Names give identity. Since all great things have a name, we are currently looking for a name for our HPC cluster. Another of the GWDG’s high-performance computers in Göttingen is called “Emmy,” named after Emmy Noether, who was the first woman in Germany to earn her habilitation in mathematics at the University of Göttingen. We, too, … Continued
As you might already know this year’s “Night of Science” [Nacht des Wissens] will be taking place on July 9, 2022. CIDBN is going to take part presenting their exciting research to the public. For this challenging task we established a working group who is planning the event and making up their mind on how to best communicate science and research at CIDBN. … Continued
GWDG Academy offers various courses on coding, data analysis, and scientific computing/hpc. We recommend to take a close look at their program and choose a course according to your level of knowledge. … Continued
Research team at Göttingen Campus investigates processing of sensory impressions
The human brain is extremely dynamic. The connections between nerve cells change when we learn or forget. But our brain’s computations change even faster than its structure: in a heartbeat, we shift our focus from what we see to what we hear or smell. … Continued
Göttingen researchers investigate the effect of certain enzymes in the healthy and diseased brain
The brain is a remarkably complex and adaptable organ. However, adaptability decreases with age: as new connections between nerve cells in the brain form less easily, the brain’s plasticity decreases. If there is an injury to the central nervous system such as after a stroke, … Continued
During the last months numerous papers by CIDBN members were published. Congratulations! Let us know, if you, too, published a paper. We will put it on the institute’s website (and in our next newsletter). The following papers came out recently: … Continued
“The best book I read over the Christmas break was Empire of Pain by Patrick Keefe. It was very interesting to read this book, which is broadly about the opium crisis, when driving past the poppy fields in Tasmania Australia and learning that 85% of the worlds poppies for legitimate opium production are grown there. … Continued
