Campus Martinsried

10.03.2026 13:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Research Department Cellular and Molecular Biophysics/ Petra Schwille

MPIB Seminar (intern)

Milena Maria Schuhmacher
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

More than fat - Tracking the secret life of lipids

MPI of Biochemistry (intern)
Large Lecture Hall

Host: Petra Schwille

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18.03.2026 13:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

Distinguished Visitor Lecture Series

Nobel Prize Laureate

Thomas R. Cech
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado Boulder

Regulation of Epigenetic Gene Silencing: How RNA Controls DNA

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Large Lecture Hall

Host: Matthias Mann

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18.03.2026 15:00

Helmholtz Zentrum München

Catherine H. Freudenreich
Tufts University School of Arts & Sciences, Department of Biology

Replication and repair of structure-forming repeats: Role of repositioning to the nuclear periphery

Helmholtz Zentrum München - Großhadern
IES Room 101, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 21

Host: Stephan Hamperl

19.03.2026 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

John Briggs
MPIB

Cryo-electron microscopy and tomography for “in situ” structural biology

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)

25.03.2026 13:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

MPIB Seminar

Maria Brbic
EPFL, Lausanne, CH

tba

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Large Lecture Hall

Host: Karsten Borgwardt

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26.03.2026 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

Michael Sattler
TUM

Integrative structural biology reveals the dynamic regulation of protein-RNA interactions

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)

07.04.2026 11:00

MPI for Biological Intelligence

MPI-BI Keynote Lecture

John Tuthill
Department of Neurobiology and Biophysics, University of Washington

Neural mechanisms of rhythmic motor control in Drosophila

MPI for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried
Room NQ 105

Host: Aditya Pujari

08.04.2026 13:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

MPIB Seminar

Ahmed Badran
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA

Exploring RuBisCO Function Using Synthetic Biology

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Large Lecture Hall

Host: Manajit Hayer-Hartl

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14.04.2026 17:15

LMU Biocenter, Institut of Microbiology

Seminar Series (LMU)

Frédéric Barras
Institut Pasteur, Paris

Iron-sulfur protein biogenesis machineries: essential companions in cellular evolution and key actors in stress adaptation

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: Kirsten Jung

15.04.2026 13:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

MPIB Seminar

Adrian Egli
University of Zurich, CH

tba

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Large Lecture Hall

Host: Karsten Borgwardt

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16.04.2026 11:00

SFB 1064 Chromatin Dynamics

LMU Seminar

Martin Sos
Head of Department of Translational Oncology at LMU, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

Exploiting molecular dependencies in treatment-refractory tumors

Biomedical Center (BMC)
Room N02.017

Host: Axel Imhof

21.04.2026 17:15

LMU Biocenter, Institut of Microbiology

Seminar Series (LMU)

David E. Heinrichs
University of Western Ontario, Canada

Nutrient starvation and virulence gene regulation at the Staphylococcus aureus – host interface

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: Simon Heilbronner

21.04.2026 19:00

Max Planck Institutes, Martinsried

Vortragsreihe: Was Wissen schafft

Auguste von Bayern
Max-Planck-Institut für biologische Intelligenz

Gefiederte Intelligenz - Rabenvögel und Papageien und was sie uns über die Evolution von Intelligenz verraten

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
hybrid: vor Ort und ONLINE PRESENTATION

Host: Sabine Spehn & Stefanie Merker

22.04.2026 11:00

MPI for Biological Intelligence

MPI-BI Institute Seminars

Nick Bellono
Harvard University

Taste by touch in octopus

MPI for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried
NQ 105 and streamed to Seewiesen, house 4, seminar room

Host: Maude Baldwin

22.04.2026 13:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

MPIB Seminar

Alessandro Costa
The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK

tba

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Large Lecture Hall

Host: Karl Duderstadt

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23.04.2026 11:00

MPI for Biological Intelligence

MPI-BI Institute Seminars

Amy Si-Ying Lee
Harvard Medical School

Evolution of biological novelty through specialization of mRNA translation

MPI for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried
NQ 105 and streamed to Seewiesen, house 4, seminar room

Host: Maude Baldwin

23.04.2026 14:00

Biomedical Center (BMC), LMU

Peter B. Dirks
Chief, Division of Neurosurgery The Hospital of Sick Children Toronto

Investigating origins of brain tumorigenesis

Biomedical Center (BMC)
Small Lecture Hall N 02.040

Host: Jovica Ninkovic / Stefan Stricker / Rainer Glass

28.04.2026 11:00

MPI for Biological Intelligence

MPI-BI Institute Seminars

Tim Sackton
Harvard FAS Informatics

Patterns of protein-coding and regulatory evolution associated with convergent phenotypes in birds

MPI for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried
NQ 105 and streaming to Seewiesen, Seminar room 0.23 in house 5

Host: Maude Baldwin

28.04.2026 17:15

LMU Biocenter, Institut of Microbiology

Seminar Series (LMU)

Kathrin Fröhlich
Universität Jena

Global RNA interactomes discover new functions for bacterial small RNAs

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: Jürgen Lassak

30.04.2026 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

Maria Robles
LMU

Proteomics approaches to understand circadian- and sleep-driven processes

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)

04.05.2026 17:00

Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience - Munich Center for Neurosciences - MPI for Biological Intelligence

Munich Neuroscience Lectures

Matthew Larkum
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

Flexible learning and memory through 2-compartment pyramidal neurons

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.019

Host: Julijana Gjorgjieva

05.05.2026 17:15

LMU Biocenter, Institut of Microbiology

Seminar Series (LMU)

Jonas Cremer
Stanford University, USA

Following the Flux: Quantifying Metabolite Exchange in the Gut Microbiome

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: Severin Schink

06.05.2026 13:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

MPIB Seminar

Jens Meiler
University of Leipzig

tba

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Small Lecture Hall

Host: Karsten Borgwardt

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12.05.2026 19:00

Max Planck Institutes, Martinsried

Vortragsreihe: Was Wissen schafft

Johannes Bruno Müller-Reif
Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie

Ein Bluttest für viele Krankheiten: Proteine als Fenster zur individuellen Gesundheit

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
hybrid: vor Ort und ONLINE PRESENTATION

Host: Christiane Menzfeld

20.05.2026 13:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

MPIB Seminar

Magnus Rattray
University of Manchester, UK

tba

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Large Lecture Hall

Host: Karsten Borgwardt

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21.05.2026 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

Johanna Klughammer
LMU

Spatial expression profiling in complex tissues – a view on tools and technologies

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)

28.05.2026 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

Matthias Mann
MPIB

Spatial proteomics at single cell type resolution: Technologies and clinical applications

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)

08.06.2026 17:00

Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience - Munich Center for Neurosciences - MPI for Biological Intelligence

Munich Neuroscience Lectures

Karin Roelofs
Radboud University

Heart-brain interactions and decision making under threat

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.019

Host: Simone Schuetz-Bosbach

09.06.2026 11:00

MPI for Biological Intelligence

MPI-BI Keynote Lecture

Pierre Le Merre
CRNS & Karolinska Institutet

A Prefrontal Cortex Map based on Single-Neuron Activity

MPI for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried
Room NQ 105

Host: Felix Jung

09.06.2026 17:15

LMU Biocenter, Institut of Microbiology

Seminar Series (LMU)

Andreas Peschel
Universität Tübingen

The perks of being a pathogen: an ecological perspective on staphylococcal infections

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: Simon Heilbronner

11.06.2026 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

Thierry Nordmann
MPIB

Precision Dermatology in era of OMIC technologies

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)

12.06.2026 09:00

LMU Munich Center for Neuroscience (MCN), MPI for Biological Intelligence

several speakers
tba

Munich Brain Day 2026

MPI for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried
T-Building, Large Lecture Hall

Host: D.Keays, O.Behrend, S.Capello, L.Fenk, A.Harbauer, S.Jacob, O.Mauger, G.Nordmann, W.Mlynarski

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15.06.2026 17:00

Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience

Konstantin Khodosevi
BRIC, Copenhagen

Tracing neurodevelopmental disorders: mechanisms from early development to functional brain impairments

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: Anton Sirota

16.06.2026 17:15

LMU Biocenter, Insitut of Microbiology

Seminar Series (LMU)

Michael Pester
TUM

Insights into the expanded diversity and physiology of sulphur dissimilating microorganisms

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: Kirsten Jung

13.07.2026 17:00

Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience - Munich Center for Neurosciences - MPI for Biological Intelligence

Munich Neuroscience Lectures

Melissa Lê-Hoa Võ
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität

Reading Scenes: A hierarchical view on attentional guidance in real-world environments

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.019

Host: Thomas Geyer

14.07.2026 19:00

Max Planck Institutes, Martinsried

Vortragsreihe: Was Wissen schafft

Alexander Keller
Biozentrum der LMU München

Blüten, Bestäuber und ihre Bakterien – eine Dreiecksbeziehung

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
hybrid: vor Ort und ONLINE PRESENTATION

Host: tba

15.07.2026 13:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

MPIB Seminar

Bhuminder Singh
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Tennessee, USA

tba

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Large Lecture Hall

Host: F. Ulrich Hartl

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28.07.2026 17:15

LMU Biocenter, Institut of Microbiology

Seminar Series (LMU)

Astrid Stubbusch
Monash University, Australien

Antagonism as a foraging strategy in microbial communities

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: Severin Schink

13.10.2026 19:00

Max Planck Institutes, Martinsried

Vortragsreihe: Was Wissen schafft

Kirsten Jung
Biozentrum der LMU München

Alarm! Wie sich Bakterien unter Stress anpassen

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
hybrid: vor Ort und ONLINE PRESENTATION

Host: tba

09.11.2026 17:00

Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience - Munich Center for Neurosciences - MPI for Biological Intelligence

Munich Neuroscience Lectures

Sonja Hofer
University College London

Neural circuits for visual processisng and visually-guided behavior

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.019

Host: Mark Hübener

10.11.2026 19:00

Max Planck Institutes, Martinsried

Vortragsreihe: Was Wissen schafft

Andreas Ladurner
Biomedizinisches Centrum der LMU München

Zucker macht dick – und jetzt verstehen wir wie

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
hybrid vor Ort und: ONLINE PRESENTATION

Host: Henrike Klinker & Daniela Diefenbacher

07.12.2026 17:00

Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience - Munich Center for Neurosciences - MPI for Biological Intelligence

Munich Neuroscience Lectures

Martin Picard
Columbia University

The energy resistance principle across the body, brain, and mind

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.019

Host: Angelika Harbauer