About us
The JARA Institute "Brain structure function relationships: Decoding the human brain at systemic levels" (JARA-BRAIN Institute [JBI] 1) is a joint institute of RWTH Aachen University and Forschungszentrum Jülich within the Jülich Aachen Research Alliance (JARA). On the Jülich side, it is a division of the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, and on the Aachen side, it is an institute of the Medical Faculty without tasks in patient care. The aim of the institute is translational brain research, especially with the method of computational neuroscience. In particular, it is intended to develop a consistent, cross-scale model of brain function and dysfunction from the level of the individual neuron to the whole brain. To this end, unified protocols will be developed at all scales. The goal is to better understand function and dysfunction in mentally ill patients and to derive and test biologically valid models of neuropsychiatric diseases in the institute and to offer these in perspective as a starting point for diagnostic measures as well as therapeutic innovations.
The JARA-BRAIN Institute (JBI) 1 is managed in Aachen and at Forschungszentrum Jülich by the same board of directors, which currently consists of the JARA professors:
Executive Director
Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. soc. Ute Habel
Deputy Executive Director
Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Markus Diesmann
Director
Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Sonja Grün
General Manager
Dr. rer. medic. Volker Backes
Workgroups
JBI 1 / INM 10 has two working groups in addition to the directors' working groups:
Head: Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dirk Feldmeyer
Head: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Björn Kampa
Until 2022 the INM 10 also had the following working group
Structure of functional cortical units
Head: Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Joachim Lübke, retired