Blankenese Conference 2024
Synaptopathies - Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Disease
The 41st Blankenese Conference will take place from 22nd to 25th of June 2024 in Blankenese Hamburg.
Find more information here .
ZMNH Alumni Career Session
The next date is Wednesday July 3, 2024. We invited Dr. Joachim Ahlbeck (Research Scientist, Evotec) and Dr. Jasper Grendel (Business Analyst, mgm technology partners).
Dear PhD/MD/MSc students and early career postdocs of the UKE and UHH,
Ever asked yourself what comes next after your PhD/MD/MSc or how to achieve your career goals as a young scientist in or outside academia?
That's why we created the ZMNH Alumni Career Session, where former ZMNH employees talk about their career paths. We invite two speakers who will give a short talk and then be available for an extensive networking session to answer your individual questions.
The event will take place from 4 to 6 pm in the large seminar room of the ZMNH, Falkenried 94, ground floor.
We look forward to welcoming you to the ZMNH,
the organizing committee (Sara Hawass, Marcel Klein, Abdurahman Kuku, Jennifer Radwitz, André Vaz Pinto, Anne Willing, Tony Guoming Man)
Past Seminars at ZMNH
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2022
Dr. Johannes Larsch, Martinsried Neurogenetics of social affiliation in zebrafish
Dr. Anne Jacobi, Boston (USA) Molecular mechanisms of neuroprotection and ax-on regeneration after optic nerve injury identified using single cell RNA sequencing
Prof. Daniel Dombeck, Chicago (USA) Microscopic mechanisms of memory formation in the hippocampus
Dr. Raunak Basu, Frankfurt Representation of navigational goals in the Orbitofrontal cortex
The Dynamic Synapse - Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Synaptic Strength
Internationales Symposium der DFG-geförderten Forschungsgruppe FOR 2419 Flyer
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2021
Prof. Barbara Niemeyer, Saarbrücken STIM1 splicing stimulates synaptic signaling
Prof. James Trimmer, Davis (USA) Specialized Calcium Signaling Domains at Kv2.1 Potassi-um Channel-Organized Neuronal ER-PM Junctions
Prof. Jose Esteban, Madrid (ES) PI3K signaling for synaptic plasticity and cognitive function
Prof. Naoya Takahashi, Bordeaux (FR) Cortical dendritic activity in tactile sensory detection
Prof. Fritjof Helmchen, Zürich (Schweiz) Neocortical signal flow in sensory discrimination tasks involving short-term memory
Prof. Alexander Schlaefer, Hamburg Robotics and AI in medicine: from simple classification to autonomous systems (bAIome)
Prof. Tommaso Patriarchi, Zurich (Switzerland) Genetically encoded tools for high-resolution in vivo imaging of dopamine dynamics (FOR2419)
Prof. Geert Litjens, Nijemgen (NL) Going beyond what is humanly possible: machine learning for clinical pathology (bAIome)
Prof. Wanda Kukulski, Bern (Switzerland) The supramolecular landscape of growing human axon s (FOR 2419)
Prof. Frank Ueckert, Sylvia Nuernber, Hamburg Medical informatics applied from bed to bench and back (bAIome)
Prof. Amparo Acker-Palmer, Frankfurt Wiring neuronal and vascular networks (FOR 2419)
Prof. Martin Spindler, Hamburg Inference in High-Dimensional Settings (bAIome)
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2020
Prof. Michael Tamkun, Colorado State University Neuronal Cell biology of Kv2.1-induced endoplasmic reticulum/plasma membrane contact sites
Prof. Timo Gerkmann, Universität Hamburg Machine learning for assistive listening devices
Prof. Justus Piater, Innsbruck Machine learning in robotics
Prof. Gregor Kasieczka, Hamburg Ai and particle physics
Prof. Chris Biemann, Hamburg Interpretable adaptive language technologies in application to the biomedical domain
Prof. Siawoosh Mohammadi, Hamburg Quantitative MRI for in vivo histology application and validation strategies using AI
Prof. Olivia Masseck, Bremen Illuminating the seratonergic system
Prof. Philipp Berens, Tübingen Inferring biophysical models of retinal neurons from data
Dr. Mathias Böhme, Berlin Synaptic architecture and plasticity - from neuromuscular to enteric synapses
Dr. Quan Yuan, Bethesda Structural homeostasis in dendrite development
Dr. Jan Wulff, Hamburg AI in Medical 3D Printing
Prof. Patrik Verstreken, Leuven The cellular bais of Parkinson's disease
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2019
Prof. Tobias Knopp, Hamburg Tomographic image reconstruction: challenges and opportunities
Dr. Marisa Brockmann, Berlin The role of RIM/RBP in synaptic organization
Dr. Michael Lippert, Magdeburg Functional imaging of brain stimulation reward
Prof. Volker Tresp, Munich Clinical Data Intelligence
Prof. Antonia Roll-Mecak, Bethesda, MD Microtubule dynamics: not only at the tips
Prof. Laurent Nguyen, Liège Regulation of cortical neurogenesis by migrating interneurons - from physiology to disease
Dr. Johannes Letzkus, Frankfurt/Main Processing of top-down information in mouse and human neocortex
Dr. Marie-Jo Moutin, Grenoble Tubulin detyrosination by vasohibin-SVBP enzyme complex is crucial for neuron and brain
Prof. Rene Werner, Hamburg Deep Learning in Medical Imaging and Image Processing at the UKE
Dr. Paolo Botta, New York An amygdala circuit for experience-dependent exploratory arrest
Dr. Jan Felix Evers, Heidelberg Neural circuits in time and space: wiring partners in times of change
Prof. Christiane Wrann, Boston Molecular mediators of the cognitive benefits of exercise
Prof. Johannes Gräff, Lausanne Face your fears - Recent insights into remote fear memory attenuation
Prof. Johannes Boltze, Warwick Cell-drug interactions in experimental stroke treatments
Prof. Schratt, Zurich Non-coding RNA regulation in mammalian synapse development and plasticity
Prof. Robert Kittel, Leipzig Synaptic physiology and mechanosensation - is there a link?
Dr. Johannes Kohl, London Investigating the neural circuits underlying instinctive behavior
Dr. Nelson Totah, Tübingen Cell fate acquisition in embryogenesis and early nervous system development
Dr. Robert Patrick Zinzen, Berlin Cell fate acquisition in embryogenesis and early nervous system development
Prof. Konstantinos Meletis, Stockholm A molecular atlas of the adult mouse brain
Prof. Michael Kiebler, Munich The role of RNA-binding proteins at the synapse and their impact on memory
Prof. Martin Hofmann-Apitius, Bonn Mechanism-based stratification of patients in neurology: lessons learned from the IMI-AETIONOMY project
Dr. Eugenio F. Fornasiero, Göttingen Principles of protein and organelle turnover in the mammalian brain
Prof. Peter W. Baas, Philadelphia Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia: gain-of-function mechanisms revealed by new transgenic mouse
Prof. Andrew Plested, Berlin Glutamate Receptors: from structure to synapse
Dr. Marion Silies, Göttingern Molecular and circuit mechanisms of peripheral visual processing
Prof. Stefan Kins, Kaiserslautern Beyond beta-Amyloid production: functions of the Amyloid precursor protein
Dr. Tomomi Shimogori, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Japan Activity dependent Btbd3 protein dynamics for selective dendrite morphogenesis in developing neuron
Prof. Ulrich Boehm , Homburg Neural circuit formation during early development
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2018
Dr. Ernesto Ciabatti, Cambridge Life-long manipulation of neural networks: from basic to translational research
Dr. Christian Lohmann, Amsterdam How spontaneous activity wires the developing brain prior to experience
Dr. Karin Dumstrei, Heidelberg Behind the scenes of scientific publishing
Prof. Stefan Hallermann, Leipzig Action potential dynamics in small cortical nerve terminal revealed by direct patch clamp recordings
Prof. Bente Klarlund Pedersen, Copenhagen The role of myokines in exercise as medicine - a translational perspective
Prof. Bing Ye, Michigan The roles of Down syndrome genes in neuronal development and brain disorders
Prof. Ryuichi Shigemoto, Klosterneuburg Short- and long-term synaptic plasticity in cerebellar motor learning
Dr. Tim Fieblinger, Lund Striatal projection neurons modulate responses to Parkinson's therapy
Prof. Christiane Wrann, Boston Molecular mechanisms of exercise; potential therapeutic role for FNDC5/irisin
Prof. Alain Chédotal, Paris Development and evolution of commissural circuits
Prof. Dr. Eckhard Mandelkow and Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Mandelkow, Bonn Tau: structure, aggregation, and interaction partners as well as animal models, modes of toxicity, and therapeutic approaches
Prof. Brian McCabe, Lausanne Mechanisms and maladies of motor circuits and synapses
Prof. Valentin Stein, Bonn Neddylation of synaptic proteins
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Thomas Klausberger, Vienna Prefrontal circuits for decision-making
Prof. Yimin Zou, San Diego Breaking symmetry - polarity signaling in axon guidance and synapse formation
Prof. Dr. Jeroen Pasterkamp, Utrecht Molecular mechanisms of neural circuit development
Dr. Ofer Yizhar, Rehovot Optogenetic manipulation of axonal terminals: the good, the bad, and the surprising
FOR 2419 Symposium 2018: Scientific Program (pdf 6.81 MB)
Prof. Michael K.E. Schäfer, Mainz L1CAM, a new player in neuroinflammatory disease
Prof. Gaia Novarino, Klosterneuburg Neurodevelopment disorders: from molecular mechanism to novel treatments
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2017
Dr. Beatriz Rebollo, Barcelona Synaptic and non-synaptic propagation of slow waves and their modulation by endogenous electric fields
Prof. Dr. Sabine Levi, Paris Tuning of synaptic inhibition by the second messenger Cl-
Prof. Dr. Walter Schaffner, Zurich A career in gene regulation: what went right, whar went wrong
Dr. Cordelia Imig, Göttingen Presynaptic ultrastructure-function relationships resolved by electron tomography
Prof. Dr. Martijn Schonewille, Rotterdam Unraveling the cerebellar cortex: module-related differences in activity and plasticity
Dr. Anna Antoniou, Marburg MicroRNAs at the membrane: compartmentalized microRNA production in local plasticity and neuronal development
Prof. Dr. Valentin Nägerl, Bordeaux Super-resolution imaging of the extracellular space of the brain
Prof. Dr. Paul Heppenstall, Rome Developing new technology to control pain and itch at its source
Prof. Dr. Kevan Martin, Zurich What are all those wires for? The enigma of cortical circuits
Dr. Julia Schiemann, Edinburgh Neuromodulatory control of simple & skilled motor movements
Prof. Dr. Stefan Bonn, Hamburg Insights into the genetic and epigenetic basis of neuropathies: CMT and beyond
Prof. Dr. Claudia Bagni, Lausanne The molecular basis of brain wiring and social behaviour
Dr. Andrea Barberis, Genova Spatial regulation of coordinated excitatory and inhibitory synaptic plasticity
Dr. Martin Harterink, Utrecht C.elegans as a model to study neuronal microtubule polarity organization and polarized transport
Prof. Dr. Wieland Huttner, Dresden Neural stem and progenitor cells and neocortex expansion in development and evolution
Prof. Dr. Siegrid Löwel, Göttingen The dynamic architecture of the adult visual cortex or how can I keep my brain young?
Prof. Dr. Helge Ewers, Berlin Nanoscopic membrane compartmentalization in the axonal initial segment
Prof. Dr. Tobias Moser, Göttingen How hearing happens: molecular physiology and optogenetic restoration
Prof. Dr. Anthony Holtmaat, Geneva Facilitation of synaptic plasticity in the mouse somatosensory cortex by paralemniscal circuits
Dr. Frédéric Gambino, Bordeaux Dendritic Mechanisms for Associative Learning in Behaving Animals
Dr. Rajiv Mishra, Klosterneuburg Cellular mechanisms of learning and memory: synaptic plasticity at CA3-CA3 synapses
Prof. Lothar Jänsch, Braunschweig Proteome-aided characterization of novel mechanisms at immunological synapses
Prof. Daniela Dieterich, Magdeburg Mechanosensitivity and neuronal protein synthesis
Prof. Imre Vida, Berlin Inhibiting inhibition: fast and slow inhibitory interactions among hippocampal GABAergic interneurons
Prof. Roderick MacKinnon The incredible diversity of K+ channels
Dr. Benjamin Rost, Berlin Optogenetics at the presynaptic terminal
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2016
Prof. Dr. Victor Tarabykin, Berlin: Molecular control of the neocortex development
Prof. Dr. Britta Qualmann, Jena: Actin nucleation and membrane modelling in neuromorphogenesis and synaptic plasticity
Dr. Nicolas Gutierrez-Castellanos, Lisbon: Motor learning requires Purkinje cell synaptic potentiation through activation of AMPA receptor subunit GluA3
Dr. Eugene Katrukha, Utrecht: Axonal cargo distribution and transport: role of motors composition
Prof. Dr. H. Christian Pape, Münster: The extended amygdala: what it is and what it has to do with our fear to unpredictable threat
Dr. Nathalie Sans, Bordeaux: Planar cell polarity proteins and molecular mechanisms regulating exitatory synapses
Jack van Horssen, PhD, Amsterdam: Mitochondrial dysfunction and free radicals contribute to neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis
Prof. Guus Smit, Amsterdam: Dissecting the role of auxiliary subunits in the regulation of AMPA-type glutamate receptors
Prof. Martin Korte, Braunschweig: Losing the Balance between Plasticity and Stability: Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration
Dr. Martin Fuhrmann, Bonn: Cellular and synaptic correlates of learning and memory
Prof. Dr. Timothy Radstake, Nijmegen: A Systems Medicine approach to disease understanding. Disease interception fact or fiction?
Prof. Dr. Zoya Ignatova, Hamburg: Translational control: probing dimensionality beyond the linear sequence of mRNA
Dr. Annika Herwig, Hamburg: A hibernating brain - why bother?
Dr. Clemens Wülfing, Hamburg: Antigen presenting cells in lymphoid organs - new morphology and architecture of single cell innervation
Prof. Dr. Thomas Schikorski, Puerto Rico: Synaptic vesicle power spinning: a quick lottery
Prof. Dion K. Dickman, Southern California: Homeostatic control of synaptic strength and structure
Prof. Dr. Peter Robin Hiesinger, Berlin: Brain wiring on the fly: simple rules in neural circuit assembly
Prof. Johann H. Brandstätter, Erlangen: Adaptation at a sensory synapse - the role of complexins
Petra van Bergeijk, Utrecht: Optogenetic control of organelle transport and positioning
Dr. Stefan Bonn, Göttingen: Taking a deeper look into the nature and nurture of health and disease