Upcoming CRC-Events
Center for Brain Health established
With the aim of pooling its outstanding clinical and scientific expertise in an area of particular social relevance in Magdeburg, the University Medical Centre has established the Centre for Brain Health. This creates a central point of contact providing comprehensive support for people with neurological, neurodegenerative, and mental illnesses . This close link between clinical treatment options […]
Dr. Hans Kirschner is giving a lecture at the CRC 1436
On Monday, February 16th, 2026, Dr. Hans Kirschner (University of Magdeburg) will be a guest in our CRC Lecture Series. When: Monday, February 16th, 2026 / 2:30 pm Where: DZNE, room 121 Title: Computations and Mechanisms of Decision Making and Cognitive Control Abstract: Successful goal-directed behavior requires organisms to continuously update their beliefs and adjust […]
How the Brain Processes Spatial Information
Professor Andrew Parker from the University of Magdeburg leads an international research team that has succeeded in gaining new insights into how the brain processes spatial information, without interfering with the human brain. Using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging, the team obtained highly informative results that help them better understand key neural connections. These findings also […]
Focus Topic on “dasGehirn.info”: Aging Successfully
In December, the research portal dasGehirn.info visited our CRC 1436 and has since published three fascinating articles about the researchers and their work within our CRC 1436. „The old, healthy brain“ explored the phenomenon that aging seems to have little effect on some people. Michael R. Kreutz, Anne Maass, Emrah Düzel, Markus Ullsperger, Stefanie Schreiber, […]
Upcoming lectures – CRC 1436 External Speaker Series
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FAM-conference – register now
From May 20 to 22, 2026, the 7th International Functional Architecture of Memory (FAM) Conference will take place in Magdeburg. Interested participants can now register via this link. Once again, the FAM Conference will bring together researchers from around the world to discuss current findings and key controversies in memory research. Registration now open: 7th […]
Call for publication award
The CBBS is seeking the best publication of the year 2025. CBBS members can participate in the competition organized by the State Center of Excellence for Research until March 31, 2026. The prize money is €500 per publication. Here you can find the call.
IRTG – ANIMAL WORKSHOP
On February 24-25, 2026 the Animal Workshop – Tools and paradigms for probing cognition across species will take place. Detailed Info’s and schedule can be found here.
App helps with Alzheimer’s research
“Alzheimer’s can be described as a widespread disease,” said Emrah Düzel in an interview with Marc Buremeisater from Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR). This makes early detection all the more important, and an app can help with this. You can find more information on this exciting topic here: Activity-dependent extracellular proteolytic cascade cleaves the ECM component brevican […]