Commemorative event at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin with exceptional athlete and special guest Merlene Ottey more...

International conference at Humboldt-Universität and Freie Universität Berlin more...

As an animal navigates through its environment, the brain maps space onto time, so that the impulses of certain nerve cells tend to shift relative to an internal clock. Researchers at the Bernstein Centers at HU Berlin and LMU Munich have now shown that this timing code can be reliably read out. Their research focuses on a recently discovered class of nerve cells that become active at specific locations, which are arranged like nodes of a hexagonal grid. In contrast to previous approaches, the researchers consider the neural activity during single runs of the animal, thereby showing that it can use the timing information contained in the neuronal discharge to control and guide its behavior. more...

International conference on a debt restructuring mechanism for European sovereigns on January 13 and January 14, 2012 at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin more...

International conference on the freedom of expression in the age of online politics more...