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SPP 2205 @spp2205.bsky.social · Aug 13

Just a quick reminder...

SPP 2205 @spp2205.bsky.social · Aug 6

#CompNeuro Satellite Symposium at the Göttingen Cognition Forum (Oct 14-15), deadline for abstract submission extended to Aug 17. Topics:
• Neural Interfaces
• Cognition, Circuits & Cells
• Neural Circuit #Evolution
events.gwdg.de/event/1099/

SPP 2205 @spp2205.bsky.social · Aug 6

#CompNeuro Satellite Symposium at the Göttingen Cognition Forum (Oct 14-15), deadline for abstract submission extended to Aug 17. Topics:
• Neural Interfaces
• Cognition, Circuits & Cells
• Neural Circuit #Evolution
events.gwdg.de/event/1099/

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SFB 1528 - Cognition of Interaction @sfb1528.bsky.social · Jun 21

Join us in Göttingen for the First Interdisciplinary

Göttingen Cognition Forum 2025: Curiosity & Interaction

Oct 13-15, 2025, Alte Mensa in Göttingen

Info and registration: events.gwdg.de/e/goettingen...

Participation is free!

Abstracts due: August 1st, 2025!

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The Göttingen Cognition Forum: Curiosity & Interaction

We are pleased to announce the First Göttingen Cognition Forum: Curiosity & Interaction Social and physical interactions with the environment shape cognition in humans and non-human animals alike. Und...

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SPP 2205 @spp2205.bsky.social · Jul 8

Want to learn sth about evolutionary factors influencing the balance of power between the sexes? Check out the new study by #DPZ “Beyond the Alpha Male” in today’s Forschung aktuell on #DLF or see www.dpz.eu/en/public-en...

Beyond the alpha male

New study shows: Power relations between males and females in primates are more complex than thought

www.dpz.eu

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Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience @bernsteinneuro.bsky.social · Jul 1

⌛ Two weeks left to submit your poster abstracts and travel grants for the #BernsteinConference 2025!

🗓️ Deadline: July 15

All information 👉 bernstein-netwerk.de/bernstein-co...

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SPP 2205 @spp2205.bsky.social · Jun 19

Congrats to SPP member Veronica Egger (SPP project @uniregensburg.bsky.social, spokesperson of @modolfor.bsky.social‬) receiving an ERC Advanced Grant! #neuroscience #olfaction

Universität Regensburg @uniregensburg.bsky.social · Jun 17

Ein großer Erfolg für die Uni Regensburg: Prof. Dr. Veronica Egger erhält einen ERC Advanced Grant (3,5 Mio €) für ihr Projekt COLUMNET zur olfaktorischen Objekterkennung. Ihre Forschung beleuchtet, wie das Gehirn aus Duftsignalen komplexe Geruchswahrnehmungen formt. -> shorturl.at/MqTJJ

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SPP 2205 @spp2205.bsky.social · Jun 13

SPP members @crltt.bsky.social & Marion Silies together with @avstempel.bsky.social‬ organize the Gutenberg Workshop “Flexibility & Robustness of Nervous System Function” Sep 2-4, 2025. Details & registration: gutenberg-workshops.uni-mainz.de/flexibility-... #neuroscience

SPP 2205 @spp2205.bsky.social · Jun 10

Onur Güntürkün & team (SPP2205 project @ruhr-uni-bochum.de) presented their research on pigeons in Wissenschaft im Brennpunkt (Deutschlandfunk) yesterday. Missed it? See
www.deutschlandfunk.de/wie-ticken-t...
#neuroscience

Tauben sind viel schlauer als gedacht

Ihr Gehirn ist anders aufgebaut als das von Säugern. Trotzdem gibt es Parallelen: Auch Tauben träumen - wahrscheinlich vom Fliegen. Neues aus der Wissenschaft.

www.deutschlandfunk.de

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SPP 2205 @spp2205.bsky.social · Jun 6

Richa, Häring @mathherring.bsky.social‬ et al uncover that the very proteins transducing sound into neuronal activity in the ear, in embryogenesis coordinate epithelial cell movements. Early in #evolution, mechanotransduction perhaps "listened" to intra-organism forces doi 10.1016/j.cub.2025.03.066

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