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Think Global, Act local: new roles for protein synthesis at synapses
How do we build a memory in the brain? It is well known that for animals (and humans) new proteins are needed to establish long-term memories. During learning information is stored at the synapses, the junctions connecting nerve... [more]
Erin Schuman receives an ERC Advanced Grant to study the fundamentals of synaptic plasticity
Prof. Erin Schuman, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research is one of the seven Max Planck Directors who receives this prestigious grant. These grants, for exceptional research leaders, are a special program of... [more]
New mechanistic insights into adaptive learning
The brain is a fantastically complex and mysterious device, too large and with too many internal connections to be entirely programmable genetically. Its internal connectivity must therefore self-organize, based on the one hand... [more]
Visit Korean delegation
On January 12, 2012 a delegation of the Republic of Korea visited the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research. [more]
Scientists at the MPI for Brain Research visualize new protein synthesis in zebrafish
The newly synthesized proteins can be labeled in intact organisms via metabolic incorporation of non-canonical amino acids. [more]
"VDI nachrichten" features an interview with Marijan Dzepina
Marijan Dzepina, MBA, Head of IT and Electronics Department was interviewed by "VDI nachrichten". [more]
Max-Planck-Tag a huge success
On November 11, 2011 two school groups visited the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research. It turned out to be a huge success. [more]
Call for applications IMPRS for Neural Circuits
From September 15, 2011 to January 15, 2012, it is possible to apply for a position at the IMPRS for Neural Circuits, starting in the Fall of 2012. Like in 2011, around 20 students will be invited to the IMPRS Symposium (in... [more]
Two brain halves, one perception
Max Planck researchers show how communication between brain hemispheres determines individual’s subjective experience. [more]
Cerebellar-Dependent Learning in Larval Zebrafish
New conditioning paradigm in zebrafish larvae reveals associative learning mediated by cerebellar neurons [more]
Rhein-Main Dual Career Network founded
Four academic institutions and ten non-university research institutions founded the Dual-Career Network called "Dual Career Couples". Its aim is to recrute research-driven couples, who both wish to pursue to continue their... [more]
Conscious perception as a dynamical and plastic process
Our institute’s Research Report, recently published in the Max Planck Annual Report 2010, focuses on results concerning conscious perception vs. unconscious processing of stimuli. [more]
Calcium-dependent dynamics of cadherin interactions at cell-cell junctions
Rapid calcium-sensing property of transmembrane cadherin proteins reveals coordinated adhesion and signaling across cell-cell junctions [more]
A giant interneuron for sparse coding
A single interneuron controls activity adaptively in 50,000 neurons, enabling consistently sparse codes for odours [more]
A new program for neural stem cells
Max Planck researchers succeed in obtaining brain and spinal cord cells from stem cells of the peripheral nervous system [more]
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Upcoming Lectures and Events
Special Lecture by Volker Busskamp (Harvard Medical Institute, Boston MA, USA)
Title: "Understanding, repairing and engineering the mammalian retina" [more]
Neuroscience Lecture by Kristen Harris (Institute of Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Title: "Ultrastructural synaptic plasticity and scaling during LTP" [more]
Special Lecture by Claude Desplan (New York University, USA)
Title: “Neurogenesis of a complex brain structure: The optic lobe of Drosophila” [more]
