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Premiere at the CeBIT Computer Fair: Fraunhofer FIRST tests the Berlin Brain-Computer Interface in front of a live audience (February 2006).
The Bernstein Center Berlin takes part in the "pong.mythos" exhibition
With Brain-Pong, Fraunhofer FIRST presents a direct interface between brain and computer game (February 2006).
Bernstein Centers present themselves at the "Germany in Japan" Year
From 1 to 4 February 2006, Tokyo will host the "Japan-Germany Symposium on Computational Neuroscience", including a presentation by the Bernstein Centers as part of the initiative "Germany in Japan 2005/2006" (February 2006).
Michael Brecht accepts the first professorship in the center
Prof. Dr. Michael Brecht (Rotterdam) accepts the first professorship in the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin (2006).
Bernhard Katz Prize for Dietmar Schmitz
At this year's annual meeting of the Israel Society of Neurosciences, which took place from December 11-14 in Eliat, Prof. Dr. Dietmar Schmitz was honored with the "Bernhard Katz Lecture" for his groundbreaking work in the field of synaptic transmission (December 2005).
Peter Jonas received Leibniz Prize
Peter Jonas, Professor for neurophysiology at the University of Freiburg and scientist at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, together with ten further scientists was selected to receive the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) on December 2nd, 2005 (Dezember 2005).
Presentation of all German BCCNs at the Society for Neuroscience Conference, Washington DC, 2005
More than 34.000 visitors from all over the world participated in the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in Washington 2005. The German BCCNs took this opportunity to introduce themselves to the international neuroscience community (November 2005).
Brain Day 2005
On 11 and 12 November 2005, the first "Brain Day" will take place in the Urania Berlin and is co-organized by the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin (2005).
Opening of the Freiburg Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience and first national symposium of all Bernstein Centers
In October, Neurosciences in Freiburg can look forward to two major events: the grand opening of the Freiburg Bernstein Center and the first ever national symposium of all German Bernstein Centers (Berlin, Göttingen, Munich and Freiburg, October 2005).
First Bernstein Symposium on Computational Neuroscience held in Freiburg
From 10 to 12 October, scientists from the four German Bernstein Centers for Computational Neuroscience (BCCNs) got together in Freiburg for their first symposium to present and discuss their latest research results. Last year, the BMBF (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research) had established the four Bernstein Centers to concentrate scientific expertise in neuroscience and thus get a step closer to the common goal of understanding thought (October 2005).