News LIN flagship conference ‘Learning & Memory’Welcome back to Magdeburg in 2025 more Innovation and Engagement at LINHow our new funding initiative supports everyone more Career day in Berlin strengthens our PhDsOn 29 August, the central administration office of the Leibniz Association and the Careers Office at… more TomorrowLabs FestivalA new chapter in science communication more Dr Torben Heinze joins LIN as Administrative Director. A complete joint leadership team againAt the beginning of May, Dr Torben Heinze took up his position as Administrative Director at the… more On a grand tour through GermanyThe LIN is travelling with the MS Wissenschaft in 2024. more New horizons in autophagy: International Syntophagy Symposium 2024Under the headline "Autophagy: Processes of membrane transport as the basis of presynaptic… more Registration for 6th FAM Conference openThe meanwhile Sixth Edition of the international conference series Functional Architecture of Memory… more For democracy and human integrity - Declaration of the Leibniz Institute for NeurobiologyIn recent weeks, people all over Germany have made it clear that democracy, human rights and the… more LINCam receives award2nd place in the Wiley Analytical Science Awards for "Spectroscopy and Microscopy" for the LINCam more Application submitted for Excellence Initiative"Cognitive Vitality - A Healthy Mind in Every Body" is one of three draft proposals with which the… more Awarded for the 3rd timeThe LIN was awarded the beruf&familie certificate again. This is in recognition of our sustainable… more 6 million euro funding for research training groupWhy does mental performance decline in old age? The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding the… more Software developed for larval analysisForwards or backwards? With new software developed under the direction of Michael Schleyer, our fly… more New broschure „Kompass Tierversuche“ publishedThe initiative Understanding Animal Experiments has published the "Compass Animal Experiments" on… more New study on surprise and attention In the absence of sound or touch, the pupil dilates and reacts to this surprising event, according… more Apply now for the LINdoscope WorkshopThe next LINdoscope workshop will take place from 4 to 15 September. Applications are still possible… more Girls & Boys Day What happens after school? The nationwide Girls & Boys Day, in which the LIN is participating again… more Wie lassen sich Forschungsdaten standardisieren?Analysiert man Hirnschnitte oder Zellen unter dem Mikroskop, entstehen schnell große Mengen an… more Test persons wanted!What role does the immune system play in our brain performance? How do children learn? What… more DFG grants funding for cooperation platformA new Core Facility for imaging technologies is currently being built at the OVGU Magdeburg. The… more Certificate with distinction for the audit berufundfamilieThe LIN was awarded Gold Member for its long-standing family-friendly personnel policy. more Leibniz funds Junior Research Group at the LINThe Senate of the Leibniz Association has selected four new Leibniz Junior Research Groups for… more Habilitation thesis defended Dr Nicole Angenstein successfully defended her habilitation thesis entitled „Hemisphäreninteraktion… more Impressions of the CBBS anniversaryOn 25 October, the CBBS celebrated its 15th anniversary. The evening was dedicated to the topic of… more Speed dating with scienceWhy am I so easily distracted? How do children learn? "Book a Scientist" gives you the chance to… more Impressions from the ICAC meetingFrom 3 to 7 September, the 7th International Conference on Auditory Cortex took place in Magdeburg… more NWG course 2022: Apply now!Interested people can still register for this year's NWG imaging course at the LIN until August 31. more New magazine of the Leibniz Association"Diversity & Unity" are the main topics of the current magazine of the Leibniz Association. more Register now: International Conference on Auditory CortexWe are pleased to inform you that the registration and abstract submission for the 7th International… more Film und Gespräch: "Tics - Mit Tourette nach Lappland"Im Studiokino wird der Film von Regisseur Thomas Oswald gezeigt. Anschließend folgt ein Gespräch mit… more Program: Long Night of ScienceThe 16th Long Night of Science will take place in Magdeburg on 11 June. more Program for FAM Conference is onlineFrom 18 to 20 May, top-class researchers from all over the world will meet at the LIN. more April 28: Girls´& Boys´Day am LINWhat happens after school? The Future Day, in which the LIN is participating again this year,… more Text read, but also understood? - Test persons wantedHow much attention is actually required when pupils read specialist texts in English in subjects… more New tutorial on analysing EEG dataA team led by Prof. Dr. Nicole Wetzel has developed a tutorial to better evaluate EEG data. more We mourn the death of Dr. Wolfram WetzelOur former colleague Wolfram Wetzel passed away in December. He had been involved in building up our… more New publications out nowThe following papers from the LIN are available now. more Conferences in 2022The following scientific conferences are planned for the coming year. more Research into the circuits in the fly brain extendedThe DFG has extended research into nerve cells, synapses and neuronal circuits in the mushroom body… more What feelings do Christmas markets arouse?Our colleague Dr. Anni Richter spoke with MDR Kultur about pre-Christmas emotions. more CIRC Meeting in MagdeburgOn September 27, the stakeholders of the German Center for Mental Health (DZPG) met with us in… more New joint project has startedIn order to investigate tissue alterations and head and neck tumors, a BMBF-funded project has been… more Start of new DFG research group on protein turnover at synapses The German Research Foundation (DFG) will fund a new research group starting on August 1. The goal… more Excellent evaluation of our neuroscience research The Senate of the Leibniz Association recommends that the federal and state governments continue to… more Review of the Long Night of ScienceScience fans were able to experience the Long Night exclusively digitally this year. more Eike Budinger becomes apl.-ProfessorEike Budinger has been appointed Adjunct Professor. more Katrina Deane gets Best Paper Award from NWGLIN PhD student Katrina Deane has won 3rd prize in the Neuroscience Society (NWG) Best Paper Award. more Werner Zuschratter wins "Image of the Year" awardFor his microscopic image, Dr. Werner Zuschratter won the "Image of the Year" award from Olympus. more Leibniz Association to fund the Health Technologies Research Alliance for another four years The research alliance "Leibniz Health Technologies" will receive funding of 1.2 million euros from… more Hugo Junkers Prize for "Magdeburg Brain Electrode"The 3rd place in the category "Most innovative basic research methods" was won by a team from OVGU… more Magdeburg, Jena and Halle receive federal funding for research on mental healthStarting signal for the establishment of a new German Center for Mental Health in Central Germany more In Memoriam: Ivan Izquierdo (1937 - 2021)On February 9, Ivan Izquierdo has died. He was one of the most important researchers in the field of… more Female careers at the LINTo mark International Women in Science Day on February 11, some of our female colleagues are making… more New study on attention of elementary school children How much can children be distracted by new sounds? Prof. Dr. Nicole Wetzel from the CBBS… more Professor Remy at Ethics Council hearing on AI and human-machine interfacesOn February 25, at 9:30 a.m., the German Ethics Council will hold a public hearing on the topic of… more New Collaborative Research Center "Neuronal Resources of Cognition” funded by the DFGOn November 30th the German Research Organisation (DFG) has announced its funding for 20 new… more LIN M.D. candidates were awarded doctoral scholarships from the Medical faculty Congratulations to Annika Schult and Matthias Raschick from the Department of Behavioral Neurology.… more International scientists during the Corona Crisis The corona pandemic affects all of us but may concern us very differently. In this post, we ask how… more new episode: Why not ask a neuroscientistIn our video format "Why not ask a neuroscientist", we are now regularly asking scientists about… more Planned research study on "Mind Wandering" wins LIN Special Project Competition 2020In everyday life we make many experiences. These experiences are important because they teach us how… more New dates for LIN Conferences 2021After the conferences had to be cancelled and postponed this year due to the Corona crisis, the… more Probands wantedFor various research projects we are looking for healthy subjects aged 18 years and older. more Research report is publishedThe new LIN Research Report is out now and is available as print and online version. more The LIN received recognition for his family-friendly policyIn an unusual event, the LIN was awarded the certificate for family and life phase-oriented… more Women in science during the corona crisisThe past months have taken many people to their personal and professional limits. During the Corona… more 5. International FAM Conference in November 2020After the Fifth Functional Architecture of Memory (FAM) Conference had to be cancelled in March as a… more Science during the Corona CrisisThe Corona crisis is changing the world of work. Science is also affected by it. LIN scientists are… more CBBS-Best Paper of the Year The publication “SIPA1L2 controls trafficking and local signaling of TrkB-containing amphisomes at… more 15th Long Night of Science postponed to 2021Since 2006, the Long Night of Science has been held every year in spring, but this year the Corona… more Tim Bliss gave Hans Jürgen Matthies honorary lectureLast evening, the co-discoverer of long-term potentiation (LTP) and Fellow of the Royal Society, Tim… more Mini-Symposium at LINWhat will be the future development of Neuroscience? What are young scientists working on today? On… more The Learning & Memory Meeting has to be cancelledDue to some new cases in Germany and following a detailed risk assessment we regret to finally… more International Day of Women and Girls in Science - An Interview with the PhD student Marina ZempeltziOn the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Marina Zempeltzi, PhD… more Probands wanted for memory study Our M.D. students Annika Schult and Matthias Raschick perform a study to find out why in certain… more Prof. Dr. Stefan Remy is the new director of the instituteProf. Dr. Stefan Remy has officially been the new director of the LIN since 9 January 2020. He… more Student internship at the Leibniz Institute for NeurobiologyThe LIN invites all pupils with a special interest in Neuroscience to apply for a 1-week internship… more LIN defends certificate for family-oriented HR policyThe Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN) successfully defended the certificate for… more Sculpture "Das schnelle Vergessen" donated to the LINThe artist Heinz Winkler from Ahlen has donated his sculpture "Das schnelle Vergessen“ to the… more New blog of our PhD students onlineOur young researchers write about neuro topics on their SimpleNeuro blog. more Stefan Remy comes to the LIN in 2020Stefan Remy was appointed new head of a scientific department and future LIN director on November… more Follow us on Twitter!We are now using a Twitter account to share news of our Institute. more Pupils visit our labsThe psychology course of the grammar school in Burg came to the LIN for a lab tour. more Open Access Workshop of the Leibniz AssociationOn November 13, the Workshop of the Leibniz Assoziation takes place in Magdeburg at the LIN. more LIN participates at Maus-Türöffner-Tag On October 3, the traditional "Sendung mit der Maus" Door Opener Day takes place and we participate… more LIN with 2 teams at the company relay Ten runners from three countries competed for the LIN on June 27 and took part in the Magdeburg… more We are now on instagram!Since this week the LIN has an Instagram channel. more New study on multiple sclerosis publishedThe synapse protein bassoon, which was discovered at the LIN in the 1990s, plays an important role… more LIN researchers plan conferencesScientists from the LIN organise three major conferences on learning and memory topics in Magdeburg… more ARTE broadcast from the LINIn January, we hosted a broadcast team from ARTE's science magazine Xenius, who dealt with memory… more Inaugural lecture by Prof. Dr. Elena AzanonThe inaugural lecture of Prof. Dr. Elena Azanon will take place on 21 January at 3 p.m. in the IBZ… more New Leibniz Chair: Prof. TononiThe famous sleep and consciousness researcher Prof. Dr. Guilio Tononi from the University of… more Commission on Ethics in Security-related Research was foundedIn December 2018, a Commission on Ethics in Security-related Research was founded at the LIN chaired… more Probands wanted for memory study The AG Imaging Genetics is looking for volunteers aged between 50 and 80 for an age study. more Open the labs for „Sendung mit der Maus“ On 3 October, young and old mouse fans were given an insight into the fascinating world of… more Share this page: