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Two EMBO Long-term fellowships for postdocs from the MPI for Brain Research
Both Anna Schröder and Chao Sun have been awarded this prestigious two-year grant to support post-doctoral research in a European lab. [more]
Thirteenth IMPRS student graduates
On December 4, Lisa Kochen successfully defended her thesis, titled "Application of a developed tool to visualize newly synthesized AMPA receptor components in situ" at the Goethe University (Frankfurt am Main, Germany). [more]
Julijana Gjorgjieva has been awarded the 2018 Research Prize from Peter and Traudl Engelhorn Foundation
Julijana Gjorgjieva is one of the four Max Planck Research Group Leaders at the Institute and received the Research Prize in "Computational Biology: New Methods in Biology-Oriented Information Technologies With Impact On Basic... [more]
Maria Antonietta Tosches (postdoc at Laurent lab) selected as Next Generation Leader for the Allen Institute for Brain Science
Maria Antonietta Tosches has been nominated from a pool of international applicants and will be one of the six 2018 Next Generation Leaders [more]
Erin Schuman has been awarded the Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) recognizes Erin Schuman for her outstanding career achievements in neuroscience and for promoting the professional advancement of women in neuroscience. She will receive this prestigious award... [more]
Elucidating cuttlefish camouflage
Computational image analysis of behaving cuttlefish reveals principles of control and development of a biological invisibility cloak [more]
Twelfth IMPRS student graduates
On October 12, Andreas Stehl successfully defended his thesis, titled "The Role of Synaptopodin in Neuroinflammation and Retinoic Acid-Mediated Synaptic Plasticity in the Mouse Hippocampus" at the Goethe University (Frankfurt in... [more]
Master of the tree – novel form of dendritic inhibition discovered
A unique feature that sets neurons apart from all other cells are their beautiful, highly elaborate dendritic trees. These structures have evolved to receive the vast majority of information entering a neuron, which is integrated... [more]
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Upcoming Lectures and Events
18 December 2018
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Special/NeuroBioTheory Lecture by Andrea Barreiro (Southern Methodist University, Dept. of Mathemathics, Dallas, USA)Title: "Constraining neural networks with spiking statistics" [more] |
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23 January 2019
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Neuroscience Lecture by Attila Losonczy (Mortimer Zuckerman Mind Brain and Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA)Title t.b.a. [more] |
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30 January 2019
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Neuroscience Lecture by Elly Nedivi (MIT, Boston, USA)Ttitle t.b.a [more] |
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13 March 2019
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Neuroscience Lecture by Nicolas Renier (Laboratory of Plasticity, ICM Brain and Spine Institute, Paris)Title t.b.a. [more] |
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20 March 2019
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Neuroscience Lecture by Robert Froemke (New York University School of Medicine, USA)Title t.b.a. [more] |
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