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Freie Universität Berlin Charité University Medicine Berlin Humboldt University Berlin Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin-Buch |
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Cellular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory Consolidation |
This Research Training Group is funded by the German Research Council DFG
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An Overview
Formation of explicit memory is one of the most important aspects of human behavior and is the prerequisite of our individuality. Conversely, disturbance of the cellular and molecular processes underlying learning and memory can result in a variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders such as temporal lobe epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease. Each of the 12 tutors of this graduate school will bring to these problems his or her specific expertise. Using physiological, morphological, cell biological, genetic, and behavioral methods, as well as modeling of neuronal network properties, the students in the graduate school will have the opportunity to contribute to this exciting field of the neurosciences within an excellent environment for training in modern neurobiological methods.
The research training group in the neurosciences located at the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin was first established in April 2005; in 2009 our school was evaluated for prolongation and in October 2009 the second funding period started with Uwe Heinemann and Dietmar Schmitz as chair and co-chair. In May 2012 Dietmar Schmitz took over chairing our program.
The program stands for an interdisciplinary collaboration between biology, biochemistry, and medicine, and comprises several research groups from three institutions:
The research training program was designed to provide an opportunity for a selected group of international PhD students
from different disciplines to study cellular mechanisms of learning and memory formation.
At present, 12 PhD students and three medical students receive scholarships. Students with external funding can also become part of the program as associated students.
In order to foster national as well as international peer-group contact, the program includes both funding for visiting scientists and financial aid for traveling to meetings and conferences for the students.
New applicants for the program please click here!
