German Research Foundation (DFG) Annual Report 2025 Highlight (July 2026)
(Image: Dr. Abhi Kulkarni) Our team effort, the research consortium RobustCircuit is proud to be highlighted in the annual report of the German Research Foundation 2025 as the only FOR/SFB…
German ‘Tagesspiegel’ article about our science by Prof. Ulrich Pätzold (May 2026)
The renowned journalism professor Ulrich Pätzold enrolled as a student of biology at our university - and shared his experiences with a remarkable article about our lab. Unfortunately, it is…
PhD Isa Daumann – Congrats! (April 2026)
Successfully defended on April 24, 2026 - congrats & all the best for your postdoc in Freiburg!
Humboldt Award Ceremony with German Federal Minister for Research (Mar. 2026)
We are proud to host the Humboldt research awardee Bassem Hassan, who received his award together with the Hiesinger Lab as host, from the German Federal Minster for Research, Technology…
New research article on retinotopic brain wiring in Current Biology (Feb. 2026)
Check out the paper here and our video abstract shown in this post! https://youtu.be/zhZPwjeLHVQ
Grant Award (Jan. 2026): DFG Walter-Benjamin Postdoctoral Fellowship for Jakob Rentsch
Congratulations to Dr. Jakob Rentsch for securing independent postdoctoral funding through the German Research Foundation Walter Benjamin Program! Jakob's project is entitled 'Live imaging of adhesion-dependent axonal branch competition in…
2026 Humboldt Award for Bassem Hassan, hosted by the Hiesinger lab
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has awarded the prestigious Humboldt Research Award to our close long-term collaborator and RobustCircuit co-PI Bassem Hassan to be hosted at the Hiesinger Lab in…
Consortium Grant Award (Dec. 2025): Research Unit FOR5289 ‘RobustCircuit’ approved for funding period 2026-2030
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a second funding period for the Research Consortium ‘RobustCircuit’ (FOR5289). All PIs were retained from the first funding period with new projects based…