Berlin Brains - Evolution of the human brain

In the course of evolution, human brains became more and more cognitively efficient. What genetic changes led to it? And how do you test whether a genetic change changes cognitive abilities? Katja Nowick and Jeong-Eun Lee explain how their working group uses bioinformatic methods to identify human-specific gene sequences that are relevant for the evolution of our brain. And they report on how they test such gene sequences for their function.

Event in German

Prof. Dr. Katja Nowick, Freie Universität Berlin

Jeong-Eun Lee, Freie Universität Berlin

Moderation: Dr. Jochen Müller

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The 7th "season" of this successful collaboration between Charité and Urania will be presented jointly in 2022 by: Einstein Center for Neurosciences, NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Collaborative Research Center 1315 ( SFB1315),  Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin (BCCN).