BI seminars

Talks at the MPI for Biological Intelligence

Keynote Lectures
An internal committee identifies and invites outstanding scientists from areas related to the research at our institute. more
Emerging Scientist Series
We encourage excellent postdocs to give a talk at the institute.  more
Institute Seminars
Our research departments and groups organize regular seminars relevant to their research fields. more
Gender & Diversity in Ecology and Neuroscience Seminar Series
This seminar series has two aims: To contribute to a precise and un-biased understanding of sex in ecology and neuroscience and to put a spotlight on the situation of researchers of different genders in the field. more

Upcoming talks

Neurobiology of vocal creativity

  • Date: Jul 8, 2025
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Michael Long
  • NYU School of Medicine
  • Location: MPI BI Martinsried
  • Room: MPIBI, Seminar room NQ 105
  • Host: Daniela Vallentin
  • Contact: daniela.vallentin@bi.mpg.de

Single-Neuron Learning using Closed-Loop Neurofeedback

  • Date: Jul 10, 2025
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Jo Scherrer
  • MIT
  • Location: MPI BI Martinsried
  • Room: Hybrid presentation: N 101 Denk department and Zoom: https://gwdg.zoom.us/j/87571987144?pwd=JIkXsKICRknn3d68FWASoe3V0mtNfB.1 Meeting-ID: 875 7198 7144 , Kenncode: 384522
  • Host: Winfried Denk
  • Topic: Lectures
  • Contact: winfried.denk@bi.mpg.de

New Imaging Technologies for Multiscale Connectomics

  • Date: Jul 10, 2025
  • Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Aaron Kuan
  • Yale School of Medicine
  • Location: MPI BI Martinsried
  • Room: MPI BI, T-Building, Large lecture hall
  • Host: Lisa Fenk
  • Topic: Lectures
  • Contact: lisa.fenk@bi.mpg.de

Decision Making in a Complex World: How Human Foragers Integrate Information from Their Environment, Personal Experience, and Conspecifics

  • Date: Jul 15, 2025
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Marwa Kavelaars
  • Faculty of Life Sciences, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin
  • Location: MPI BI Seewiesen
  • Room: MPI BI Seewiesen, seminar room, house 4
  • Host: Clemens Küpper
  • Contact: clemens.kuepper@bi.mpi.de

Endosome-mRNA association in developing neurons

  • Date: Jul 29, 2025
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Jean-Michel Cioni
  • Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italia
  • Location: MPI BI Martinsried
  • Room: MPIBI, Seminar room NQ 105
  • Host: Angelika Harbauer
  • Contact: angelika.harbauer@bi.mpg.de

The choreography of brain development: From RNA to evolution

  • Date: Sep 15, 2025
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Debby Silver
  • Duke University School of Medicine, Durham
  • Location: MPI BI Martinsried
  • Room: MPIBI, Seminar room NQ 105
  • Host: Christian Mayer
  • Contact: christian.mayer@bi.mpg.de
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