Departments and Groups

Departments

Research Groups

Groups and Max Planck Fellows

Other Groups

Herwig Baier

Department
Genes - Circuits - Behavior

Neuronal Circuits, Optogenetics, Connectome, Imaging, Behavior

Maude Baldwin

Department
Evolution of Sensory and Physiological Systems

Evolution, Sensory Systems, Physiology, Vertebrates, Protein Function

Tobias Bonhoeffer

Department
Synapses - Circuits - Plasticity

Neuronal Plasticity, Visual System, Visual Cortex, Dendritic Spines, Imaging

Alexander Borst

Department
Circuits - Computation - Models

Computational Neuroscience, Motion Vision, Compartmental Modeling, Drosophila Vision System, Neurogenetics

Henrik Brumm

Research Group
Animal Communication and Urban Ecology

Signal Plasticity, Anthropogenic Noise, Collective Signalling, Bioacoustics, Behavior

Winfried Denk

Department
Electrons - Photons - Neurons

Connectome, Neuronal Circuits, Neuronal Computation, Biophysics, Electron microscopy

Lisa Fenk

Lise Meitner Research Group
Active Sensing

Visual Systems, Neural Circuits, Electrophysiology, Calcium Imaging, Behavior

Manfred Gahr

Department
Behavioural Neurobiology

Genes, Hormones, Neuronal Circuits, Plasticity, Sexual Behaviour

Oliver Griesbeck

Research Group
Tools for Bio-Imaging

Biosensors, Protein Engineering, Biophysics, Imaging, Fluorescence

Benedikt Grothe

Max Planck Fellow Group
Circuits of Spatial Hearing

Auditory Space, Neuronal Circuits, Behavior, Cortex, Superior Colliculus

Angelika Harbauer

Max Planck Research Group
Neurometabolism

Local Translation, Biogenesis, Mitochondria, Neurodegeneration, Neurometabolism

Michaela Hau

Research Group
Evolutionary Physiology

Hormones and Behavior, Individual Variation, Environmental Stressors, Darwinian Fitness, Molecular Relations

Susanne Hoffmann

Research Group
Neural Mechanisms of Natural Behavior

Vocal Communication, Birds, Telemetric Neurophysiology, Bioacoustics, Behavioral Ecology

Bart Kempenaers

Department
Ornithology

Behavioural Ecology, Sexual Selection, Mate Choice, Competition, Side Fidelity

Rüdiger Klein

Department
Molecules - Signaling - Development

Cell Migration, Cortex, Development, Optogenetics, Imaging

Joergen Kornfeld

Research Group
Circuits of Birdsong

Connectomics, Electron Microscopy, Zebra Finch, Deep Learning, Behavior

Clemens Küpper

Max Planck Research Group
Behavioural Genetics and Evolutionary Ecology

Diversity, Behaviour, Genetics, Evolution, Ecology

Christian Mayer

Max Planck Research Group
Neurogenomics

Development, Differentiation, Diversification, Inhibition, Transcriptome

Pablo Oteiza

Research Group
Flow Sensing

Aquatic Animals, Fluid Mechanics, Evolution, Behavior, Algorithms

Niels Rattenborg

Research Group
Avian Sleep

Electrophysiology, Field-based Sleep Research, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution

Daniela Vallentin

Lise Meitner Research Group
Neural Circuits for Vocal Communication

Vocal Interactions, Electrophysiology, Vocal Learning, Songbirds, Auditory Sensing

Auguste von Bayern

Group
Comparative Cognition

Evolution and Intelligence, Vocal Flexibility and Imitation, Innovation and flexible Behavior, Cognitive Development, Social Intelligence

Jochen Wolf

Max Planck Fellow Group
Microevolution and biodiversity

Evolution, Biodiversity, Speciation, Adaptation, Genomics, Population Genetics