MPI for Biological Intelligence

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Max Planck Institute investigating how animals acquire, store, apply and pass on knowledge about their environment.

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A day full of little miracles! 🐟🪰🔬✨ We opened our lab doors for “Türen auf mit der Maus” and welcomed curious young explorers to our Institute. This year’s theme was “Little Miracles” and there were plenty to discover! Thanks to everyone who joined us and helped make the day so special!

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Congratulations to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel on the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. 👏🥂 We are proud that some of the groundbreaking research was made here on our Campus in Martinsried.

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Upcoming Thursday, our “IMPRS Lecture Quartet” with Prof. Dr. Thomas Misgeld, Prof. Dr. Herwig Baier and Dr. Maude Baldwin is taking place!

The event is addressed to (early-career) scientists – hope to see you there!

📅 October 8th at 13:00-16:30 p.m.
📍 Room NQ105, Martinsried

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How do neurons grow during their early stages of development? And how can these processes be reactivated so that damaged neurons can regenerate? Don’t miss Frank Bradke, Professor at the DZNE Bonn @dzne.science, at our next keynote lecture! 📅 September 29 at 11:00 a.m. 📍 Room NQ105, Martinsried

Poster announcing a keynote lecture by Frank Bradke. The poster's background features a stylized, single-color illustration of a neuron with branching axons and circular nodes.
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New #ornithology paper out in @ecography.bsky.social! The tendency of birds to return to the same breeding area in different years varies wildly among species. We show that breeding site fidelity is much lower in #shorebirds nesting in the #Arctic tundra than in those nesting in other habitats. 1/n

Map showing the geographic locations of shorebird populations included in the study, alongside four Arctic-breeding shorebird species with low breeding-site fidelity: Red Phalarope, Long-billed Dowitcher, White-rumped Sandpiper, and Pectoral Sandpiper.
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In a new study, macaws at @loroparque.bsky.social copied specific features of demonstrated solutions, including the direction of movement & how an object was manipulated. This ability could help behaviors spread through social groups and may provide a building block for shared behavioral traditions.

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A new study has tracked female Eurasian Dotterel throughout an entire summer for the first time, revealing a summer of long-distance travel in search of multiple partners:

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We congratulate Annika Zähr from our Institute who received the Trainee award this year! She completed her education as lab technician and is being honored for her exceptional achievements in her vocational training. Since 2007, the @maxplanck.de has been honoring outstanding vocational trainees.

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