• Panel discussion: Physical AI: A Question of Sovereignty

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    With the upcoming Global AI Summit in Geneva next year, there will be a panel discussion hosted by the Swiss Embassy in Berlin on November 6th will explore the opportunities and challenges of Physical AI for science, industry, and policymakers. Due to strong communities of research, engineering and industry, safety and trusted governance, Germany and Switzerland are uniquely positioned to navigate

  • Congratulations Nanditah Rajamanin on a successful PhD thesis defence!

    • Nanditah Rajamanin defense illustration

    It is with great pleasure that we congratulate Nanditah Rajamanin on the successful PhD thesis defence this past Tuesday. A wonderful milestone!

    Our lab lead, Prof. Pretra Ritter, shared:

    "I am very happy and proud. It was a pleasure to support this journey alongside Nanditah’s main supervisor, [Prof. Andreas Horn](https://www.linked

  • Successful Bootcamp at INCF Brain Data Science 2026

    • The Virtual Brain
    • Open Science
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    The bootcamp at INCF Brain Data Science 2026 in Stockholm this year was a great success. Extra thanks to Marius Pille, Leon Martin and Leon Stefanovski for all their hard work and giving the two day hands-on workshop on The Virtual Brain. We really appreciate the large attendance and positive feedback from the event. We hope to see you again at next years [INCF

  • Girls Day 2026

    • Girls Day 2026

    We recently had the pleasure of hosting Girl's day at the Brain Simulation Section in Berlin. We offered a series of workshops and talks to the group of students aged 12 to 18 who came to visit our lab and find out more about everyday working life in translational research.

    The girls had the opportunity to learn about the working lives of scientists in the lab, about brains, brain simulation, p

  • Internship: Kiiu Ringuette

    • Kiiu-Pearl Ringuette Shimura

    We recently had the pleasure of hosting Kiiu-Pearl Ringuette Shimura as an intern at the Brain Simulation Section. Kiiu wrote a short report about her experience at the lab:

    I am Kiiu-Pearl Ringuette Shimura. I am fifteen years of age and presently attend the Schiller-Gymnasium Berlin. This is a brief account of my experience in the Brain Simulation section of the Berlin Institute of Health a

  • A peek into the future of superconductors in the health care sector

    • Superconductor whitepaper

    We would like to direct your attention to an interesting whitepaper for which our lab lead, Prof. Dr. Petra Ritter, was a contributor. The whitepaper concerns several aspects of technological advancements in the field of medical care involving electronic devices and their sup

  • 1st annual EDIC Gathering livestream recording now online!

    • Edic Gathering Invite
    The recording of the [first annual EDIC Gathering livestream](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/events/first-annual-edic-gathering) is now online. You can find it [here](https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/edic-annual-gathering-event-2025-11-19). Dr. Petra Ritter introduced the TEF-Health EDIC concept as part of this event, check out the recording for more details!