UPHummel Lab

The research focus of Prof Hummel, Defitech foundation chair in Clinical Neuroengineering, is on systems and translational neuroscience. The main research topics of his laboratory are targeted towards neuroplasticity, neuronal control of sensorimotor function, motor skill acquisition and learning, healthy aging and especially on functional reorganization and recovery after focal Brain lesions by using multimodal systems neurosciences approaches including modern neuroimaging, brain stimulation and psychophysical and clinical evaluations. We are especially interested in the understanding of underlying mechanism of healthy aging and of functional regeneration after focal brain lesions, such as after stroke or traumatic brain injury and how they can be modulated, e.g. by non-invasive brain stimulation with overarching goal to translate the knowledge from “bench” to daily life clinical “bedside”.

One of our main characteristics is the multimodal methodological expertise in our lab. As such we use modern neuroimaging and neurostimulation.

Our interdisciplinary team consists of medical doctors and postdoctoral fellows. Our scientific focus lies on stroke in the acute and chronic phase, healthy aging, neurofibromatosis and extrapyramidal movement disorders like dystonia. Our research is embedded in internal and international cooperations/colaborations.