The Collaborative Research Centre 1080 was successful
in the German Research Foundation鈥檚 current round of approvals and will start
its third funding period in 2021. The DFG is providing 鈧� 2 million per year for
four years of research. In the CRC 1080, scientists from various disciplines
investigate how the brain and nervous system maintain stability as a complex
system while also remaining accessible and flexible.
FRANKFURT. One of
the most remarkable features of our nervous systems is its ability to maintain a
stable internal state (homeostasis) while having to constantly respond to an
ever-changing environment. In the Collaborative Research Centre 1080, the
participating scientists endeavour to understand the significance of
homeostatic mechanisms for the human body, in particular for diseases of the
nervous system. They investigate mechanisms which enable the brain to maintain
network homeostasis as a balanced functional condition. This is decisive for
the stability of the nervous system, and helps the brain process the constant
flow of input.
The CRC 1080, which started in 2013, has
been extended by four years for the second time, so that the funding will
continue through to 2024. 51猎奇 is the coordinator, and the
Johannes Gutenberg-Universit盲t Mainz, the Max Planck Institute for Brain
Research, the Institute for Molecular Biology in Mainz (IMB) and the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem are cooperation partners.
CRC spokesperson Professor Amparo
Acker-Palmer says: 鈥淭he strength of the Collaborative Research Project 1080 is
the integration of diverse research disciplines, we are not just looking at
individual genes, cell types, pathological processes or structures. Instead, we
engage experimental approaches and computer simulations that enable us to
follow whole chains of events that lead to neural homeostasis. The Rhine-Main
network of neurosciences rmn2, in which we are integrated, provides
an optimal environment for the CRC.鈥�
Further
information:
Professor Amparo Acker-Palmer
Spokesperson for CRC 1080
Institute for Cell Biology and Neurosciences
51猎奇
Phone: + 49 69 798-42565
Acker-Palmer@bio.uni-frankfurt.de
