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1 June 2023 New lab member
Shreyas Indurkar starts his PhD on the neuronal mechanisms of human body memories. Welcome! 
May 2023 Grant received!
Dr. Cornelius Kronlage received the Clinical Scientist Grant of the Medical Faculty of the University of Tübingen to conduct a Postdoc in my lab on MRI-based lesion detection in Epilepsy patients. Congratulations! 
2 May 2023 Neuroimaging KickOff Meeting!
Together with Prof. Dr. Tobias Hauser and Prof. Dr. Klaus Scheffler, we started a new MRI Neuroimaging Meeting that takes place monthly at different sites of the Tübingen Neurocampus. Looking forward to the upcoming events! 
1 April 2023 New lab member
Shijia Teo from the University of Freiburg starts her Postdoc on in vivo histology of the human cortex in health and disease. Welcome! 
March 2023 PuG Symposium accepted!
A symposium entitled "Deficits in tactile perception and their clinical implications" organized by Prof. Dr. Dirk Scheele and me was accepted by the Psychology & Gehirn (PuG) Review Board ! See you all at the Psychology & Gehirn 2023 Conference in Tübingen to hear talks from Peng Liu, Ekaterina Schneider, Xaver Fuchs and Jella Voelter! 1 March 2023 New lab member
Niloofar Mokhtari starts her PhD on Human Body Memory in Health and Disease. Welcome! 
February 2023 New Hertie Institute in Tübingen!
The Hertie Foundation established a new institute combining artificial intelligence and neuroscience in Tübingen: the Hertie Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Brain Health! Read more here 
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January 2023 Article in Gehirn & Geist!
I wrote an article in the German public science Magazine "Gehirn & Geist" about our research on Body Memory! Read more here Happy New Year!
Happy new year for all of you, I wish you a great and successful year 2023! 
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19 October 2022 Talk at Erwin Hahn Lecture!
I presented new findings of the lab on the columnar and layer architecture of the aging cortex at the Erwin Hahn Lecture 2021. Thanks a lot for a fascinating event in Essen! 
7 October 2022 CBBS Paper of the Year Award!
Lab member Peng Liu was awarded with the CBBS Paper of the Year Award worth 500 Euros for her 2021 first-author eLife paper "The organizational principles of de-differentiated cortical maps in somatosensory cortex". Congratulations!
7 September 2022 SfN Trainee Professional Development Award!
Lab member Alicia Northall was awarded with the 2022 Trainee Professional Development Award of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) for her work on cortical microstructure in in aging and ALS. Congratulations! 
1 September 2022 Accepted Professorship in Translational Imaging
Start of my W2-Professorship "Translational Imaging of Cortical Microstructure" at the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research in Tübingen. Looking forward! 20-22 July 2022 Lab Retreat in Tübingen
Three-days lab retreat in Creative Space Tübingen on "How do I translate science to practice". Thanks a lot everybody, this was great fun! 
23 June 2022 Keynote Talk at the Hertie Network
I gave a keynote talk on the importance of myelin for human brain health at the Symposium of the Hertie Network of Excellence in Clinical Neuroscience held in Tübingen. Thanks a lot for a fascinating meeting!
30 May 2022 Seminar at UCL Plasticity Lab
I gave a seminar at the University of Oxford Plasticity Lab. Title "Topographic Stability and Layer-Specific Flexibility are Mechanisms of Human Cortical Aging" 14 February 2022 Talk at FEM Cafe Magdeburg
I gave a talk at the FEM Cafe Magdeburg. Title: "Science communication and science management" 7 December 2021 Talk at Brainhack Magdeburg
I gave a talk at the Brainhack Magdeburg. Title: "Hacking a new research field - Challenges and career strategies" 22 November 2021 Talk at NeuroSpin in Paris
I gave a talk at NeuroSpin Paris. Title: "Using High-Precision MRI to describe the human in vivo Cortical Microstructure in Health and Disease" 16/17 September 2021 Lab Retreat in Berlin
Two-days lab retreat in Creative Space Berlin on "Creativity and Communication". Thanks a lot everybody, this was great fun!
1 July 2021 New lab member
Susanne Stoll from UCL starts her Postdoc on fine-grained mapping of tactile pRFs in my group. Welcome! 
6 May 2021 BID Symposium 2021 starts!
The fourth BID (Brain-in-Depth) symposium on layer-dependent MRI takes place this year via Gather and Zoom! 
19 March 2021 Two OHBM Abstract Merit Awards!
Lab member Juliane Döhler obtained an OHBM Abstract Merit Award for her poster "Layer-specific myeloarchitecture of human S1 hand area in younger and older adults at 7T-MRI" and lab member Alicia Northall obtained an OHBM Abstract Merit Award for her poster "Aging Myeloarchitecture of Large-Scale Body Part Representations in M1 at 7T-MRI". Congratulations to both of you! See the video presentations of their posters here
March 2021 German Center for Mental Health Approved!
New German Centers for Mental Health were approved in Halle-Jena-Magdeburg as well as in Tübingen. Congratulations and looking forward to collaborative work on mental health in the future!
1 August 2020 New lab member
Christoph Knoll starts his PhD on motor cortex vascularization and learning in my group. Welcome!
July 2020 Grant accepted!
I was awarded with funding for one postdoctoral position by the Landesbank Sachsen-Anhalt on ultra-high field investigations of the human motor cortex! June 2020 New lab tool!
My lab now has a new great tool for studying the neuronal basis of motor control and motor disorders inside the 7T MRI scanner: The 5DT Data Glove Ultra. This project is funded by a CBBS Neuronetwork Grant "Diagnostic Glove: Disease diagnosis in daily life from wearable kinematics". https://5dt.com/5dt-data-glove-ultra/ 
07 April 2020 Symposium accepted!
Our proposed symposium entitled "FAIR data management and data sharing in neuroscience" has been accepted for the 2021 Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society (NWG) March 2020 Lab operates in minimal mode
Due to the COVID-19 situation, our lab is now working in minimal mode. Everybody, please stay healthy! 21 January 2020 Interview at SimpleNeuro
I gave an interview at SimpleNeuro. Title of the interview "How I learned to stop worrying and enjoy a career"! Read the interview here Happy new year 2020!
I wish you all a happy new year 2020 with lots of fun, successes, and rewarded fruits of your amazing work! 
1 December 2019 New lab member!
Avinash Kalyani starts her PhD on computational modelling of cortical columns and cortical layers in my group. Welcome!
13 November 2019 Talk in Tübingen
I gave a talk at the Institute for Neurobiology in Tübingen. Title: "The architecture of the human primary somatosensory cortex" 1 November 2019 New lab members!
Alicia Northall, Claudia Liu and Juliane Döhler start their PhDs on 7T microstructural imaging in ALS (AN) and sensorimotor aging (CL and JD) in my group. Welcome! 5-7 October 2019 Visions in Science Conference!
The Visions in Science conference that I founded in 2012 together with other PhD students from the Max Planck Society now takes place the 8th time, this year in Berlin. Great to see this format developing over the years! 2 October 2019 Celebration 10 years FU-Berlin!
The Freie Universität Berlin celebrates its 10th anniversary! A lot of fun talks, Science Slams, and arty science exhibitions! September 2020 Stipend Accepted!
Jan Oltmer was awarded with a PhD-stipend by the Medical Faculty of the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg! Congratulations! 25 September 2019 Podcast at Deutschlandfunk NOVA
I recorded a podcast to Deutschlandfunk NOVA: Title: "Erst Kaffee, dann Nickerchen". Listen to the podcast here 14 September 2019 Career talk at the Junge Neurowissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (jNWG)
I gave a career talk for young scientists at the jNWG in Magdeburg. The jNWG aims at bringing together PhDs and postdocs who work in Neuroscience from all over Germany to increase networking & career development. 9 September 2019 Interview at Deutschlandfunk NOVA
I gave an interview at Deutschlandfunk NOVA. Title: "Wie wir weniger grübeln". Listen to the interview here 9-11 September 2019 MCB-Conference takes place!
Stefanie Schreiber and myself organized an interdisciplinary symposium on myelin plasticity at the MCB Conference on Molecular, Cellular & Behavioral Brain Plasticity. August 2020 CBBS Neuronetwork Grant accepted!
Together with Elena Azanon, Christoph Reichert, and Stefanie Schreiber, I was awarded a CBBS Neuronetwork Grant as a speaker on "Diagnostic Glove: Disease diagnosis in daily life from wearable kinematics"! 8 July 2019 Talk at Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Berlin
I gave a talk at the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience (CCNB) Berlin. Title: "The Microstructural Organization of the Aging Somatosensory System" July 2020 Grant accepted!
I was awarded with funding for one PhD position by the Else Kröner Fresenius Stiftung on 7T-Imaging of ALS-patients! June 2020 Grant accepted!
I was awarded with funding for two PhD positions by the DFG on Microstructural Imaging & Aging! 9 June 2019 Talk at OHBM Meeting in Rome, Italy
I gave a talk at the OHBM Meeting in Rome. Title: "Quality Control of Functional MRI at 7T" in the session: "Taking Control of Your Neuroimaging Data: Understanding artifacts and quantifying quality fMRI at the Resolution Scale of Cortical Columns and Layers" All slides of the session are available here 
9 May 2019 Poster presented in Göttingen, Germany Miriam Weber presented the poster "Layer-specific cortical myeloarchitecture in ALS described using 7 Tesla MRI" at the Congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Muskelerkrankte (DGM). Great work! 2 May 2019 Thesis defended!
Ulrike Uderhardt successfully defended her Master thesis entitled "Modelling the population dynamics of receptive fields of S-I finger tips using 7 Tesla fMRI". Congratulations! 29 April 2019 BID-2019 Symposium!
The third BID (Brain-in-Depth) symposium on layer-dependent MRI takes place at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences! Fantastic line up including Bruce Fischl & Jeff Duyn 
29 March 2019 Talk at the University of Sheffield, UK
I gave a talk at the University of Sheffield. Title: "The cortical microstructure of myelin in health and disease" 
February 2019 Graduation!
Juliane Döhler was awarded her Master Thesis "with distinction" entitled "On the influence of age on intracortical myelin in human primary somatosensory cortex and its relation to tactile behavior". Congratulations! Read the associated preprint here 3 January 2019 Thesis defended!
Fabian Timm defended his Bachelor Thesis entitled "Investigation, validation, and improvement of a new stimulation device for older adults". Congratulations! Read the associated publication here 3 January 2019 New lab member!
Anastasia Chrysidou starts her Master Thesis at my group at the IKND Magdeburg. Welcome! 1 January 2019 Lab Movement!
I moved with my lab from the DZNE Magdeburg to the Institute for Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research (IKND) Magdeburg led by Prof. Emrah Düzel! Looking forward! 14 Dezember 2018 Christmas party!
Lab meeting at the Christmas Market Magdeburg: lots of fun with lots of Glühwein! 
Dezember 2018 Grant received!
Elena Azanon and myself were awarded with funding for one PhD student by the Bial Foundation Grant Programme! 14 November 2018 Dr. Dollyane Muret from UCL London, UK, visits my lab!
She gave a talk entitled: "Sensorimotor plasticity - What are the functional consequences?" 22 October 2018 Talk at University of Leipzig, Germany
I gave a talk at the Psychology Department of the University of Leipzig. Title: "Multisensory integration in area 3b" 19 September 2018 Award received!
The Online Platform In-Mind where I am author and blogger received the "Förderpreis Psychologie" of the German Society for Psychology. Congratulations! See a list of my contributions here 1 September 2018 New lab member!
Jairo Pico starts as student assistant in my group at the DZNE Magdeburg in collaboration with the University Clinics Magdeburg. Welcome! 26-31 August 2018 Talk at "Hand, Brain, Technology Conference" in Ascona, Switzerland
I gave a talk at the Hand, Brain, Technology Conference in Ascona. Title: "Cortical microstructure of the human hand area" 
21 August 2018 Thesis submitted!
Ulrike Uderhardt submitted her Master thesis entitled "Modelling the population dynamics of receptive fields of S-I finger tips using 7 Tesla fMRI". Congratulations! 1 August 2018 New lab member!
Miriam Weber starts her doctoral thesis in my group at the DZNE Magdeburg in collaboration with the University Clinics Magdeburg. Welcome! 2 June 2018 Talk at "Long Night of Science" Magdeburg
I gave a talk at the Long Night of Science Magdeburg. Title: "Der gespiegelte Körper - Was die Neurowissenschaft uns über die Beziehungen zu Anderen verrät" 16 March 2018 Mind, Brain & Body Symposium in Berlin
Juliane Döhler chairs a session at the Mind, Brain & Body Symposium in Berlin. 31 March 2018 BID-2018 Symposium
The second BID (Brain-in-Depth) symposium on layer-dependent MRI takes place at the DZNE Magdeburg! 22 January 2018 Meeting of the "European Ultrahigh-Field Imaging Network In Neurodegenerative Diseases (EUFIND)" in Berlin
more info 19-21 October 2017 Concept poster at "Future Of Cognitive Neuroscience Symposium" at CIMeC, Italy
I presented a concept poster at the CIMeC Symposium in Trento, Italy. Title: "How layer-dependent functional imaging influences theories in cognitive neuroscience" 4 September 2017 Conference "Brain Plasticity linking Molecules, Cells & Behavior" in Magdeburg
The first MCB Brain PLAST Conference takes place. MCB Brain PLAST is an interdisciplinary conference on brain plasticity that I founded together with 8 postdocs of the CBBS Science Campus Magdeburg. 27 June 2017 Talk at OHBM Meeting in Vancouver, Canada
I gave a talk at the OHBM Meeting in Vancouver. Title: "The body parcellates the brain" watch my talk 
3 May 2017 BID-2017 Symposium!
The first BID (Brain-in-Depth) symposium on layer-dependent MRI takes place at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences! 17 March 2017 Talk at "Mind, Brain & Body Symposium" in Berlin
I gave a talk at the Mind, Brain & Body Symposium in Berlin. Title: "The body parcellates the brain" I started this news blog in spring 2017
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