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1. How the Brain Remains Flexible and Stable During Learning
Researchers at the LIN have shown that learning alters inhibitory connections at different locations on the same neuron in opposite ways.
2. Vacancies
Our institute thrives on its employees. Become part of LIN as a ↗  Post-doctoral fellows (f/m/d) “Adaptive Neuroimplants” as part of the “Closed-loop AI-enabled Rehabilitative…
3. Organisation
How is the LIN organized? Which structures exist? The Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology is a Foundation under public law. The purpose of our foundation is to promote science and basic research in…
4. Understanding the Learning Brain
A Symposium Honoring Henning Scheich November 10, 2026 | Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg How does the brain learn? What allows it to adapt, remember and make sense of the world? …
5. Research Group Behavioral Neuroscience
Sleep deprivation is a common and underestimated problem in modern society. A permanently disrupted sleep-wake cycle can lead to serious health consequences. After just one night of sleep…
6. Magdeburg and Tel Aviv Strengthen Their Collaboration in Brain Research
A memorandum of understanding provides the formal framework for this.
7. NPTN variants can cause rare developmental disorders
An international study involving the LIN shows that newly emerged NPTN variants can cause rare developmental disorders associated with autism.
8. Equal Opportunities
The Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN) is firmly committed to its responsibility to actively promote equality and equal opportunities. We regard this concern not only as a duty, but also as a…
9. Commission for Ethics in Security-related Research
The LIN has a Commission for Ethics in Security-Related Research (KEF). The Commission was established in accordance with the recommendations of the German Research Foundation (DFG) and…
10. animal husbandry
Animal husbandry supports the scientists at LIN in their research on learning and memory. Laboratory animals are an essential part of this. Our animal keepers take care of the well-being of the…
11. From gummy bears to the hippocampus: children explore memory research
Fluorescent gummy bears provided a dazzling introduction: during a visit to a Year 3 class at the Evangelical Primary School in Burg, Michael Lippert explained how dyes and fluorescence work.…
12. Understanding the Learning Brain: Symposium in honour of Henning Scheich
On November, 10 2026
13. Conferences
LIN Neuroscience conference series The Institute organizes high-profile scientific conferences. The conferences offer national and international scientists the opportunity to exchange ideas.
14. Cognitive Neurophysiology
The hippocampus and entorhinal cortex, which are part of the medial temporal lobe (MTL), support memory and spatial navigation functions. Our research focuses on neural computation underlying…
15. Good research requires the right conditions: LIN once again recognised for its support of family-friendly working practices
The LIN has today once again been recognised for its family- and life-stage-friendly HR policy. The ‘audit berufundfamilie’ certificate confirms that work-life balance is being systematically…
16. Contact
You would like to contact us or you have a question? Please fill in the following form: Address: Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology Brenneckestraße 6 39118 Magdeburg …
17. Imprint
Site operator Leibniz-Institut für Neurobiologie (LIN) Brenneckestraße 6 39118 Magdeburg Germany Tel: +49 391 62 63 92 41 1 E-Mail: kontakt@lin-magdeburg.de VAT identification number…
18. past FAM conferences
The conference series focuses on bringing new insights on major controversies in recognition memory as well as bridging further human and animal memory. The event is organized by our department in…
19. Data Protection
We are delighted that you are visiting our website and would like to thank you for your interest in our work. The protection of your privacy is important to us in this respect. To see how we…
20. LIN at Tomorrow Labs: Hands-on brain research at the Science Harbour
On 6 June, Magdeburg’s Science Harbour will become the laboratory of the future.
21. Combinatorial NeuroImaging Core Facility
The Combinatorial NeuroImaging (CNI) Core Facility at the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology combines an outstanding range of imaging techniques for non-invasive human imaging, translational animal…
22. Girls’ Day at LIN: Try your hand at research
On Girls’ Day, we opened our labs: gaining insights, trying things out, contributing ideas, and making discoveries.
23. Research Group Neurocognitive Development
The ability to focus on relevant information and to ignore irrelevant information is essential for learning success and academic performance. Our vision is to enhance the basic understanding of…
24. Department Functional Architecture of Memory
The medial temporal lobe (MTL) of the brain is crucial for memory. Damage to this brain region leads to severe memory deficits as seen in aging or in patients with amnesia. The focus of our…
25. Expert service
You research for an article, a TV or radio broadcast? At LIN, you find experts for these and other topics: Learning and memory Working memory Attention in children and adults Hearing…
26. Social Media & brochures
Social Media Follow us on our social media channels: Brochures LIN Research Magazine 2020/2021 LIN Research Report 2018/2019 Festschrift on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of our…
27. Media coverage
Which media reported about our research activities?
28. Boards
The international Scientific Advisory Board advises the LIN on scientific and technical issues of current research and future development. SAB members visit the LIN annually and report on the…
29. Somatosensory and Body Perception
We study psychological and brain mechanisms related to the way we experience touch and the space that surround us, and how this interaction is used to construct representations of our body and to…
30. Registration now open: 
7th FAM Conference 2026 | May 20–22, 2026
The international conference Functional Architecture of Memory (FAM) will take place for the seventh time – registration is now open! From May 20 to 22, 2026, FAM will once again bring together…
31. Work Life Balance
The compatibility of career and family is a central component of our institute´s culture. We aim to make our working conditions family-conscious and life-phase oriented. That´s why, we offer a…
32. Awarded once again: LIN receives rating for family-friendly working practices
The award with distinction from the berufundfamilie audit confirms that we are on the right track.
33. Cooperations and Projects
The LIN is member in the following Leibniz research alliances, networks and campuses: Das LIN ist in folgenden Leibniz-Forschungsverbünden und -netzwerken aktiv: Leibniz Education Research…
34. Hanna Zwaka receives Leibniz Best Minds funding
LIN is delighted to announce that Hanna Zwaka has received one of the prestigious Leibniz Best Minds grants for junior research group leaders. This is the third time that this award has been…
35. Two LIN doctoral graduates awarded doctoral prize by OVGU
Double reason to celebrate
36. Attention: Predisposition determines whether or not. The environment determines how well.
Why is it sometimes easy for us to stay focused, yet at other times seemingly impossible?
37. Why breaks help – but not in the way we thought!
A study shows that breaks influence our learning in a way that has not been widely recognised until now.
38. Science that connects
L&M 2025 provides impetus for the future.
39. The flow of attention
Genetics determines whether. The environment determines how.
40. Media and Public Relations
Brain research is a fascinating science, spanning from health and education policy, to the great philosophical questions about the individuality of human thought and the perceptibility of the…
41. The parallel evolution of complex thinking
Public lecture with Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Onur Güntürkün on 28 September 2025 | 7 p.m.
42. European top funding for Sanja Bauer Mikulovic
On the trail of the circuits of empathy
43. LIN contributes to research into mental health conditions with neurobiology
Further development of the German Center for Mental Health (DZPG)
44. Learning from experience, daring to try new things: The XV Learning & Memory Conference
International speakers and young scientists gather in Magdeburg
45. LIN Alumni
Group leader Prof. Dr. Anna Katharina Braun Research Group "Auditory Imprinting" und Project Group "Early childhood learning" (1993-2001) Department of Zoology at Otto von Guericke University…
46. Good scientific practice
Good Scientific Practice (GSP) is essential for public confidence in research evidence and researchers. It protects the reputation and careers of researchers, promotes scientific and economic…
47. On the death of Prof. Dr. Henning Scheich
An obituary for our founding director
48. Line of Sight 2027
Let's develop goals together We warmly invite you to our biennial LIN internal event, where we look to the future. This year, we would like to reinterpret the format of our traditional…
49. Spinal cord more than just a data highway
The spinal cord processes and interprets sensory stimuli based on previous knowledge - a crucial step in the nervous system.
50. Spinal cord more than just a data highway
The spinal cord processes and interprets sensory stimuli based on previous knowledge - a crucial step in the nervous system.
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