Welcome to the Otto Creutzfeldt Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience
The "Otto Creutzfeldt Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience (OCC) is an interdisciplinary research center within the range of the Life sciences, supported by renowned scientists from different working groups of the faculties of Medicine, Biology, Psychology and Sports science at the University of Münster.
The broad spectrum of research areas covers the neural basis of cognitive and social behavior, cognitive, perceptual, and motor processes, their plasticity, their dysfunction in depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, and distress, prenatal influences on physiology and behavior, and much more. All modern neuroimaging methods are employed as well as methods of behavior recording and analysis, molecular genetics, and neurophysiology.
The OCC offers a structured doctoral program as a cross-faculty education with a specialization in cognitive and behavioral neuroscience to outstanding graduates from the fields of Medicine, Psychology, Biology, Physics and related subjects.
In this respect students from Germany and abroad are welcome.
The final degree not only leads to the acquisition of the title „PhD/Dr. rer. nat.“, but also to a solid initial training in a field of research including interdisciplinary and national/international possibilities of cooperation, thus leading to an excellent basis for the further academic career.
News
OCC Retreat 2012 - Landhaus Rothenberge
February 2013
New member - Dr. Martin Mothes-Lasch (Institute of Medical Psychology and Systems Neuroscience)
January 2013
Pawan Bista has successfully finished the OCC PhD program and starts working as a post-doc at the Washington University in St. Louis, USA. Congratulations and best wishes for your future!
Dr. Julia Kürten (Institute of Medical Psychology and Systems Neuroscience) joined the OCC as a new member.
New student - Jasmin Remmes (Institute of Physiology I)
December 2012
New member - Dr. Matthias Bischoff (Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences)
November 2012
Member's General Meeting
Prof. Dr. Thomas Straube (Institute of Medical Psychology and Systems Neuroscience) joined the OCC as a new member.
New student - Denise Kohmann (Institute of Physiology I)
October 2012
The Hertie Foundation publishes an article about Otto Creutzfeldt. more
July 2012
Andreas Wilmer has successfully finished the OCC PhD program and starts working as a post-doc at the university of Osnabrück. Congratulations and best wishes for your future!
June 2012
Christian Steinberg has successfully finished the OCC PhD program. Congratulations and all the best for your future!
May 2012
New member - Dr. Sarah Weigelt (Institute of Psychology)
April 2012
New Alumni - Jan Wiltschut has successfully finished the OCC PhD program. Congratulations and best wishes for your future!
New PhD student - Alwina Stein (IBB)
OCC-Retreat - program
February 2012
New PhD student - Mari Hrkac (Institute of Psychology)
January 2012
Prof. Dr. Rainer Dziewas received the "Mertens-Award for innovative therapy-related research" WN 30.01.2012
New Graduate Speaker - Anja Kuchenbuch (IBB)
Dr. Axel Kohler (Institute of Psychology ) joined the OCC as a new member!
New PhD student - Christiane Ahlheim (Institute of Psychology)
December 2011
Ludger Elling has successfully finished the OCC PhD program. Congratulations and all the best for your future!
New Member - Prof. Dr. Ricarda Schubotz (Institute of Psychology ) joined the OCC
November 2011
Prof. Dr. Dr. Katharina Domschke received the "Ingrid-zu-Solms Science Award for Medicine" WN 18.11.2011
October 2011
OCC's 5th anniversary
Neuroscience Colloquium 2011/2012 - see PhD program for the latest update
New Member - Prof. Dr. Karen Zentgraf (Institute for Sport Science) joined the OCC
New Alumni - Stephanie Lürzel, Katharina Havermann and Fabian Schnier have successfully finished the OCC PhD program. Congratulations and best wishes for your future!
Upcoming Events
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OCC Retreat
22.04.13 - 23.04.13
Schloss Oberwerries, Hamm
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Neuroscience Colloquium SFB-TRR 58 & OCC
Lecture
Prof. Gal Richter-Levin
Stress modulation of plasticity - relevance to PTSD
10.04.13; 17:00 s.t.
Lecture Hall
Dep. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A9, 2. Etage, Raum 120074 -
Masterclass
Prof. Gal Richter-Levin
11.04.13; 10:00 -12:00
Inst. f. Physiology I
Robert-Koch-Str. 27a, room 403 -
Lecture
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Rune
Estrogen synthesis in the hippocampus: its role in males and females 26.06.13; 17:00 s.t.
Lecture Hall
Inst. f. Physiology I
Robert-Koch-Str. 27a -
Masterclass
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Rune
27.06.13; 10:00 -12:00
Inst. f. Physiology I
Robert-Koch-Str. 27a, room 403
