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The Max Planck Institute for Brain Research is one of the world-leading institutions studying the neural circuits in the brain. Tweets by MPI Brain PR office.
Frankfurt am Main
Joined October 2014
🚨Hiring Alert! Join Gregor Schuhknechts’s @GregorFPS new group Brain Algorithms and Circuits @MpiBrain !.🧠 Fully funded PhD & Postdoc . 🐟 Larval #zebrafish model. 🔬 Imaging, electrophysiology, EM. 💻#SystemsNeuroscience.👉
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🚛 Ribosomes on the road! New research from the Schuman Lab @MpiBrain shows neurons can locally assemble ribosomes - far from the nucleus and close to synapses. A big shift from textbook biology! 📚🧬🔗#Neuroscience #CellBiology #Ribosomes
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A festive finish to the Max Planck Junior Scholars Program 2025! 🎓 After 3 weeks of hands-on science, twelve outstanding students presented their research & experiences at today’s certificate ceremony @MpiBrain. 🔗@KoerberScience
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Honoring excellence 👏 The American Philosophical Society @AmPhilSociety recognizes Gilles Laurent with the 2025 Karl Spencer Lashley Award for his groundbreaking studies on information coding and processing in the central nervous system @maxplanckpress👉
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🎉Huge congratulations to @MpiBrain director @erin_schuman on receiving the 2026 @HFSP Nakasone Award for her groundbreaking work on the function and plasticity of neuronal synapses! 🧠 #Neuroscience #HFSP #NakasoneAward @maxplanckpress 👉
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The 2025 Max Planck Junior Scholars Program is supported by the @KoerberScience Prize 2024 to @erin_schuman 🙌. (4/4).
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This year’s cohort brings together young people with exceptional scientific curiosity and whom come from underrepresented backgrounds:.🌍 migration backgrounds. 💡 first in their family aspiring to attend university. 🤝 financially less privileged (2/4).
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🚀 We’re thrilled to welcome 14 talented and enthusiastic high-school students to the 2025 Max Planck Junior Scholars Program, kicking off today with our Science Boot Camp Week @MpiBrain ! 🔬🧬. @maxplanckpress @KoerberScience (1/4)
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RT @SCALE_Uni_FFM: 🎉 We’re absolutely thrilled: SCALE has been selected as a DFG Excellence Cluster!.A huge thank you to our incredible tea….
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#GirlsDay at @MpiBrain - We loved welcoming curious and enthusiastic girls to explore the world of science & research. We're committed to continue to inspire the next generation of researchers. 👩🔬 #STEM #WomenInScience #NextGenScientists #Neuroscience
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Great talks and inspiring discussions - The #IMPRS coordinators meeting at Schloss 🏰 Ringberg is in full swing, bringing together great minds in a truly spectacular setting .🌞 @maxplanckpress
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✨ Celebrating Excellence in Science! ✨.Today, we proudly celebrated Gilles Laurent for receiving the 2025 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine! His pioneering research in #SystemsNeuroscience continues to push the boundaries of our understanding of the #brain. 🧠 @LouisJeantetFDN
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Congratulations to @MpiBrain director Gilles Laurent for being awarded the 2025 Louis-Jeantet prize for Medicine! The @LouisJeantetFDN recognizes Laurent's pioneering work on the operations of #neurons and dynamics of neuronal networks. @maxplanckpress.👉
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RT @naturemethods: Check out our latest Creature Column about bearded dragons and how they help understand the evolution, function and dyna….
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Surprising connection uncovered! 🧠.New research on the Australian dragon 🦎 reveals unexpected similarities between the neural networks that control motor rhythms and those managing #sleep. Insights like these help unravel the mysteries of sleep across species. #SleepScience
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Last week, Gesine Born (Bilderinstitut) visited the @MpiBrain and presented her recent project "Missing Pictures". Using AI, Born creates realistic portraits of underrepresented female scientists like Rosalind Franklin and Lise Meitner. We are delighted to now house the
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