The conference "New appointees and neurosensory science - getting to know each other and impulses for professional cooperation" took place in mid-January / Basis laidfor new research initiatives
The Research Centre Neurosensory Science (FZN) is pleased about the increase in its membership: 54 scientists from 32 different research groups at the University of Oldenburg are currently members of the FZN. The university Research Centre Neurosensory Science serves to promote basic and application-oriented interdisciplinary research in the field of neurosensory science and to support young scientists. It pools research activities in hearing and vision research in Oldenburg and its external partners and further develops Oldenburg's research activities in promising areas.
The professors appointed as part of the European Medical School (EMS) with a connection to the FZN have been newly included. These include Prof. Dr Sabine Aisenbrey, Director of the University Clinic for Ophthalmology at Pius Hospital Oldenburg and Professor of Ophthalmology, Prof. Dr Hubert Löwenheim, Director of the Clinic for Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine at the Evangelical Hospital Oldenburg and Professor of Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine, Prof. Dr Jörg Lücke, Professor of Ophthalmology at the University Clinic for Ophthalmology at Pius Hospital Oldenburg and Professor of Ophthalmology at the Evangelical Hospital Oldenburg. Dr Jörg Lücke, Professor of Machine Learning, Prof. Dr John Neidhardt, Professor of Human Genetics and Prof. Dr Alexandra Philipsen, Clinic Director of the Karl Jaspers Clinic and Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy are the new members of the research centre. They will strengthen the neurosensory focus in medical research and teaching within the EMS.
The Director of the FZN, Prof. Dr Georg Klump, welcomed the newly appointed colleagues at the conference "Newly appointed researchers and neurosensory science - getting to know each other and impulses for professional cooperation" in mid-January at the Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK), where they presented their research focus. Ideas for new joint projects in the field of neurosensory science were developed both in the plenary session and during the discussions in smaller groups during and after the official programme. The task now is to deepen and implement these ideas. "By bridging the gap between clinical research and basic research at the FZN, a good basis for new coordinated research initiatives has been laid," says Klump. "This will enable neurosensory science to fulfil its role as one of the key focal points in the process of developing the European Medical School."