Wir und unser Gehirn – Neurologische Forschung at the Crossroads
Plenarveranstaltung in Kooperation mit der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
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in englischer SpracheDas Gehirn wird oft als die komplizierteste Maschine im bekannten Universum bezeichnet. Die modernen Neurowissenschaften sind ein interdisziplinäres Arbeitsgebiet par excellence. Welche Durchbrüche konnten in letzter Zeit erzielt werden? Und wohin wird die Forschung führen?
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Dr. med. Katrin AMUNTS
Director, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich; Director Cécile and Oskar Vogt-Institute of Brain Research, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
| 1987-1991 | Research assistant, Research Center Dummerstorf, Germany |
| 1992 | Postdoctoral, Fraunhofer Institute Berlin, Germany |
| 1992-1999 | Postdoctoral, C. & O. Vogt Institute, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf |
| 1999-2008 | PI "Brain Mapping", Institute of Medicine, Research Centre Jülich |
| 2004-2008 | Professor for Structural-Functional Brain Mapping (W2), RWTH Aachen University, and PI, Institute of Medicine, Research Centre Jülich |
| 2008-2013 | Full professor (W3), Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, RWTH Aachen University and Director of the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, INM-1, Research Centre Jülich |
| since 2013 | Full professor at the C. & O. Vogt Institute of Brain Research, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf and Director of the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, INM-1, Research Centre Jülich |
Dr. Thomas GASSER
Speaker and Group Leader, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Tübingen
| 1993-1996 | Staff Physician, Dept. of Neurology, Klinikum Großhadern, University of Munich |
| 1997-2002 | Consultant, Dept. of Neurology, Klinikum Großhadern, University of Munich |
| 1999 | Assistant Professor of Neurology, Director, Molecular Neurogenetics Laboratory and Movement Disorders Outpatient Unit, Dept. of Neurology, University of Munich |
| 2002 | Director, Department of Neurodegenerative Disease and Professor of Neurology, Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Center of Neurology, University of Tuebingen |
| 2009-2012 | Speaker, German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease (DZNE), Tuebingen |
| 2010 | Dean for Research, Medical Faculty, University of Tuebingen |
| 2013 | Coordinator Clinical Studies, vicarious Speaker, German Center for Neurodegenerative diseases (DZNE),Tuebingen |
DDr. Wolf SINGER
Director emeritus, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main
| Studied Medicine in Munich and Paris | |
| MD, Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich | |
| PhD, Technical University in Munich | |
| Director emeritus, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt | |
| Founding Director, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) | |
| Founding Director, Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society | |
| His research is focused on the neuronal substrate of higher cognitive functions, and especially on the question how the distributed sub-processes in the brain are coordinated and bound together in order to give rise to coherent perception and action. |
Dr. Jürgen MLYNEK
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Falling Walls Foundation gGmbH, Berlin
| 1970-1976 | Studium der Physik, Technische Universität Hannover; Ecole Polytechnique, Paris |
| 1976-1981 | Hauptdiplom Physik, Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Hannover |
| 1979 | Promotion, Dr. rer. nat., Universität Hannover |
| 1982 | Post-Doktorand, IBM Research Laboratory, San Jose (USA) |
| 1984 | Habilitation, Universität Hannover |
| 1983-1985 | Hochschulassistent (C1), Universität Hannover |
| 1985-1986 | Heisenberg-Stipendiat der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft |
| 1986-1990 | Assistenzprofessor, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich |
| 1990-2000 | Ordentlicher Professor (C4), Experimentalphysik, Universität Konstanz |
| 1996-2001 | Vizepräsident, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
| 2000-2005 | Präsident, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| 2005-2015 | Präsident, Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren |
| seit 2015 | Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Falling Walls Foundation gGmbH, Berlin |
| seit 2019 | Vorsitzender, Scientific Advisory Board, Europäisches Quantum Flagship |
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