General News and Updates — October 2026
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1st Place at Fast Forward Science 2026! #
Great news: Our “Angry Brains” team featuring Yasmin Molls and Oliver Günther has secured 1st place in the Fast Forward Science 2026 competition (Young Scientist Award Short category).
Their winning project highlights creative science communication regarding digital violence. To top it off, Yasmin will represent TRR379 at the prestigious Deutscher Zukunftspreis ceremony in Berlin on November 18th.
Funding Success: START Grant Awarded to Chiara Gramegna #
A major milestone for early-career research: Chiara Gramegna has been awarded a 2-year START Grant by the Faculty of Medicine at RWTH Aachen University.
Her project, SexREPRO, investigates sex differences in proactive and reactive aggression in clinical populations. This specialized funding program helps promising postdocs establish independent research lines.
New Publication: Q01 Study Protocol Published in BMC Psychiatry #
Researchers from TRR379’s core project Q01 have published their study protocol in the open-access journal BMC Psychiatry (Vol. 26, 750).
The paper outlines our multi-site, longitudinal transdiagnostic protocol aimed at uncovering the neuropsychobiological risk mechanisms and biosignatures of aggression across the life span.
If you want to read the article, click on this link:
🔗 Read the Open Access article on Springer Nature