We take part in Germany’s largest Science- and STEM festival.
More infos here: https://science-days.de/science-days/#science-days
Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Marlene Bartos, who has been awarded a Reinhart Koselleck Project Grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) to study “The role of the inputs and outputs of the dentate gyrus in the formation of memory traces and the control of behavior”.
06.-10.07.2025 Barcelona
Three proposed FENS Symposium got accepted, organized by Matthias Haberl, Silvia Viana da Silva, Marlene Bartos and Jörg Geiger.
More infos about FENS 2026: https://fensforum.org/
FRIAS Workshop for senior researchers: What it takes to build and lead successful interdisciplinary research initiatives.
IN-CODE hosted Dr. Matthias Mayer from ysa (http://www.youngscientistsacademy.com/) for a great 2-days Scientific Communication workshop at IMBIT, Freiburg.
Our IN-CODE Female Scientist Retreat gathered neuroscientists for workshops, talks and discussions at the Kloster Frauenberg in Fulda and its serene garden. Many thanks to our speakers Silvia Viana da Silva, Silvana Valtcheva, Marlene Bartos, SeongHee Cho and Rahel Ehret for sharing knowledge and inspiration!
15.-19. November 2025 San Diego
SFN Symposium organized by Bartos and Geiger got accepted: Experience-Driven Dynamics in Cortical Inhibition for Learning and Memory
A film crew from ZDF recently visited our lab to document the work of Marlene Bartos and her team on memory research focusing on interneurons.
Rina Patel, PhD student in Silvia Viana da Silvas lab (B02), presented at the NWG on the section “Breaking News” and received the 2nd prize for “Best Talk” for “Optogenetic control of mitochondria of PV+ interneurons alters CA1 function”.
Great posters were presented by the other member of B02.
IN-CODE hosted an empowering 5-Modules online Workshop on Next Level Productivity in Science using AI Assistants by Prof. Dr. Daniel Mertens. More infos here: https://www.schillermertens.de/
IN-CODERs will be participating in the Gordon Research Conference in Maine.
IN-CODER presented their research at the prestigious Hippocampal Research Conference in Verona, a renowned event attended by leading figures in the field.
Talk on Distinct dendritic integration strategies control dynamics of inhibition in the neocortex
More about Nelson’s work:
Viana da Silva & Haberl labs unveil ripple-driven hippocampal engram recruitment at Engrams and Ensembles Conference at Trinity College Dublin.
More about Jessica’s work:
Study human brain anatomy by Prof. Andreas Vlachos (Uni Freiburg) and Prof. Josef Kapfhammer (Uni Basel)
IN-CODE PhD student participated in the Human brain anatomy course.
26.-29.3.2025 Göttingen
Two symposia organized by IN-CODE members have been accepted at the up-coming German Neuroscience Society Meeting.
https://www.nwg-goettingen.de/2025/default.asp?id=0
BrainLinks-BrainTools und NEXUS Experiments invite
Donnerstag, 13.03.2025
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
IMBIT-Gebäude, Campus Flugplatz
background: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2024.06.019
The following fellows have been awarded with the Fellows prize:
Dr. Chotima Böttcher (Berlin) Dr. Claudia Böhm (Berlin)
Dr. Antje Kilias (Freiburg) Dr. Anna Schröder (Freiburg)
As we welcome these outstanding researchers to the IN-CODE consortium, we look forward to the great work that will emerge from this collaboration.
03.02.2025 Freiburg
Talk on Anxiety and the neural mechanisms underlying its regulation
More about Ferraguti’s work:
https://www.i-med.ac.at/pharmakologie/forschung/research_ferraguti.html.en
Dr. Matthias Haberl dives into the fascinating intersections between artificial intelligence and neuroscience in their latest piece for the NWG Journal Neuroforum. Discover the insights and ideas on page 19—link below.
https://nwg-info.de/sites/nwg-info.de/files/media/pdf/neuroforum/Neuroforum_02-2024.pdf
Gamze Güney and Dr. Svenja Steinfelder (Poulet lab) captivated young minds at the Heinrich-Schliemann-Gymnasium and Kurt-Tucholsky-Oberschule in Berlin, sharing the wonders of their science (Dec 2024 & Jan 2025). They also illuminated their research for a wide audience at the Planetarium Berlin, inspiring curiosity for science in the community (Dec 2024).
is now in print from Oxford University Press and includes a contribution in Chapter 5: Cell Properties by Marlene Bartos.
18.12.2024 Freiburg
Talk on Animal Research: Time to talk!
More about EARA (European Animal Research Association): https://www.eara.eu/?lang=de
11.12.2024 Freiburg
Talk on Dynamic encoding of internal states in Amygdala circuits
More about Andreas’ research: https://www.fmi.ch/research-groups/groupleader.html?group=35
06.11.2024 Freiburg
Talk on Functional Maturation of Layer 1 Interneurons
More about Johannes’ research: https://faculty.kaust.edu.sa/en/persons/leena.ibrahim
In October 2024, Prof. Bartos undertook a one-month sabbatical in Boston to deepen collaborations with researchers in the interneuron field.
30.10.2024 Freiburg
Talk on Epigenetics and Memory
More about Johannes’ research: https://www.epfl.ch/labs/graefflab/
The neuroscience community in Amsterdam invited Marlene Bartos to present in the prestigious ONWAR Swammerdam Lecture Series and afterwards hold a Masterclass with neuroscience PhD students.
Silvia Viana da Silva is organizer and Marlene Bartos is one of the keynote speakers at BNM24 on October 10 and 11, 2024.
More details here: ecn-berlin.de/program