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Welcome at the MPI for Biological Intelligence!

In January 2022, the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence emerged from the MPI for Ornithology (MPIO), located in Seewiesen and the MPI of Neurobiology (MPIN) in Martinsried. The final, legal foundation of the institute with the two locations happened on January 1, 2023.

Together, we are dedicated to the investigation of biological intelligence – the evolved ability of animals to cope with a constantly changing environment and to find ever new solutions to life's challenges.

News

Scientist wearing a white lab coat stands behind a table that holds a large experimental setup.

Understanding how nerve cells do the math

January 10, 2023

Lukas Groschner receives Schilling Research Award of the German Neuroscience Society 2023

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Life science hub for the scientists of the future

Life science hub for the scientists of the future

December 14, 2022

Two new international programs for doctoral students start at the Institutes in Martinsried and Seewiesen

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Parrots remember their own actions

Parrots remember their own actions

December 05, 2022

This ability is an important prerequisite for self-representation and episodic memory

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White-browed Sparrow Weaver (Plocepasser mahali. Copyright AdobeStock 124441553, Rachel Kolokoff-Hopper)

How do you know that? Science podcast of the ZEIT

Podcast

In the episode "Listen! What the Birds Tell Us" on March 20, 2022, Manfred Gahr explains how birds learn to sing (in German language)

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Virtual visit of the institute in Seewiesen

Virtual visit of the institute in Seewiesen

Youtube-Video

Welcome to Seewiesen! Visit our campus via a video produced by our postdoc Luke Eberhart-Hertel. Giving an overview of our campus, it also briefly shows the lab work and the currently ongoing sleep research on geese.