Congratulations to lab member Dominik Koller, who recently defended his PhD defense and received the highest grade, summa cum laude!
Dominik's thesis was, 'The role of structural connectivity gradients in cortical wave direction and frequency gradients'.
You can read the associated paper, 'Human connectome topology directs cortical traveling waves and shapes frequency gradients' in [Natur
We are excited to announce that lab member Maria Luise da Costa Zemsch was recently on the Podcast zu Langlebigkeit! The topic of the podcast was ketamine as an antidepressant – a topic at the core of Luise's research at Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
The podcast explored:- The limitations of conventional antidepressants- Biological/psychological roots
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.
Our colleague Luise da Costa Zemsch wrote a short report on the day's activites:
“Just because you enjoyed physics at
We are proud to share with you that a recent interview with Prof. Petra Ritter has been published in the German language GEO 05 2025.
Pick up the latest issue and read it for yourself! Or check out the online edition here.
The Brain Simulation Lab celebrated the end of the year together on December 6th. We attended a tour through the exhibition “Keep Walking” by Mark Bradford at the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum here in Berlin. Here are a few photos from our experience together!
We recently had the pleasure of hosting Sarah Janine Sleimann as an intern at the Brain Simulation Section. You can find her full report on her time with us including her article on deep brain stimulation in Parkinson'here. We have included an excerpt translated into English below:
I'm Sarah, a 15-year-old student who did an internship at the Berlin Ins
The World Health Summit 2024, held from October 13 to 15 in Berlin and organized by Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, brought together leaders, innovators, and visionaries in global health to discuss pressing challenges and explore transformative solutions. Read our previous [blog post](https://www.brainsimulation.org/bsw/zwei/event