Discipline: Neuroscience

Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness

Despite decades of scientific research and centuries of philosophical analysis, consciousness remains one of the greatest scientific challenges of our time. What is consciousness and which brain mechanisms shape the unique sense of self, implicit in…

DIS Summer Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness

Research Assistant: Neurometabolism in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Blanca Aldana’s laboratory (NeuroMet) focuses on the study of brain energy and neurotransmitter metabolism and its impact on neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia. Presently, the investigations in NeuroMet take advantage of diverse…

DIS Summer Research Assistant - Nerumetabolism in Nerudegenerative Diseases

Microbrains Lab: Modeling Neurodegeneration

In our aging society, more and more people suffer from neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Decades of research have focused on mouse models, but all drug candidates that have successfully treated AD in mice…

DIS Summer Microbrains lab

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

The complex cellular and molecular organization of the brain drives a variety of physiological and cognitive functions. In this course, we explore gene expression and protein distribution on the level of organ, brain region, and cell.…

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Neuroscience of Emotion

How do we understand the interplay of human emotions and their neural networks? This course applies findings from the interdisciplinary field of neuroscience and the psychological study of cognition, emotion, and personality. Basic, complex, and social…

Affective Neuroscience: Emotions, Cognition, and Behavior

Social Brain: Neuropsychology of Social Behaviors

The goal of this course is to explore the neural basis of human social interaction. We study how social psychology and neuroscience inform our understanding of social behavior, with each discipline offering a unique and complementary…