General Seminars
Distinguished Visitor Lecture Series
IMPRS Lecture Series
MPIB Seminar

06.05.2025 11:00
MPI for Biological Intelligence
MPI-BI Emerging Scientist Series

Marina Papadopoulou
University of Tuscia, Italy

Cognitive rules underlying the self-organization of animal collectives



MPI for Biological Intelligence, Seewiesen
Haus 4, Seminarraum 4/0.07 und 4/0.08

Host: Susanne Hoffmann
06.05.2025 17:15
LMU Biocenter, Institut of Microbiology
Seminar Series (LMU)

Abram Aertsen
KU Leuven, Belgien

The extended life cycle of bacteriophage Lambda



LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: Kirsten Jung
06.05.2025 19:00
Max Planck Institutes, Martinsried
Vortragsreihe: Was Wissen schafft

Tobias Bonhoeffer
Max-Planck-Institut für biologische Intelligenz

Vom Lernen und Vergessen



Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: Vor Ort und online: https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/69850999407

Host: Stefanie Merker
07.05.2025 13:00
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Distinguished Visitor Lecture Series

Jamie H. Cate
University of California, Berkeley Innovative Genomics Institute

RNA Language Models to Improve RNA Function



Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Large Lecture Hall

Host: Elena Conti
07.05.2025 17:00
LMU Biocenter
LSM Lecture Series

Annika Guse
LMU Biocenter, Cellular and Organismic Networks

Adaptation to the environment: a model systems’ approach



LMU Biocenter
Room G00.031

Host: Graduate School Life Science Munich (LSM-LMU)
08.05.2025 11:00
SFB 1064 Chromatin Dynamics
LMU Seminar

Timo Müller
Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Munich & Walther-Straub Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, LMU Munich

Novel Insights into Regulation of Energy and Glucose Metabolism by GIPR Agonism and GLP-1:GIP co-agonism



Biomedical Center (BMC)
Room N02.017

Host: Maren Heimhalt and Andreas Ladurner
08.05.2025 14:00
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
MPIB Seminar

Jennifer Doudna
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Innovative Genomics Institute, Berkeley

Adventures in Biochemistry with CRISPR: The ABC's of a Career in Science (Followed by Round Table Discussion)



Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Large Lecture Hall

Host: Elena Conti; Danny Nedialkova; Kikue Tachibana
08.05.2025 14:00
Biomedical Center (BMC), LMU

Thomas Misgeld
Institute of Neuronal Cell Biology TUM

Dynamics and Diversity of Mitochondria in the Nervous System



Biomedical Center (BMC)
Room N02.017

Host: Physiological genomics / Magdalena Götz
08.05.2025 16:00
IMPRS
IMPRS Lecture Series

Jürgen Cox
MPI of Biochemistry

MaxQuant: Computational proteomics for the masses



Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom-x.de/j/64180753743

Host: IMPRS-ML, ZOOM password 192953
09.05.2025 14:00
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Distinguished Visitor Lecture Series

Jennifer Doudna
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Innovative Genomics Institute, Berkeley

The Chemistry of CRISPR: What's Ahead for Genome Editing



Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Large Lecture Hall

Host: Elena Conti
12.05.2025 13:15
LMU Gene Center

Evangelos Karousis
University of Bern

Decoding viral secrets using cell-free translation



Gene Center Lynen Lecture Hall
Lecture Hall 0.75

Host: Jonathan Bohlen
13.05.2025 11:00
MPI for Biological Intelligence
MPI-BI Institute Seminars

Julia Clarke
The University of Texas at Austin

Insight into the evolution a novel vocal organ in birds



MPI for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried
Room NQ 105

Host: Maude Baldwin
15.05.2025 16:00
IMPRS
IMPRS Lecture Series

Maude Baldwin
MPI for Biological Intelligence

Functional evolution of the taste and digestive system in birds



Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom-x.de/j/64180753743

Host: IMPRS-BI, ZOOM password 192953
16.05.2025 09:00
LMU Munich Center for Neuroscience (MCN), MPI for Biological Intelligence

Several speakers
tba

Munich Brain Day 2025



MPI for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried
Large Lecture Hall

Host: O. Behrend, S. Capello, L. Fenk, A. Harbauer, D. Keays, O. Mauger, G. Nordmann, R. Portugues,
22.05.2025 11:00
SFB 1064 Chromatin Dynamics
LMU Seminar

Nadine Vastenhouw
University of Lausanne, Center for Integrative Genomics

The role of nuclear organization in transcription regulation



Biomedical Center (BMC)
Room N02.017

Host: Kikuë Tachibana
22.05.2025 14:00
Biomedical Center (BMC), LMU

Chiara Zurzolo
Professor at the Pasteur Institute, Paris

Tunnelling nanotubes, reshaping brain connectivity and role in development and neurodegeneration



Biomedical Center (BMC)
Room N01.017

Host: Physiological genomics / Magdalena Götz
22.05.2025 16:00
IMPRS
IMPRS Lecture Series

Julian Stingele
LMU

Cellular responses to RNA damage



Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom-x.de/j/64180753743

Host: IMPRS-ML, ZOOM password 192953
27.05.2025 11:00
MPI for Biological Intelligence
MPI-BI Keynote Lecture

Jeff Podos
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Biology

Linking diet, song, and evolution in tropical birds



MPI for Biological Intelligence, Seewiesen
Seewiesen, Haus 4, Seminarraum 4/0.07

Host: Henrik Brumm
27.05.2025 17:15
LMU Biocenter, Insitut of Microbiology
Seminar Series (LMU)

Victor Sourjik
MPI Marburg

Physics meets physiology: strategies of bacterial resource investment into swimming motility



LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: Kirsten Jung
02.06.2025 17:00
LMU Munich Center for Neuroscience (MCN)
Munich Neuroscience Lectures

Jonathan Pillow
Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton

Dissecting neural circuits with cell-type latent dynamical systems



LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.019

Host: Andreas Herz
03.06.2025 11:00
MPI for Biological Intelligence
MPI-BI Gender in Ecology and Neuroscience

Jasmine Kwasa
Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

Phenotypic Bias in Human Neuroscience Methods: Creating an Equitable Research Field



MPI for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried
Room NQ 105

Host: Susanne Hoffmann & Petra Winterholler
03.06.2025 19:00
Max Planck Institutes, Martinsried
Vortragsreihe: Was Wissen schafft

Albert Zink
Biozentrum der LMU

Ötzi: neue Erkenntnisse zum Leben und Sterben der Gletschermumie



Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: Vor Ort und Online: https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/67114308674

Host: tba
05.06.2025 11:00
SFB 1064 Chromatin Dynamics
LMU Seminar

Ralph Grand
ZMBH Heidelberg

Essential genes are pioneered and activated by master transcription factors



Biomedical Center (BMC)
Room N02.017

Host: Rodrigo Villaseñor
05.06.2025 11:00
MPI for Biological Intelligence, Molecules-Signaling-Development
MPI-BI Institute Seminars

Tatiana Korotkova
Institute for Systems Physiology, University of Cologne

Balancing acts: regulation of anxiety, feeding and social interactions by lateral hypothalamic neurons



MPI for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried
Room NQ 105

Host: Rüdiger Klein
05.06.2025 13:00
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

Andrija Sente
InstaDeep, London, UK

The Inner Workings of Inhibitory Neurotransmission



MPI of Biochemistry
Large Lecture Hall

Host: John Briggs
05.06.2025 16:00
IMPRS
IMPRS Lecture Series

Susanne Hoffmann
MPI for Biological Intelligence

Applying neurophysiology during field research to study the neural mechanisms of duet singing in birds



Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom-x.de/j/64180753743

Host: IMPRS-BI, ZOOM password 192953
12.06.2025 16:00
IMPRS
IMPRS Lecture Series

Karl Duderstadt
MPI of Biochemistry

Imaging the machines that reshape and remake chromosomes



Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom-x.de/j/64180753743

Host: IMPRS-ML, ZOOM password 192953
18.06.2025 12:00
LMU Biocenter, Faculty of Biology
Keynote Seminar Series

Jürgen Heinze
University of Regensburg

Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Insect Societies



LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.019

Host: B. Grothe / H. Stibor
25.06.2025 12:00
LMU Biocenter, Faculty of Biology
Keynote Seminar Series

Claude Despan
New York University

Pheromones, Aging and Rejuvenation in a Social Insect



LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.019

Host: T. Mikeladze-Dvali / H. Stibor
26.06.2025 16:00
IMPRS
IMPRS Lecture Series

Pablo Oteiza
MPI for Biological Intelligence

A conserved algorithm for flow navigation in teleosts



Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom-x.de/j/64180753743

Host: IMPRS-BI, ZOOM password 192953
30.06.2025 09:00
LMU Munich Center for Neuroscience (MCN)
Symposium (LMU)

Several speakers
tba

Harvard Young Scientists' Forum 2025



LMU Biocenter
D00.003, GSN Seminar Room, Großhaderner Str. 2, 82152 Martinsried

Host: Oliver Behrend
01.07.2025 17:15
LMU Biocenter, Institut of Microbiology
Seminar Series (LMU)

Christian Kost
Universität Osnabrück

tba



LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: Simon Heilbronner
02.07.2025 12:00
LMU Biocenter, Faculty of Biology
Keynote Seminar Series

Susana Coelho
Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen

The curious world of seaweeds: from mating rituals to viral infections



LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.019

Host: S. Robatzek / H. Stibor
02.07.2025 13:00
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
MPIB Seminar

Sebastian Glatt
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

tRNAslational Control of Eukaryotic Gene Expression



Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Large Lecture Hall

Host: Danny Nedialkova
03.07.2025 16:00
IMPRS
IMPRS Lecture Series

Brenda Schulman
MPI of Biochemistry

Regulation by the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System



Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
https://mpi-biochemistry.zoom-x.de/j/64180753743

Host: IMPRS-ML, ZOOM password 192953
07.07.2025 17:00
LMU Munich Center for Neuroscience (MCN)
Munich Neuroscience Lectures

Katharina Schmack
University College London

Neural circuits and immunity in psychosis



LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.019

Host: Nadine Gogolla
08.07.2025 17:15
LMU Biocenter, Institut of Microbiology
Seminar Series (LMU)

Khaled Selim
Universität Tübingen

Being lazy is not always bad: second messenger signaling in cyanobacteria



LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: Jürgen Lassak
08.07.2025 19:00
Max Planck Institutes, Martinsried
Vortragsreihe: Was Wissen schafft

Lotte Schlicht
Max-Planck-Institut für biologische Intelligenz

Konzert im Morgengrauen: Warum Vögel morgens singen



Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: Vor Ort und online: https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/67490761649

Host: Sabine Spehn
09.07.2025 12:00
LMU Biocenter
Keynote Seminar Series

Lutz Becks
University of Konstanz

Will you kindly cooperate? - Evolution of novel endosymbiosis



LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.019

Host: H. Stibor / D. Keays
10.07.2025 11:00
SFB 1064 Chromatin Dynamics
LMU Seminar

Kazuhiro Maeshima
National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan

Local chromatin behaviors during the cell-cycle revealed by single-molecule imaging/analysis



Biomedical Center (BMC)
Room N02.017

Host: Peter Becker
16.07.2025 12:00
LMU Biocenter, Faculty of Biology
Keynote Seminar Series

Claire Spottiswoode
University of Cape Town, SA

The natural history of a human-animal mutualism



LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.019

Host: J. Wolf / H. Stibor
30.09.2025 19:00
Max Planck Institutes, Martinsried
Vortragsreihe: Was Wissen schafft

F.-Ulrich Hartl
Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie

Molekulare Anstandsdamen der Zelle: Ihre Rolle bei der Proteinfaltung und neurodegenerativen Krankheiten



Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online: https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/68959061324

Host: Christiane Menzfeld
03.11.2025 17:00
LMU Munich Center for Neuroscience (MCN)
Munich Neuroscience Lectures

Carolyn BcBride
Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton

tbd



LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.019

Host: Nadine Gogolla
11.11.2025 19:00
Max Planck Institutes, Martinsried
Vortragsreihe: Was Wissen schafft

Anneli Peters
Biomedizinisches Centrum der LMU

Überraschende Zusammenhänge: Darmbakterien als Auslöser der Multiplen Sklerose?



Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: Vor Ort und online: https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/65614950433

Host: Henrike Klinker
01.12.2025 17:00
LMU Munich Center for Neuroscience (MCN)
Munich Neuroscience Lectures

Michael Brecht
Humboldt-Universität, Berlin

Large-brain-neuroscience in elephants



LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.019

Host: Benedikt Grothe