RTG Emotional Learning and Memory

@rtg2753.bsky.social

Research training group "Emotional learning and memory" at the University of Hamburg, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf and the Donders Institute, funded by the DFG. / Imprint: http://grk2753.uni-hamburg.de/imprint

Congratulations to Dr. Antonia Lilja on the successful defense of her dissertation "What Matters Most: Selective Memory Enhancement Surrounding Acute Stress"! In Finnish fashion, she is now the proud owner of a miniature PhD sword. Dr. Lilja is officially armed for the next chapter ⚔️

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📄New publication from Kai Schüren et al. shows that acute stress impairs memory integration by reducing hippocampal reactivation during new learning. With Broad implications for educational, legal & clinical settings. 🔗https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea5496 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Stress disrupts hippocampal integration of overlapping events and memory inference in humans

Stress disrupts inference by reducing hippocampal reactivation of related content and differentiating overlapping events.

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Our lab is eager to host a post-doc researcher via the Humboldt Research Fellowship! ​If you’re interested in collaborating and applying together, please reach out to us directly: lars.schwabe@uni-hamburg.de ​Details: www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/spo...

Humboldt Research Fellowship

Through the Humboldt Research Fellowship, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation sponsors researchers with above-average qualifications from across the globe.

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🔬We’re excited to share that our work is forthcoming in Science Advances! Schueren, K. A., Varga, N. L., Heinbockel, H., Preston, A. R., Roozendall, B., & Schwabe, L. (in press). Stress disrupts hippocampal integration of overlapping events and memory inference in humans. Science Advances

💡We are delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Marcella Lydia Woud, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, for a talk within our Lecture Series: 📆⏰: 7th of January 2026, 16:00 – 17:30 Title: “Assessing and Modifying Biased Cognitive Processing in Emotional Disorders” Venue: Lecture Hall R4, Von-Melle-Park 11

💡🧠 Our last Lecture Series Talk for this year is coming up: Prof. Raffael Kalisch, Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research, Mainz, will speak on “Neurobiological mechanisms of fear extinction learning and memory” 📆⏰: 03.12.2025, 16:00 – 17:30 @ Lecture Hall R4, Von-Melle-Park 11

Settled near the beautiful Ratzeburg at the lakeside at Hotel "Der Seehof", we had 2.5 days packed with exciting talks by our external guests, ⚡ talks and poster presentations 📉📊 by the PhD students, a special interest event and a fun team activity in the framework of the 3rd RTG Summer School.

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🌱📢 Second cohort of PhD students and postdocs is starting in our RTG tomorrow. We are delighted meet this international group of excellent young researchers and have got a lot in store for them! An overlap between the cohorts will allow our new group to benefit from the transfer of knowledge 🎓

Our PhD student @kimsobania.bsky.social won the 1st poster prize for her work within the RTG project at the European Meeting of Human Fear Conditioning. Great achievement, congratulations!! 👏🎊

Anja Riesel@anjariesel.bsky.social · last yr.

🌟 YAY! Congratulations to @kimsobania.bsky.social for winning the poster price for her work on fear and safety learning in OCD, at-risk participants and healthy controls at the European Meeting of Human Fear Conditioning. Funded by @rtg2753.bsky.social at @uni-hamburg.de, #emhfc2025 🌟