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-A3), we aim to advance and closely connect experimental neuroscience (Projects B1-B5, B-T1), engineering (Projects C1-C5, C-T1) and translational research to medicine  (Projects D1-D2).

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)

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)

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), Martin Buss (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)

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)