Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence

Publications of the Institute

Scientific publications of the MPI for Biological Intelligence - starting in the year 2022.

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Alekseev, A.; Hunniford, V.; Zerche, M.; Jeschke, M.; El May, F.; Vavakou, A.; Siegenthaler, D.; Hüser, M. A.; Kiehn, S. M.; Garrido-Charles, A. et al.; Meyer, A.; Rambousky, A.; Alvanos, T.; Witzke, I.; Rojas-Garcia, K. D.; Draband, M.; Cyganek, L.; Klein, E.; Ruther, P.; Huet, A.; Trenholm, S.; Macé, E.; Kusch, K.; Bruegmann, T.; Wolf, B. J.; Mager, T.; Moser, T.: Efficient and sustained optogenetic control of sensory and cardiac systems. Nature Biomedical Engineering (2026)

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Bates, A. S.; Phelps, J. S.; Kim, M.; Yang, H. H.; Matsliah, A.; Ajabi, Z.; Perlman, E.; Delgado, K. M.; Osman, M. A. M.; Salmon, C. K. et al.; Gager, J.; Silverman, B.; Renauld, S.; Collie, M. F.; Fan, J.; Pacheco, D. A.; Zhao, Y.; Patel, J.; Zhang, W.; Capdevilla, L. S.; Roberts, R. J. V.; Munnelly, E. J.; Griggs, N.; Langley, H.; Moya-Llamas, B.; Maloney, R. T.; Yu, S.-c.; Sterling, A. R.; Sorek, M.; Kruk, K.; Serafetinidis, N.; Dhawan, S.; Stürner, T.; Klemm, F.; Brooks, P.; Lesser, E.; Jones, J. M.; Pierce-Lundgren, S. E.; Lee, S.-Y.; Luo, Y.; Cook, A. P.; McKim, T. H.; Kophs, E. C.; Falt, T.; Morales, A. M. N.; Burke, A.; Hebditch, J.; Willie, K. P.; Willie, R.; Popovych, S.; Kemnitz, N.; Ih, D.; Lee, K.; Lu, R.; Halageri, A.; Bae, J. A.; Jourdan, B.; Schwartzman, G.; Demarest, D. D.; Behnke, E.; Bland, D.; Kristiansen, A.; Skelton, J.; Stocks, T.; Garner, D.; Salman, F.; Daly, K. C.; Hernandez, A.; Kumar, S.; Verbe, A.; Nieves-Sanabria, G. A.; Jones, D.; Huang, Z.; Pinto, S.; David, C.; Pablo-Crespo, O. Y. D.; Ye, E.; Huetteroth, W.; Liu, Z.; Santiago, F. J. F.; Dorkenwald, S.; Collman, F.; Suver, M. P.; Fenk, L. M.; Pankratz, M. J.; Jefferis, G. S. X. E.; Eichler, K.; Seeds, A. M.; Hampel, S.; Agrawal, S.; Zandawala, M.; Macrina, T.; Adjavon, D.-Y.; Funke, J.; Tuthill, J. C.; Azevedo, A.; Seung, H. S.; de Bivort, B. L.; Murthy, M.; Drugowitsch, J.; Wilson, R. I.; Lee, W.-C. A.: Distributed control circuits across a brain-and-cord connectome. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Berezin, O.; Piovesan, A.; Graf, R.; Samara, E.; Sigmund, F.; Westmeyer, G. G.: Multiplexed genetic tags for electron and fluorescence microscopy. Nature Protocols (2026)

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Bergel, A.; Schmidt, J. M.; Barrillot, B.; Arthaud, S.; Averty, L.; Blumberg, M. S.; Carachet, C.; Clair, A.; Filchenko, I.; Froidevaux, C. et al.; Herrel, A.; Massot, B.; Rattenborg, N. C.; Schmidt, M. H.; Tanter, M.; Ungurean, G.; Libourel, P.-A.: Sleep-dependent infraslow rhythms are evolutionarily conserved across reptiles and mammals. Nature Neuroscience (2026)

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Beyer, M.; Tuni, C.: Silk of females performing maternal care elicits reduced courtship responses in male spiders. Animal Behaviour 231, 123379 (2026)

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Blumenstock, S.; Arakelyan, D.; del Grosso, N.; Schneider, S.; Shao, Y.; Gjoni, E.; Klein, R.; Dudanova, I.; Komiyama, T.: Optogenetic restoration of neuron subtype-specific cortical activity ameliorates motor deficits in Huntington’s Disease mice. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Bright, A. R.; Kotlyarenko, Y.; Neuhaus, F.; Rodrigues, D.; Feng, C.; Peters, C.; Vitali, I.; Dönmez, E.; Myoga, M.; Dvoretskova, E. et al.; Mayer, C.: NFIB influences progenitor competence in maturation of GABAergic neurons in mice. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Calderon-Garcia, J. S.; Costalunga, G.; Vogels, T. P.; Vallentin, D.: Interplay between syllable duration and pitch during whistle matching in wild nightingales. Current Biology 36 (2026)

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Costalunga, G.; Carpena Sanchez, C.; Benichov, J. I.; Cross, C.; Clemens, J.; Vallentin, D.: Attuning to song duels facilitates song-matching in nightingales. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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da Silva Padilha, M.; Koyuncu, S.; Chabanis, E.; Ryazanov, S.; Leonov, A.; Vilchez, D.; Klein, R.; Giese, A.; Griesinger, C.; Dudanova, I.: Anle138b ameliorates pathological phenotypes in mouse and cellular models of Huntington's disease. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Deryckere, A.; Choudhary, S.; Lynch, C.; Limperis, L. K. V. P.; Affatato, P.; Woych, J.; Gumnit, E.; Ortega Gurrola, A.; Satija, R.; Mayer, C. et al.; Tosches, M. A.: A conserved logic for the development of cortical layering in tetrapods. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Drummond, N.; Zhao, A.; Borst, A.: Population morphology implies a common developmental blueprint for Drosophila motion detectors. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Fogg, L. G.; Policarpo, M.; Salzburger, W.: Evolutionary dynamics of the vertebrate Wnt gene repertoire. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Fogg, L. G.; Tom, E.; Policarpo, M.; Cho, W.; Gao, F.; Hii, D.; Fawcett, A. E.; Boileau, N.; Bech-Poulsen, A.; Steffensen, K. F. et al.; Ng, C. J.; Bushnell, P. G.; Steffensen, J. F.; Brill, R.; Salzburger, W.; Skowronska-Krawczyk, D.: The visual system of the longest-living vertebrate, the Greenland shark. Nature Communications 17, 39 (2026)

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Goymann, W.: Homo sapiens - The perhaps smartest and dumbest animal on earth? Ethology 132 (2), pp. 73 - 74 (2026)

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Grätsch, S.; Dorigo, A.; Agarwal, V.; Parker, A. V.; Stemmer, M.; Hernandez Murcia, I.; Adel, A.; Jordan, A.; Baier, H.: Cognitive ethology of nest building in a shell-dwelling cichlid. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Gwee, C. Y.; Tassoni, L.; Boev, Z.; Tomek, T.; Bochenski, Z. M.; Talamo, S.; Wolf, J. B. W.: Performance of two custom probe kits for in-solution enrichment of ancient avian DNA. Molecular Ecology Resources 26 (1), e70071 (2026)

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Haldar, E.; Arun, D.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Subadult macaws (Ara glaucogularis) copy better than adults but are less likely to imitate in problem-solving tasks. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Harbauer, A. B.: Angelika Harbauer: Publishing, pain and perseverance. Career pathways, part 18. Nature Metabolism (2026)

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Hees, J. T.; Segura, I.; Schneider, A.; Schifferer, M.; Misgeld, T.; Harbauer, A. B.: ER-associated biogenesis of PINK1 preprotein for neuronal mitophagy. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Helms, M.; Harbauer, A. B.: A central role for PINK1 in governing local mitochondrial biogenesis and degradation in neurons. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (2026)

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Jelínek, V.; Mari, L.; Petrželková, A.; Albrechtová, J.; Cepák, J.; Kuhn, S.; Munclinger, P.; Tomášek, O.; Šulc, M.; Albrecht, T.: Conspecific brood parasitism in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) and other Hirundinidae. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Jendryka, M. M.; Lewin, U.; Kapanaiah, S. K. T.; Dermutz, H.; Liss, B.; Pekcec, A.; Akam, T.; Grewe, B. F.; Kätzel, D.: Excitatory neurons of the anterior cingulate cortex encode chosen actions and their outcomes rather than cognitive state. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Knief, U.; Forstmeier, W.: Are our 95% CIs only worth 45% confidence? bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Kornfeld, J.; Wang, Y.; Januszewski, M.; Rother, A.; Schubert, P.; Goldmann, M.; Jain, V.; Denk, W.; Fee, M. S.: An anatomical substrate of credit assignment in reinforcement learning. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Krasheninnikova, A.; Smeele, S.; Snijders, M.; Haldar, E.; Carpenter, J.; Zamora, R.; Naguib, M.; Wolf, J. B. W.; Gahr, M.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Evolution of vocal production learning in parrots. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Krentz, M.; Tutunji, R.; Kogias, N.; Murali Mahadevan, H.; Reppmann, Z. C.; Krause, F.; Hermans, E. J.: Physiological noise correction in brainstem imaging: An empirical evaluation of fMRI data-driven and peripheral physiological recording-driven methods. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Lopez-Nava, G.; Michel, L.; Dell’Omo, G.; Quillfeldt, P.; Bustamante, P.; Casagrande, S.: Pollutant exposure shapes mitochondrial bioenergetics in a wild seabird. Environment and Health (2026)

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Mentesana, L.; Wang, H.-L.; Hau, M.; Isaksson, C.; Andersson, M. N.: Variation in seed abundance predicts yolk fatty acid composition in a wild population of birds. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Montero, B. K.; Gillingham, M. A. F.; Ravinet, M.; Illera, J. C.: Host filtering and biogeography structure island bird gut microbiomes. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Myoga, M. H.; Amaro, D.; Kello, V.; Gumbert, M.; Leibold, C.; Pecka, M.; Grothe, B.: The dynamics of context-dependent space representations in auditory cortex. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Oefele, M.; Hau, M.; Ruuskanen, S.; Casagrande, S.: Blood mitochondrial metabolism predicts flight performance without lasting effects of early-life thyroid hormones. iScience 29 (1), 114410 (2026)

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Osipova, E.; Ko, M.-C.; Petricek, K. M.; Sin, S. Y. W.; Brown, T.; Winkler, S.; Pippel, M.; Jarrells, J.; Weiche, S.; Mosbech, M.-B. et al.; Taborsak-Lines, F.; Wang, C.; Contreras-Lopez, O.; Olsen, R.-A.; Ewels, P.; Mendez-Aranda, D.; Gaede, A.; Sadanandan, K. R.; Low, G. W.; Monte, A.; Ballerstädt, N.; Adreani, N. M.; Mentesana, L.; von Bayern, A. M. P.; Rico-Guevara, A.; Edwards, S.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Kuhl, H.; Bakker, A.; Gahr, M.; Altshuler, D.; Buttemer, W.; Schupp, M.; Baldwin, M. W.; Hiller, M.; Sackton, T.: Convergent and lineage-specific genomic changes contribute to adaptations in sugar-consuming birds. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Park, S. Y.; Sheridan, A.; An, B.; Jarvis, E.; Lyudchik, J.; Patton, W.; Axup, J. Y.; Chan, S. W.; Damstra, H. G. J.; Leible, D. et al.; Leung, K. S.; Magno, C. A.; Meeran, A.; Michalska, J. M.; Rieger, F.; Wang, C.; Wu, M.; Church, G. M.; Funke, J.; Huffman, T.; Leeper, K. G. C.; Truckenbrodt, S.; Winnubst, J.; Kornfeld, J.; Boyden, E. S.; Rodriques, S. G.; Payne, A. C.: Combinatorial protein barcodes enable self-correcting neuron tracing with nanoscale molecular context. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Rattenborg, N. C.: Functional implications of sleeping little in the wild. Sleep 49 (1), zsaf309 (2026)

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Rother, A.; Januszewski, M.; Jain, V.; Fee, M.S.; Kornfeld, J.: The songbird basal ganglia connectome. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Ruiz-Ruano, F. J.; Schlebusch, S. A.; Vontzou, N.; Moreno, H.; Biegler, M. T.; Kutschera, V. E.; Ekman, D.; Borges, I.; Pei, Y.; Rossini, R. et al.; Albrecht, T.; Boman, J.; Borodin, P.; Burri, R.; Cain, K. E.; Forstmeier, W.; Frankl-Vilches, C.; Gahr, M.; Griffith, S. C.; Hill, A. M.; Irestedt, M.; Joseph, L.; Jønsson, K. A.; Kawakami, T.; Kempenaers, B.; Malinovskaya, L.; Mueller, J. C.; de Oliveira, E. H. C.; Palacios-Gimenez, O. M.; Palinauskas, V.; Qvarnström, A.; Reifova, R.; Ridl, J.; Segami, J. C.; Tan, D. J. X.; Torgasheva, A.; Whibley, A.; Suh, A.: Programmed DNA elimination drives rapid genomic innovation in two thirds of all bird species. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Slangewal, K.; Aimon, S.; Capelle, M. Q.; Kämpf, F.; Naumann, H.; Baier, H.; Slanchev, K.; Bahl, A.: Parallel and convergent pathways for multifeature visual processing in larval zebrafish sensorimotor decision-making. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Spezie, G.; Knoester, J. M.; Fusani, L.: Bower visitation patterns of resident and subordinate male Spotted Bowerbirds (Chlamydera maculata) via GPS tracking. Emu (2026)

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Tomarovsky, A. A.; Khan, R.; Dudchenko, O.; Beklemisheva, V. R.; Perelman, P. L.; Totikov, A. A.; Serdyukova, N. A.; Bulyonkova, T. M.; Pobedintseva, M.; Abramov, A. V. et al.; Weisz, D.; Yakupova, A.; Zhuk, A.; Graphodatsky, A. S.; Powell, R.; Aiden, E. L.; Koepfli, K.-P.; Kliver, S.: Novel chromosome-length genome assemblies of three distinct subspecies of pine marten, sable, and yellow-throated marten (Genus Martes, family Mustelidae). Journal of Heredity, esaf101 (2026)

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Torres Ortiz, S.; Smeele, S. Q.; Osvath, M.; Guerrero, A. M.; Hernandez Sanchez, A.; Ramirez, C. U.; Almunia, J.; von Bayern, A. M. P.: Awareness of the future: Dolphins know when they need to remember for the future. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Totiger, S.; Alcami, P.: Canaries differentially modulate solo and overlapping singing during the transition to the breeding season. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2026)

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Zhao, C.; Zhang, J.; Santema, P.; Lin, Z.; Li, J.; Deng, W.; Kempenaers, B.: No egg or nestling-retrieval behavior in a cavity-nesting cuckoo host. Avian Research 17 (1), 100322 (2026)

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Alcami, P.; Ma, S.; Gahr, M.: Telemetry reveals rapid duel-driven canary song plasticity in a competitive social environment. Frontiers in Psychology 15, 1468782 (2025)

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Alessandroni, N.; Altschul, D.; Baumgartner, H. A.; Bazhydai, M.; Brosnan, S. F.; Byers-Heinlein, K.; Call, J.; Chittka, L.; Elsherif, M.; Espinosa, J. et al.; Freeman, M. S.; Gjoneska, B.; Güntürkün, O.; Huber, L.; Krasheninnikova, A.; Mazza, V.; Miller, R.; Moreau, D.; Nawroth, C.; Pronizius, E.; Ruiz-Fernández, S.; Schwing, R.; Šlipogor, V.; Visser, I.; Vonk, J.; Yeager, J.; Zettersten, M.; Prétô, L.: Challenges and promises of big team comparative cognition. Nature Human Behaviour 9 (2), pp. 240 - 242 (2025)

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Algora, H.; Tolliver, J. D. M.; Pakanen, V.-M.; Kupan, K.; Belojevic, J.; Rönkä, N.; Küpper, C.; Koivula, K.: Nests, threats, and leks: Nonrandom distributions of nests in ruffs (Calidris pugnax). Ecology and Evolution 15 (3), e70997 (2025)

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Bakker, S.; ten Donkelaar, H. J.; Voogd, J.; Nicholson, C.; Bannister, L. H.; Medina, L.; Desfilis, E.; Wullimann, M. F.; Meek, J.; Puelles, L. et al.; Broere, C. A. J.; Turner, R.; Cerliani, L.; Glasser, M. F.: Rudolf Nieuwenhuys (11 June 1927 – 4 November 2024): A scholarly life. Brain Structure & Function 230 (6), 90 (2025)

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Baldoni, C.; Reisert, M.; Smith, B.; Lázaro, J.; Zeng, Y.; Thomas, W. R.; Hertel, M.; Dávalos, L. M.; Nieland, J.; Dechmann, D. K. N. et al.; von Elverfeldt, D.: Programmed seasonal brain shrinkage in the common shrew via water loss without cell death. Current Biology 35 (19), pp. 4642 - 4650 (2025)

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Belfín, O.; Kempenaers, B.; Piersma, T.: Daily and seasonal use of vocalizations by nesting black-tailed godwits. Journal of Avian Biology 2025 (2), e03362 (2025)

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Beyer, M.; Dudová, P.; Kralj-Fišer, S.; Tuni, C.: The role of among-individual behavioural variation in the mating outcome of the spider Pisaura mirabilis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 79 (10), 95 (2025)

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