Munich Neuroscience Calendar

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Fri, 07.11.2025, 12:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Neurolunch

Caroline Haimerl
Champalimaud
Robustness and efficiency in hierarchical neural computations   click for details
D00.003
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Julijana Gjorgjieva
Thu, 13.11.2025, 14:00
TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Gabriel Hoffmann
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
TBA   click for details
Online - Zoom
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Tue, 18.11.2025, 11:00
Max-Planck-Institut for Biological Intelligence Campus Seewiesen: Talk

Blanca Jimeno
Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC), Sevilla, Spain
Coping at all scales: Molecular and physiological mechanisms mediating responses to environmental change in birds   click for details
MPI BI Seewiesen, Haus 4
Eberhard-Gwinner-Straße, 82319 Seewiesen
Host: Stefania Casagrande
Wed, 19.11.2025, 14:00
Graduate School of Neuroscience: PhD Oral Defense

Leonie Heger
Burbulla Lab, BMC LMU
Mechanisms of Midbrain Dopaminergic Neuron Vulnerability in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Inisghts from Patient-Derived IPSC Models   click for details
DZNE, room U1 155 and on Zoom
Feodor-Lynen-Str. 17, München
Host: GSN
Thu, 20.11.2025, 14:00
TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Mahnaz Ashrafi
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Metabolism-Weighted Centrality: An Activity-Aware Model of the Human Brain Connectome   click for details
Online - Zoom
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Mon, 24.11.2025, 16:00
Graduate School of Neuroscience: PhD Oral Defense

Carolina Cardoso Goncalves
Paquet lab, ISD
A Reproducible Human Brain Tissue Model to Study Glial Contribution in Alzheimer’s Disease   click for details
ISD, room U1 106 and on Zoom
Feodor-Lynen-Str. 17, München
Host: GSN
Mon, 24.11.2025, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Pau Vilimelis Aceitu
ETH Zurich
Learning rather than backpropagation of error explains learning in the mammalian neocortex   click for details
Small lecture hall B01.027, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Julijana Gjorgjieva
Tue, 25.11.2025, 11:00
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Talk

Sara Mederos
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL London
Prethalamic Mechanisms Underlying Flexible Behavior in Aversive Contexts   click for details
MPI BI, Seminar room NQ105
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Mark Hübener
Wed, 26.11.2025, 11:00
Max-Planck-Institut for Biological Intelligence Campus Seewiesen: Talk

Jon Sakata
McGill University, Montreal
Universality of "universals": prevalence of common music patterns within bird songs   click for details
MPI BI Seewiesen, Haus 4
Eberhard-Gwinner-Straße, 82319 Seewiesen
Host: Daniela Vallentin
Thu, 27.11.2025, 11:00
Graduate School of Neuroscience: PhD Oral Defense

Gian Marco Calandra
Plesnila lab, ISD research
In Vivo Imaging Approaches to Uncover the Cellular Pathophysiology of Ischemic Stroke   click for details
LMU Biocenter, room D00.003 and on Zoom
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: GSN
Thu, 27.11.2025, 14:00
TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Alban Voppel
McGill University, UMCG
TBA   click for details
Online - Zoom
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Fri, 28.11.2025, 14:30
Graduate School of Neuroscience: PhD Oral Defense

Vanessa Granja Burbano
Tiedt lab, ISD
White light at night causes disruption of endogenous clocks and aggravates stroke outcome   click for details
ISD, room tba, and on Zoom
Feodor-Lynen-Sr. 17, Munich
Host: GSN
Mon, 01.12.2025, 14:00
Graduate School of Neuroscience: PhD Oral Defense

Inara Makhkamova
Schenk lab, Neuropsychologie und Biologische Psychologie LMU
Innovations in Visual Rehabilitation: Novel Therapeutic Approaches for Homonymous Visual Field Defects   click for details
room tba ,and on Zoom
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: GSN
Mon, 01.12.2025, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience - MCN - Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Munich Neuroscience Lecture

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Michael Brecht
Humboldt-Universität Berlin
Large-brain-neuroscience in elephants
Lecture Hall B01.019, Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Benedikt Grothe
Thu, 04.12.2025, 11:00
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Talk

Dayu Lin
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Neural plasticity supporting parenthood   click for details
MPI BI, Seminar room NQ105
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Alisson Pinto-de-Almeida
Thu, 04.12.2025, 12:00
Graduate School of Neuroscience: PhD Oral Defense

Jule Filler
Dichgans lab, Translational Stroke and Dementia Research, ISD
Predictors for Cognitive Impairment and Dementia after Stroke   click for details
ISD, room 8G U1 155 and on Zoom
Feodor-Lynen-Str. 17, München
Host: GSN
Thu, 04.12.2025, 14:00
TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Andreea Diaconescu
University of Toronto
TBA   click for details
Online - Zoom
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Thu, 04.12.2025, 14:00
BMC Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology: Talk

Shane Liddelow
Neuroscience Institute NYU Grossman School of Medicine New York
What is the (functional) role of reactive astrocytes?
N01.017
Großhaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Host: Magdalena Götz
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
room tba 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
tba
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
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, room D00.003 and on Zoom
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: GSN
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
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
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
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