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Research Colloquium

Our colloquium takes place every Thursday during the lecture period from 2:15 to 3:45 pm. All guests are welcome! The event is hybrid and can be attend either in person in IB 6/127 or digitally via the following zoom link:

https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom.us/j/99038888420?pwd=c1d0blhPWE5ldWZTMW1haTJzUlg4Zz09
Meeting ID: 990 3888 8420
Password: 069762

Short-term changes of the schedule are possible and will be announced here. Alina Steinemer (alina.steinemer@rub.de) is the contact person for all related inquires.​​​​​


Summer term 2026

  • 16.04. 2026 - Mats Dombrowe, M.Sc. - Neuropsychology, Ruhr University Bochum
    Louvain dataset
     
  • 24.04.2026 - Predictive Brain Department presents: Prof. Dr. Barbara Tversky - Stanford University & Columbia Teachers College
    Mind in Motion - How the brain uses space and action to build abstract thought, language, and the cognitive tools that extend the mind
    As this talk is organized by the Predictive Brain Department, more information and access details can be found here.
     
  • 30.04.2026 - Obed Apochi, M.Sc. - Neuropsychology, Ruhr University Bochum
    TBA
     
  • 07.05.2026 - Prof. Dr. Dr. Cornelia McCormick - University Hospital Bonn
    The neural construction of imagery-rich mental events
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  • 14.05.2026 - PUBLIC HOLIDAY - NO COLLOQUIUM
     
  • 21.05.2026 - Lara Bräuchle, M.Sc., Lisa Leis, Dr. Antoine Bouyeure - Predictive Brain, Neuropsychology, Ruhr University Bochum
    TBA
    Please note: The colloquium will take place in MB 7/159 and online: https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/j/68193768258?pwd=PIr8naXEpVt1aXGLUY9g0MSFpjPyg2.1
     
  • 28.05.2026 - Javier Schneider, M.Sc. - Neuropsychology, Ruhr University Bochum
    Multimodal signatures of cross-disorder polygenic risk and structural connectivity are linked to negative affectivity
     
  • 04.06.2026 - PUBLIC HOLIDAY - NO COLLOQUIUM
     
  • 11.06.2026 - Alicja Wicher, M.Sc. - Neuropsychology, Ruhr University Bochum
    Neural signatures of shameful autobiographical memories
    Please note: The colloquium will take place at 10 am.
     
  • 18.06.2026 - Yaohong Wei, B.Sc. - Neuropsychology, Ruhr University Bochum
    Multimodal data on emotional memory
    Please note: The colloquium will take place at 10 am (online-only).
     
  • 25.06.2026 - George Jacob, M.Sc. - Neuropsychology, Ruhr University Bochum
    Human single unit/LFP data on extinction learning
     
  • 02.07.2026 - Varnan Chandreswaran. M.Sc. - Neuropsychology, Ruhr University Bochum
    Understanding navigation to prevent Alzheimer's disease
     
  • 09.07.2026 - Dr. Carlos Gomes - Neuropsychology, Ruhr University Bochum
    TBA
     
  • 16.07.2026
    TBA
     
  • 23.07.2026
    TBA

Past colloquia

  • 23.10.2025 - Obed Apochi, M.Sc. - Neuropsychology, Ruhr University Bochum
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  • 30.10.2025 - Prof. Dr. Jessica Peter - University Bern, Switzerland
    Developing non-pharmacological interventions to improve episodic memory
     
  • 06.11.2025 - Javier Schneider Penate, M.Sc. - Neuropsychology, Ruhr University Bochum
    Update: Cross-disorder polygenic risk, structural connectivity, and psychopathology
     
  • 13.11.2025 - Dr. Wei Liu - Central China Normal University, Wuhan
    Unpublished project: a novel behavioral paradigm to study grid-like representation in human brains
    IMPORTANT NOTICE: Room changed to IA 1/87
     
  • [CANCELLED] 20.11.2025 - PD Dr. Dr. Cornelia McCormick - University Hospital Bonn
    The neural construction of imagery-rich mental events
     
  • 27.11.2025 - Dr. Carlos Gomes - Neuropsychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
    APOE effects on memory consolidation and brain connectivity during sleep in a simultaneous EEG-fMRI study
     
  • 04.12.2025 - SFB 1280 PRESENTS: Prof. Dr. Tómas Ryan - Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
    Information Storage in Memory Engrams
     
  • 11.12.2025 - Dr. Charline Peylo - University of Zurich, Switzerland
     
  • 18.12.2025 - Varnan Chandreswaran, M.Sc. - Neuropsychology, Ruhr University Bochum
     
  • 08.01.2026 - Mats Dombrowe, M.Sc. - Neuropsychology, Ruhr University Bochum
    Association between Tau Pathology and Performance in a Spatial Navigation Task
     
  • 15.01.2026 - Dr. Manuela Costa - Universidad Politécnica, Madrid, Spain
     
  • 22.01.2026 - Lydia Brundisch, M.Sc. - Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
     
  • 29.01.2026 - BOOK CLUB
    Please read (or at least browse) chapters 1 and 2: https://gershmanlab.com/textbook.html and bring lots of question to the colloquium. This will not be a standard talk but instead we will engage in a discussion about the book chapters.
     
  • 05.02.2026 - Dr. Zita Patai - Neuropsychology, Ruhr University Bochum