Neurosciences: Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences (CBBS)

In academic circles, Magdeburg is recognised as a centre for first class research in the neurosciences, as an established neurosciences hub with world renowned researchers and as a flagship for brain research. Impetus is provided by the Excellence Initiative of the state of Saxony-Anhalt. As part of this key research priority for Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, scientists from six faculties at the university, the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology and the Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) are researching memory formation, learning processes, the motivation of goal-oriented behaviour, decision making, and the processes of brain plasticity, neuromodulation and cognition. Since 2015 the Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences has, under the name CBBS Science Campus, had the status of a Leibniz science campus.

Spokesperson / Board of Directors

  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Daniela Dieterich, Speaker, Institute Director Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty of Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
  • Prof. Dr. med. Emrah Düzel, Speaker, Institute Director Institute for Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research, Medical Faculty of Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg & Site Speaker German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases Magdeburg
  • Prof. Dr. Tömme Noesselt, Speaker, Institute Director Institute of Psychology II, Faculty of Science, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
  • Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Remy, Speaker, Institute Director Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology Magdeburg
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Anne Albrecht, Head of Department, Institute of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
  • Prof. Dr. Ildiko Rita Dunay, Head of Department, Institute of Inflammation and Neurodegeneration, Medical Faculty of Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
  • Dr. Janelle Pakan, Research Group Leader Neural Circuits and Network Dynamics, Faculty of Medicine, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
  • Prof. Dr. Stefan Pollmann, research group leader in the Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
  • Prof. Dr. Oliver Stork, working group leader in the Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
  • Prof. Dr. med. Markus Ullsperger, working group leader in the Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Participants

  • Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
  • Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology Magdeburg LIN
  • German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases DZNE

Funding

  • State of Saxony-Anhalt
  • European Commission from the European Fund for Regional Development (EFRD)
  • DFG Research Training Group 2413 (SynAGE) "The aging synapse - molecular, cellular and behavioral mechanisms of cognitive performance decline" and
  • DFG Collaborative Research Center 1436 "Neural Resources of Cognition".

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