Munich Neuroscience Calendar

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Mon, 08.12.2025, 12:00 Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology: Talk

Marcus Braun
Institute of Biotechnology CAS, Centrum BIOCEV, Prague West, Czech Republic
Mechanisms of Tau-Microtubule Interactions
Center for Stroke and Dementia Research Large Seminar Room 8G U1 155
Feodor-Lynen-Strasse 17, 81377 München
Host: Jochen Herms
Mon, 08.12.2025, 12:00
Graduate School of Neuroscience: PhD Oral Defense

Shuhong Huang
Portugues Lab
A Sensorimotor Perspective on Explaining Sensory Coding   click for details
LMU Biocenter GSN seminar room D00.003, and on Zoom
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: GSN
Mon, 08.12.2025, 14:00
Graduate School of Neuroscience: PhD Oral Defense

Anna Winkler
Michalakis lab, AG Gentherapie von Augenerkrankungen, LMU Klinikum
Impact of TET Enzymes and TET3 Isoforms on Neuronal Development   click for details
LMU Biocenter GSN seminar room D00.003, and on Zoom
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: GSN
Mon, 08.12.2025, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Franziska Knolle
Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM
Computational Account of Language Processing Across the Psychosis Spectrum: Links to Dopamine and Glutamate
Small lecture hall B01.027, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Andreas Herz
Thu, 11.12.2025, 14:00
TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Katie Lavigne
McGill University
TBA   click for details
Online - Zoom
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Fri, 12.12.2025, 12:00 Graduate School of Neuroscience: Neurolunch

Alex Markov
LMU
Global auditory cues in human spatial navigation and memory.
D00.003
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Fri, 12.12.2025, 12:00 Graduate School of Neuroscience: Neurolunch

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LMU
TBA
D00.003
Grosshaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Mon, 15.12.2025, 09:00
Graduate School of Neuroscience: PhD Oral Defense

Amalya Hakobyan
Scheuss lab
Functional Assessment of Neural Circuits in iPSC-derived Neuronal Cultures   click for details
LMU Biocenter GSN seminar room D00.003, and on Zoom
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: GSN
Mon, 15.12.2025, 16:00
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry: Talk

Ann Kennedy
Scripps Research Institute
Theoretical insights into state-dependent and goal-directed behavior   click for details
Lecture Hall
Kräpelinstr. 2, 10, 80804 München
Host: Lisa Rottenfußer
Tue, 16.12.2025, 09:00
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Symposium / Conference

Gabrielle Pouchelon and Benjamin Judkewitz
CSHL, NY and Charité Berlin
Symposium Frontiers in Biological Intelligence, Session 1
Large lecture hall, T-building + streamed to MPI BI Seewiesen, house 4
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Manfred Gahr
Tue, 16.12.2025, 11:00
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Symposium / Conference

Andrés Bendesky and Ann Kennedy
Columbia University, New York and The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego
Symposium Frontiers in Biological Intelligence, Session 2
Large lecture hall, T-building + streamed to MPI BI Seewiesen, house 4
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Manfred Gahr
Tue, 16.12.2025, 14:00
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Symposium / Conference

Brady Weissbourd and Johanna Kowalko
MIT, Cambridge and Lehigh University, Bethlehem
Symposium Frontiers in Biological Intelligence, Session 3
Large lecture hall, T-building + streamed to MPI BI Seewiesen, house 4
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Manfred Gahr
Tue, 16.12.2025, 16:00
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Symposium / Conference

Yuko Emilie Ulrich and Arnau Sébé-Pédros
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena and CRG, Barcelona
Symposium Frontiers in Biological Intelligence, Session 4
Large lecture hall, T-building + streamed to MPI BI Seewiesen, house 4
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Manfred Gahr
Wed, 17.12.2025, 08:30
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Symposium / Conference

Daisy Dent and Meital Oren-Suissa
ETH, Zürich and Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
Symposium Frontiers in Biological Intelligence, Session 5
Large lecture hall, T-building + streamed to MPI BI Seewiesen, house 4
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Manfred Gahr
Wed, 17.12.2025, 10:30
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Symposium / Conference

Nathaniel Sawtell and Frances Bonier
Columbia University, New York and Queen’s University, Kingston
Symposium Frontiers in Biological Intelligence, Session 6
Large lecture hall, T-building + streamed to MPI BI Seewiesen, house 4
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Manfred Gahr
Wed, 17.12.2025, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

György Buzsáki
NYU Neuroscience Institute
From Actions to Cognition in the Hippocampal System   click for details
Large lecture hall B00.019, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Talking Science team
Thu, 18.12.2025, 14:00
TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

William Palmer
Yale University
Discovering Cognitive and Computational Mechanisms underlying Visual Disturbances in Early Psychosis using Ecologically Valid Scenes   click for details
Online - Zoom
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Thu, 08.01.2026, 14:00
TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Gerard Derosiere
Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CRNL)
Neural bases of action decisions   click for details
Online - Zoom
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Fri, 09.01.2026, 11:00
Graduate School of Neuroscience: PhD Oral Defense

Maren Giersiepen
Schütz-Bosbach Lab, LMU General and Experimental Psychology
Control and Consequence: The Interplay of Agency and Affective Processing During Goal-Directed Behavior   click for details
Raum 3221, Haus 3, Stockwerk 2, and on Zoom
Leopoldstrasse 13, 80802 München
Host: GSN
Mon, 12.01.2026, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience - MCN - Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Munich Neuroscience Lecture

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Daniel Baldauf
University of Trento
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Lecture Hall B01.027, Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: tba
Tue, 13.01.2026, 11:00
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Talk

Eric Schulz
Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI, München
Bridging biological and artificial intelligence with foundation models
MPI BI, Seminar room NQ105
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Manfred Gahr
Thu, 15.01.2026, 14:00
TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Micah Allen
Aarhus University
TBA   click for details
Online - Zoom
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Thu, 22.01.2026, 14:00
TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Vincent Wohlfarth
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Deep Learning-based Segmentation of Perfusion MRI   click for details
Online - Zoom
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Mon, 26.01.2026, 14:00
Graduate School of Neuroscience: PhD Oral Defense

Amirmasoud Ahmadi
Gahr lab, MPI-BI
Neural Decoding of Spectro-Temporal Features of Zebra Finch Song   click for details
LMU Biocenter, GSN seminar room D00.003 and on Zoom
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: GSN
Tue, 27.01.2026, 11:00
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Talk

Josh Huang
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham
Genetic dissection of cortical neuron type trajectories: from developmental origin to behavioral function   click for details
MPI BI, Seminar room NQ105
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Christian Mayer
Thu, 29.01.2026, 14:00
TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Ondrej Zika
Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
The role of internalizing symtpoms in contextual inference   click for details
Online - Zoom
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Mon, 02.02.2026, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience - MCN - Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Munich Neuroscience Lecture

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Veronika Egger
University of Regensburg
Rhythms in the olfactory bulb: From neuronal network oscillations to heartbeat interoception
Lecture Hall B01.027, Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Andreas Herz
Thu, 05.02.2026, 14:00
TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Bernadette Jansma
Maastricht University
Fixation related potential in natural reading   click for details
Online - Zoom
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Mon, 09.02.2026, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Jennifer Li
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
tba
Small lecture hall B01.027, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Anton Sirota
Mon, 02.03.2026, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Andrea Burgalossi
University of Tübingen
tba
Small lecture hall B01.027, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Andreas Herz
Mon, 04.05.2026, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience - MCN - Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Munich Neuroscience Lecture

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Matthew Larkum
University of Berlin
Flexible learning and memory through 2-compartment pyramidal neurons
Lecture Hall B01.019, Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Julijana Gjorgjieva / Steffen Schneider
Mon, 08.06.2026, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience - MCN - Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Munich Neuroscience Lecture

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Karin Roelofs
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Heart-brain interactions and decision making under threat
Lecture Hall B01.019, Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Simone Schuetz-Bosbach
Mon, 13.07.2026, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience - MCN - Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Munich Neuroscience Lecture

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Melissa Vo
Departement of Psychology, LMU
Reading scenes: A hierarchical view on attentional guidance in real-world environments
Lecture Hall B01.019, Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Thomas Geyer
Mon, 09.11.2026, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience - MCN - Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Munich Neuroscience Lecture

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Sonja Hofer
University College London
Neural circuits for visual processing and visually-guided behaviour
Lecture Hall B01.019, Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Mark Hübener
Mon, 07.12.2026, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience - MCN - Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Munich Neuroscience Lecture

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Martin Picard
Columbia University
The energy resistance principle across the body, brain, and mind
Lecture Hall B01.019, Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Angelika Harbauer