Research Department of Neuroscience
The aim of the Research Department of Neuroscience (RDN) is the development and reinforcement of a unique and interdisciplinary scientific landscape within the Ruhr-University Bochum and its immediate environment, that pivots upon the established strengths of the RUB as an outstanding centre for systems neuroscience research.
The strength of the Department is its highly interdisciplinary orientation, which integrates the expertise and research tradition of four faculties (Biology and Biotechnology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medicine and Psychology), together with three institutions: the Institute of Neuroinformatics, the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and the International Graduate School of Neuroscience (IGSN) as well as the University Clinics.
The RDN provides a novel, integrative research platform, which includes the molecular, cellular, systems, cognitive and clinical neurosciences as well as computational brain sciences, and has thereby established a multidisciplinary strategy for the investigation of brain functions.
Within the RDN the research is mainly focused on four areas:
• Sensory Systems
• Learning and Memory
• Brain Pathology
• Applied Neuroscience
The strategy of the RDN to push back the boundaries of knowledge runs on three levels:
• Creating appropriate structures and infrastructures for excellent neuroscience research
• Engaging in collaborative synergies
• Fostering the next generation of neuroscientists
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News
IGSN-Symposium on 26.02.2012
Title: Medial temporal lobe: memory and more
Speakers:
Andy Lee, Bernhard Staresima, Boris Suchan (host)
Increased Excitability in Aged Brains
RUB scientists report in the Journal of Neuroscience about increased excitability of somatosensory cortex in aged humans
Socializing keeps mentally fit
Article in RUBIN: Social contacts improve communication between nerve cells
Observing nerve cell networks
RUB neuroscientist coordinates German-Israeli Project Cooperation (DIP) with the title: Decoding visual content and perception from neuronal population activity in visual cortex: VSDI, fMRI and computational modeling.
Emmy Noether Research Group
Emmy Noether Research Group "Neuronal Mechanisms of Action Control" starts its work. Goal of the group from Dr. Beste is to unreveal the basal ganglia's mechanisms and interactions with other brain structures underlying "multi-tasking".
European Campus of Excellence
Insights into the first Summer School of the "European Campus of Excellence" - The fate of the memory trace - at the Ruhr-University Bochum
Control by the matrix
Development: how specific cells are generated in the spinal cord
RUB researchers decipher the role of proteins in the cell environment
Sobek-award for RUB-scientist
Sobek Research Award received by the neurologist
Prof. Dr. Ralf Gold for his work on multiple sclerosis (MS).