Campus Martinsried

03.03.2026 11:00

MPI for Biological Intelligence

MPI-BI Gender in Ecology and Neuroscience

Heribert Hofer
Leibniz Institute for Zoo & Wildlife Research, Berlin

Strengthening institutional support for gender equality and diversity: the fun, the benefits and the best approaches

MPI for Biological Intelligence, Seewiesen
Seewiesen, Haus 4, Seminarraum 4/0.07, Streaming in NQ105, MPI BI

Host: Susanne Hoffmann & Petra Winterholler

04.03.2026 13:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

MPIB Seminar

Onur Boymann
Center for Human Immunology, University of Zurich, CH

From intracellular pathways to cytokine immunotherapies

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Large Lecture Hall

Host: Karsten Borgwardt

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05.03.2026 14:00

Biomedical Center (BMC), LMU

Riccardo Bocchi
Department of basic neuroscience University of Geneva

Molecular mechanisms underlying cortical astrocyte origins and diversity

Biomedical Center (BMC)
Room N01.017

Host: Physiological genomics / Magdalena Götz

05.03.2026 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

Roland Beckmann
LMU

Structural biology of translational quality control and stress signaling

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

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

The Magic of RNA: New Medicines, Immortality, and the Power to Control Evolution

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Large Lecture Hall

Host: Matthias Mann

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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)

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

TBA

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Large Lecture Hall

Host: Manajit Hayer-Hartl

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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 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

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

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

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, Steffen Schneider

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

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

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)

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

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