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Welcome

The Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience connects experimental and theoretical scientists. It comprises more than 200 research groups and 450 individual scientists from all over the world who combine experimental neuroscientific approaches with theoretical models and computer simulations.

The Bernstein Network was launched in 2004 through a major funding initiative of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) which aimed at advancing the transfer of theoretical knowledge to clinical and technical applications. The network is named after the German physiologist and biophysicist Julius Bernstein (1839-1917).

News

Göttingen, Germany – March 10, 2026

How social experiences shape behavior

In a German-US collaboration with participation of the European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen (ENI-G), researchers have shown that fruit flies can adapt their social behavior and learn from these experiences. These fundamental mechanisms of social information processing are also important for understanding mental illness. The results have been published in the journal Current Biology. Based on these findings, a follow-up project is being funded by the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony and the Volkswagen Foundation with more than 400,000 Euros over two years.

Bochum, Germany – March 13, 2026

How stress disrupts the brain’s navigational system

Persons under stress may have a harder time spatially orienting themselves. Researchers in Bochum have discovered why.

Berlin, Germany – March 13, 2026

The ghosts we see: How afterimages reveal why the world appears stable

Contrary to what you and I might experience when we explore the world, our eyes do not provide us with a continuous and stable view of it. They jump several times each second in rapid movements called saccades. Because the eye projects the world onto the retina, we should see the world shift abruptly each time the eyes move—the visual scene should feel unstable, yet the brain uses sophisticated mechanisms that ensure it does not.

Munich, Germany – March 11, 2026

A familiar voice shapes how zebra finches hear and respond

Neurons that control when zebra finches call back fire more strongly when the caller is familiar.

Events

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Berlin Brains Talk: Stimulierte Wahrnehmung

20.03. – 20.03.2026

Berlin, Germany

Talk

In den 1950er Jahren stellten Gehirnchirurg Wilder Penfield und Neuropsychologin Brenda Milner fest, dass schwach elektrische Stimulation des Gehirngewebes komplexe Sinneseindrücke bei ihren Patient:innen hervorriefen. Penfield nutzte die Technik im Operationssaal in Kombination mit Fotografie, um Gehirngewebe seiner Patient:innen zu kartografieren. Doch die Technik ergab neue Möglichkeiten. Wolf-Julian Neumann und Alessia Cavallo aus der Klinik für Neurologie der Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin nutzen heute die historischen Daten Hirnstimulation, um die Funktionsweise des Gehirns besser zu verstehen und neue Therapieansätze für Menschen mit Parkinson zu entwickeln. In ihrem Vortrag präsentieren sie faszinierende Einblicke in die Aktivität unseres Gehirns unter elektrischer Stimulation und berichten von den neuen Chancen, die durch die nie dagewesene Präzision moderner Neurotechnologien entstehen. Ein Vortrag aus dem Grenzbereich von Anatomie und Funktion, Kunst und Wissenschaft.

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Past

Past and future conferences

Become a Member

The Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience supports science, research and education in computational neuroscience, and disseminates research themes and findings to the public. Everyone who is active in the field of computational neuroscience or related subjects can become a member of the Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience.

Job Offers

Faculty positions

Independent young PI Position to lead the EEG Lab

Faculty positions

Research Scientist (Group Leader) in Foundational Machine Learning

Postdoc positions

Two postdoc positions in computational neuroscience

Further Job Offers

Stay informed

As a quarterly digest, the public bulletin informs about exciting new topics in computational neuroscience and summarizes the news of the Bernstein Network for the scientifically interested public. The public bulletin is in German only. Register now!

Calls

Tenure Track Professorship

Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft’s Tenure Track Professorship program supports German universities in appointing and onboarding international talents for tenure track positions by funding the first years of the professorship.

Deadline: 31.03.2026

Momentum – Funding for Recently Tenured Professors

Here, 'momentum' is meant as an impulse to keep something moving or developing dynamically after it has started. In this sense, the initiative addresses academics at an early stage following the appointment to their first tenured professorship. The goal is to open up opportunities in this phase of their career to advance the content and strategic development of their professorship.

Deadline: 14.04.2026

Lise Meitner Excellence Program

The Max Planck Society has initiated a number of measures to attract increasing numbers of women to a career in science and provide them with equal opportunities for all stages of their career. An important initiative is the Lise Meitner Excellence Program. The positon as a Lise Meitner Group Leader will be advertised to recruit and promote exceptionally qualified female scientists. There is a multi-stage, competitive selection process, held in close consultation with interested Max Planck Institutes. The Lise Meitner Groups are furnished with their own resources for their entire duration.

Deadline: 15.04.2026