Dr. Alexandra Tzilivaki

We love ripples! <3

🌟 Celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Proud to welcome the 2026 NeuroCure Research Fellows: Petra Hühnchen, Katharina Pittner, Flavia Scoyni, Miaomiao Tian & Alexandra Tzilivaki @dratzilivaki.bsky.social – advancing #neuroscience in #Berlin
#WomenInScience #NeuroCure

I’m deeply grateful to @neurocure.bsky.social
for this investment in our vision of an independent research program. A heartfelt thank you to my mentor, Prof. Dietmar Schmitz, for his support, & to all our collaborators. We are ready to lead and drive this new line of discovery.

Our program will create state-of-the-art, data-driven models of human interneurons to bridge the "micro-macro" gap, from single-neuron dendritic computations up to the network rhythms that fail in 'oscillopathies' like schizophrenia.

This fellowship provides the critical catalyst to launch our ambitious research program: building the first 'human-in-silico' platform to decode the role of GABAergic inhibition in human cognition.

This is the next step in establishing my own research line.

🙌🧠Thrilled to announce I’ve been awarded the NeuroCure Research Fellowship for Female Postdocs!

This prestigious grant is a direct investment in leading postdocs, providing the funds and recognition to establish an independent research program on the path to a faculty position

On my way to @bernsteinneuro.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Looking forward to a fantastic conference!
p.s. interested in #interneurons #inhibition #oscillations #hippocampus and #dendrites ? Come to meet me on Tuesday's evening poster session!
#bernsteinneuro #bccn #bernsteinconference #bernstein2025

@neurocure.bsky.social @sfb1315.bsky.social @bihatcharite.bsky.social @berlinualliance.bsky.social @einsteinberlin.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social @natcomms.nature.com

This new work takes the next step: from what (smart dendrites) to why (to control oscillations). A huge thank you to my mentors DietmarSchmitz & Matthew Larkum. Hope this work sparks new ideas & experiments! #Dendrites #Hippocampus #Interneurons #AcademicChatter

The backstory: In 2019, our @natcomms.nature.com computational paper doi.org/10.1038/s414... suggested that interneurons have 'smart' nonlinear dendrites. Later Experiments proved it right. Now, we're predicting what those dendrites do.

Excited to share our new preprint! We use advanced models to show how PV+ interneurons can toggle hippocampal rhythms, switching between memory encoding & recall states simply by activating different nonlinear dendritic branches. 🧠⚡️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Distinct dendritic integration strategies control dynamics of inhibition in the neocortex Dendrites critically influence single-neuron computations, but their role in neocortical GABAergic interneurons (INs) remains poorly understood. We fo…

Excited to see our new work on Interneuron Dendrites in
@cp-neuron.bsky.social
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Kudos to all authors and special thanks to
Nelson_Rebola and his team @institutducerveau.bsky.social for the opportunity and trust to join forces on this amazing research. Congrats!

🧠 Great news: NeuroCure will continue to receive funding under the Excellence Strategy from 2026! 🎉 We remain committed to research across a broad spectrum of #neurological and #psychiatric disorders. Thank you to all partners for your trust! 🚀 #neuroscience

Kicking off the new year on a high note: NeuroCure @Charité_Berlin presented its renewal proposal to the DFG appraisal committee. A huge thank you to all who contributed for their hard work. Now fingers crossed! We're excited for what's to come! #ExcellenceStrategy #neuroscience #teamwork