Welcome to the O’BRAIN Lab
The O’BRAIN Lab is a group of researchers investigating the interplay between obesity and the brain.
Overweight and obesity rates have risen steadily in recent decades. Although many of us share similar environments, only a few people become obese. How come? In our search for the cause, we are confronted with a complex interplay of many factors: In addition to the environment, behaviour, brain function, and genetic influences determine the decisions we make and thus ultimately also our body weight.
Research
We try to answer fundamental questions about obesity: How does obesity develop? Why is it so hard to resist tempting food? Does our brain determine what and how much we eat? How does our nutrition shape our brain? Do changes within the brain make it so difficult for us to break bad eating habits? Last but not least: How can we help to improve eating habits?
Members
Our team is currently based in two places: Leipzig (Germany) and Helsinki (Finland). We bring together researchers from various disciplines such as neurobiology, psychology, cognitive science, mathematics, and medicine.
Volunteer 🇩🇪
Für die Zeit nach dem Lockdown suchen wir für Studien:
Momentan finden keine Testungen statt. Für die Zeiten, in denen der Testbetrieb wieder aufgenommen werden kann, wurde ein umfangreicher Katalog von Hygienemaßnahmen entwickelt, um sowohl die TeilnehmerInnen als auch das Personal während der Experimente zu schützen. Sie können unsere Forschung unterstützen, indem Sie sich in unserem Probandenpool anmelden. Hoffentlich sehen wir uns bald wieder am Institut.
Recent News
Going North – Two lab members join the Helsinki group
On September 1, Arsene Kanyamibwa and Hendrik Hartmann relocated from the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig to the University of Helsinki, doubling the group size there. Besides dealing with Finnish bureaucracy and enjoying the full meteorological spectrum from a sunny September to a rainy and cold October, both picked up…
We have new staff
January saw the arrival of 2 new O’BRAINers. Arsene Kanyamibwa started his PhD with us and Madeleine Ordnung joined the zanadio study as scientific staff. To many happy studies.
