Activities & Events
CTNR Summer School 2026
Sep. 10, 2026CRC/SFB 1270 ELAINE Symposium
Sep. 24, 2026CTNR Grant Writing Workshop
Oct. 01, 2026The CTNR implemented a lectures series with financial and organisational support for members to initiate talks, workshops and symposia with national and international guest speakers in the field of neurosciences.
2026
Title | Date | Time | Location | Lecturer |
| AI-support for Science | 12.01.2026 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Online | Prof. Dr. Georg Fuellen Institute for Biostatistics and Informatics in Medicine and Ageing Research, Universitätsmedizin Rostock |
1st Online minisymposium on AI-support for Science (on behalf of the GMDS):
AI Agents for Accelerating Biomedical Discoveries ToolUniverse and Beyond: AI Scientist for Biomedical Research Multimodal foundational models and agentic AI systems for aging and longevity: from theory to clinical trials | 21.01.2026 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Online | Organized by Prof. Georg Fuellen (Rostock University Medical Center), Dr. Steven Talbot (Hannover Medical School), Dr. Mohamed Hamed Fahmy (Boehringer Ingelheim)
Prof. James Zou (Stanford University) Dr. Shanghua Gao (Harvard Medical School) Dr. Alex Zhavoronkov (CEO InSilico Medicine) |
2nd Online minisymposium on AI-support for Science (on behalf of the GMDS):
Ethical perspectives on AI Agents and Agentic AI Foundational AI models for network biology | 05.05.2026 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Online | Organized by Prof. Georg Fuellen (Rostock University Medical Center), Dr. Steven Talbot (Hannover Medical School), Dr. Mohamed Hamed Fahmy (Boehringer Ingelheim) Michael Hahn (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) Prof. Christina Theodoris (Gladstone Institutes / UCSF) |
Digital Twins in Medicine – | 11.05.2026 | 16:00-17:00 | Hybrid (Gertrudenstr. 9) | Prof. Dr. Robin Wilkening School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine Monash University, Australia |
Klinische Aspekte der Anorexia Nervosa | 08.07.2026 | 17:00-18:00 | Großer Hörsaal Anatomie (Gertrudenstr. 9) | Prof. Dr. Martina de Zwaan Hannover Medical School |
2025
Title | Date | Time | Location | Lecturer |
| Sensory perception in harbor seals | 21.07.2025 | 15:00 - 16:00 | Online | Kenneth Sørensen, PhD |
| The challenge of making treatment for Alzheimer's disease accessible | 17.11.2025 | 17:00 - 18:00 | Online | Prof. Soeren Mattke Director of the Brain Health Observatory at University of Southern California |
Noradrenaline as a modulator of adult neurogenesis The functional role of Argonaute2 in excitatory neurons during brain development The longstanding scars of psychosocial deprivation in infancy– stress-associated biomarkers in former Wochenkrippenkinder (children in day and night nursery care) | 01.12.2025 | 11:00 - 12:30 | Online | Dr. Franz Markert Yunxiao Li Dr. Eva Flemming CTNR ‘Young Neuroscientists’ from 2024/2025 |
2024
Title | Date | Time | Location | Lecturer |
| Vagusnervstimulation gegen Fatigue – und noch viel mehr? | 16.12.2024 | 16:00 - 16:45 | Online Zoom Link | Mortimer Gierthmuehlen, MD, PhD Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center, Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum GmbH |
2023
Title | Date | Time | Location | Lecturer |
| Computational models for neuroimaging in Alzheimer’s disease | 10.07.2023 | 16:00 - 17:30 | Online | Prof. Dr. Christian Wachinger |
2022
Title | Date | Time | Location | Lecturer |
| Activity-dependent neuronal calcium signalling and its role in aging and Parkinson’s disease | postponed | 15:30 - 17:00 | Hörsaal, Zentrum f. Nervenheilkunde, (Gehlsheimer Str. 20) | Prof. Dr. Birgit Liss University of Ulm, Department of Applied Physiology |
| Neue Erkenntnisse über die kindlichen Demenzerkrankungen | 28.07.2022 | 16:00 | Hörsaal der Kinder- und Jugendklinik (Ernst-Heydemann-Str. 8) | Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Robert Steinfeld Universitäts-Kinderspital Zürich (Switzerland) |
| Das Mikrobiom bei neurodegenerativen Erkrankungen: Freund, Feind oder nur Betroffener? | 13.06.2022 | 16:00 | online | PD Dr. Kristina Endres Universitätsmedizin JGU Mainz |
| Processes that result in memory loss and other major neurological deficits, with an emphasis on Alzheimerís disease (AD) and related neurodegenerative disorders | 16.05.2022 | 16:00 | online | Prof. Lennart Mucke University of California, San Francisco (USA) |
| Pathogenic mechanisms of Niemann Pick C disease: altered neuronal and glial cell differentiation largely anticipates overt neurologic dysfunction | 08.04.2022 | 11:00 | Hörsaal der Anatomie (Hybrid) | Maria Teresa Fiorenza, PhD, Ass. Professor University of Rome (Italy) |
| Sleep-dependent formation of memory | 29.03.2022 | 16:00 | online | Prof. Dr. Jan Born University of Tübingen |
| Besser riechen! | 24.02.2022 | 16:00 | online | Prof. Dr. med. Th. Hummel TU Dresden |
| Recent development in Multiple System Atrophy | 17.01.2022 | 16:00 | online | Prof. Wassilios Meissner, MD PhD, FEAN University Hospital Bordeaux (France) |
2021
Title | Date | Time | Location | Lecturer |
| Interplay of striatal pathways and dopamine receptors in movement disorders: the case of L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia | 15.11.2021 | 16:00 | online | Prof. M. Angela Cenci Nilsson |
| Role of the NLRP3inflamamsome in neurodegenerative disease | 20.09.2021 | 16:00 | online | Prof. Dr. Michael T. Heneka University of Bonn, DZNE Bonn |
| Frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43 pathology (FTLD-TDP) | 16.08.2021 | 16:00 | online | Prof. Dr. Manuela Neumann University Hospital of Tuebingen, DZNE Tübingen |
| Microglial modulation of neurodegenerative diseases – innovative therapies or devilish gambling | 18.03.2021 | 16:00 | online | Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Christian Haass LMU, DZNE München |
2020
Title | Date | Time | Location | Lecturer |
| Doctor AI – Künstliche Intelligenz in der Medizin | 21.09.2020 | 16:00 | Lecture hall, Clinic and Polyclinic for Surgery, (Schillingallee 35) | Welf Wustlich Planet artificial intelligence GmbH |
Forensic Neuroscience: How neuroscientific insights can add to forensic psychology | 17.08.2020 | 16:00 | Lecture hall, Clinic and Polyclinic for Surgery, (Schillingallee 35) | Josanne van Dongen, PhD Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands) |
In cooperation with the Graduate Academy and the Weiterbildungsportal of the University of Rostock, the qualification programme bundles expertise and offers faculty-wide soft skill courses for young scientists.
Graduate Academy
For many early-career researchers, embarking on doctoral studies marks the beginning of an exciting journey of discovery through their own research project. Alongside their scientific work, developing core competencies beyond disciplinary expertise plays an important role in shaping their future careers and personal development. The qualification program supports doctoral researchers in intentionally and intrinsically developing these interdisciplinary competencies, equipping them with valuable skills for their academic and professional futures.
Weiterbildungsportal
Overview of all courses offered by specialist competencies (including research) from all providers at the universities in Mecklenburg - Western Pomerania
CTNR Events
Past CTNR Events
Scientific Writing of Grant Proposals
DFG Sachbeihilfe: Neustrukturierung, Inhalt und Antragstellung (Online Kurs)
Vortrag: Forschungsförderung für NachwuchswissenschaftlerInnen
Workshop zur DFG Sachbeihilfe: Aufbau, Inhalt und Antragstellung
Expertenseminar: Drittmittelanträge (EU, BMBF, DFG)
Seminar: Methodology of Translational Research
Links & Literature
Research Career
Doing a PhD in Germany (BMBF)
Research Careers in Germany
Prinzipien wirksamer Karriereunterstützung in der Wissenschaft (DFG)
Funding
Funding your research in Germany
Funding Opportunities for Postdoc (DFG)
Funding Programmes (DFG)
Information brokerage system (ELFI)
HORIZON EUROPE (EU, 2021)
HORIZON EUROPE (BMBF)
Funding and tender opportunities (EU)
Fördermöglichkeiten internationaler Kooperationen und internationales Handeln der DFG
Project Management
Copyright in Academic Work: An Overview for Research, Teaching and Libraries (BMBF)
Tierversuche in der Forschung: Das 3R-Prinzip und die Aussagekraft wissenschaftlicher Forschung (Handreichung der Ständigen Senatskommission für tierexperimentelle Forschung der DFG zur Planung und Beschreibung tierexperimenteller Forschungsprojekte)
Handreichung zur wirkungsorientierten Projektplanung und zum Monitoring (DAAD)
Budgetplanung von lebenswissenschaftlichen EU Anträgen (NKS)
Abwicklung von Projekten in HORIZON EUROPE - eine Handreichung – (BundesArbeitsKreis der EU-Referent/innen)
Grant Application
DFG Individual Grants Programmes – A How-To Guide
DFG funding proposals: the route to a final decision (video)
The Application Procedure at Volkswagen Foundation (video)
How to prepare a successful proposal in Horizon Europe (webinar)
Antragstellung und Koordination in lebenswissenschaftlichen EU-Verbundprojekten (NKS)
Grant Writing
Academic Writing
Boosting the impact of your project through effective communication, dissemination and exploitation (Document of the European IPR Helpdesk)
Claire’s Clear Writing Tips (European Commission)
The Science of Scientific Writing
Equal opportunities and diversity (DFG)
Leitfaden für qualitätsfördernde Aspekte in der Medizin und Biomedizin (DFG)
Gutachterkritiken – häufige Fehler in der Antragstellung (NKS)
Tranfser of Knowledge
Research Data
What is the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI)? (video)
The NFDI Review Process (video)
Umgang mit Forschungsdaten (DFG)
Participation
The "Lectures of Excellence: Pioneers in Neurosciences" invites excellent scientists of significant discoveries in the field of neuroscience to provide insights into their research. These include, Nobel Prize winners, Leibniz Prize winners or winners of other excellent awards.
The lectures are aimed at scientists, physicians, and early-career researchers working in the field of neuroscience. Drawing on their own experiences, distinguished speakers will inspire the audience to explore innovative solutions and embrace alternative ways of thinking. Participants will have the opportunity to engage closely with leading scientists and gain insights into their groundbreaking research.
Lecture of Excellence 2019: Prof. Dr. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (20 March 2019)
Lecture of Excellence 2022: Professor Dr. Hans R. Schöler (24 August 2022)
Lecture of Excellence 2024: Professor Anders Björklund (12 September 2024)
The CTNR Summer or Winter School provides a platform for senior and early-career scientists from Rostock working in the field of neuroscience to connect, exchange ideas, and build collaborative networks. Researchers from CTNR working groups participate in soft-skills training and present the current state of the art in their respective fields, including methodologies, applications, and on-site technologies.
The school offers participants the opportunity to identify potential partners for future joint projects and initiatives, while exploring emerging research questions and challenging topics in neuroscience. A diverse program of oral and poster presentations, scientific discussions, and dedicated networking activities will foster interdisciplinary exchange and strengthen scientific collaborations within the CTNR community.
September 2021: CTNR Summer School