Exploring Brain Mechanics
@ebmresearch.bsky.social
Official account of the Collaborative Research Center (CRC 1540) Exploring Brain 🧠 Mechanics funded by @dfgpublic.bsky.social
@fau.de
Charité Berlin
Universität Bonn
MPI Light
Homepage: https://www.crc1540-ebm.research.fau.eu/
@fau.de
Charité Berlin
Universität Bonn
MPI Light
Homepage: https://www.crc1540-ebm.research.fau.eu/
Join us for an interactive experience exploring how mechanics shapes the brain. Touch brain models, explore 3D scans, and brain sections!
Don't miss this chance to see neuromechanics in action!
More information here: nacht-der-wissenschaften.de/2025/faszina...
Don't miss this chance to see neuromechanics in action!
More information here: nacht-der-wissenschaften.de/2025/faszina...
October 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Join us for an interactive experience exploring how mechanics shapes the brain. Touch brain models, explore 3D scans, and brain sections!
Don't miss this chance to see neuromechanics in action!
More information here: nacht-der-wissenschaften.de/2025/faszina...
Don't miss this chance to see neuromechanics in action!
More information here: nacht-der-wissenschaften.de/2025/faszina...
☀️ On Sept 28, EBM members & families met at the Entlas-Keller in Erlangen. Sunshine, Franconian food, and good company made for a relaxed afternoon to reconnect after summer and recharge before the busy months ahead. Thanks to all who came by! 🍻
October 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
☀️ On Sept 28, EBM members & families met at the Entlas-Keller in Erlangen. Sunshine, Franconian food, and good company made for a relaxed afternoon to reconnect after summer and recharge before the busy months ahead. Thanks to all who came by! 🍻
💻 Mathar Kravikass (C01) showed a model of how neurons interact with different extracellular matrix environments, offering insights into network development.
📸 Stefan Rampp
📸 Stefan Rampp
September 29, 2025 at 3:59 AM
💻 Mathar Kravikass (C01) showed a model of how neurons interact with different extracellular matrix environments, offering insights into network development.
📸 Stefan Rampp
📸 Stefan Rampp
From left to right: Aldo R. Boccaccini, Prof. Nicholas Dunne (President of the ESB), and Prof. Maria Pau Ginebra (Chair of the ESB Awards Committee). (Copyright: European Society for Biomaterials, ESB)
www.crc1540-ebm.research.fau.eu/2025/09/10/p...
www.crc1540-ebm.research.fau.eu/2025/09/10/p...
September 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
From left to right: Aldo R. Boccaccini, Prof. Nicholas Dunne (President of the ESB), and Prof. Maria Pau Ginebra (Chair of the ESB Awards Committee). (Copyright: European Society for Biomaterials, ESB)
www.crc1540-ebm.research.fau.eu/2025/09/10/p...
www.crc1540-ebm.research.fau.eu/2025/09/10/p...
Using our recently developed "Mean Zero Artificial Diffusion" approach, we have successfully captured the behavior of aggregate formation and obtained an equilibrium state consistent with experimental observations.
September 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Using our recently developed "Mean Zero Artificial Diffusion" approach, we have successfully captured the behavior of aggregate formation and obtained an equilibrium state consistent with experimental observations.
Collaborative work involving several projects in the consortium has already established the composition of the extracellular matrix as a determinant of the mechanical properties of spinal cord lesions.
September 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Collaborative work involving several projects in the consortium has already established the composition of the extracellular matrix as a determinant of the mechanical properties of spinal cord lesions.
We want to find out how astrocytes sense mechanical changes of spinal cord tissue and how this influences disease progression in this mouse model of MS.
August 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We want to find out how astrocytes sense mechanical changes of spinal cord tissue and how this influences disease progression in this mouse model of MS.
This is achieved through the combined application of Brillouin microscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM)-enabled indentation measurements.
August 25, 2025 at 5:14 AM
This is achieved through the combined application of Brillouin microscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM)-enabled indentation measurements.
B02 focuses on understanding the mechanical properties of the spinal cord in Xenopus laevis using advanced techniques such as atomic force microscopy (AFM) and Brillouin microscopy.
August 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
B02 focuses on understanding the mechanical properties of the spinal cord in Xenopus laevis using advanced techniques such as atomic force microscopy (AFM) and Brillouin microscopy.
Thereby, we addressed the long-standing problem of inconsistent mechanical responses when characterizing brain tissue with different experimental techniques. Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jm...
August 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Thereby, we addressed the long-standing problem of inconsistent mechanical responses when characterizing brain tissue with different experimental techniques. Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jm...
The microscopy image was created in collaboration with Nora John from the research group of Daniel Wehner (B05).
August 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The microscopy image was created in collaboration with Nora John from the research group of Daniel Wehner (B05).
In vivo model to study the mechanics of developmental brain disorders: Project A05 investigates how specific somatic mutations affect the mechanical properties of developing brain tissue.
July 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
In vivo model to study the mechanics of developmental brain disorders: Project A05 investigates how specific somatic mutations affect the mechanical properties of developing brain tissue.
Images by: Ezgi Ertere
July 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Images by: Ezgi Ertere
We look forward to welcoming researchers from across disciplines to engage in this exciting scientific event.
July 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
We look forward to welcoming researchers from across disciplines to engage in this exciting scientific event.
This image shows a 500 µm thick slice of a 35-day-old brain organoid derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells, embedded in low-gelling temperature agarose for AFM stiffness measurements.
July 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This image shows a 500 µm thick slice of a 35-day-old brain organoid derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells, embedded in low-gelling temperature agarose for AFM stiffness measurements.
Image by: Inga Borrmann
June 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Image by: Inga Borrmann
🙏 Thanks, UCT colleagues, for your hospitality & chats!
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#Mechanobiology #Zebrafish #CapeTown
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#Mechanobiology #Zebrafish #CapeTown
June 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🙏 Thanks, UCT colleagues, for your hospitality & chats!
More ➡️ go.fau.de/1bicd ✨
#Mechanobiology #Zebrafish #CapeTown
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#Mechanobiology #Zebrafish #CapeTown
🧠 Great discussions at the EBM (Post-)Doctoral Seminar on April 25 at MPZPM!
June 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM
🧠 Great discussions at the EBM (Post-)Doctoral Seminar on April 25 at MPZPM!
More info 👉 linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7330708454476615681/
Detailed report 👉 crc1540-ebm.research.fau.eu/2025/05/21/34295/
#Startups #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #Research #FAU #ZOLLHOF
Detailed report 👉 crc1540-ebm.research.fau.eu/2025/05/21/34295/
#Startups #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #Research #FAU #ZOLLHOF
May 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
More info 👉 linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7330708454476615681/
Detailed report 👉 crc1540-ebm.research.fau.eu/2025/05/21/34295/
#Startups #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #Research #FAU #ZOLLHOF
Detailed report 👉 crc1540-ebm.research.fau.eu/2025/05/21/34295/
#Startups #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #Research #FAU #ZOLLHOF
The event will bring together leading experts to discuss recent advances in brain mechanics,with opportunities for presentations,interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration.
🗓️Early bird registration until June 2, 2025
🔗Register now: go.fau.de/1bgdh
We welcome your participation and contributions
🗓️Early bird registration until June 2, 2025
🔗Register now: go.fau.de/1bgdh
We welcome your participation and contributions
May 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The event will bring together leading experts to discuss recent advances in brain mechanics,with opportunities for presentations,interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration.
🗓️Early bird registration until June 2, 2025
🔗Register now: go.fau.de/1bgdh
We welcome your participation and contributions
🗓️Early bird registration until June 2, 2025
🔗Register now: go.fau.de/1bgdh
We welcome your participation and contributions
Project A03 🧠🐸
Isolated Xenopus laevis neural plates cultured on hydrogels recapitulate early brain, CNS, and eye development. This system enables precise dissection of how mechanical cues modulate morphogenesis and cellular signaling in neurodevelopment. A powerful mechano-biology model. 🧠🐸
Isolated Xenopus laevis neural plates cultured on hydrogels recapitulate early brain, CNS, and eye development. This system enables precise dissection of how mechanical cues modulate morphogenesis and cellular signaling in neurodevelopment. A powerful mechano-biology model. 🧠🐸
May 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Project A03 🧠🐸
Isolated Xenopus laevis neural plates cultured on hydrogels recapitulate early brain, CNS, and eye development. This system enables precise dissection of how mechanical cues modulate morphogenesis and cellular signaling in neurodevelopment. A powerful mechano-biology model. 🧠🐸
Isolated Xenopus laevis neural plates cultured on hydrogels recapitulate early brain, CNS, and eye development. This system enables precise dissection of how mechanical cues modulate morphogenesis and cellular signaling in neurodevelopment. A powerful mechano-biology model. 🧠🐸
The MRI subproject of A02 investigates neuroimaging characteristics of brain malformations, such as focal cortical dysplasias. Among others, we explore their correlates with structural MRI, MRI postprocessing and diffusion-weighted imaging.
May 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The MRI subproject of A02 investigates neuroimaging characteristics of brain malformations, such as focal cortical dysplasias. Among others, we explore their correlates with structural MRI, MRI postprocessing and diffusion-weighted imaging.
