13.04.2026 17:00
Biomedical Center (BMC), LMU

Alice Mosberger
Institute for Translational Neuroscience NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Dissecting sensorimotor control strategies for forelimb actions



Biomedical Center (BMC)
Room N02.017

Host: Physiological genomics / Magdalena Götz
14.04.2026 10:15
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience

Timothy Harris
Janelia Research Campus

6,000 Channel Mice and 18,000 Channel Rats: Brain Wide Recording, New Limits in Electrophysiology Technology



LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: Anton Sirota
14.04.2026 11:00
MPI for Biological Intelligence
MPI-BI Emerging Scientist Series

Georg Kosche
Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel

Uncovering the role of inhibition at cellular resolution in vivo



MPI for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried
Room NQ 105

Host: Christian Mayer
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
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
16.04.2026 17:00
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience

Johannes Sarnthein
Universität Zürich

Neural representations of letters in human hippocampus predict working memory response times



LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: Andreas Herz
20.04.2026 13:15
LMU Gene Center

András Spaan
UMC Utrecht

The many morphs of OTULIN



Gene Center Haus A
Lecture Hall 0.75

Host: Jonathan Bohlen
21.04.2026 11:00
MPI for Biological Intelligence
MPI-BI Institute Seminars

Monika Scholz
MPI for Neurobiology of Behavior (Caesar), Bonn

Docile grazer or ferocious predator – how network structure and neuromodulation shape adaptive behavior



MPI for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried
Room NQ 105

Host: Herwig Baier
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
Cancelled!

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Alessandro Costa
The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK

tba



Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Large Lecture Hall

Host: Karl Duderstadt
22.04.2026 16:00
Biomedical Center (BMC), LMU
LMU Seminar

Dina Safina
TUM Center for Organoid Systems and Tissue Engineering, Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering (MIBE), Technical University of Munich

Food and Climate

More information


Biomedical Center (BMC)
Room N02.017

Host: Green Office Campus Martinsried, LMU Munich
23.04.2026 11:00
MPI for Biological Intelligence
MPI-BI Institute Seminars
Canceled

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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
27.04.2026 13:15
LMU Gene Center

Agnel Sfeir
Sloan Kettering Institute

Two Genomes, One Balance: Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA Stability



Gene Center Haus A
Lecture Hall 0.75

Host: Julian Stingele
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 11:00
SFB 1064 Chromatin Dynamics

Johannes Linder
Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Munich

Predicting patterns of human gene expression with deep learning



Biomedical Center (BMC)
Room N02.017

Host: Axel Imhof and Carsten Marr
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
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
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
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
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