Munich Neuroscience Calendar

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Tue, 30.09.2025, 11:00
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Talk

Christopher A. Zimmerman
Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Body-brain interactions in learning   click for details
MPI BI, Seminar room NQ105
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Rüdiger Klein
Tue, 30.09.2025, 16:00
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry: Talk

Joshua Gordon
Columbia University, USA
From math to mechanism: A vision of the future for psychiatry
Lecture Hall
Kräpelinstr. 2, 10, 80804 München
Host: Elisabeth Binder
Thu, 02.10.2025, 08:30
MCN: Symposium / Conference

Various Speakers
QBI-SBMS/MCN-GSN
QBI-SBMS/MCN-GSN Symposium   click for details
GSN Seminar room D00.003, Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Oliver Behrend
Thu, 02.10.2025, 14:00
BMC Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology: Talk

Jernej Ule
Francis Crick Institute & UK Dementia Research Institute, Kings College
TBA
N01.017
Großhaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Host: Physiologische Genomik / Magdalena Götz
Mon, 06.10.2025, 11:00 Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Talk

Hiroaki Matsunami
Duke University of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Durham NC, USA
Structural and Evolutionary Insights into Odorant Receptor Diversity in Mammals and Birds   click for details
NQ 105 and streamed to MPI BI Seewiesen, house 5, seminar room 0.23
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Meng-Ching Ko
Mon, 06.10.2025, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Brent Doiron
University of Chicago
tba
B01.027, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Julijana Gjorgjieva
Fri, 10.10.2025, 12:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Michael Deistler
MPI for Biological Intelligence
Machine learning for inference in biophysical neuroscience simulations   click for details
GSN Seminar room D00.003
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Julijana Gjorgjieva
Mon, 13.10.2025, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Johannes Letzkus
Institute of Physiology, University of Freiburg
tba
Small lecture hall B01.019, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Julijana Gjorgjieva
Tue, 14.10.2025, 11:00 Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Talk

Joseph Parker
California Institute of Technology
Retracing the evolutionary steps towards symbiosis   click for details
NQ 105 and streamed to MPI BI Seewiesen, house 4, room 4/0.07 + 4/0.08
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Maude Baldwin
Tue, 14.10.2025, 12:30
Graduate School of Neuroscience: PhD Oral Defense

Kelsey Pinkham
Liesz Lab, ISD
Targeting Microglial Function in Post-Stroke Regeneration   click for details
LMU Biocenter GSN seminar room D00.003 and on Zoom
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: GSN
Thu, 16.10.2025, 14:00
TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Andrea Alamia
Brain and Cognition Research Center (CerCo), France
Predictive Coding and Traveling Waves   click for details
Online - Zoom
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Mon, 20.10.2025, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Guillaume Hennequin
University of Cambridge
tba
Small lecture hall B01.019, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Anton Sirota
Tue, 21.10.2025, 09:00 MCN: other Event

Steven Zuryns, QBI / Thomas Misgeld, TUM
QBI-UQ / TUM, Institute of Neuronal Cell Biology
Mitochondria/Organelle Dynamics - Zoom Tandem Seminar GSN-MCN-LMU / SBMS-QBI-UQ   click for details
ZOOM
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Thomas Misgeld
Tue, 21.10.2025, 11:00
Max-Planck-Institut for Biological Intelligence Campus Seewiesen: Talk

Miriam Liedvogel
Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg & Institute of Avian Research, Wilhelmshaven
Blackcap migration - adaptation in time and space   click for details
MPI BI Seewiesen, Haus 4
Eberhard-Gwinner-Straße, 82319 Seewiesen
Host: Clemens Küpper
Thu, 23.10.2025, 14:00
TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Nils Winter
University of Münster
Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Major Depressive Disorder: A Precision Psychiatry Perspective   click for details
Online - Zoom
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Mon, 27.10.2025, 15:00
Graduate School of Neuroscience: PhD Oral Defense

Luise Schröger
Dichgans Lab, ISD
Iron Mediated Neuronal Injury in FOXF2 Deficient and Hypertensive Mice   click for details
ISD, room tba, and on Zoom
Feodor-Lynen-Str. 17, Munich
Host: GSN
Tue, 28.10.2025, 11:00
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Talk

Mohammad Khallaf
Max Delbrück Center, Berlin
A queen odour mediates reproductive suppression in a eusocial mammal   click for details
MPI BI, T-Building, Small lecture hall
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Mon, 03.11.2025, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience - MCN - Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Munich Neuroscience Lecture

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Carolyn McBride
Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Evolution of human-seeking in mosquitoes
Lecture Hall B01.019, Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Nadine Gogolla
Thu, 06.11.2025, 14:00
TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Julia Rodriguez-Sanchez
University College London
Neurophysiological signatures of psychotic symptom onset   click for details
Online - Zoom
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
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
Mon, 24.11.2025, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Pau Vilimelis Aceitu
ETH Zurich
tba
Small lecture hall B01.019, 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, 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, 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, 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
Mon, 08.12.2025, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Franziska Knolle
Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM
tba
Small lecture hall B01.019, 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, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Andrea Burgalossi
University of Tübingen
tba
Small lecture hall B01.019, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Andreas Herz
Wed, 17.12.2025, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

György Buzsáki
NYU Neuroscience Institute
tba   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 B01.019, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Anton Sirota