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About us

Our Mission

CoBIC is a brain research center specialized in neuroimaging, where state-of-the-art research infrastructure, scientific excellence, and a constructive, respectful collaborative environment create optimal conditions for interdisciplinary research.

The close collaboration between basic science institutes and Frankfurt University Medical Center provides researchers with a dynamic environment for innovative research projects.

The shared goal of researchers at CoBIC is to better understand how the brain works. CoBIC’s research focuses on, among other things, the cerebral foundations of language, memory, information processing, and music. Our translational projects enhance our understanding of neurological and psychiatric disorders. To this end, we integrate the latest findings from imaging research into clinical practice so that patients can benefit from innovations as quickly as possible. In collaboration with a wide range of other neuroscientific subdisciplines, we are also engaged in basic science, which not only yields new insights but can also help improve care for future generations of patients.

We are working hard to make a meaningful contribution to scientific progress and the application of our findings. We do this in the belief that this is best achieved when people collaborate with a critical eye toward the content and a spirit of trust toward one another, working together to create something extraordinary. This philosophy is reflected in our name: Cooperative Brain Imaging.

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Organization

Scientists at CoBIC are organized in RESEARCH GROUPS. The leaders of these research groups together form the CoBIC Assembly, which coordinates research projects and joint activities. The CoBIC Board of Directors decides on overarching issues of scientific collaboration and administration.

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Board of Directors

Administration and Academic Supervision

Prof. Dr. Christian Kell Chair and Head of Core Structure Translation
Prof. Dr. Ralf Deichmann Head of Core Structure 3T MRI
Prof. Dr. Dimo Ivanov Head of Core Structure 7T MRI
Prof. Dr. Georgios Michalareas Head of Core Structure MEG 
Prof. Dr. Daniela Sammler Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
Prof. Dr. Fredrik Ullen Director at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
Prof. Dr. Lothar Willmitzer Director at the Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) of the Max Planck Society

Administrative Coordination

Natascha van Alphen, M. Sc.
+49(0)69 6301-95660
administrationcobic.de