
16.5.25 - Start of the ICAN PhD program. At the start of the summer semester we welcome the first 4 PhD students in the newly opened structured PhD program of ICAN. Information about the program here: https://www.uni-trier.de/universitaet/fachbereiche-faecher/fachbereich-i/faecher-und-institute/psychologie/einrichtungen/ican/welcome/ican-phd-program
![[Translate to Englisch:] Lisa](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/4/csm_haase_mini_a4d79067ef.png)
14.12.2024 - Lisa Haase receives funding from the Research Fund of the University of Trier for her project “Acute stress response in the pill break”. Congratulations and good luck for the project!
![[Translate to Englisch:] Christoph](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/c/csm_Geissler_9fda7babac.png)
20.11.2024 - Dr. Christoph Geißler receives a 3-year research grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) in the amount of approx. 400,000 euros to carry out his project: “Time-Dependent Stress Effects on Working Memory in ICAN”. In cooperation with Christian Frings and Gregor Domes, the time-dependent effects of stress-induced glucocorticoids and adrenergic activity will be investigated in a series of experiments. Congratulations and good luck!
06.11.2024 - ICAN day 2024
This year's ICAN day will take place on 29.11.2024 from 14.00 in the chapel on Campus II. In addition to a keynote speech by Prof. Axel Mecklinger (Saarland University), you can expect exciting posters on current projects and the opportunity to exchange ideas directly with ICAN researchers. We look forward to seeing you there! Further information [here]
![[Translate to Englisch:] OpenTSSTVR](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/f/csm_OpenTSSTVR_09c75c8f21.jpg)
05.04.2024 - Open TSST VR available for download
Starting now, the Open TSST VR is available for download on OSF: https://osf.io/cmw2g/. You will find additional content there as well, among others the Users's Guide and the preprint about the two first evaluation studies. Linnig, K., Seel, S., von Dawans, B., Zielasko, D., Standard, W., Weyers, B., & Domes, G. (2024). Open TSST VR: Psychobiological reactions to an open version of the Trier Social Stress Test in Virtual Reality. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/fpe2h
21.07.2023 - Successful thesis defense
Antonia Vehlen successfully defends her dissertation thesis "Gaze behavior in social interactions. Evaluation and application of an interactive eye-tracking setup" and finishes her promotional studies with summa cum laude! Congratulations and best of success in the future!
11.11.2022 - Dissertation successfully defended
Laura Bastgen defends her dissertation “Stress Prevention in Primary School Age - A Psychobiological Approach” excellently and completes her doctorate with magna cum laude. Congratulations on this great success! We wish her all the best for the future!
![[Translate to Englisch:] Julia Publikationspreis](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/0/csm_JuliaPubPreis_34cc60f1bf.jpg)
30.05.2022 - Publication Award 2022 of the Graduate Center for Julia Strojny
We congratulate Julia and all participants on her 2nd place in the Publication Award 2022 of the Graduate Center of Trier University: Strojny, J., Domes, G., Fischbacher, U., & von Dawans, B. (2021). The modulation of social behavior and empathy via oral contraceptives and female sex hormones. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 131, 105250.
![[Translate to Englisch:] Amnbulanz](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/2/csm_Ambulanz1_fed7224546.png)
14.01.2021 - Psychotherapy outpatient clinic opens
New psychotherapy outpatient clinic with a focus on stress, social interaction and behavioral medicine at Trier University opens its doors. In addition to the aforementioned treatment focuses, the outpatient clinic offers behavioral therapy for depression, anxiety, compulsions, exhaustion and other mental health problems. The costs are generally covered by health insurance. Appointments for initial consultations can be made immediately by phone or email. You can find more information [→ here].
![[Translate to Englisch:] Saskia](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/c/csm_SaSe_099f639981.jpg)
![[Translate to Englisch:] Sevim](/fileadmin/_processed_/0/0/csm_SN_fa5127d2ff.jpg)
28.10.2021 - Teaching awards for Sevim Nuraydin and Saskia Seel
The teaching prizes of the Student Council for the best seminars in the summer semester 2021 go to [→ Sevim Nuraydin] and [→ Saskia Seel] (1st and 2nd place). Congratulations on this great success!
![[Translate to Englisch:] Bernadette](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/0/csm_vonDawans_3ffbb6ab57.jpg)
![[Translate to Englisch:] Antonia](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/5/csm_Bild_Antonia_ccc3ac1799.jpg)
09.06.2021 - Research funding for Antonia Vehlen and Bernadette von Dawans
The university's research fund is funding the application “Don't look at me like that! Effects of acute stress on social attention and approach behavior” by Antonia Vehlen and Bernadette von Dawans. Congratulations!
![[Translate to Englisch:] FSPStress](/fileadmin/_processed_/5/b/csm_FSPStress_588af3a38b.jpg)
26.06.2019 - Research focus “Psychobiology of Stress” receives further funding
The university research focus “Psychobiology of Stress” receives further funding from the research initiative of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate
[► Press release of the university] [► Press release of the Ministry of Science, Continuing Education and Research] [► Homepage of the research focus]
![[Translate to Englisch:] Patrick](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/e/csm_PZ_2018_10ffbb9915.jpg)
26.06.2019 - Publication prize for Patrick Zimmer
Patrick Zimmer has received the 2nd prize of the Graduate Center of the University of Trier (GUT) for the publication in Psychoneuorendocrinology (Zimmer, Buttlar et al., 2018) on the evaluation of TSST in a virtual environment. Congratulations on this great success!
![[Translate to Englisch:] Koch Stiftung](/fileadmin/_processed_/7/d/csm_KochStiftungLogo_70d74177d7.png)
04.09.2018 - New project funding
Dr. Bernadette von Dawans and Prof. Dr. Gregor Domes have been awarded funding from the Nikolaus Koch Foundation for the project “Together we are strong! - Social support for children with school stress” for a period of 24 months.
20.04.2018 Cooperation agreement with the BKT
University renews cooperation agreement with the Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder Trier for the use of high-field MRI for neuropsychological research [► University press release].
25.08.2017 - New DFG project
Prof. Dr. Gregor Domes and Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs (University of Freiburg) have been approved by the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the project “The dynamics of eye-to-eye contact in social anxiety and autism: A naturalistic dyadic eye-tracking paradigm” as a two-center study (duration: 30 months).
New employees ______________________
01.05.2025 - We welcome Friederike Lütkenhöner [→] as a new research assistant in the department. We wish her a good start. A warm welcome!
01.03.2025 - Welcome Nicole Lepsy [→]! We are pleased to welcome a new research associate to the department.
01.02.2025 - Elena Kneip [→] starts as a new research associate in the department. A warm welcome!
01.04.2024 - Welcome Ena Alcan [→]! We are pleased to welcome a new research associate to the department.
15.05.2022 - Welcome Lisa Haase [→]! We are happy to welcome a new PhD student to the department.
01.05.2022 - Katrin Linnig [→] starts as a new research associate in the department. A warm welcome!
05.10.2021 - We welcome Nicolas Alen as a new research assistant in the department. We wish him a good start. A warm welcome to you!
07.12.2020 - We welcome Sevim Nuraydin [→] as a new research associate in the department. We wish her a good start. A warm welcome!
01.12.2020 - We welcome Saskia Seel as a new research associate in the department. We wish her a good start. A warm welcome to you!
15.06.2019 - We welcome Laura Bastgen as a new PhD student in the department. We wish her a good start. A warm welcome!
01.10.2018 - We welcome Julia Strojny as a new doctoral student in the department. We wish her a good start. A warm welcome!
01.04.2018 - We welcome Antonia Vehlen as a new doctoral student in the department. We wish her a good start. A warm welcome!
01.03.2018 - Dr. Carolyn Wu joins our department on 01.03. in research and teaching. We wish her a good start. A warm welcome!
01.09.2017 - Dr. Bernadette von Dawans [→] joins our department from 01.09. in research and teaching. We wish her a good start. A warm welcome!
15.02.2017 - Patrick Zimmer joins our department from 15.02.2017. Welcome and a good start!
28.10.2016 - Ines Spenthof joins our department from 01.11.2016. Welcome and a good start!