklas on reaching this important milestone and wish him all the very best for his future endeavors. We are very grateful for his dedicated and valuable support during the first application phase. All the best, […]

CRC 1436 – top research in Magdeburg

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This week, we had the MDR on site for filming. The feature segment is part of an MDR series showcasing “Spitzenforschung in Sachsen-Anhalt” – we’re proud to be part of it and to present our work to a broader audience. A big thank you to Michael, Emrah, Constanze, Thomas, Stepan, Shaobo, and Ashar, who contributed […]

GERMAN COURSES

The German courses in cooperation with UMMD and LIN are starting again! Register now on our homepage to secure a place on a course directly on the Medicine Faculty campus. You will get all the information about the courses at our initial meeting. Save the date: Initial meeting 17/09/2025 4pm at Medical Faculty, House 44, […]

Science Night 2025 – Saturday was finally the day

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OVGU, LIN, and DZNE opened their doors for the Long Night of Science – and we were right in the middle of it! Across many stations, visitors got exciting glimpses into our research. Of course, the CRC 1436 was also there with a range of great activities. One of the highlights was our service project […]

COMETiN 2025/2026

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OVGU Graduate Academy announces the start of the 10th round of the COMETiN@GraduateAcademy program! Applications for the 2025/2026 cohort are now open. What is COMETiN?COMETiN is 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 […]

Talk by Prof. Rich Ivry (University of California, Berkeley)

You are warmly invited to a talk by Prof. Rich Ivry (University of California, Berkeley), a prominent cognitive neuroscientist whose research bridges motor control, learning, timing, and cognitive functions traditionally linked to the cerebellum. Talk Title: Probing the Role of the Cerebellum in Sensorimotor Learning and Cognition Date & Time: Monday, June 23rd at 12:45 PM Location: Ebbinghaus […]