Erwin L. Hahn Lecture
& Workshop
Erwin L. Hahn Institute, Essen / Germany
About the Hahn Lectures
The Erwin L. Hahn Lecture is an annual symposium for everyone with scientific or corporate interest in ultra-high field MRI, usually held in autumn on the historic grounds of the World Heritage Site Zollverein in Essen/Germany.
The Erwin L. Hahn Institute
The Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (ELH) is a center for research, development and application of ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging (UHF-MRI), particularly in cognitive neurosciences and clinical diagnostic imaging. The ELH was founded as a central institution of the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen in 2005. At the site of the UNESCO World Heritage Zollverein Essen, physicists, engineers, medical scientists and psychologists from the Netherlands and Germany are working hand in hand, which is the basis for the successful leading international research at ELH. Centerpiece of the Erwin L. Hahn Institute is a whole-body ultrahigh field (UHF) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner operating at a magnetic field strength of 7 Tesla.
Upcoming Lecture
The upcoming Erwin L. Hahn Lecture is going to take place on October 8, 2026.
Topic Hidden Layers – A 7T View of Human Brain Function
Venue
UNESCO-Welterbe Zollverein, Areal A [Schacht XII], Oktogon [A21] Gelsenkirchener Straße 181 45309 Essen
Key Speaker
We are delighted that Prof. Roshan Cools agreed to hold the key note on "Chemistry of the adaptive mind: lessons from dopamine"
Registration
Although participation is free of charge, we kindly ask you to register in advance.
Registration will close on September 15, 2026.
Register now!Programme
Methods
Chair: Harald H. Quick
10:00 - 11:05
Welcome
David Norris
Scientific Director, ELH
10:00 - 10:05fMRI of the human spinal cord at 7T - challenges and recent progress
Falk Eippert
MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
10:05 - 10:35High-resolution 7T fMRI acquisition methods for cognitive neuroscience
Nadine Graedel
University College London, UK
10:35 - 11:05
Data Blitz Session
Chair: Tamás Spisák
11:05 - 11:40
Poster Walk & Lunch Break
11:40 - 13:00
Session: Application of layer-specific fMRI
Chair: Stephanie Antons
13:00 - 15:30
Layers of primary visual cortex as window into internal models about predicted environments - Human fMRI with monkey and rodent neuroscience
Lars Muckli
University of Glasgow, UK
13:00 - 13:30Creating deep brain atlases through combined 7 Tesla MRI and histological approaches
Anneke Alkemade
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
13:30 - 14:00Laminar fMRI reveals layer-specific dissociation of bottom-up and top-down influences on pain processing
Balint Kincses
University Hospital Essen, Germany
14:00 - 14:30Layer-specific reconfiguration of human fear circuits dissociates fear extinction success from intrusive-memory vulnerability
Antoine Bouyeure
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
14:30 - 15:00Dopaminergic mechanisms of working memory gating at the mesoscopic scale
Helena Olraun
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
15:00 - 15:30Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
Erwin L. Hahn Lecture
Chair: David Norris
16:00 - 17:00
Chemistry of the adaptive mind: lessons from dopamine
Roshan Cools
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
16:00 - 17:00Dinner
17:00 - 19:00
Prof. Dr.
Harald H. Quick
Managing Director
Prof. Dr.
David G. Norris
Scientific Director
Dr.
Franziska Günther
Manager
Registration / Contact
Registration is free of charge.
In case you have special requirements, please use the message box below.
Contact info
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Erwin L. Hahn Institute for MRI,
UNESCO World Heritage Site Zollverein
Kokereiallee 7 (C84)
45141 Essen / Germany - +49 201 183-6070
- elh@uni-due.de
- https://hahn-institute.de/
Registration Form
Registration will close on September 15, 2026.
Impressions
Established in 2007, the Hahn Lectures continuously host some of the most notable members of the UHF MRI community.
Students, professors, doctors and members of the industry alike are invited and encouraged to join us at the annual Hahn Lecture.
In 2017, the Oktogon set the scene for the Hahn Lecture.
Seating is limited - so register now!
The World Heritage Site Zollverein has been the home of the Erwin L. Hahn Lecture for more than 10 years.
For its 10th anniversary, the Hahn Lecture moved to the Erich-Brost-Pavillon with its stunning view onto Zollverein.
While the workshop and talks form the main bulk of the programme, there is always plenty of time to catch up with old friends, and for networking.