Mar 16, 2021

Master study course - Translational Neuroscience

Application  for the winter term 2021/22 University of Wuerzburg Translational  Neuroscience MSc program is now closed. Lectures and  seminars will start on 18th October 2021. The next application period  for winter term 2022/23 will be open from 15 January to 15 March 2022.

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Feb 1, 2021

Emotion networks

EC Horizon 2020 has funded a European Training Network to study the  ‘Cerebellum and emotional networks’. The  award for over 4.5 million euros creates a virtual institute of 7 European universities and 7 industry/charity partners. The University Hospital Würzburg participates with the Defense Circuits Lab at the Institute of Clinical Neurobiology. The funds will support 15 early stage researchers working across the consortium over the next 4 years. More

Oct 11, 2020

Resolving pain

The DFG has granted funding for the Clinical Research Unit (CRU) "ResolvePAIN -Peripheral mechanisms of pain and its resolution" based at University Hospital of Würzburg (UKW). The speaker, Claudia Sommer from the Department of Neurology, and the scientific coordinator, Heike Rittner from the Department of Anesthesiology, are enthusiastic about bringing together 17 clinical and basic science researchers from Würzburg, Berlin and Leipzig, to work together on the subject of pain resolution in this first 4-year period. The consortium has a strong focus on translational research and on promoting young scientists. Postdoc, clinician scientist and PhD positions within the CRU are now open.

Jun 24, 2020

Retuning brain function

The DFG has announced funding for the Transregional Collaborative Research Center (CRC) "Retuning dynamic motor network disorders using neuromodulation". Coordinated by Andrea Kühn from the Charité University Medical Center in Berlin and Jens Volkmann from the University Hospital Würzburg, this large consortium brings together 32 clinical and basic researchers as project leaders within 16 scientific and 3 core projects. Over an initial 4-year period, "Retune" will address fundamental mechanisms as well as concrete applications of deep brain stimulation to treat movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease and Dystonia. Postdoc, PhD and technician positions within the CRC are now open.

Jan 5, 2020

Empathy research

In an interview with popular radio station "Deutschlandfunk", Dr. Grit Hein, Professor for Translational Social Neuroscience at Würzburg's Center for Mental Health (ZEP) talks about how the political climate negatively affects empathy in individuals. Interview (in German)