Anna and Ibrahim are interested in the effects of maternal separation on both, pups and dams.

Anna & Ibrahim

They are going to present their newest findings at the 14th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry in Vancouver, Canada. If you are interested in their research, come talk to them at their posters Early life stress – the course of its consequences over development (Anna) and The maternal side on mediating effects of early life stress (Ibrahim) at the ‘Childhood & adolescent disorders’ session on June 03rd.

Prof. Dr. Nina Patzke

We had the great pleasure to welcome Prof. Dr. Nina Patzke from the Hokkaido University Japan at our lab. She is investigating the evolution of the brain across many different mammalian species. Here in Bochum, she was giving an interesting talk about new insight on cetacean (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) brain neuroanatomy, that may help to clarify our understanding of the evolution of large brains. Besides the size and shape of the brain, she is very interested in structural analysis revealing e.g. neuron densities of specific areas or the general representation of areas in the brain.  Thanks a lot, Nina for all the interesting discussions and the insightful talk! More info about her research can be found here.