Research - Preissl Lab

Our group at the Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Disease/fMEG center investigates diverse topics that converge on fetal development, from insulin signaling to consciousness. See a list of our project in the sidebar 👉

Our work featured in the media

In 2024, the Der Spiegel interviewed us and covered our research in their cover story [https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/kuck-mal-wer-da-denkt-a-bc21055d-3f76-4216-b478-dc0a4eca4ddd]

Science covered our work in reporting on the 2025 Infant Consciousness meeting at NYU. [https://www.science.org/content/article/consciousness-birth-imaging-studies-explore-possibility]

New Scientist covered our work on prenatal neural complexity in 2024 [https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427098-brain-activity-seems-to-be-more-complex-in-baby-girls-than-boys/]

Der Spiegel also covered our work in their 2023 article “What does it feel like to be a baby?” [https://www.spiegel.de/gesundheit/schwangerschaft/bewusstseinsforschung-wie-fuehlt-es-sich-an-ein-baby-zu-sein-a-a91d901c-eeba-4abc-91aa-4e33386a67eb]

Conference talks presenting our work

Watch Prof. Hubert Preissl and Dr. Joel Frohlich present their research at “The Mind from Cradle to Grave,” at a meeting of the Swedish Society of Medicine in Stockholm, Sweden.

Watch Dr. Joel Frohlich deliver a keynote presentation at the 2024 Models of Consciousness Conference in Bamberg, Germany

In 2023, we organized a symposium on infant and fetal consciousness at the PuG conference (Psychologie und Gehirn) here in Tuebingen. Watch Part 1 below, featuring talks by Prof. Hubert Preissl and Dr. Katrin Sippel.

Watch Part 2 below, featuring talks by Prof. Pedro Mediano from Imperial College London and Dr. Joel Frohlich. (Note: Prof. Asger Kirkeby-Hinrup also participated in this symposium, but his talk isn’t on Youtube yet due to technical difficulties)