Departments and Groups

Departments

Baier | Baldwin | Bonhoeffer | Gahr | Kempenaers

Research Groups

Brumm | Fenk (Lisa) | Fenk (Lorenz) | Griesbeck | Harbauer | Hau 
Hoffmann | Küpper | Mayer | Oteiza | Rattenborg | Vallentin | von Bayern

Max Planck Fellow Groups

Busse | Wolf

Other Groups

Emeritus Group Borst | Emeritus Group Denk | Emeritus Group Klein | other Emeriti  
Guest Scientists: Kornfeld | Guests | Groups in transition to another place: -

 

Collage with portrait of Herwig Baier and fluorescent neuronal networks in bright colors.

Herwig Baier

Department
Genes - Circuits - Behavior

Neuronal Circuits, Optogenetics, Connectome, Imaging, Behavior

Portrait photo of Maude Baldwin next to a photo of a hummingbird

Maude Baldwin

Department
Evolution of Sensory and Physiological Systems

Evolution, Sensory Systems, Physiology, Vertebrates, Protein Function

Collage with portrait of Tobias Bonhoeffer and microscopic view of neural cell structures in green and blue.

Tobias Bonhoeffer

Department
Synapses - Circuits - Plasticity

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

Collage with a portrait of Axel Borst and fluorescent tissue under a microscope with blue, green, and red areas.

Alexander Borst

Emeritus Group
Circuits - Computation - Models

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

Collage with photo by Henrik Brumm showing a bird sitting on a branch, with a blurred cityscape in the background.

Henrik Brumm

Research Group
Animal Communication and Urban Ecology

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

Various coloured EEG waveforms on a black background. To the left, an image of a person wearing blue clothing is visible.

Laura Busse

Max Planck Fellow Group
Vision in Motion

Early visual system, active sensing, movement, electrophysiology, computational modelling
 

Collage with portrait of Winfried Denk and 3D representation of neural connections in different colors winding around a gray, rectangular block.

Winfried Denk

Emeritus Group
Electrons - Photons - Neurons

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

Collage with portrait of Lisa Fenk and scientific microscope image showing colorful structures.

Lisa Fenk

Lise Meitner Research Group
Active Sensing

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

Portrait of Lorenz Fenk and microscopic image of neural structures in bright colors: green fibers, red and blue cell nuclei in a dense arrangement.

Lorenz Fenk

Max Planck Research Group
Neural Dynamics and Evolution

Behavior, Circuits, Cognition, Dynamics, Evolution

Collage with portrait of Manfred Gahr and two zebra finches sitting on a branch surrounded by green leaves. One has a small transmitter for nerve cell recordings on its head.

Manfred Gahr

Department
Behavioural Neurobiology

Genes, Hormones, Neuronal Circuits, Plasticity, Sexual Behaviour

Collage featuring a portrait of Oliver Griesbeck and two proteins in a complex structure, depicted in blue and green on a dark background.

Oliver Griesbeck

Research Group
Tools for Bio-Imaging

Biosensors, Protein Engineering, Biophysics, Imaging, Fluorescence

Collage with portrait of Angelika Haubauer and fluorescent image of neural connections with red and green markings.

Angelika Harbauer

Max Planck Research Group
Neurometabolism

Local Translation, Biogenesis, Mitochondria, Neurodegeneration, Neurometabolism

Collage with portrait of Michaela Hau and flying great tit with chemical formula for corticosterol in the background.

Michaela Hau

Research Group
Evolutionary Physiology

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

Collage with portrait of Susanne Hoffmann and three birds sitting on a bare branch silhouetted against a cloudy sky.

Susanne Hoffmann

Research Group
Neural Mechanisms of Natural Behavior

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

Collage with portrait of Bart Kempenaers and flying bird, equipped with a small transmitter on its back to track its flight path, detailed feather structure visible.

Bart Kempenaers

Department
Ornithology

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

Collage with portrait of Rüdiger Klein and microscopic view of cells in shades of blue and green.

Rüdiger Klein

Emeritus Group
Molecules - Signaling - Development

Cell Migration, Cortex, Development, Optogenetics, Imaging

Collage with portrait of Clemens Küpper and two birds with contrasting plumage, one black, the other white with red accents, on a floor.

Clemens Küpper

Max Planck Research Group
Behavioural Genetics and Evolutionary Ecology

Diversity, Behaviour, Genetics, Evolution, Ecology

Collage with photo by Christian Mayer and colorful fluorescent brain tissue with glowing markings representing cell activity.

Christian Mayer

Max Planck Research Group
Neurogenomics

Development, Differentiation, Diversification, Inhibition, Transcriptome

Collage of a portrait of Pablo Oteiza and fish larvae in water with streamlines

Pablo Oteiza

Research Group
Flow Sensing

Aquatic Animals, Fluid Mechanics, Evolution, Behavior, Algorithms

Collage with photo by Niels Rattenborg and illustration of a bird in a digital illustration with colorful graphic details and flying companions.

Niels Rattenborg

Research Group
Avian Sleep

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

Collage with photo by Daniela Vallentin and graphic representation with yellow lines on a black background.

Daniela Vallentin

Lise Meitner Research Group
Neural Circuits for Vocal Communication

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

Collage with photo of Auguste of Bavaria with a bird on her shoulder and two African grey parrots being fed from a transparent cage by a hand.

Auguste von Bayern

Research Group
Comparative Cognition

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

Collage with photo by Jochen Wolf and drawings of a sparrowhawk and a crow in flight, in front of handwritten text on a light background.

Jochen Wolf

Max Planck Fellow Group
Microevolution and biodiversity

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

 

 

 

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