Max Planck Institute for Brain Research

Max Planck Institute for Brain Research

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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

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Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
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Congratulations to @mpibrain.bsky.social Postdoc Joe Dobbs @joedobbs.bsky.social on receiving the 2026 Birnstiel Award for his doctoral work at @embl.org on functional gene expression in bacteria!

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Exciting news! We're thrilled to announce the six outstanding laureates of the International Birnstiel Award for Doctoral Studies in Molecular Life Sciences 2026! 🏆Congratulations to all awardees and honourable mentions! 🎉 1/ ➡️ www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
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How do microbial symbionts shape neural circuits, mating behavior & evolution? With the new #ERC-funded project SIMBIO, Philipp Brand @pbrand.bsky.social and his team @mpibrain.bsky.social will explore how microbes shape brains and behavior. #ERCStG 🔗 brain.mpg.de/brand-erc-st...

brain.mpg.deNeural Circuits, Microbes, and Behavioral EvolutionPhilipp Brand receives ERC Starting-Grant to study neural circuits, microbes, and behavioral evolution
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Meet #KavliPrize 2026 Neuroscience Laureate Erin Schuman – discover her groundbreaking research on memory and local protein synthesis in #neurons, and the passion she brings to neuroscience! 🧠 @maxplanck.de @erin-schuman.bsky.social @kavliprize.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/4ycs32M

bit.lyLocal protein synthesis upended neuroscience | Erin Schuman - Kavli Prize Laureate portrait 2026"Memories last a lifetime, but they're built out of molecules that have very short lifetimes. So how do you get permanence in a system like that?" – Erin Schuman. Meet Erin Schuman, 2026 Kavli Prize Laureate in Neuroscience and Director at the @maxplanckinstituteforbrain6013 Max Planck Institute for Brain Research. Driven by a childhood wonder for how animals store memories over long periods, her groundbreaking research upended decades of neuroscience dogma. Through a simple yet revolutionary experiment, Schuman and her team discovered that neurons don't wait for proteins to travel all the way from the cell body. Instead, local "factories" right at the synapse synthesize thousands of messenger RNAs on demand—providing the molecular building blocks needed to construct long-term memory. In this portrait, Schuman shares her journey from an eager young learner to uncovering the hidden cellular machinery inside our brains. 00:00 –The paradox of lifetime memories 00:15 – A childhood love for learning & brain mystery 00:48 – The experiment that shocked neuroscientists 01:27 – Discovering local protein synthesis at the synapse 01:53 – Visualizing ribosomes and mitochondria inside the cell 02:19 – The ultimate unsolved question of memory longevity #neuroscience #brain #memory #kavliprize #biology #science #maxplanck #stem
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
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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

bit.lyMoritz Helmstaedter Elected to the EMBO Membership
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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

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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.

mpg.deThe Max Planck Society assembles for its Annual Meeting in Frankfurt am MainThe 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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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

bit.lyGilles Laurent Elected Fellow of the Royal Society
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We 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...

royalsociety.orgExceptional scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society | Royal SocietyOver 90 outstanding researchers from across the world have this year been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences.
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This RNA-based mechanism reveals a previously unrecognized role for ribosomal RNA in the cellular stress response - helping cells manage protein production under stress. @science.org Full story 👉 bit.ly/3ZMJPul Science Paper 👉 bit.ly/4cBwP28 #ScienceResearch #TranslationRegulation

bit.lyRibosomes in Pairs: A Survival Strategy Inside Stressed CellsUsing advanced imaging techniques, Erin Schuman and her team at the Department of Synaptic Plasticity at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt discovered that stressed animal cells ...
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Also newly published: Helmstaedter's review on Synaptic-Resolution Connectomics in Nature Reviews Neuroscience: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natrevneuro.nature.com Great time to catch up on this exciting field in Neuroscience! @mhlab.bsky.social

nature.comSynaptic-resolution connectomics: towards large brains and connectomic screening - Nature Reviews NeuroscienceConnectomics has delivered on its promise to map neuronal circuits at scale and at synaptic resolution. In this Review, Helmstaedter describes recent methodological achievements and remaining challenges in synaptic-resolution connectomics while synthesizing expanding connectomic mapping ambitions that include resolving local circuits of larger brains and screening of connectomes.
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
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🚛 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

bit.lyRibosomes On the Road: Neurons Assemble Protein Factories Far from the NucleusNew study shows ribosome biogenesis can occur within neuronal branches, challenging traditional textbook biology.

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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

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The Be Open about Animal Research Day is starting now! Show your support and share on #BOARD25