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A festive finish to the Max Planck Junior Scholars Program 2025! 🎓 After 3 weeks of hands-on science, twelve outstanding students presented their research & experiences at today’s certificate ceremony @MpiBrain. 🔗bit.ly/3H33m3S @KoerberScience
Honoring excellence 👏 The American Philosophical Society @AmPhilSociety recognizes Gilles Laurent with the 2025 Karl Spencer Lashley Award for his groundbreaking studies on information coding and processing in the central nervous system @maxplanckpress👉 bit.ly/453rJXd
🎉Huge congratulations to @MpiBrain director @erin_schuman on receiving the 2026 @HFSP Nakasone Award for her groundbreaking work on the function and plasticity of neuronal synapses! 🧠 #Neuroscience #HFSP #NakasoneAward @maxplanckpress 👉 bit.ly/4m6g40P
The Max Planck Institute for Brain Research @MpiBrain joined the Be Open about Animal Research Day. You can join too! Show your support and share on #BOARD25
These organisations got on #BOARD25 in Germany. Show your support and share on #BOARD25
🎉 We’re absolutely thrilled: SCALE has been selected as a DFG Excellence Cluster! A huge thank you to our incredible team—this would not have been possible without your dedication and talent. 🙌 @dfg_public #Exzellenzstrategie #SCALEcluster 🧵
#GirlsDay at @MpiBrain - We loved welcoming curious and enthusiastic girls to explore the world of science & research. We're committed to continue to inspire the next generation of researchers. 👩🔬 #STEM #WomenInScience #NextGenScientists #Neuroscience
Great talks and inspiring discussions - The #IMPRS coordinators meeting at Schloss 🏰 Ringberg is in full swing, bringing together great minds in a truly spectacular setting .🌞 @maxplanckpress
✨ Celebrating Excellence in Science! ✨ Today, we proudly celebrated Gilles Laurent for receiving the 2025 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine! His pioneering research in #SystemsNeuroscience continues to push the boundaries of our understanding of the #brain. 🧠 @LouisJeantetFDN…
Congratulations to @MpiBrain director Gilles Laurent for being awarded the 2025 Louis-Jeantet prize for Medicine! The @LouisJeantetFDN recognizes Laurent's pioneering work on the operations of #neurons and dynamics of neuronal networks. @maxplanckpress 👉bit.ly/4hqk6ie…
Check out our latest Creature Column about bearded dragons and how they help understand the evolution, function and dynamics of neurons, neural circuits and the brain. nature.com/articles/s4159…
Surprising connection uncovered! 🧠 New research on the Australian dragon 🦎 reveals unexpected similarities between the neural networks that control motor rhythms and those managing #sleep. Insights like these help unravel the mysteries of sleep across species. #SleepScience…
Last week, Gesine Born (Bilderinstitut) visited the @MpiBrain and presented her recent project "Missing Pictures". Using AI, Born creates realistic portraits of underrepresented female scientists like Rosalind Franklin and Lise Meitner. We are delighted to now house the…
Many congratulations to @erin_schuman and the team @MpiBrain on receiving the Körberpreis @KoerberScience