Author: mind-child
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In memory of Johanna Quandt
Johanna Quandt was an extraordinary philanthropist whose legacy continues to shape research and medicine. Yesterday, we honored what would have been her 100th birthday at an evening symposium at Universitätsmedizin Frankfurt, held in the presence of her son, Stefan Quandt. I was deeply moved by the personal stories shared by cancer survivors who have benefited…
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Nico at the Emmy-Noether annual meeting 2026
Last month, I was invited to participate at the annual meeting of the Emmy-Nother Programme. It provided a great opportunity to learn about the other Emmys and their inovative projects. I was inspired by the wide range of interdiciplinary discussion rounds that even provided ideas for new projects across disciplines. I am looking forward to…
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GREP collaboration: Kylie Johnston joins the lab
We are very happy to welcome yet another motivated international student based on our collaboration with the Goethe Research Experience Program that brings together research groups with international talents. We are looking forward to your input Kylie!
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Congress Season 2026
For 2026, the MIND-CHILD lab had a strong presence at international and national congresses. We were present at the Congress of The German Society for Autism Research (WTAS) with several talks, the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) with two posters, the European New Frontiers Meeting (ECNP), the German Congress for…
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paper on sensory processing in autism and beyond
Anna Katharina Müller published her first first-author paper on a potential mechanism of different sensory processing autism and other mental health conditions: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-026-03948-0 This is a great milestone and underlines that the locus-coeruleus norepinephrine (LC-NE) system is a neuromodulatory mechanism worth further exploration in clinical neuroscience. With pupillometry, we provide a non-invasive and scalable method…
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Nico Bast elected to executive board of WGAS
Nico Bast has been elected by the German Society of Autism Research to the executive board as 2nd deputy president. This election was part of the renewal of the executive board for the new election period of 2026-2030. The election took part during the annual congress for Autism Research 2026 in Heidelberg
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Christian Lemler defended his dissertation
My former PhD. student Christian (that I jointly supervised with Prof. Freitag) successfully defended his dissertation at the Medical Faculty Frankfurt. The core paper was a machine learning + computer vision approach to objectively assess repetitive behavior in autistic children: Paper. Big congrats!
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Elena Maher joins the team
We are happy to welcome Elena Maher as a research intern for the coming months. She studied medicine in Prescia/Italy and will complement the DYNAMIC team with her expertise
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MIND-CHILD lab at the ICNF symposium 2025
We were very happy to present the state of our current work at the ICNF symposium 2025 (Interdisciplinary Center for Neuroscience Frankfurt): Nico Bast gave a talk while Paula, Iskra, and Anna presented their work as posters. Thanks, for all the input and feedback!
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paper on sensory processing and arousal regulation published
We justed published our latest article on the EU-AIMS LEAP data set on different sensory processing in autistic individuals, which might be explained by an increased arousal regulation: Bast, N., Ahmad, J., Mason, L. et al. Locus coeruleus tonic upregulation increases selectivity to inconspicuous auditory information in autistic compared to non-autistic individuals: a combined pupillometry and electroencephalography…