The Humboldt Research Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers will allow Sara Haddad and Shahaf Weiss to work on their...
Integrative Physiology and Behavior
Should I stay or should I go? Decisions take a straight path...
Max Planck neurobiologists show how visual perceptions are translated into behavior Prey or predator? The brain has only a...
Three nerve cells are sufficient to steer a fly
HS cells correct an unwanted rotation movement by slowing down the legs We are not easily knocked off our feet. A fruit...
How to recognise your own kind
Zebrafish identify virtual shoal partners based on motion patterns typical of their species What does it take for a fish...
Elucidating the control and development of skin patterning in...
Few animals provide a readout that is as objective of their perceptual state as camouflaging cephalopods. Their skin...
Master of the tree – novel form of dendritic inhibition...
A unique feature that sets neurons apart from all other cells are their beautiful, highly elaborate dendritic trees. These...
Blood vessels instruct brain development
Neurovascular communication in the brain Function and homeostasis of the brain relies on communication between the complex...
How we decide on where to go
Neuroscientists discover a mechanism for brain-wide communication when selecting a route towards a destination. Route...
Julijana Gjorgjieva has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant
Research Group Leader Julijana Gjorgjieva at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research has received this prestigious...
The Role of m6A/m-RNA Methylation in Stress Response Regulation
N6-methyladenosine (m6A) and N6,2′-O-dimethyladenosine (m6Am) are abundant mRNA modifications that regulate transcript...