News – SynAGE

2024

November 2024 – We are very proud that our PhD student Larissa Fischer received a Fulbright scholarship and will sure have a successful research stay in the USA in 2025. Congrats!

November 2024 – We are very pleased that the DFG has approved the supplementary application to include Prof. Markus Rothermel in our research training group. From January 2025, Prof. Rothermel will conduct research on the topic of „Research into the hippocampus-prefrontal cortex-AON network for cognitive and sensory performance in healthy aging“.

November 2024 – With Gizem Keskin and Mariana Nunes two new PhD students joined SynAGE in the Stork lab. In addition, Ani Menon started his PhD journey at LIN. Welcome!

Oktober 2024 – Our new MD students have joined the research training group for the upcoming two semesters. We wish the candidates every success and of course fun in their research.

September 2024 – With Julija Semionova and Daniel Janko the first new PhD students of the third cohort have started their journey to a PhD. We are sure they will have an exciting time ahead!

August 2024 – We are happy to announce that our associated PhD student Jana Nebel has defended her thesis with success! Congratulations!

August 2024 – Our PhD student and winner of the SynAGE International Mentoring Fund 2024 Larissa Fischer had a very inspiring research stay at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA in the lab of Prof. Jonathan Peelle.

July 2024 – Our PhD student Akilashree Senthilnathan has been granted an ERASMUS traineeship. She will go to the USA for two month. Congratulations!

June 2024 – Our SynAGE Retreat & Alumni Meeting was a great success with more than a dozen elevator talks, just as many poster presentations, a guest lecture and three alumni lectures on Science & Career.

May 2024 – We are hiring 13 new PhD students!

May 2024 – We are happy to announce the inaugural lecture „Geistig fit bis ins hohe Alter? – Dem Gedächtnis auf der Spur mittels multimodaler Bildgebung des Gehirns“ (in German) of Dr. Anne Maass as Dorothea-Christiane-Erxleben-Guest-Professor

April 2024 – The Pint of Science Festival comes to Magdeburg! When you join, you can meet our PhD student Sara Lacalle as the local city coordinator as well as other SynAGE members (Gürsel Caliskan, Oliver Stork) giving faszinating talks!

April 2024 – We are happy that our PhD students Sara Lacalle and Allison Loaiza are part of the organizing committee of ENCODS 2024!

April 2024 – SynAGE International Mentoring Fund 2024 for female PhD/MD students has been awarded to Larissa Fischer. We wish her all the best!

March 2024 – Patrick Müller has joined SynAGE as a associated member. Welcome!