Munich Neuroscience Calendar

All Talks

Mon, 22.06.2026, 17:00 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience: Talk

Mathias Schmidt
MPI of Psychiatry
Decyphering resilience: How genetic predisposition, sex and environment shape stress-related phenotypes
Small lecture hall, B01.019, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Anna Schröder
Tue, 23.06.2026, 11:00
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Talk

Sercan Sayin
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz
Rules for Robust Collective Marching in Desert Locusts
MPI BI, Seminar room NQ105
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Lisa Fenk
Tue, 23.06.2026, 16:00
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry: Talk

Sandra Siegert
Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Microglia - From bystander to influencer of brain activity   click for details
Lecture Hall
Kräpelinstr. 2, 10, 80804 München
Host: Minnah Irfan
Thu, 25.06.2026, 14:00 TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

James Dowsett
University of Stirling
Decoding real-world visual scenes from alpha and gamma band flicker evoked oscillations in human EEG   click for details
online
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Wed, 01.07.2026, 11:00
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Talk

Raffaele Sarnataro
Francis Crick Institute, London
A neurometabolic feedback controlling the need to sleep   click for details
MPI BI, Seminar room NQ105
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Angelika Harbauer
Wed, 01.07.2026, 16:00
Graduate School of Neuroscience: Talk

Francesca Odoardi
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Echtzeitdarstellung neuroimmunologischer Prozesse
tba
ISD, U1, room 106
Feodor-Lynen-Str. 17, München
Host: GSN and Liesz lab
Thu, 02.07.2026, 14:00
TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Rebecca West
Technical University of Munich
TBA   click for details
online
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Thu, 02.07.2026, 14:00 BMC Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology: Talk

Afsaneh Gaillard
Head of Cellular Therapies in Brain Diseases group INSERM, Université de Poitiers , France
Afsaneh Gaillard: Combination of biomaterial and stem cell-based strategies to improve cortical
N01.017
Großhaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Host: Physiologische Genomik / Fernanda Martinez Reza
Tue, 07.07.2026, 11:00
Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence Campus Martinsried: Talk

Frederike D. Hanke
University of Rostock, Institute für Biosciences, Rostock
Numerous paths towards orientation and navigation in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina)   click for details
MPI BI, Seminar room NQ105
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Emmi Schlicht
Thu, 09.07.2026, 14:00
TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Raina Vin
Yale University
TBA   click for details
online
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Thu, 09.07.2026, 14:00 BMC Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology: Talk

Xianyuan Xiang
Faculty of Life and Health Sciences Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology
Xianyuan Xiang: The Trem2–Gpnmb Axis Across Stroke and Alzheimer’s Disease
N01.017
Großhaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Host: Physiologische Genomik / Magdalena Götz
Tue, 14.07.2026, 11:00
Max-Planck-Institut for Biological Intelligence Campus Seewiesen: Talk

Anand Krishnan
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru (Indien)
Social Vocal Learning in Parrots   click for details
MPI BI Seewiesen, Haus 4
Eberhard-Gwinner-Straße, 82319 Seewiesen
Host: Henrik Brumm
Wed, 15.07.2026, 16:00
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry: Talk

Christian Doeller
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Structuring experience in cognitive spaces   click for details
Lecture Hall
Kräpelinstr. 2, 10, 80804 München
Host: Elisabeth Binder
Thu, 16.07.2026, 14:00
TUM-NeuroImaging Center: Talk

Nicole Karcher
Washington University in St. Louis
TBA   click for details
online
Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München
Host: Franziska Knolle
Thu, 16.07.2026, 14:00 BMC Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology: Talk

Mathieu Boulard
EMBL Monterotondo, Italy
Mathieu Boulard: Exclusivity and Chance in Olfactory Receptor Gene Selection
N01.017
Großhaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Host: Physiologische Genomik / Magdalena Götz
Thu, 23.07.2026, 14:00 BMC Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology: Talk

Günter Höglinger
Head of Neurology Klinikum Großhadern
Günter Höglinger: Tau and aSyn: translating basic science to clinical solutions
N01.017
Großhaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Host: Physiologische Genomik / Magdalena Götz
Tue, 28.07.2026, 16:00
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry: Talk

Simone Kühn
Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development
Environmental Neuroscience: On how the physical environment affects brain and mental health   click for details
Lecture Hall
Kraepelinstr. 2, 10, 80804 Muenchen
Host: Alicia Schowe
Tue, 01.09.2026, 16:00
ISD - Inst. for Stroke and Dementia Research: Talk

Qi Dake
College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
The role of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) family proteins in mediating metabolic dysfunction and heart disease
8G U1 155
Feodor-Lynen-Strasse 17, 81377 München
Host: Jürgen Bernhagen
Fri, 11.09.2026, 10:00 Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology: Talk

Scott Small
Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York
SORL1-Retromer Endosomal Recycling in Alzheimer’s Disease
Center for Stroke and Dementia Research, Large Seminar Room 8G U1 155
Feodor-Lynen-Strasse 17, 81377 München
Host: Christian Haass & Dominik Paquet
Mon, 12.10.2026, 17:00 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
Thu, 29.10.2026, 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
N01.017
Großhaderner Str. 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Host: Physiologische Genomik / Magdalena Götz
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
Small lecture hall B01.019, LMU Biocenter
Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried
Host: Talking Science team
Mon, 23.11.2026, 17:00 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