Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
@mpibrain.bsky.social
The Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt, Germany, is one of the world-leading institutions studying the neural circuits in the brain. Imprint: https://brain.mpg.de/imprint
Three weeks of hands-on science, new perspectives and discoveries: 16 highly-motivated Frankfurt students joined our #MaxPlanckJuniorScholars Program 2026 to explore research, develop new skills and make meaningful connections. #ResearchInternship #STEMeducation #ScienceOutreach 🔗 bit.ly/3RlV5xc
Research That Inspires
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Congratulations to Vanessa Stempel @avstempel.bsky.social, Research Group Leader at the MPI for Brain Research, on being selected as a 2026 FENS-Kavli Scholar! The honor recognizes outstanding early-career neuroscientists shaping the future of #neuroscience in Europe. 🧠🎉 #FENS 🔗 bit.ly/4gsWNXK
Vanessa Stempel selected 2026 FENS-Kavli Scholar
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Congratulations to our managing director, Moritz Helmstaedter @mhlab.bsky.social and all newly elected EMBO members! The EMBO membership recognizes outstanding scientific achievements. #EMBOMembers2026 #scientificexcellence 🔗 bit.ly/3Quq61B
Moritz Helmstaedter Elected to the EMBO Membership
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EMBO@embo.org · last mo.Welcome and congratulations to the 60 new members and 11 associate members who have been elected to the EMBO Membership! They join a community of more than 2,200 leading scientists. 🧪 https://www.embo.org/press-releases/seventy-one-leading-scientists-elected-to-the-embo-membership/ #EMBOMembers2026
Welcome to our Annual Meeting 2026! 👋 Highlights will included the presentation of the Max Planck Startup Award of the Stifterverband to Ovo Labs and the plenary assembly featuring an expert dialogue on the future of #democracy.
The Max Planck Society assembles for its Annual Meeting in Frankfurt am Main
The Max Planck Society meets for its Annual Meeting in Frankfurt am Main. Highlights will included the presentation of the Max Planck Startup Award of the Stifterverband and the Plenary Assembly featu...
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We're thrilled to celebrate our director, Erin Schuman @erin-schuman.bsky.social on receiving the #KavliPrize in Neuroscience!! 🥳 @kavlifoundation.org #Neuroscience #BrainResearch
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft@maxplanck.de · 2mo agoCongratulations, Erin Schuman! The director at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research receives the #KavliPrize 2026 in the field of #neuroscience 🎉 @kavlifoundation.org @mpibrain.bsky.social
Congratulations to Gilles Laurent, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, on being elected Fellow of the Royal Societyin recognition of his pioneering work on neural coding and information processing in the central nervous system. 🔗 bit.ly/4fM8EQ5 @royalsociety.org @maxplanck.de
Gilles Laurent Elected Fellow of the Royal Society
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The Royal Society@royalsociety.org · 2mo agoWe are very happy to announce the 90 outstanding researchers from across the world who have been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society this year, in fields from astronomy and cancer research to mathematics and biotechnology. #RSFellows royalsociety.org/news/2026/05...
Last week, we hosted the kick-off meeting for the new Frankfurt Microscopy Club! 🔬 Participants from @goetheuni.bsky.social and the @mpibrain.bsky.social came together to foster exchange, share expertise, and explore future collaborations in light microscopy. #Microscopy #LightMicroscopy #Research
We were excited to take part in Girls’ Day! Participants enjoyed lab tours, hands-on experiments in our teaching lab, inspiring stories, and got a glimpse into everyday life in research. 🧠 🧬🔬 #GirlsDay #WomenInScience #Outreach #Neuroscience
🚨Hiring Alert! Gregor Schuhknecht’s research group, Brain Algorithms and Circuits, is seeking a highly motivated Postdoc with a strong exper. background in #systemsneuroscience and a deep interest in understanding how vertebrate brain circuits give rise to computation. Apply 👉 postdocprogram.mpg.de
#FrankfurtHatHirn 🧠 live 2026 this week was inspiring, engaging, and full of lively exchange! Young researchers took the audience on an exciting journey into the world of brain research in the Main metropolis. Find out more 👉 bit.ly/4bHcszG
Frankfurt hat Hirn live: An Evening Full of Neuroscience
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On #InternationalWomensDay, we remember Cécile Vogt, co-founder of our original institute, and her daughters Marthe and Marguerite Vogt - all pioneering scientists in their fields. Their impact continues to shape modern science today. More on Cécile Vogt 👉 brain.mpg.de/cecile-vogt-... #Diversity
Ribosomes in pairs: A survival strategy inside stressed cells. When nutrients drop or temperatures shift, cells switch to survival mode. New work by @erin-schuman.bsky.social & colleagues shows that inactive ribosomes pair up via a ribosomal RNA link @andschwarz.bsky.social @muellermara.bsky.social
3D-EM–based connectomics is Method of the Year 2025 @natmethods.nature.com 🎉 Our director Moritz Helmstaedter, founder of the world’s first “Dept. of Connectomics” @mhlab.bsky.social, outlines an optimistic future enabling large-brain Connectomic Screening: bit.ly/3XVIccW
Don’t miss the Nanosymposium NANO024 – Connectomics at #SfN2025! 📍 SD Convention Center, Room 33 ⏰ 8 - 11:30 AM PST 12 speakers from academia & industry exploring #connectomics across species and questions. With Gregor Schuhknecht (MPI Brain Research) @mpibrain.bsky.social and Helene Schmidt (ESI)
Exciting news! Two new groups join the MPI for Brain Research! Welcome 🪰 Philipp Brand – Evolutionary Neuroscience & Behavior @pbrand.bsky.social and 🐟 Gregor Schuhknecht – Brain Algorithms & Circuits More info 👉 bit.ly/47M3bDt #Neuroscience #BrainResearch
Two New Research Groups join the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
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Congratulations to our Managing Director Erin Schuman @erin-schuman.bsky.social on being elected to the U.S. National Academy of Medicine! #NAMmtg A special honor recognizing her pioneering work on local protein synthesis at synapses. 🔗 bit.ly/3Jid6Ix
Erin Schuman elected as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine
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We’re thrilled to launch the MPI Brain's @mpibrain.bsky.social new Cellfies series! Neurons in the larval zebrafish brain react to motion left (purple) or right (green). Explore our Algorithms and Circuits research 🔗 brain.mpg.de/schuhknecht #Cellfie #CalciumImaging #SystemsNeuroscience
@maxplanck.de 🏫 School Outreach Network Meeting at @hausderastronomie.bsky.social 🔭 & MPI for Nuclear Physics - Sharing experiences and shaping ideas to inspire the next generation of scientists. 🧬🔬🧪 www.max-wissen.de
A molecular atlas of the hippocampus: Scientist at the MPIs for Brain Research and Biophysics map RNAs and proteins at synaptic resolution 🔬 🔗 brain.mpg.de/molecular-at... @evakaulich.bsky.social @erin-schuman.bsky.social
🚨Hiring Alert! Join Gregor Schuhknechts’s new group Brain Algorithms and Circuits @mpibrain.bsky.social ! 🧠 Fully funded PhD & Postdoc 🐟 Larval #zebrafish model 🔬 Imaging, electrophysiology, EM 💻 #SystemsNeuroscience 👉 brain.mpg.de/schuhknecht
🚛 Ribosomes on the road! New research from the Schuman Lab @mpibrain.bsky.social shows neurons can locally assemble ribosomes - far from the nucleus and close to synapses. A big shift from textbook biology! 📚🧬🔗 bit.ly/3GUJKPv #Neuroscience #CellBiology #Ribosomes
Ribosomes On the Road: Neurons Assemble Protein Factories Far from the Nucleus
New study shows ribosome biogenesis can occur within neuronal branches, challenging traditional textbook biology.
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A festive finish to the Max Planck Junior Scholars Program 2025! 🎓 After 3 weeks of hands-on science, twelve outstanding students presented their research & experiences at today’s certificate ceremony at the MPI 🧠. Driven, talented minds, and full of potential! @maxplanck.de 🔗 bit.ly/3H33m3S
Science up close: Max Planck Junior Scholars 2025
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Honoring excellence - The American Philosophical Society recognizes Gilles Laurent with the 2025 Karl Spencer Lashley Award for his groundbreaking studies on information coding and processing in the central nervous system. 👉 bit.ly/453rJXd
Gilles Laurent to receive the 2025 Karl Spencer Lashley Award
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🎉 Huge congratulations to @MpiBrain director Erin Schuman @erin-schuman.bsky.social on receiving the 2026 Nakasone Award for her groundbreaking work on the function and plasticity of neuronal synapses! 🧠 @hfspo.bsky.social #neuroscience #HFSP #NakasoneAward 👉 bit.ly/4m6g40P
Erin M. Schuman Wins 2026 Nakasone Award
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🚀 We’re thrilled to welcome 14 talented and enthusiastic high-school students to the 2025 Max Planck Junior Scholars Program, kicking off today with a Science Boot Camp Week @mpibrain.bsky.social ! 🔬🧬 @maxplanck.de
The Max Planck Institute for Brain Research @mpibrain.bsky.social joined the Be Open about Animal Research Day. You can join too! Show your support and share on #BOARD25
🚀 Zwei neue #Exzellenzcluster für die #GoetheUni! Mit @scale-cluster-ffm.bsky.social & @cpi-exstra.bsky.social wird Frankfurt ab 2026 zum Hotspot für Zell- & Gesundheitsforschung. Nächster Schritt: Exzellenzverbund @rheinmainunis.bsky.social mit @unimainz.bsky.social & @tuda.bsky.social.
🚀 Two Future Clusters of Excellence for #GoetheUni! With @scale-cluster-ffm.bsky.social & @cpi-exstra.bsky.social, Frankfurt will become a hotspot for cell & health #research from 2026. Next step: Network of excellence @rheinmainunis.bsky.social with @unimainz.bsky.social & @tuda.bsky.social.
#GirlsDay at @mpibrain.bsky.social - We loved welcoming curious and enthusiastic girls to explore the world of science & research. We're committed to continue to inspire the next generation of researchers. 👩🔬 #STEM #WomenInScience #NextGenScientists @erin-schuman.bsky.social @alenalem.bsky.social
