Munich Neuroscience Calendar

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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, 12:00
TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Ondrej Zika
School of Psychology, University College Dublin
Computational mechanisms of contextual inference and generalization under uncertainty in anxiety   click for details
Online - Zoom
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Fri, 30.01.2026, 11:00
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Talk

Dominic Evans
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt
Visual circuits and the neural encoding of cuttlefish camouflage   click for details
MPI BI, Seminar room NQ105
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Lorenz Fenk
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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Veronica 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
Tue, 03.02.2026, 11:00
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Talk

Nathalie Rochefort
Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Movie-trained transformer model reveals novel response properties to dynamic stimuli in mouse visual cortex   click for details
MPI BI, Seminar room NQ105
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Mark Hübener
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, 13:00
Graduate School of Neuroscience: PhD Oral Defense

Merve Kutlu
Staudigl Lab
Targeted Reactivation of Memories: Insights from Sleep and Post-Sleep EEG in Humans   click for details
LMU Psychology Department, room 1201 and on Zoom
Ludwigstr. 13, München
Host: GSN
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
Tue, 10.02.2026, 16:00
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry: Talk

Dorothea Hämmerer
Universität Innsbruck
Probing the noradrenergic system in ageing and dementia   click for details
Lecture Hall
Kräpelinstr. 2, 10, 80804 München
Host: Mira Erhart
Thu, 12.02.2026, 14:00 BMC Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology: Talk

Chiara Zurzolo
Professor at the Pasteur Institute, Paris
Tunnelling nanotubes, reshaping brain connectivity and role in development and neurodegeneration
D 00.003
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Host: Physiologische Genomik / Magdalena Götz
Mon, 23.02.2026, 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
Tue, 03.03.2026, 11:00
Max-Planck-Institut for Biological Intelligence Campus Seewiesen: Talk

Heribert Hofer
Leibniz Institute for Zoo & Wildlife Research, Berlin
Strengthening institutional support for gender equality and diversity: the fun, the benefits and the best approaches   click for details
MPI BI Seewiesen, Haus 4
Eberhard-Gwinner-Straße, 82319 Seewiesen
Host: Susanne Hoffmann & Petra Winterholler
Mon, 09.03.2026, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Elad Schneidman
Weizmann Institute of Science
tba
Small lecture hall B01.027, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Wiktor Mlynarski
Tue, 24.03.2026, 09:00 MCN: other Event

Barry Dickson, QBI / Lisa Fenk, MPI BI
QBI-UQ / MPI for Biological Intelligence
Neural Circuits and Behaviour - Zoom Tandem Seminar GSN-MCN-LMU / SBMS-QBI-UQ   click for details
Zoom
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Lisa Fenk
Thu, 26.03.2026, 09:00
Graduate School of Neuroscience: Symposium / Conference
(until 27.03.2026, 19:00)
GSN-LMU
GSN-LMU
GSN Students’ Conference   click for details
LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Tue, 07.04.2026, 11:00
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Talk

John Tuthill
Department of Neurobiology and Biophysics, University of Washington
Neural mechanisms of rhythmic motor control in Drosophila   click for details
MPI BI, Seminar room NQ105
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Aditya Pujari
Mon, 27.04.2026, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Andrea Burgalossi
University of Tübingen
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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
Fri, 12.06.2026, 09:00
MCN - Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Symposium / Conference

Several Speaker
tba
Munich Brain Day 2026   click for details
tbc T-Building MPI for Biological Intelligence
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: D. Keays, O. Behrend, S. Capello, l. Fenk, A. Harbauer, S. Jacob, O. Mauger, G. Nordmann
Fri, 26.06.2026, 16:00
other: other Event
(until 29.06.2026, 16:00)
ASP-LMU
Amgen Scholars Programme
Opening Retreat ASP-LMU   click for details
DJH Burgrain
Jochstraße 10, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Fri, 10.07.2026, 15:00 Graduate School of Neuroscience: other Event

GSN-LMU
GSN / MCN
GSN Graduation Day and 20th anniversary celebration of GSN & MCN   click for details
LMU Main Building
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, München
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 Le-Hoa 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
Fri, 28.08.2026, 11:00
Amgen Scholars Programme: Symposium / Conference

ASP-LMU
Amgen Scholars Programme at LMU Munich
Poster Session - Amgen Scholars Programme
Foyer LMU Biocenter
Großhadernerstr. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Mon, 05.10.2026, 14:00
Graduate School of Neuroscience: Symposium / Conference
(until 08.10.2026, 14:00)
GSN-LMU
GSN-LMU
Orientation at GSN-LMU   click for details
Foyer LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Fri, 16.10.2026, 10:00
Graduate School of Neuroscience: other Event
(until 18.10.2026, 14:00)
GSN-LMU
GSN-LMU
GSN Scientific Retreat in Bad Tölz   click for details

Bad Tölz, Bad Tölz
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