Organizers:

• Prof. Sandra Blaess: Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, University of Bonn Medical Center
• Prof. Christian Henneberger: Institute of Cellular Neurosciences, University of Bonn Medical Center
• Dr. Martin K. Schwarz: Institute of Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research, University of Bonn Medical Center

Coordinators:

• Paunica Giesler, Central Office BIGS Neuroscience
• Nicole Schönfelder, Institute of Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research, University of Bonn Medical Center

Main speakers:

• Benedikt Berninger, King’s College, London, UK

• Josef Bischofberger, University of Basel, Switzerland

• Oliver Brüstle, University of Bonn, Germany

• Liset M. de la Prida, Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain

• Natalia de Marco Garcia, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, USA

• Ingrid Ehrlich, Hertie Institute, Tübingen, Germany

• Rainer W. Friedrich, Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland

• Valéry Grinevich, Heidelberg University, Germany

• Laurent Groc, University of Bordeaux, France

• Ilona Grunwald Kadow, Technical University of Munich, Germany

• Simon Hippenmeyer, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria

• Julia Kaltschmidt, Stanford University, USA

• Maarten H. P. Kole, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

• Jill Leutgeb, University of California – San Diego, USA

• Troy Margrie*, Sainsbury Wellcome Center, London, UK

• U. Valentin Nägerl, University of Bordeaux, France

• Pavel Osten, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA

• Thomas J. Papouin, Washington University, St. Louis, USA

• Beatriz Rico, King’s College, London, UK

• Anton Sirota, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany

• Andrea Volterra*, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

• Ofer Yizhar, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel

(* Keynote speaker)

Award winners:

PhD Student & PostDoc Poster Prize (sponsored by Zeiss & BIGS Neuroscience)

• Kirsten Bohmbach, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany: “Endocannabinoid Control of NMDAR-dependent Supra-linear Dendritic Integration via Co-agonist Supply“
• Björn Breithausen, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany: “The Impact of Acute Astroglial Uncoupling on Hippocampal Potassium Buffering“
• Alberto Perez-Alvarez, University Medical Center Hamburg – Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany: “SynTagMA: a new optogenetic tool to map active synapses“

(all winning posters recieved equal votes)

BonnBrain³ Art Competition Prize (sponsored by Nikon)

• Eleonora Ambrad, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn, Germany & Bastian David, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany: “The treachery of silicon“

Partners / Sponsors:

• Bonn Center of Neuroscience (bcn)
• Bonn International Graduate School of Neuroscience (BIGS Neuroscience)
• center of advanced european studies and research (caesar)
• Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen / German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
• Life & Medical Sciences Institute (LIMES)
• Neursosciences MSc
• Nikon Corporation
• Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn / University of Bonn
• SFB 1089
• Universitätsklinikum Bonn / University of Bonn Medical Center
• Carl Zeiss AG