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How we decide on where to go
Neuroscientists discover a mechanism for brain-wide communication when selecting a route towards a destination [more]
Julijana Gjorgjieva has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant
Research Group Leader Julijana Gjorgjieva at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research has received this prestigious grant for the NeuroDevo project. She is one of the 19 laureates currently working at the Max Planck Society.... [more]
Cell type and environment influence protein turnover in the brain
New findings provide insight on how the components of different cells in the brain are altered, which could affect our abilities to learn and form memories. [more]
Marina Elaine Wosniack (postdoc at the Gjorgjieva Lab) receives a Capes-Humboldt Research Fellowship
This two-year grant will support her research project on the neural circuits underlying Drosophila (fruit fly) larvae locomotion. We congratulate her on this great effort. [more]
Tracing cerebral cortex evolution, cell by cell
Molecular atlases of turtle and lizard brains shed light on the evolution of our own brain [more]
Of men and mice
Max Planck Researchers identify rapid neuromodulation of interneurons in human neocortex [more]
Eleventh IMPRS student graduates
On April 19, Kauê Costa successfully defended his thesis, titled "KChIP4a: a biophysical modulator of learning from disappointment" at the Goethe University (Frankfurt in Germany). [more]
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Upcoming Lectures and Events
05 October 2018
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Ethics in Science Lecture by Sarah Chan (University of Edinburgh Centre for Biomedicine Self and Society, UK)Title: "Toward a Global Germline Ethics: Facing humanity's genome-edited future?" [more] |
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13 November 2018
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Neuroscience Lecture by David Foster (Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience, Berkeley Psychology, US)Title t.b.a. [more] |
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26 November 2018
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Minerva Lecture by Maria Barna (Departments of Developmental Biology and Genetics, Stanford University, USA)Title t.b.a. [more] |
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