Individual Projects
The Bernstein Center Munich has an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to answer the question of how living organisms (have learnt to) solve the hard computational problems inherent to spatio-temporal information processing: Through theoretical concepts and methods (Projects A1 – A4), we aim to advance and closely connect experimental neuroscience (Projects B1 – B-T7), engineering (Projects C1 – C-T3) and translational research to medicine (Project D1 – D-T1).
Method Development
- Project A1 – Neural Circuits for Motion Detection: From 3D-Reconstruction to Computational Modeling. Alexander Borst (MPI) and Bert Sakmann (MPI)
- Project A2 – Dissecting the role of ionic currents in object localization using an advanced dynamic-clamp system. Jan Benda (Uni Tübingen), Werner Hemmert (TUM), and Hans Reiner Polder (npi)
- Project A3 – New methods to study visual influences on auditory processing. Benedikt Grothe (LMU), Andreas Herz (LMU), Christian Leibold (LMU), and Harald Luksch (TUM)
- Project A4 – Monitoring neuronal activity with printed devices. Bernhard Wolfrum (TUM)
Biological Mechanisms
- Project B1 – Learning invariant representations from retinal activity. Thomas Wachtler-Kulla (LMU) and Tim Gollisch (Uni Göttingen)
- Project B2 – Coding of spatial and temporal information in a population of specialized auditory interneurons. Andreas Herz (LMU) and Jan Benda (Uni Tübingen)
- Project B3 – Auditory invariance against space-induced reverberation. Lutz Wiegrebe (LMU), Benedikt Grothe (LMU), and Christian Leibold (LMU)
- Project B4 – Multisensory object representation and integration in space-time. Harald Luksch (TUM) and J Leo van Hemmen (TUM)
- Project B5 – Temporal aspects of spatial memory consolidation. Steffen Gais (LMU), Stefan Glasauer (LMU), and Christian Leibold (LMU)
- Project B-T1 – Cerebellar control of eye motion dynamics: from animal model to patients. Hans Straka (LMU), Stefan Glasauer (LMU), Dieter Kutz (LMU), and Michael Strupp (LMU)
- Project B-T2 – Learning the reflection characteristics of rooms. Bernhard U Seeber (TUM) and Martin Kleinsteuber (TUM)
- Project B-T3 – Proprioceptive stabilization of the auditory world. Paul MacNeilage (LMU), Uwe Firzlaff (TUM), and Lutz Wiegrebe (LMU)
- Project B-T4 – Cellular integration of hippocampal sharp-wave ripple currents. Christian Leibold (LMU) and Felix Felmy (TiHo Hannover)
- Project B-T5 – Understanding the effects of temporal context on interval timing: a model-based approach. Alex Loebel (LMU), Virginia Flanagin (LMU), and Kay Thurley (LMU)
- Project B-T6 – Influence of sensory conditions on the hippocampal population code for space. Kay Thurley (LMU), Christian Leibold (LMU), and Anton Sirota (LMU)
- Project B-T7 – Neuronal activation of striking patterns in arboreal snakes. Patrick van der Smagt (VW), Tobias Kohl (TUM), and Hans Straka (LMU)
Technical Applications
- Project C1 – Direct approach to study temporal processing in the auditory system: electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve in cochlear implant patients. Werner Hemmert (TUM), Lutz Wiegrebe (LMU), and Bernhard U Seeber (TUM)
- Project C2 – Novel coding strategies for cochlear implants: from fine time structures to sparse neural representations. Ingeborg Hochmair (MED-EL), Lutz Wiegrebe(LMU), Werner Hemmert (TUM), and Bernhard U Seeber (TUM)
- Project C3 – Optic Flow Decoding - Circuit Analysis in the Fly and Implementation on a Robofly. Jörg Conradt (TUM), Martin Buss (TUM), and Alexander Borst (MPI)
- Project C4 – How Neuronal Representations of Space-Time Lead to Action. J Leo van Hemmen (TUM) and Gordon Cheng (TUM)
- Project C5 – Auditory scene analysis in normal hearing listeners and users of cochlear implants. Bernhard U Seeber (TUM) and Werner Hemmert (TUM)
- Project C-T1 – Sensor Fusion in Cortical Circuits: Modeling and Behavioral Experiments in Man and Machine. Jörg Conradt (TUM) and Stefan Glasauer (LMU)
- Project C-T2 – Coding of interaural time differences in electrically evoked responses. Thomas Stark (TUM), Werner Hemmert (TUM), and Benedikt Grothe (LMU)
- Project C-T3 – Motor Control and Timing in the Cerebellum: Spatio-Temporal Integration in Complex Neuronal Networks. Jörg Conradt (TUM), Florian Röhrbein (TUM), and Christoph Richter (TUM)
Clinical Translation
- Project D1 – The effect of aging on basic aspects of spatial orientation and navigation. Stefan Glasauer (LMU) and Thomas Brandt (LMU)
- Project D2 – Visual-vestibular and visuo-visual cortical interaction. Thomas Brandt (LMU), J Leo van Hemmen (TUM), and Stefan Glasauer (LMU)
- Project D3 – Cognition and Neural Plasticity. Anton Sirota (LMU)
- Project D-T1 – Efficient coding in the vestibular system. Stefan Glasauer (LMU), Paul MacNeilage (LMU), and Martin Kleinsteuber (TUM)
