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CRC 779 in Magdeburg funded for another four years
The Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 779 "Neurobiology of motivated behavior" will be supported by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) with 10 million euros over the next four years (January 2016).
Andreas Heinz new member of Leopoldina
Andreas Heinz (BCCN Berlin and BFNL complex human learning) was elected new member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (December 2015).
Onur Güntürkün holds Johannes Gutenberg Endowed Professorship 2016
Onur Güntürkün (BFNL sequence learning) holds the Johannes Gutenberg Endowed Professorship 2016 of the Friends of Mainz University ("Freunde der Universität Mainz e.V.") (December 2015).
Tobias Moser new member of Leopoldina
Tobias Moser (BCCN and BFNT Göttingen) was elected new member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (December 2015).
Roberta Evangelista receives DAAD award
Roberta Evangelista receives the DAAD award for excellent perfomances of non-German students at the TU Berlin (December 2015).
Bernstein Members elected into 6 DFG Review Boards
During the election for the DFG review boards for the period of 2016 - 2019, eight members of the Bernstein Network have been elected into six review boards that are relevant for the Bernstein Network (December 2015).
Brains for Brains Awardee 2015
For the sixth time, the Bernstein Association for Computational Neuroscience awarded the "Brains for Brains Young Researchers' Computational Neuroscience Award". The prize was presented during the Bernstein Conference in Heidelberg (November 2015).
Bernstein Conference 2015 held in Heidelberg
The 11th Bernstein Conference took place in Heidelberg from September 14-17, 2015 (November 2015).
Bernstein Award 2015 goes to Philipp Berens
For his research, computational biologist Philipp Berens has been awarded one of the most attractive junior research prizes worldwide (September 2015).
Bernstein Coordination Site visits Research Centre Jülich
Following a joint initiative of Markus Diesmann (Director of the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine 6 Computational and Systems Neuroscience (INM-6) at Research Centre Jülich) and Andreas Herz (Spokesman of the Bernstein Network, LMU Munich), Sebastian M. Schmidt, member of the board of directors of Jülich, offered to fund the Bernstein Coordination Site (BCOS) in accordance with the mission of the Helmholtz Association (September 2015).