Past Events
2019
- February 15: Lehrerfortbildung: Struktur bestimmt Funktion: Mikroskopie in der Hirnforschung
- March 2: 9th Annual Neuroscience Olympiad
- March 25: 1st Brain Health Forum
2018
- 13 April Lehrerfortbildung: Molekularbiologie in der Hirnforschung – Gene meets Brain
- 12. May 8th Annual Neuroscience Olympiad
Der deutsche Neurowissenschaft-Wettbewerb für SchülerInnen - 1/2 July IZN Retreat: The Gut-Brain Axis in Health and Disease – Programme – Gallery
2017
- 16. April The German National Brain Bee Competition
Der deutsche Neurowissenschaft-Wettbewerb für SchülerInnen - 29. April Lehrerfortbildung: Schmerz – Funktionen und Fehlfunktionen eines wichtigen Sinnes as part of Brain Awareness Week.
Prof. Dr. Andreas Draguhn / Susanne Bechtel - 9/10 July: IZN Retreat – "Evolution of Cognitive Abilities" – Gallery
2016
- 16. April The German National Brain Bee Competition
Der deutsche Neurowissenschaft-Wettbewerb für SchülerInnen - 10. March Lehrerfortbildung: "Ich habe mich sozusagen selbst verloren" - Erscheinungsbilder und Biologie der Alzheimer-Erkrankung as part of Brain Awareness Week.
Prof. Dr. Andreas Draguhn / Susanne Bechtel - 10/11 July IZN Retreat – "Connectomics" – Programme
- 23. September 40 Years of Neurobiology Heidelberg
2015
- 17. April: NWG Lehrerfortbildung "Erkrankungen des Gehirns: Ursachen, Symptome und neue therapeutische Ansätze" as part of Brain Awareness Week.
- 19./20. July: IZN Retreat – "Translational Neuroscience: From Cell Biology to Therapeutics"
2014
- 30.11. – 01.12.2014: IZN Retreat: "Neuroscience Perspectives – Transition from Science to Industry and Back"
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28.3.2014: NWG Lehrerfortbildung "Informationsverarbeitung in neuronalen Netzwerken" as part of Brain Awareness Week.
2013
- NWG Lehrerfortbildung 2013 as part of Brain Awareness Week.
- IZN Retreat 2013, June 30 and July 1: ‘Diseases of the Nervous System’
2012
- NWG Lehrerfortbildung 2012: IZN Heidelberg, 16.März, INF 327, SR 20
- IZN Retreat 2012, Kloster Schöntal: July 1-2, 2012: ‘Next Generation Neuroscience’
2011
- IZN Retreat 2011, Kloster Schöntal: July 10-11, 2011: ‘Connecting Structure and Function: Novel Techniques in Neuroscience’
- NWG Lehrerfortbildung 2011: IZN Heidelberg, 18. März 2011
- The international SFB 488 symposium ‘12 years of nervous excitation'
2010
- Brain Awareness Week 2010, March 15-21 – Lehrerfortbildungsveranstaltung:
- IZN / SFB 488 Retreat - Kloster Schöntal, July 11-12, 2010: ‘New Neuroscience Developments HD/MA’
2009
- IZN / SFB 488 Retreat - Kloster Schöntal, July 12-13, 2009: ‘IZN Frontiers 2009’
- SFB 488 Xmas Symposium, Nov 27, 2009: ZMBH, INF 282, starting 9:00 a.m.
2008
- IZN/SFB 488 Retreat, Kloster Schöntal, July 20-21, 2008: “Technologies for the Neurosciences”
- Lehrerfortbildungsveranstaltung: "Entwicklung des Nervensystems" 14.03.2008:
10:00 Prof. Dr. Jochen Wittbrodt, Zoologie: Evolution und Entwicklung des Auges
11:00 Prof. Dr. Thomas Holstein, Zoologie: Entstehung des Nervensystems
13:00 Prof. Dr. Joachim Kirsch, Anatomie und Zellbiologie: Entwicklung von zentralnervösen Synapsen
14:00 Prof. Dr. Kerry Tucker, Neuroanatomie: Entwicklung der Anatomie des Gehirns
15:00 Prof. Dr. Christoph Schuster, Neurobiologie: Axonale Wegfindung und Plastizität im Nervensystem von Insekten
2007
- Lehrerfortbildung der NWG 2007
- IZN/SFB 488 Retreat, Kloster Schöntal, July 8-9, 2007: “Neuronal Networks: from Cell Biology to Cognition?”
- SFB 488 Symposium 2007 "TGF-ßs: Signaling and Roles in Neural Development, Maintenance, and Disease", September 20-23, 2007
- DFG Research Group 577 "Synaptic Inhibition" - Symposium 2007
2006
- SFB 488 / FOR 302 Symposium / IZN Retreat, Kloster Schöntal, July 2-4: "Development of Transmitter Systems"
- Brain Awareness Week 2006, March 13-19 – Programm des IZN
2005
- IZN Retreat / SFB 488 International Symposium 2005, Kloster Schöntal, June 15 - 17: “Neural Development:
From Patterning to Network Formation”:
Session 1:
Yoshiki Sasai: Molecular and cellular control of regional specification in the nervous system
Wieland Huttner: Cell biology of neurogenesis
Session 2:
Guo-Ping Fan: Epigenetic gene regulation in neural development
Patrizia Casaccia-Bonnefil: Histone deacetylases in oligodendrocyte development
Session 3:
Wolfgang Wurst: Dissection of the genetic pathway controlling midbrain dopaminergic neuron induction and differentiation
Susan Ackerman: Genetic control of cerebellar development
Session 4:
Mary Hatten: New directions in CNS migration
Elke Stein: Molecular mechanism of axon guidance in the developing vertebrate CNS
Esther Stoeckli: New tricks for an old dog: Sonic hedgehog is a guidance cue for postcommissural axons
Session 5:
Liliana Minichiello: TrkB regulates neocortex formation through the Shc/PLCgmediated control of neuronal migration
Dennis O’Leary: Genetic specification of cortical areas and implications for behaviour
Session 6:
Tom Curran: The Shh pathway and pediatric brain tumors
Hermann Rohrer: Specification and differentiation of autonomic neurons
Session 7:
Patrik Ernfors: The transcriptional control of nociceptive neuron subtype specification
Frances Lefcort: Imaging formation of the DRG and sympathetic ganglia
Session 8:
Qiufu Ma: Molecular control of nociceptive/pain sensory neuron development
- Brain Awareness Week 2005 - Teachers Programm:
"Neurobiologische Grundlagen kognitiver Leistungen" - Lehrerfortbildungsveranstaltung 2005 der Neurowissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft - Neurowissenschaften in der gymnasialen Oberstufe
Freitag, 04. März 2005
10.00 - 17.00 Uhr
Veranstaltungsort: Seminarraum 20, Im Neuenheimer Feld 327, 69120 Heidelberg
Programm
| Referent | Institution | Titel |
| Prof. Dr. Herta Flor | ZI Mannheim | Traumagedächtnis |
| Dr. Andreas Frick | MPI für Medizinische Forschung | Mechanismen der synaptischen Plastizität |
| Dr. Rainer Friedrich | MPI für Medizinische Forschung | Funktionsprinzipien des Riechsinnes |
| Dr. Oliver Dick | Institut für Neurobiologie | Das Auge: Einblicke ins Gehirn |
| Prof. Dr. Andreas Draguhn | Institut für Physiologie | Informationsverarbeitung in neuronalen Netzwerken |
2004
- IZN Retreat 2004:
Program of the Retreat 2004, Kloster Schöntal, June 1 -3
Tuesday, June 1:
| Speaker | Title |
| Klaus Unsicker | Welcome |
| Erwin Neher | Modulation of short-term synaptic plasticity at the Calyx of Held |
| Yehezkel Ben-Ari | GABA: a pioneer transmitter |
| All | Poster Session |
Wednesday, June 2:
| Speaker | Title |
| Andrew Lumsden | Forebrain patterning - a new perspective |
| Nils Brose |
Short term synaptic plasticity: Molecules and mechanisms |
| Diethelm Richter | Serotonin receptors: guardians of stable breathing |
| Mart Saarma | Structure and biology of GDNF family neurotrophic factor receptors |
| Carlos Ibanez | Trophic signaling in the nervous system |
| Round Table | Goals and Strategies of European Neuroscience Centers |
Thursday, June 3:
| Speaker | Title |
| Christopher Henderson | Coordinated development of individual motor units |
| Anders Björklund | Induction of Parkinson-like neurodegeneration by overexpression of human alpha-synuclein in the nigrostriatal system |
| Olaf Pongs | On the episodic nature of channelopathies |
| Kai Kaila | Spontaneous network activity in the immature hippocampus: permissive role of depolarizing GABA |
| Thomas Gasser | Genetics of PD: Monogenic forms as models for the disease |
| Lars Olson | Genetic risk factors in Parkinson's disease |
- Brain Awareness Week 2004, March 15-21:
Neurowissenschaftler berichten aus der Forschung
Vorträge in Heidelberger Schulen
Das IZN bietet im Rahmen der diesjährigen Brain Awareness Week folgende Vorträge für Oberstufenschüler in Gymnasien an:
Mittwoch, 17.März 2004
- Thomas Dresbach (IZN, Medizinische Zellbiologie)
Von der Meeresbiologie zur Hirnforschung: fluoreszierende Quallen-Proteine als Werkzeuge der aktuellen Neurobiologie - Klaus Unsicker (IZN, Neuroanatomie)
Kann das Gehirn regenerieren?
Donnerstag, 18. März 2004
- Stefan Kins (ZMBH / IZN, Medizinische Zellbiologie)
Molekulare Grundlagen des Lernens - Horst Simon (IZN, Neuroanatomie)
Die Parkinson'sche Krankheit aus Sicht eines Biologen - Hannah Monyer (IZN, Klinische Neurobiologie)
Mechanismen neuronaler Netzwerkaktivität und ihre Bedeutung für das Entstehen von Repräsentationen im Gehirn
Freitag, 19. März 2004
- Andreas Draguhn (IZN, Physiologie und Pathophysiologie)
Gewitter im Gehirn - Epilepsie und Epilepsieforschung - Siegfried Mense (IZN, Neuroanatomie)
Wie entstehen Schmerzempfindungen?
Die Vorträge sollten, wenn möglich, vormittags stattfinden. Dauer: ca. 45 min, im Anschluss Möglichkeit zur Diskussion.
Brain Awareness Week 2004, March 15-21
The IZN plans to offer various activities to the general public, teachers and students:
- a Workshop/forum (one day) for teachers, to be held at the IZN on March 15
- a Movie, "Memento", with subsequent discussion; to be shown on Tuesday, March 16, 16:00, at lecture hall H1, Im Neuenheimer Feld 306, with an introduction by H. Monyer
- Lectures for high school students on neuroscience topics of general interest, given by group leaders (March 17-19)
| Movie "Memento", Lecture Hall H1, INF 306 | |||
| Wednesday March 17 |
High School lectures (Dresbach, Unsicker) | ||
| Thursday March 18 |
High School lectures (Kins, Simon, Monyer) | ||
| Friday March 19 |
High School lectures (Draguhn, Mense) | ||
2003
- IZN Evaluation, Kirchhoff-Institut INF 227, March 16 - 18
- Joint Symposium on Neurocomputing, June 16 - 17:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and
Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg
Program
Monday, June 16
| Speaker | Title |
| Jörg Langowski | Fluorescence fluctuation microscopy as a tool for understanding molecular motion in cells |
| Christoph Cremer | New microscopy methods to study cell nuclear structure and its relation to gene regulation |
| Winfried Denk | Direction selectivity in the retina |
| Tali Tishby | Quantitative principles of biological information processing |
| Idan Segev | Cooperative synaptic plasticity in cortical dendrites |
| Rainer Dalhaus | On the identification of synaptic connections in neural networks by graphical models |
| Andre Rupp | Cortical processing of auditory information |
| Israel Nelken | Transformations of stimulus representation in the ascending auditory system |
Tuesday, June 17
| Speaker | Title |
| Aaron Lewis | Functional imaging of neurons and neural networks |
| Michael Brecht | Sensorimotor representations and their cellular codes in the rat necortex |
| Rony Paz (Lab E. Vaadia) |
Improvement of movements representation in the motor cortex of a monkey during learning |
| Yosef Yarom | Oscillating without gap junctions |
| David Hansel | Electrical Synapses and Synchrony: The Role of Intrinsic Currents |
| Hannah Monyer | The oscillating brain approached by mouse mutants |
| General Discussion |
- IZN Retreat 2003, Kloster Schöntal, June 25 - 26:
Wednesday, June 25: Development
| Speaker | Title |
| Laure Bally-Cuif, Neuherberg | Dynamics of neurogenesis at the zebrafish midbrain-hindbrain boundary |
| Claudio Stern, London | Molecular dissection of neural induction in the chick embryo |
| Rüdiger Klein, Munich | Role of ephrins in neuronal networking and plasticity |
| Eric Frank,Boston | The beginnings of a molecular basis for the formation of the simple stretch reflex |
| Kevin D. Fox, Cardiff | Pathways and molecular mechanisms for experience-dependent cortical plasticity |
Thursday, June 26: Circuit Formation
| Speaker | Title |
| Javier de Felipe, Madrid | Cortical interneurons: From Cajal to 2003 |
| Peter Jonas, Freiburg | Electrical events and exocytosis in mossy fiber terminals |
| Henry Markram, Lausanne | Molecular basis of electrophysiological diversity |
| Stephen P. Hunt, London | Substance P in depression and addiction |
| Christian Büchel, Hamburg | The importance of connectivity for brain function |
| Herta Flor, Mannheim | Learning, neuroplasticity and psychopathology |
2002
IZN Retreat:
Neurosciences at the IZN: Where to go – Concepts and Techniques
