Junior Research Groups at the University Medical Center Göttingen

By establishing junior research groups, outstanding young scientists are given the opportunity to independently conduct their own research projects and to establish a research group. The leadership of a junior research group supports the scientists in their early qualification for leading research positions.
At the University Medical Center Göttingen, junior research groups are characterized by a separate, well -defined funding of a research program which the junior research group leaders have usually received in a competitive procedure involving external evaluation.
The following junior research groups are currently being funded at the University Medical Center Göttingen:
Carter, Brett: Synaptic Physiology and Plasticity
Project: NovelNMDA - Novel NMDA receptor signaling in cortical synaptic depression
Duration: 02/2019-01/2024
Grant: EU, ERC Starting Grant
Department: European Neuroscience Institute (ENI)
Links: Website ENI - Synaptic Physiology and Plasticity
Clemens, Jan: Neural Computation and Behavior
Project: Neuronale Grundlagen der akustischen Kommunikation in Drosophila
Duration: 10/2017-09/2020 – 09/2022
Grant: DFG, Emmy Noether-Nachwuchsgruppe
Department: European Neuroscience Institute (ENI)
Project: NeuSoSen - Neural Computations Underlying Social Behavior in Complex Sensory Environments
Duration: 02/2020-01/2025
Grant: EU, ERC Starting Grant
Department: European Neuroscience Institute (ENI)
Friedrich, Sarah: Computational Statistics
Duration: 08/2019-07/2027
Grant: BMBF - Bund-Länder-Programm zur Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses - Tenure Track Programm
Department: Institut für Medizinische Statistik
Links: http://www.ams.med.uni-goettingen.de/sfriedrich-de.shtml
Goya-Maldonado, Roberto: PreNeSt - Untersuchung von Hirnnetzwerken durch nicht-invasive transkraniale Magnetstimulation zur Therapieoptimierung bei affektiven Störungen
Duration: 04/2016-03/2021
Grant: BMBF, e:Med Nachwuchsgruppe
Department: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
Links: Website e:Med Nachwuchsgruppe PreNeSt
Heßmann, Elisabeth: Molekulare Mechanismen der Entstehung und Progression des Pankreaskarzinoms
Duration: 09/2016-08/2020
Grant: Niedersächsisches Vorab
Department: Klinik für Gastroenterologie und gastrointestinale Onkologie
Links: Website AG Heßmann
Jeschke, Marcus: Kognitives Hören der Primaten
Project: Establish a Junior Research Group „Cognitive hearing in primates“
Duration: 06/2018–05/2022
Grant: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH, Industrieförderung
Department: Institut für Auditorische Neurowissenschaften
Links: Website AG Jeschke
Koch, Raphael: Entwicklung neuer Therapiestrategien für periphere T-Zell Lymphome
Duration: 12/2019–11/2023
Grant: Deutsche Krebshilfe, Max-Eder-Nachwuchsgruppe
Department: Klinik für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie
Links: Website AG Koch
Milosevic, Ira: Synaptic Vesicle Dynamics
Department: European Neuroscience Institute (ENI)
Links: Website ENI - Synaptic Vesicle Dynamics
Neeße, Albrecht: Tumor associated macrophages (TAM) induced epigenetic mechanisms of drug resistance in pancreatic cancer
Duration: 07/2018–07/2021
Grant: Deutsche Krebshilfe Stiftung, Max-Eder-Nachwuchsgruppe
Department: Klinik für Gastroenterologie und Gastrointestinale Onkologie
Links:Website AG Neeße
Pooresmaeili, Arezoo: Perception and Cognition
Project: RewardedPerception - Functional circuits mediating the effects of reward value on perception within and across sensory modalities
Duration: 02/2017–01/2022
Grant: EU, ERC Starting Grant
Department: European Neuroscience Institute (ENI)
Links: Website ENI - Perception and Cognition
Richter-Dennerlein, Ricarda: Assemblierung des mitochondrialen Ribosoms in Säugern
Duration: 04/2016–03/2021
Grant: DFG, Emmy Noether-Nachwuchsgruppe
Department: Institut für Zellbiochemie
Links: Website Institut für Zellbiochemie
Schwiedrzik, Caspar M.: Neural Circuits and Cognition
Project: VarPL - Specificity or generalization? Neural mechanisms for perceptual learning with variability
Duration: bewilligt: 06/2019-05/2022, in Aussicht: bis 05/2024
Grant: EU, ERC Starting Grant
Department: European Neuroscience Institute (ENI)
Project: Feedback als Weg nach vorn: sensorische Vorhersagen in der Gesichtsverarbeitungshierarchie von Primaten
Duration: 06/2019-05/2022
Grant: DFG, Emmy Noether-Nachwuchsgruppe
Department: European Neuroscience Institute (ENI)
Singh, Shiv K.: Regulation und therapeutisches Targeting der Zytokin-induzierten PIastizität und Resistenz im Pankreaskarzinom
Duration: 05/2018–04/2022
Grant: Deutsche Krebshilfe Stiftung, Max-Eder-Nachwuchsgruppe
Department: Klinik für Gastroenterologie und Gastrointestinale Onkologie
Links: Website AG Singh