Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
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This is the channel of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. We conduct basic research in the neurosciences and belong to the Max Planck Society, a global top 5 research organization with its 84 Max Planck Institutes and 31 Nobel Laureates.
🌍 New initiative Light for Public Health promotes healthier lives through better, evidence-based use of light: Experts unite to raise awareness of how light influences physiology, mood, performance.💡
👉www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/light-for-public-health
#CircadianHealth #PublicHealth
👉www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/light-for-public-health
#CircadianHealth #PublicHealth
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🌍 New initiative Light for Public Health promotes healthier lives through better, evidence-based use of light: Experts unite to raise awareness of how light influences physiology, mood, performance.💡
👉www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/light-for-public-health
#CircadianHealth #PublicHealth
👉www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/light-for-public-health
#CircadianHealth #PublicHealth
🌞🌙 Night owl or early bird?
We’re going LIVE with our interactive podcast — and you’re invited!
🎙️ Carolina Guidolin and Dr. Marie Luise Schreiter will dive into how light matters for our brains, bodies, health, and daily rhythms.
💬 Questions? Submit them in advance or bring them to the live session!
We’re going LIVE with our interactive podcast — and you’re invited!
🎙️ Carolina Guidolin and Dr. Marie Luise Schreiter will dive into how light matters for our brains, bodies, health, and daily rhythms.
💬 Questions? Submit them in advance or bring them to the live session!
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🌞🌙 Night owl or early bird?
We’re going LIVE with our interactive podcast — and you’re invited!
🎙️ Carolina Guidolin and Dr. Marie Luise Schreiter will dive into how light matters for our brains, bodies, health, and daily rhythms.
💬 Questions? Submit them in advance or bring them to the live session!
We’re going LIVE with our interactive podcast — and you’re invited!
🎙️ Carolina Guidolin and Dr. Marie Luise Schreiter will dive into how light matters for our brains, bodies, health, and daily rhythms.
💬 Questions? Submit them in advance or bring them to the live session!
Are you a night owl or an early riser? 🦉🌅
If you're curious about how your inner clock works, don’t miss the roadshow „Nachtmensch oder Frühaufsteher?“ (Night owl or early riser?).
Coming soon to Vienna at Buch Wien!
Bring friends and discover something new about yourself.
If you're curious about how your inner clock works, don’t miss the roadshow „Nachtmensch oder Frühaufsteher?“ (Night owl or early riser?).
Coming soon to Vienna at Buch Wien!
Bring friends and discover something new about yourself.
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Are you a night owl or an early riser? 🦉🌅
If you're curious about how your inner clock works, don’t miss the roadshow „Nachtmensch oder Frühaufsteher?“ (Night owl or early riser?).
Coming soon to Vienna at Buch Wien!
Bring friends and discover something new about yourself.
If you're curious about how your inner clock works, don’t miss the roadshow „Nachtmensch oder Frühaufsteher?“ (Night owl or early riser?).
Coming soon to Vienna at Buch Wien!
Bring friends and discover something new about yourself.
📣 Apply now for the 🌵CaCTüS 3-month fully funded internship in Germany in 2026!
Work on ML, theor. neuroscience, computational psychiatry, behavioral experiments or data analysis at a top institution in Tübingen. For students facing barriers in higher education. 👉 cactus-internship.tuebingen.mpg.de
Work on ML, theor. neuroscience, computational psychiatry, behavioral experiments or data analysis at a top institution in Tübingen. For students facing barriers in higher education. 👉 cactus-internship.tuebingen.mpg.de
October 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
📣 Apply now for the 🌵CaCTüS 3-month fully funded internship in Germany in 2026!
Work on ML, theor. neuroscience, computational psychiatry, behavioral experiments or data analysis at a top institution in Tübingen. For students facing barriers in higher education. 👉 cactus-internship.tuebingen.mpg.de
Work on ML, theor. neuroscience, computational psychiatry, behavioral experiments or data analysis at a top institution in Tübingen. For students facing barriers in higher education. 👉 cactus-internship.tuebingen.mpg.de
We’re back! 🎙️ After a short break, Signals & Synapses returns with a new podcast episode. How do you make MRI images with almost no magnets? 🧲🧠 In this episode, Kai Buckenmaier explores ultra-low-field MRI. Cohost: Dana Ramadan
🎧https://www.tuebingen.mpg.de/podcasts
🎧https://www.tuebingen.mpg.de/podcasts
October 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We’re back! 🎙️ After a short break, Signals & Synapses returns with a new podcast episode. How do you make MRI images with almost no magnets? 🧲🧠 In this episode, Kai Buckenmaier explores ultra-low-field MRI. Cohost: Dana Ramadan
🎧https://www.tuebingen.mpg.de/podcasts
🎧https://www.tuebingen.mpg.de/podcasts
🎓✨ The 2025 CaCTüS interns wrapped up their research at the CaCTüS Symposium, sharing inspiring work!
Read more 👉https://kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/cactues25
📅 Get ready: the next round of international CaCTüS internship applications is about to open on Oct 16.
#Research #Internship #CACTÜS
Read more 👉https://kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/cactues25
📅 Get ready: the next round of international CaCTüS internship applications is about to open on Oct 16.
#Research #Internship #CACTÜS
October 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
🎓✨ The 2025 CaCTüS interns wrapped up their research at the CaCTüS Symposium, sharing inspiring work!
Read more 👉https://kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/cactues25
📅 Get ready: the next round of international CaCTüS internship applications is about to open on Oct 16.
#Research #Internship #CACTÜS
Read more 👉https://kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/cactues25
📅 Get ready: the next round of international CaCTüS internship applications is about to open on Oct 16.
#Research #Internship #CACTÜS
The Max Planck School of Cognition is still accepting PhD applications. Join an interdisciplinary community where AI meets neuroscience, psychology meets philosophy, and curiosity drives discovery.
📅 Apply today: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en
#PhD #Cognition #Research
📅 Apply today: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en
#PhD #Cognition #Research
September 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The Max Planck School of Cognition is still accepting PhD applications. Join an interdisciplinary community where AI meets neuroscience, psychology meets philosophy, and curiosity drives discovery.
📅 Apply today: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en
#PhD #Cognition #Research
📅 Apply today: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en
#PhD #Cognition #Research
🚀 Applications for the Max Planck School of Cognition are now open!
Looking for a PhD in cognition? If your background is in AI, neuroscience, psychology, biology, philosophy, physics (or another area related to cognition), this could be your next step!
cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application
Looking for a PhD in cognition? If your background is in AI, neuroscience, psychology, biology, philosophy, physics (or another area related to cognition), this could be your next step!
cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application
September 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🚀 Applications for the Max Planck School of Cognition are now open!
Looking for a PhD in cognition? If your background is in AI, neuroscience, psychology, biology, philosophy, physics (or another area related to cognition), this could be your next step!
cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application
Looking for a PhD in cognition? If your background is in AI, neuroscience, psychology, biology, philosophy, physics (or another area related to cognition), this could be your next step!
cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application
From Europe to Asia to the U.S.: Scientists of visual neuroscience came together at the Systems Vision Science Summer School & Symposium, hosted by Max Planck researcher Li Zhaoping.
Looking forward to a virtual gathering in 2026, and an in-person event again in 2027!
Looking forward to a virtual gathering in 2026, and an in-person event again in 2027!
September 16, 2025 at 9:35 AM
From Europe to Asia to the U.S.: Scientists of visual neuroscience came together at the Systems Vision Science Summer School & Symposium, hosted by Max Planck researcher Li Zhaoping.
Looking forward to a virtual gathering in 2026, and an in-person event again in 2027!
Looking forward to a virtual gathering in 2026, and an in-person event again in 2027!
Colors leave unique ‘maps’ in our brains, so consistent across people that Michael Bannert and Andreas Bartels (both MPI for Biological Cybernetics) could predict which color someone saw...just from fMRI data. 🌈🧠 Their findings point to deep evolutionary roots in how we perceive color.
September 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Colors leave unique ‘maps’ in our brains, so consistent across people that Michael Bannert and Andreas Bartels (both MPI for Biological Cybernetics) could predict which color someone saw...just from fMRI data. 🌈🧠 Their findings point to deep evolutionary roots in how we perceive color.
🧠💡 How do fleeting impressions turn into lasting memories?
Svenja Brodt’s brain scan research reveals clues — and offers hope for Alzheimer’s: when memory formation falters, the brain may tap a backup system.
Read more 👉 www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/rapid-memory...
Svenja Brodt’s brain scan research reveals clues — and offers hope for Alzheimer’s: when memory formation falters, the brain may tap a backup system.
Read more 👉 www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/rapid-memory...
August 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🧠💡 How do fleeting impressions turn into lasting memories?
Svenja Brodt’s brain scan research reveals clues — and offers hope for Alzheimer’s: when memory formation falters, the brain may tap a backup system.
Read more 👉 www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/rapid-memory...
Svenja Brodt’s brain scan research reveals clues — and offers hope for Alzheimer’s: when memory formation falters, the brain may tap a backup system.
Read more 👉 www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/rapid-memory...
🚨 The first-ever Soapbox Science in Tübingen was a huge success!
11 women scientists took to the streets to share their research—engaging and accessible.
Our own Carolina Guidolin and Maydel Fernandez-Alonso were among the speakers.
💥 We’ll be back next year! #SoapboxScience #WomenInSTEM
11 women scientists took to the streets to share their research—engaging and accessible.
Our own Carolina Guidolin and Maydel Fernandez-Alonso were among the speakers.
💥 We’ll be back next year! #SoapboxScience #WomenInSTEM
July 31, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🚨 The first-ever Soapbox Science in Tübingen was a huge success!
11 women scientists took to the streets to share their research—engaging and accessible.
Our own Carolina Guidolin and Maydel Fernandez-Alonso were among the speakers.
💥 We’ll be back next year! #SoapboxScience #WomenInSTEM
11 women scientists took to the streets to share their research—engaging and accessible.
Our own Carolina Guidolin and Maydel Fernandez-Alonso were among the speakers.
💥 We’ll be back next year! #SoapboxScience #WomenInSTEM
We are seeking two independent Max Planck Research Groups working in scientific disciplines relevant to our institute. Applications should be sent in PDF format no later than 15th August 2025. Visit our call for applications on our institute website for detailed information!
July 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
We are seeking two independent Max Planck Research Groups working in scientific disciplines relevant to our institute. Applications should be sent in PDF format no later than 15th August 2025. Visit our call for applications on our institute website for detailed information!
A big welcome to the new CaCTüS 🌵interns!
Nine research talents 🎓 from all over the world spend three months at the MPIs Tübingen and Stuttgart.
We're so excited to have them! 🎉
Nine research talents 🎓 from all over the world spend three months at the MPIs Tübingen and Stuttgart.
We're so excited to have them! 🎉
July 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A big welcome to the new CaCTüS 🌵interns!
Nine research talents 🎓 from all over the world spend three months at the MPIs Tübingen and Stuttgart.
We're so excited to have them! 🎉
Nine research talents 🎓 from all over the world spend three months at the MPIs Tübingen and Stuttgart.
We're so excited to have them! 🎉
🏅Big congrats to Felix Glang, recipient of the Otto Hahn Medal for developing novel MRI methods that deliver better images in less time. A big step forward for imaging MRI techniques! #MRI #OttoHahnMedal
June 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🏅Big congrats to Felix Glang, recipient of the Otto Hahn Medal for developing novel MRI methods that deliver better images in less time. A big step forward for imaging MRI techniques! #MRI #OttoHahnMedal
Science knows no borders! 🔬In a world where international exchange may face challenges, research thrives on collaboration. Just together, we can shape the future! 🚀
May 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Science knows no borders! 🔬In a world where international exchange may face challenges, research thrives on collaboration. Just together, we can shape the future! 🚀
Was hat Licht💡mit Deinem Schlaf und Alltag zu tun?
Besuche unser mobiles Forschungs-Lab 🔬 im Mai und Juni 2025 in München, Karlsruhe, Rostock, Chemnitz und Leipzig!
Ab 10. Mai sind auf dem Gelände es Deutschen Museums in München!
Alle Infos zur Tour hier:
👉 nachtmensch-oder-fruehaufsteher.de
Besuche unser mobiles Forschungs-Lab 🔬 im Mai und Juni 2025 in München, Karlsruhe, Rostock, Chemnitz und Leipzig!
Ab 10. Mai sind auf dem Gelände es Deutschen Museums in München!
Alle Infos zur Tour hier:
👉 nachtmensch-oder-fruehaufsteher.de
May 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Was hat Licht💡mit Deinem Schlaf und Alltag zu tun?
Besuche unser mobiles Forschungs-Lab 🔬 im Mai und Juni 2025 in München, Karlsruhe, Rostock, Chemnitz und Leipzig!
Ab 10. Mai sind auf dem Gelände es Deutschen Museums in München!
Alle Infos zur Tour hier:
👉 nachtmensch-oder-fruehaufsteher.de
Besuche unser mobiles Forschungs-Lab 🔬 im Mai und Juni 2025 in München, Karlsruhe, Rostock, Chemnitz und Leipzig!
Ab 10. Mai sind auf dem Gelände es Deutschen Museums in München!
Alle Infos zur Tour hier:
👉 nachtmensch-oder-fruehaufsteher.de
DEADLINE EXTENDED!
You can also register without contribution.
Our symposium takes place at the end of our Systems Vision Science Summer School Aug. 11-22, 2025.
To contribute or participate, please fill out the appropriate form at
summerschool.lizhaoping.org
You can also register without contribution.
Our symposium takes place at the end of our Systems Vision Science Summer School Aug. 11-22, 2025.
To contribute or participate, please fill out the appropriate form at
summerschool.lizhaoping.org
May 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
DEADLINE EXTENDED!
You can also register without contribution.
Our symposium takes place at the end of our Systems Vision Science Summer School Aug. 11-22, 2025.
To contribute or participate, please fill out the appropriate form at
summerschool.lizhaoping.org
You can also register without contribution.
Our symposium takes place at the end of our Systems Vision Science Summer School Aug. 11-22, 2025.
To contribute or participate, please fill out the appropriate form at
summerschool.lizhaoping.org
ONE WEEK LEFT TO SEND CONTRIBUTIONS!
Join the Systems #VisionScience #Symposium
🗓️ Aug. 20-22, 2025
📍Tübingen, Germany
⏰ Submit your contribution until April 30
👉 summerschool.lizhaoping.org
#neuroscience #computationalscience #visionscience #vision
Join the Systems #VisionScience #Symposium
🗓️ Aug. 20-22, 2025
📍Tübingen, Germany
⏰ Submit your contribution until April 30
👉 summerschool.lizhaoping.org
#neuroscience #computationalscience #visionscience #vision
April 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
ONE WEEK LEFT TO SEND CONTRIBUTIONS!
Join the Systems #VisionScience #Symposium
🗓️ Aug. 20-22, 2025
📍Tübingen, Germany
⏰ Submit your contribution until April 30
👉 summerschool.lizhaoping.org
#neuroscience #computationalscience #visionscience #vision
Join the Systems #VisionScience #Symposium
🗓️ Aug. 20-22, 2025
📍Tübingen, Germany
⏰ Submit your contribution until April 30
👉 summerschool.lizhaoping.org
#neuroscience #computationalscience #visionscience #vision
🧠🤖 New study led by @surabhisnath reveals striking parallels between human and AI creativity. Both people and LLMs use flexible and persistent strategies — but AI leans into one at a time. Pairing people with complementary LLMs could supercharge co-creation.
👉 www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/creativity
👉 www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/creativity
April 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🧠🤖 New study led by @surabhisnath reveals striking parallels between human and AI creativity. Both people and LLMs use flexible and persistent strategies — but AI leans into one at a time. Pairing people with complementary LLMs could supercharge co-creation.
👉 www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/creativity
👉 www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/creativity
🧠 New episode of our podcast Signals & Synapses out now!
What are brain oscillations, and why do we need them? Cohost Chiara Zanonato talks with neuroscientist Pascal Fries about how rhythmic brain activity helps regions sync up.
🔗 Tune in here tinyurl.com/45tj5r78 or on any podcast platform.
What are brain oscillations, and why do we need them? Cohost Chiara Zanonato talks with neuroscientist Pascal Fries about how rhythmic brain activity helps regions sync up.
🔗 Tune in here tinyurl.com/45tj5r78 or on any podcast platform.
April 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🧠 New episode of our podcast Signals & Synapses out now!
What are brain oscillations, and why do we need them? Cohost Chiara Zanonato talks with neuroscientist Pascal Fries about how rhythmic brain activity helps regions sync up.
🔗 Tune in here tinyurl.com/45tj5r78 or on any podcast platform.
What are brain oscillations, and why do we need them? Cohost Chiara Zanonato talks with neuroscientist Pascal Fries about how rhythmic brain activity helps regions sync up.
🔗 Tune in here tinyurl.com/45tj5r78 or on any podcast platform.
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS!
Present your work at the Systems #VisionScience #Symposium 👁️
🗓️ Aug. 20-22, 2025
📍Tübingen, Germany
⏰ Submit your contribution until April 30.
👉 summerschool.lizhaoping.org
#neuroscience #computationalscience #visionscience #vision
Present your work at the Systems #VisionScience #Symposium 👁️
🗓️ Aug. 20-22, 2025
📍Tübingen, Germany
⏰ Submit your contribution until April 30.
👉 summerschool.lizhaoping.org
#neuroscience #computationalscience #visionscience #vision
April 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS!
Present your work at the Systems #VisionScience #Symposium 👁️
🗓️ Aug. 20-22, 2025
📍Tübingen, Germany
⏰ Submit your contribution until April 30.
👉 summerschool.lizhaoping.org
#neuroscience #computationalscience #visionscience #vision
Present your work at the Systems #VisionScience #Symposium 👁️
🗓️ Aug. 20-22, 2025
📍Tübingen, Germany
⏰ Submit your contribution until April 30.
👉 summerschool.lizhaoping.org
#neuroscience #computationalscience #visionscience #vision
Top-down feedback along the ventral visual pathway is mainly directed to foveal representations, a prediction confirmed by reversed depth illusion. After more than ten years of exploring a new framework, Max Planck researcher Zhaoping Li is sharing her recent findings: shorturl.at/nPdgb
April 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Top-down feedback along the ventral visual pathway is mainly directed to foveal representations, a prediction confirmed by reversed depth illusion. After more than ten years of exploring a new framework, Max Planck researcher Zhaoping Li is sharing her recent findings: shorturl.at/nPdgb
Today is the last day to vote for CaCTüS 🌵as one of the most inspiring and successful concepts for the Impact of Diversity Award 🏳️🌈. Help us show what real change in living diversity in the sciences 🔬⚛️ looks like! Cast your vote for CaCTüS now!
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April 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Today is the last day to vote for CaCTüS 🌵as one of the most inspiring and successful concepts for the Impact of Diversity Award 🏳️🌈. Help us show what real change in living diversity in the sciences 🔬⚛️ looks like! Cast your vote for CaCTüS now!
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Get ready and register for the Computational Psychiatry Conference from July 14 to 16. Scientists from all over the world will gather in Tübingen, Germany, to better understand mental health conditions based on novel and interdisciplinary viewpoints. More here: kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/818109/compu...
April 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Get ready and register for the Computational Psychiatry Conference from July 14 to 16. Scientists from all over the world will gather in Tübingen, Germany, to better understand mental health conditions based on novel and interdisciplinary viewpoints. More here: kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/818109/compu...