Munich Neuroscience Calendar

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Mon, 28.09.2026, 14:00
Graduate School of Neuroscience: PhD Oral Defense

Alicia Schowe
Binder lab
Psychological Stress, Genetic Vulnerability, and Biological Aging: Understanding Psychological and Epigenetic Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic   click for details
MPI of Psychiatry, Lecture Hall and on Zoom
Kraepelinstr. 2, 80804 Munich
Host: GSN-LMU
Tue, 29.09.2026, 11:00
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Talk

Frank Bradke
DZNE Bonn
Mechanisms of Axon Growth and Regeneration
NQ 105
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Rüdiger Klein
Thu, 01.10.2026, 14:00 BMC Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology: Talk

Tabitha Rücker
Pasteur Institut, Paris
Multimodal perspectives on the upper-layer neurogenesis
N01.017
Großhaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Host: Physiologische Genomik / Magdalena Götz
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
Mon, 05.10.2026, 17:00
Graduate School of Neuroscience: Talk

Giacomo Costalunga
Vallentin Lab, MPI-BI Seewiesen
tba
B01.019
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: GSN
Tue, 06.10.2026, 16:00
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry: Talk

Joshua Johansen
University of California, Irvine
From Defense to Inference: How the Brain Constructs Emotional States, Actions & Memories   click for details
Lecture Hall
Kräpelinstr. 2, 10, 80804 München
Host: Nadine Gogolla
Tue, 06.10.2026, 18:30 IBZ - Internationales Begegnungszentrum der Wissenschaften e.V.: Talk

Simon Jacob
TUM Translational NeuroTechnology Laboratory
Zwischen Nervensystem und digitaler Welt: Herausforderungen und Chancen der Brain-Computer Interfaces   click for details

Amalienstraße 38, 80799 München
Host: Internationales Begegnungszentrum der Wissenschaft München e.V./BCCN
Fri, 09.10.2026, 09:00
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry: Symposium / Conference

Various Speakers
ECNP Resilience Network
Understanding Resilience: From Conceptualization and Methodology to Clinical Implementation   click for details
Lecture Hall
Kräpelinstr. 2, 10, 80804 München
Fri, 09.10.2026, 09:30
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry: Talk

Christian Lüscher
University of Geneva
Modeling addiction-like behavior in mice: optogenetic mimicry to explore the neural mechanisms underlying a complex disease   click for details
Conference Room 310
Kraepelinstr. 2, 10, 80804 München
Host: Nadine Gogolla
Fri, 09.10.2026, 16:00
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry: Talk

Rachel Upthegrove
University of Oxford
Chronic inflammation and metabolic dysfunction in Severe Mental Illness   click for details
Lecture Hall
Kraepelinstr. 2, 10, 80804 Muenchen
Host: David Popovic
Mon, 12.10.2026, 16:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Donald Katz
Brandeis University
tba
Small lecture hall B01.019, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Avi Patel
Tue, 13.10.2026, 16:00
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry: Talk

Johannes Gräff
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Memory aids on the chromatin   click for details
Lecture Hall
Kräpelinstr. 2, 10, 80804 München
Host: Florencia Calderon
Thu, 15.10.2026, 14:00
BMC Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology: Symposium / Conference

Jennifer Lippincott - Schwartz, and more...
Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Walter Neupert Symposium   click for details
Small Lecture Hall
Großhaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Host: Michael Kiebler
Thu, 15.10.2026, 14:00 BMC Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology: Talk

Luísa Pinto
University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
TBA
N01.017
Großhaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Host: Physiologische Genomik / Magdalena Götz
Thu, 15.10.2026, 14:00 TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Timothy Friesen
University of Calgary
TBA   click for details
online
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
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, 19.10.2026, 16:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Stefanie Jegelka
TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology
tba
Small lecture hall B01.019, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Anton Sirota
Tue, 20.10.2026, 16:00
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry: Talk

Robert Ohlendorf
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen
Hemodynamic imaging of molecular brain function   click for details
Lecture Hall
Kraepelinstr. 2, 10, 80804 München
Host: Liya Niv
Thu, 22.10.2026, 14:00 BMC Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology: Talk

Daniel Tornero
Lab of Neural Stem Cells & Brain Damage, Barcelona
TBA
N02.017
Großhaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Host: Physiologische Genomik / Magdalena Götz
Thu, 22.10.2026, 14:00 TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Afra Wohlschläger
TUM Klinikum Rechts der Isar
TBA   click for details
Online & TranslaTUM, kleines Auditorium
Einsteinstr. 25, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Mon, 26.10.2026, 16:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Christian Mayer
MPI-BI
tba
B01.019, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Anton Sirota
Thu, 29.10.2026, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Anne Churchland
UCLA
Movements, decisions and large scale neural activity   click for details
Large lecture hall B00.019, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Talking Science team
Mon, 02.11.2026, 16:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Gitta Kutyniok
Department of Mathematics, LMU
tba
Small lecture hall B01.019, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Anton Sirota
Thu, 05.11.2026, 14:00 BMC Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology: Talk

Michèle Studer
Institut de Biologie Valrose, iBV Universite Cote d Azur (UniCA) Physiological and pathological mechanisms of neural development Lab Nice, France
Michèle Studer: How NR2F1 Shapes the Developing Brain: Lessons from BBSOAS
N02.017
Großhaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Host: Physiologische Genomik / Magdalena Götz
Thu, 05.11.2026, 14:00 BMC Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology: Talk

Michèle Studer
Institut de Biologie Valrose, iBV Universite Cote dAzur (UniCA) Physiological and pathological mechanisms of neural development Lab Nice, France
How NR2F1 Shapes the Developing Brain: Lessons from BBSOAS
N02.017
Großhaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Host: Physiologische Genomik / Magdalena Götz
Thu, 05.11.2026, 14:00 TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Samuel Sander
Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit Mannheim
Graded semantic similarity in the temporal pole and false memory formation: an RSA study at 7T   click for details
online
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
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
Fri, 13.11.2026, 11:00 Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology: Talk

Jan Gründemann
Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e. V. (DZNE)
Imaging Deep: Multiscale Plasticity from Neuronal Populations to Axon Initial Segments
Seminarraum, Raum 3.1.7, Gebäude 60
Biedersteiner Straße 29, 80802 München
Host: Thomas Misgeld
Thu, 19.11.2026, 14:00 TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Benedikt Zoefel
CNRS Delegation Occitanie Ouest
Entrainment echoes in the cerebellum   click for details
online
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Mon, 23.11.2026, 16:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Marieke Schölvinck
ESI Frankfurt
tba
Small lecture hall B01.019, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Dennis Nestvogel
Thu, 26.11.2026, 14:00 TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Alex Hess
Technik Universität Zürich & ETH Zurich
Computational Modelling of Brain-Body Interactions for Mental Health   click for details
online
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Mon, 30.11.2026, 16:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Thomas Schreiner
Department of Psychology, LMU
tba
B01.019, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Anton Sirota
Thu, 03.12.2026, 14:00 BMC Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology: Talk

Luana Campos Soares
University Oxford, UK
TBA
N02.017
Großhaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Host: Physiologische Genomik / Swetlana Sirko
Thu, 03.12.2026, 14:00 TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Daniel Thayer
UC Santa Barbara
Mechanisms of attentional guidance and distractor suppression during visual search   click for details
online
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
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
Thu, 10.12.2026, 14:00 TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Jasper Bischofberger
University of Tübingen
Real-Time fMRI of Midbrain Dopaminergic Activity During Effort-Based Decision-Making   click for details
online
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Thu, 17.12.2026, 14:00 BMC Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology: Talk

Stefanie Robel
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Astrocytes mediate prolonged blood-brain barrier disruption after mild traumatic brain injury/concussion
N02.017
Großhaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Host: Physiologische Genomik / Magdalena Götz
Thu, 17.12.2026, 14:00 TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Uyen Doan
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Disentangling the role of semantic priors and sensory details in autobiographical memory retrieval   click for details
online
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Thu, 07.01.2027, 14:00 TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Adam Culbreth
University of Maryland
TBA   click for details
online
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Thu, 14.01.2027, 14:00 TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Jacqueline Scholl
Lyon Neuroscience research Centre (CRNL), Inserm
TBA   click for details
online
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Mon, 18.01.2027, 16:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Ewelina Knapska
Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw
tba
Small lecture hall B01.019, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Wiktor Mlynarski
Thu, 21.01.2027, 14:00 TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Daniela Gresch
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Behavioral and Neural Dynamics of External and Internal Attention   click for details
Online & TranslaTUM, kleines Auditorium
Einsteinstr. 25, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Thu, 28.01.2027, 14:00 TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Dominika Radziun
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour
Adaptive and maladaptive inference: What congenital blindness can teach us about schizophrenia   click for details
online
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Thu, 04.02.2027, 14:00 TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Rasmus Bruckner
Universität Hamburg and FU Berlin
Computational Psychiatry: Features and Bugs   click for details
online
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Mon, 15.02.2027, 16:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Richard Gao
Goethe University Frankfurt
tba
Small lecture hall B01.019, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Wiktor Mlynarski
Mon, 01.03.2027, 16:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Julija Krupic
Dementia Research Institute, University College London
tba
B01.019, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Andreas Herz
Mon, 08.11.2027, 17:00
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience - MCN - Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Munich Neuroscience Lecture

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Gordon Fishell
Harvard Medical School & Broad Institute
TBA
B01.019
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Oriane Mauger