News

Thomas Stieglitz co-authors neural probe review in Nature Reviews Methods Primers. [more]

Study shows how electrical stimulation aids function recovery and rehabilitation in paralysis, stroke, and limb loss. [more]

Is the 5% strain threshold truly the safety limit before brain tissue damage occurs? [more]

The University Advisory Board serves to connect the University of Freiburg with the city, region and society. Its members contribute their experience from a wide range of... [more]

A new visiting Researcher at IMBIT inspires discussions, invites to widen the own research perspective and offers the opportunity for new cooperations. [more]

On 10 April 2025, the NEXUS Lab hosted the third day of Postdoc Days 2025, which aim to make the valuable work of postdocs in research and teaching visible, offer a... [more]


BrainLinks-BrainTools aims to develop medical technology that directly interacts with the nervous system. In view of this aim, BrainLinks-BrainTools combines life-sciences and engineering sciences as well as their clinical applications. BrainLinks-BrainTools was established in 2012 as a cluster of excellence within the excellence inititative by the DFG (EXC 1086) and is funded as a Center since 2019 from the Federal Ministry of Economics, Science and Arts of Baden-Württemberg within the sustainability programm for projects of the excellence initiative II.