Recruitments

To strengthen the neuroscience community in Berlin, NeuroCure spent a large proportion of its budget on appointing new professors and establishing junior research groups during the Excellence Initiative (2007-2025). Long-term funding is provided by the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and our participating non-university institutions of the Helmholtz Society and Leibniz Association.

In the new funding period (2026–2032), the establishment of additional junior research groups is planned. You can find information on the current calls for applications at Career.

The newly established groups so far include:

New groups 2007–2025 | recruited through NeuroCure

Dr. rer. nat. Claudia Böhm (2023, Department for Psychiatry and Neurosciences I Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Britta Eickholt (2011, Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology I Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin).

Dr. Enric Esplugues (2009 I German Rheumatology Research Center, DRFZ).

Prof. Dr. Agnes Flöel (2010 I Neuroscience Clinical Research Center, NWFZ; 2013, Cognitive Neurology I Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Jörg Geiger (2009, Institute of Neurophysiology I Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Rosemarie Grantyn (2010, Institute for Neurophysiology I Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Anja Hauser (2012, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology I Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Christine Heim (2011, Institute of Medical Psychology I Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Peter Robin Hiesinger (2015, Institute of Biology I Freie Universität Berlin).

Dr. Hanna Hörnberg (2020 | Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, MDC).

Prof. Benjamin Judkewitz (2014, Neuroscience Research Center I Charité-Univeritätsmedizin Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Janine Kirstein (2013 I Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, FMP).

Prof. Dr. Ursula Koch (2012, Institute of Biology I Freie Universität Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Krahe (2017, Behavioral Physiology I Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Matthew Larkum (2011, Department of Biology I Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Seija Lehnardt (2009, Department of Neurology with Experimental Neurology I Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin).

Dr. Rachel Lippert (2020 | German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, DifE).

Dr. Noa Lipstein (2020 | Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, FMP).

Prof. Dr. Andreas Meisel (2009, Neuroscience Clinical Research Center, NCRC I Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Christian Meisel (2020, Department of Neurology with Experimental Neurology | Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin & BIH).

Prof. Dr. Marina Mikhaylova (2019, Department of Biology I Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Eva Neuhaus (2009, Neuroscience Research Center I Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Christian Otte (2011, Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences I Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Friedemann Paul (2008, Neuroscience Clinical Research Center, NCRC I Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Andrew Plested (2008 I Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, FMP).

Prof. Dr. James Poulet (2009 I Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, MDC).

Prof. Dr. Christian Rosenmund (2009, Institute for Neurophysiology I Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Björn Schroeder (2008 I Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, MDC).

Prof. Dr. Markus Schülke-Gerstenfeld (2008, Department of Pediatric Neurology I Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Sarah Shoichet (2010, Neuroscience Research Center, NWFZ I Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Stephan Sigrist (2009, Institute of Biology I Freie Universität Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Victor Tarabykin (2008, Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology I Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Imre Vida (2011, Institute of Integrative Neuroanatomy I Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin).

Dr. Silvia Viana da Silva (2020 I German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, DZNE).

Dr. Johannes Vierock (2022, Neuroscience Clinical Research Center, NWFZ I Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin).

Prof. Dr. York Winter (2009, Department of Biology I Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).

Prof. Dr. Ferah Yildirim (2014, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy I Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin).

Dr. Niccolò Zampieri (2014 I Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, MDC).