JUST PUBLISHED IN PRINT (February, 2026):
Lidia Bakota and Roland Brandt (2025) Towards mechanism-based tau-targeted therapies. Neural Regen. Res. 21:687-688.

RECENT PREPRINT:
Bonato F, París-Ogáyar R, Soliman A, Fernandez-Blanco, Álvarez-Bernad B, Giménez-Abian J, Lucena-Agell D, Hortigüela R, Estévez-Gallego J, Fang W-S, Ondruskova D, Palomo V, Gago F, Braun M, Lansky Z, Díaz JF, Brandt R, Passarella D, Oliva MA: Dissecting structural and functional determinants of microtubule stabilization through guided chemical modulation. (bioRxiv)
  
  
PUBLIC OUTREACH:
The Department of Neurobiology participates in the "Forschungsbörse" of the Ministry of Science and Education (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF).
University-school partnership "Neurobiologie macht Schule": School visits at the Gymnasium Georgianum in Vreden (19.01.2026) and the Gymnasium Martinum in Emsdetten (2.02.2026).



In 2002, a new Department of Neurobiology was installed on a lab space of about 200 square meters and a functional space of additional 100 square meters in the Institute of Biology at the University of Osnabrück. The Department belongs to the School of Biology/Chemistry and is associated with the Institute of Cognitive Science. The research of the Department focusses on the mechanisms of neural development and degeneration on the molecular, cellular and systemic level (Research Mission). Techniques include S1 and S2 cell and organotypic culture (including gene transfer with Sindbis and Lentivirus), laser scanning microscopy and quantitative image analysis, electrophysiology (extracellular recordings using microelectrode arrays), and breeding, genotyping and characterization of transgenic mouse lines. Teaching involves participation in the Bachelor program "Biologie", the Bachelor program "Cognitive Sciences", the Master program "Biologie/Biology - from Molecules to Organisms" and the Master program "Nanosciences - Materials, Molecules and Cells". The Department consists of three research groups (AG Bakota, AG Brandt and AG Jeserich (retired)). Every two years, members of the Department organize the Westerberger Herbsttagung. The Department is part of the Center of Cellular Nanoanalytics Osnabrück (CellNanOs).  



Seminar room Neurobiology (room 36-334)

Date	Speaker and Title
Tuesday, January 27, 11 am	Yearly Safety Instructions: General lab safety, Biological safety (W. Hamann, R. Brandt)
Tuesday, February 17, 11 am	Meeting report: American Society for Cell Biology, Philadelphia (L. Singh); Society for Neuroscience, San Diego (L. Bakota, R. Brandt)
Tuesday, March 31, 11 am	Introduction to applied statistics
Tuesday, April 28, 11 am	Selected aspects of "good scientific practice" (R. Brandt)

Attendance is mandatory for bachelor, master, doctoral and postdoctoral members of the Department and open to everybody.
Seminar language is English