Home BI-seminars Talks at the MPI for Biological Intelligence Keynote Lectures An internal committee identifies and invites outstanding scientists from areas related to the research at our institute. more Emerging Scientist Series We encourage excellent postdocs to give a talk at the institute. more Institute Seminars Our research departments and groups organize regular seminars relevant to their research fields. more Gender in Ecology & Neuroscience Seminar Series This seminar series has two aims: To contribute to a precise and un-biased understanding of sex in ecology and neuroscience and to put a spotlight on the situation of researchers of different genders in the field. more Upcoming talks The Unbearable Slowness of Being: Why do we live at 10 bits per second? Date: Feb 24, 2025 Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Markus Meister Caltech, Pasadena Location: MPI BI Martinsried Room: MPIBI, Seminar room NQ 105 Host: Tobias Bonhoeffer Contact: tobias.bonhoeffer@bi.mpg.de [more] Noradrenergic-dependent visual disruption and restoration in a SYNGAP1 Mouse Model of Intellectual Disability and Autism Date: Feb 25, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Nathalie Rochefort University of Edinburgh, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Edinburgh Location: MPI BI Martinsried Room: MPIBI, Seminar room NQ 105 Host: Mark Hübener Contact: mark.huebener@bi.mpg.de [more] Behavioural evolution in the Tanganyikan cichlid adaptive radiation Date: Mar 11, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Alex Jordan Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz Location: MPI BI Martinsried Room: MPIBI, Seminar room NQ 105 Host: Peter Jägers Contact: peter.jaegers@bi.mpg.de [more] People, ants, and pianos Date: Mar 25, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Ofer Feinerman Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot Location: MPI BI Martinsried Room: MPIBI, Seminar room NQ 105 Host: Herwig Baier Contact: herwig.baier@bi.mpg.de [more] A coming-of-age story: neuronal control of behavior in early life Date: Apr 1, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Harris Kaplan Harvard University Location: MPI BI Martinsried Room: MPIBI, Seminar room NQ 105 Host: Lorenz Fenk Contact: lorenz.fenk@bi.mpg.de [more] Cognitive rules underlying the self-organization of animal collectives Date: May 6, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Marina Papadopoulou University of Tuscia, Italy Location: MPI BI Seewiesen Room: MPI BI Seewiesen, Haus 4, Seminarraum 4/0.07 und 4/0.08 Host: Susanne Hoffmann Contact: susanne.hoffmann@bi.mpg.de [more]
