Events

The Hertha Sponer College Lecture Series is addressed to interested students, PhD candidates, postdocs, and PIs. The overall idea is to fundamentally explain research by providing an overview about the general aims of the six MBExC Research Alliances with special focus on the specific techniques that are developed and applied. The lectures take place on Tuesdays at 5 pm within the semester term, and are offered by MBExC PIs. Subsequent to lecture and discussion, Hertha Sponer College members have the opportunity to “Meet-the-PI” and each other for asking more specific or general questions, networking and socializing.

Block 3:  “Nanodomains for Excitability”

18 May: “Formation, maintenance and function of ion channel clusters: How to access Cav1.3 channels in in vitro systems””, Prof. Dr. Claudia Steinem, Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, UG

01 June: “MINFLUX and MINSTED”, Prof. Dr. Stefan W. Hell, Department of NanoBiophotonics, MPI-BPC

15 June: “How hearing happens”, Prof. Dr. Tobias Moser, Institute for Auditory Neuroscience, UMG

29 June: “Studying VGCs with combined strategies for molecular fluorescent labeling and high-resolution microscopy/nanocscopy”, Dr. Tobias Kohl / Niko Schwenzer, Research Unit for Cellular Biophysics and Translational Cardiology, UMG

13 July: “tba”, Prof. Dr. Alexander Egner, Department of Optical Nanoscopy, IFNANO Institute for Nanophotonics Goettingen e.V.

For log-in information please contact: heike.conrad@med.uni-goettingen.de

Chairs: Tobias Moser and Thomas Mager

Professor Adam E. Cohen from the Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and Physics, Harvard University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Cambridge will talk about “All-optical electrophysiology for probing neural circuit dynamics”. 

Abstract

Combined optogenetic perturbation and voltage imaging enables high-resolution mapping of bioelectrical dynamics in intact tissues. I will describe application of these tools to Layer 1 of the mouse barrel cortex. We developed techniques to distinguish the separate contributions of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs to membrane potential. By combining patterned optogenetic stimulation, voltage imaging, and numerical simulations of neural dynamics we discovered surprising phase transitions in the dynamics of L1 interneurons which may affect how the brain regulates attention.

The Hertha Sponer College Lecture Series is addressed to interested students, PhD candidates, postdocs, and PIs. The overall idea is to fundamentally explain research by providing an overview about the general aims of the six MBExC Research Alliances with special focus on the specific techniques that are developed and applied. The lectures take place on Tuesdays at 5 pm within the semester term, and are offered by MBExC PIs. Subsequent to lecture and discussion, Hertha Sponer College members have the opportunity to “Meet-the-PI” and each other for asking more specific or general questions, networking and socializing.

Block 3:  “Nanodomains for Excitability”

18 May: “Formation, maintenance and function of ion channel clusters: How to access Cav1.3 channels in in vitro systems””, Prof. Dr. Claudia Steinem, Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, UG

01 June: “MINFLUX and MINSTED”, Prof. Dr. Stefan W. Hell, Department of NanoBiophotonics, MPI-BPC

15 June: “How hearing happens”, Prof. Dr. Tobias Moser, Institute for Auditory Neuroscience, UMG

29 June: “Studying VGCs with combined strategies for molecular fluorescent labeling and high-resolution microscopy/nanocscopy”, Dr. Tobias Kohl / Niko Schwenzer, Research Unit for Cellular Biophysics and Translational Cardiology, UMG

13 July: “tba”, Prof. Dr. Alexander Egner, Department of Optical Nanoscopy, IFNANO Institute for Nanophotonics Goettingen e.V.

For log-in information please contact: heike.conrad@med.uni-goettingen.de

The Hertha Sponer College Lecture Series is addressed to interested students, PhD candidates, postdocs, and PIs. The overall idea is to fundamentally explain research by providing an overview about the general aims of the six MBExC Research Alliances with special focus on the specific techniques that are developed and applied. The lectures take place on Tuesdays at 5 pm within the semester term, and are offered by MBExC PIs. Subsequent to lecture and discussion, Hertha Sponer College members have the opportunity to “Meet-the-PI” and each other for asking more specific or general questions, networking and socializing.

Block 3:  “Nanodomains for Excitability”

18 May: “Formation, maintenance and function of ion channel clusters: How to access Cav1.3 channels in in vitro systems””, Prof. Dr. Claudia Steinem, Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, UG

01 June: “MINFLUX and MINSTED”, Prof. Dr. Stefan W. Hell, Department of NanoBiophotonics, MPI-BPC

15 June: “How hearing happens”, Prof. Dr. Tobias Moser, Institute for Auditory Neuroscience, UMG

29 June: “Studying VGCs with combined strategies for molecular fluorescent labeling and high-resolution microscopy/nanocscopy”, Dr. Tobias Kohl / Niko Schwenzer, Research Unit for Cellular Biophysics and Translational Cardiology, UMG

13 July: “tba”, Prof. Dr. Alexander Egner, Department of Optical Nanoscopy, IFNANO Institute for Nanophotonics Goettingen e.V.

For log-in information please contact: heike.conrad@med.uni-goettingen.de

DATE: 24-27 August 2021
VENUE: Lokhalle Göttingen

The European Society for Molecular Imaging (ESMI) represents the scientific community involved in multidisciplinary molecular imaging science. This includes basic, preclinical, translational, and clinical research on imaging technologies, methodologies, biomarkers and probes, modeling, and data analysis. Central to its mission is the creation of a collaborative community to pursue new ideas to image biological processes. ESMI strives to transfer this knowledge from experimental imaging studies to the implementation of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.

The ESMI Board has acknowledged the clear demand by the community to enhance the chance for a f2f EMIM in 2021 rather than to go for another virtual meeting. For that reason the EMIM 2021 was postponed to the last week of August. The subsequent EMIM 2022 is again scheduled for March 2022 in Thessaloniki.

It is with honour and delight that the Opening Lecture will be delivered by Stefan W. Hell.

Further information on the website: www.emim.eu

Click here for the poster of the EMIM 2021

The Harvard European Alumni Training Network (HEAT-Net) will hold the 3rd Meeting on Frontiers in Neurodegeneration from September 6th until 8th, 2021 at the Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen.

Keynote lectures by Brian Bacskai, Bradley T. Hyman, Rudy Tanzi, Xandra Breakefield (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston) and Lars Lannfelt (University of Uppsala)

Speakers: Tiago Outeiro, Tara Spires, Christine Stadelmann-Nessler, Annakaisa Haapasalo, Monica Garcia-Alloza, Melanie Meyer-Luehmann, Christina Lill, Lars Bertram, Brit Mollenhauer, Christine von Arnim, Karin Danzer, Mikko Hiltunen, Alberto Lleó, Jens Wiltfang, Inga Zerr, Markus Otto, Andre Fischer, Martin Ingelsson

Click here for the preliminary program
Further information about the registration and abstract submission: www.heat-net.uni-goettingen.de/registration/