Berg Lab CPH
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Berg Laboratory at University of Copenhagen, Dept. of Neuroscience
@neuroscience_dk | Motor control | Brain and Spinal cord | Experiment and theory | PI: @runewberg.bsky.social
@neuroscience_dk | Motor control | Brain and Spinal cord | Experiment and theory | PI: @runewberg.bsky.social
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What does the spinal cord actually do? Most textbooks draw the spinal cord as a relay station- but it is much more than that. The spinal cord is not a cable — it's a computer.
The human spinal cord contains 1 billion neurons that generate almost all bodily movements. Cortex has about 16 billion.
The human spinal cord contains 1 billion neurons that generate almost all bodily movements. Cortex has about 16 billion.
February 12, 2026 at 8:49 AM
What does the spinal cord actually do? Most textbooks draw the spinal cord as a relay station- but it is much more than that. The spinal cord is not a cable — it's a computer.
The human spinal cord contains 1 billion neurons that generate almost all bodily movements. Cortex has about 16 billion.
The human spinal cord contains 1 billion neurons that generate almost all bodily movements. Cortex has about 16 billion.
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Sayre's law: "Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low."
Via @serge.belongie.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre%2...
Via @serge.belongie.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre%2...
Sayre's law - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Sayre's law: "Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low."
Via @serge.belongie.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre%2...
Via @serge.belongie.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre%2...
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The exciting time of the year, when the Brain Prize winners are announced, is coming up soon!
The announcement of The Brain Prize 2026 will take place on 5th March at 4pm CET on our website brainprize.org
The world’s largest neuroscience research prize is awarded yearly by the Lundbeck Foundation.
The announcement of The Brain Prize 2026 will take place on 5th March at 4pm CET on our website brainprize.org
The world’s largest neuroscience research prize is awarded yearly by the Lundbeck Foundation.
February 9, 2026 at 12:37 PM
The exciting time of the year, when the Brain Prize winners are announced, is coming up soon!
The announcement of The Brain Prize 2026 will take place on 5th March at 4pm CET on our website brainprize.org
The world’s largest neuroscience research prize is awarded yearly by the Lundbeck Foundation.
The announcement of The Brain Prize 2026 will take place on 5th March at 4pm CET on our website brainprize.org
The world’s largest neuroscience research prize is awarded yearly by the Lundbeck Foundation.
Rune W. Berg (@runewberg.bsky.social) has now been formally accepted into the Danish Academy of Natural Sciences (danaak.dk). Congrats!
@runewberg.bsky.social
@runewberg.bsky.social
Danmarks Naturvidenskabelige Akademi
danaak.dk
February 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Rune W. Berg (@runewberg.bsky.social) has now been formally accepted into the Danish Academy of Natural Sciences (danaak.dk). Congrats!
@runewberg.bsky.social
@runewberg.bsky.social
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Neurograd 2026 Prize ceremony for the winners of top 3 best talks: 1) Yasemin Ronahi Kucuk 2) Alberte W. Jurgensen Breum 3) Marc Klee Olsen. Congrats!
And the best poster presentations: 1) Jamila Probst S. H. Lilja, 2) Lara Kristin Sach, 3) Samuel Ovrom- Congrats!
Key note by Svend Brinkmann
And the best poster presentations: 1) Jamila Probst S. H. Lilja, 2) Lara Kristin Sach, 3) Samuel Ovrom- Congrats!
Key note by Svend Brinkmann
February 1, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Neurograd 2026 Prize ceremony for the winners of top 3 best talks: 1) Yasemin Ronahi Kucuk 2) Alberte W. Jurgensen Breum 3) Marc Klee Olsen. Congrats!
And the best poster presentations: 1) Jamila Probst S. H. Lilja, 2) Lara Kristin Sach, 3) Samuel Ovrom- Congrats!
Key note by Svend Brinkmann
And the best poster presentations: 1) Jamila Probst S. H. Lilja, 2) Lara Kristin Sach, 3) Samuel Ovrom- Congrats!
Key note by Svend Brinkmann
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NeuroGrads' yearly winter school 2026 kicks off on the second day
January 30, 2026 at 10:28 AM
NeuroGrads' yearly winter school 2026 kicks off on the second day
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Alzheimers? Here's a solution if you're a mouse. 😅 ...and potentially if you're a human. 🤞
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Pharmacologic reversal of advanced Alzheimer’s disease in mice and identification of potential therapeutic nodes in human brain
Chaubey et al. demonstrate that restoration of brain resilience reverses advanced
disease in two different mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), challenging the
century-long dogma of AD irreversib...
www.cell.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Alzheimers? Here's a solution if you're a mouse. 😅 ...and potentially if you're a human. 🤞
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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New preprint:
Neural manifolds that orchestrate walking and stopping
Here we develop a new theory for neural generation of walking and how it can stop- Next we test the theory using Neuropixels probes in the lumber spinal cord of freely moving rats. See more:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Neural manifolds that orchestrate walking and stopping
Here we develop a new theory for neural generation of walking and how it can stop- Next we test the theory using Neuropixels probes in the lumber spinal cord of freely moving rats. See more:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
New preprint:
Neural manifolds that orchestrate walking and stopping
Here we develop a new theory for neural generation of walking and how it can stop- Next we test the theory using Neuropixels probes in the lumber spinal cord of freely moving rats. See more:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Neural manifolds that orchestrate walking and stopping
Here we develop a new theory for neural generation of walking and how it can stop- Next we test the theory using Neuropixels probes in the lumber spinal cord of freely moving rats. See more:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...