Munich Neuroscience Calendar

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

Jakob Macke
University of Tuebingen
Learning mechanistic models that link cells, circuits, and computations
NQ 105
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Alexander Borst
Thu, 27.11.2025, 14:00
TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Alban Voppel
McGill University, UMCG
Deep learning with Language in Psychosis Spectrograms and LLMs   click for details
Online - Zoom
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Fri, 28.11.2025, 11:00
Graduate School of Neuroscience: Talk

Stuart Peirson
University of Oxford, Sleep & Circadian Neuroscience Institute
A day in the life of a mouse: The importance of circadian rhythms, sleep and light for physiology and behaviour
ISD Large Seminar Room 8G U1 155
Feodor-Lynen-Str. 17, Munich
Host: GSN and Tiedt Lab
Fri, 28.11.2025, 12:00 Graduate School of Neuroscience: Neurolunch

Ramon Garcia-Cortadella
LMU
DC-coupled electrophysiological imaging of large-scale cortical dynamics
D00.003
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
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: Michael Pecka
Tue, 02.12.2025, 11:00
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Talk

Andrew Schulz
MPI for Intelligent Systems,Tübingen
An Autistic Academic Abroad: Taking off my Mask in Research to Explore Biological Functional Gradients   click for details
MPI BI, Seminar room NQ105
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Susanne Hoffmann
Tue, 02.12.2025, 16:00
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry: Talk

Ted Abel
University of Iowa
Epigenetic Mechanisms of Memory Storage   click for details
Conference Room 019 - Museum
Kräpelinstr. 2, 10, 80804 München
Host: Oriane Mauger
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, 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, 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
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
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
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
tba
Lecture Hall B01.019, Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: tba
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
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 B01.019, 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