On why Basel is the place to be (at least for me!)
A little youtube recording explaining why I chose Basel…in german only: [link] I could cite many other reasons – just get in touch with me in case you want to know more…
Welcome to Henrik and Charlotte
Two new lab members are joining us. Henrik Lindén has joined us in April 2016 from Copenhagen University as adjunkt in computational neuroscience. Charlotte has joined us in May 2016 as a PhD student; she will conduct…
Tag der Biomedizin
The Department of Biomedicine of Basel University had open doors on April 9, 2016. A supplement describing the department and featuring among others our lab, was distributed in the local newspaper. It…
Radio show about Hearing and the Brain
A danish radio show (Romerriget on Radi24ysv) wanted to know more about what is going in the brain when a sound reaches our ear. In addition to Kamilla Angelo (senior researcher at Oticon), Peter…
Famous neuroscientists in their natural habitat
We had the visit (and evaluation) of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel. In addition to having great discussions with the 2 neuroscientists board members, we found…
The SNSF compensates for ERC Starting Grants
As a result of the Swiss vote on February 9th 2014, Swiss researchers who had obtained a ERC Starting Grant and were moving their lab back to Switzerland had to be give…
Lab retreat 2015
For our lab retreat this year, Tania took us to the place where she grew up, Tanay, in Wallis – the most mountainous canton in Switzerland. As it was challenging to find 2…
Ready Set Go!
First Tuning curves in Basel, by Mari Nakamura and Stiti Bhumika… experiments are rolling now!
Welcome to Mari, Stiti, Ivan and Christina
The lab is growing, as we have 4 new members joining the lab. Mari Nakamura joined us in March from Harvard University as the lab’s research assistant. Stitipragyan Bhumika joins us in…
Moving to the University of Basel
Tania is starting in January 2015 as an Assistant Professor in Neurophysiology at the University of Basel, where she will continue investigating the development and function of auditory circuits. While Rasmus and…
The ERC Starting Grant
We are very delighted to announce that the lab’s research proposal for the coming 5 years has been recommended for funding as an ERC Starting Grant 2014. This grant is aimed at…
Controlling Neurons, Circuits and Behaviors
The first Brain Prize-FENS meeting was held in Rungstedgård, Denmark in April 20-24 2014. It was very exciting to discuss with our colleagues about the current concepts and challenges for future research…
In the SUND news
As the Lundbeck Foundation published the list of recipients for its 2014 fellowships, the Faculty of Health Sciences of Copenhagen University wrote about our research interests and future directions. Read more about…
Seminar at EPFL, Switzerland
On December 20th 2013 Tania will discuss the “Development and function of auditory circuits” at the Synapses and Circuits seminar series, from the Brain Mind Institute (EPFL, Lausanne). http://memento.epfl.ch/event
The boy whose brain could unlock autism
A recent article in Medium describes autism from a different angle, based on research on the Valproic Acid (VPA) rat model conducted in Henry Markram’s Lab by Tania Rinaldi Barkat and Kamila…
The Lundbeck Foundation Fellowship
We are delighted to announce that our lab has been awarded the Lundbeck Foundation Fellowship. The fellowship is awarded for five years and amounts to 10 million DKK (approx. 1,3 million Euro).…
Hyperconnectivity in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Two recent studies (Superkar et al., Cell Reports 2013; Keown et al., Cell Reports 2013) describe brain hyperconnectivity in autism spectrum disorders. These results confirm the relevance of our studies in the…
The Brain Prize Meeting
We will attend the 2013 Brain Prize Meeting from October 21-23, and feel very excited about the last findings in the field of Optogenetics. The Brain Prize 2013 is jointly awarded to Ernst…
First recordings!
We got our first recordings in the lab: spike responses in the visual cortex of an anesthetised mice. Now that the technology is in place, let’s start the science!
Danish Brain Research Laboratories Meeting
We will present our recent results and future directions at the Danish Brain Research Laboratories OAK meeting (Frederiksberg, June 14-15 2013).
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