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Young scientists conduct a study on a tracking microscope

Research at the Speed of Light

A new generation of microscope systems enables whole-brain imaging in real-time

Woman standing at an MRI and instructing a test subject

Tracing Information Processing

Following the complex paths that information takes through our brains

Photo portrait of Manuel Spitschan who does light measurement

Quest for the Effect of Light

The impacts of lighting on human health

Portrait of Max Planck researcher Zhaoping Li

New Views of Vision

Understanding common features and differences between human and machine vision

Research group leader Assaf Breska talking to team members in the lab during an experiment.

Catching the Brainwaves

The mechanisms behind human knowledge processing

Research group leader Svenja Brodt at an MRI with a test subject.

Memory Formation and Consolidation

The beneficial effect of sleep for memory consolidation

Computer graphic showing an array of blue paper rolls with geometric and algebraic information

Understanding Neural Networks

The mechanisms behind complex thought processes

Research

About Us

At the interface of brains and neural networks

Structure

All information about our scientific departments and research groups

News

“Night Owl or Early Bird?” Project Wins DGPs Award

September 08, 2026

Manuel Spitschan and Marie Luise Schreiter honored for innovative science outreach

ERC Starting Grant: Mapping Cortical Communication Underlying Executive Function

September 03, 2026

Romy Lorenz secures five-year grant to study the brain's frontoparietal network

Between Fascination and Responsibility: “EinBlick” Asks What Artificial Intelligence Does to Us

August 13, 2026

The popular lecture series by the Max Planck Institutes in Tübingen will resume monthly this fall, kicking off with two presentations on Artificial Intelligence

A New EMBO Fellow Puts Genes Under the Spotlight

July 20, 2026

Jose Javier Vázquez Rodríguez is developing light-controlled genetic tools to dissect the brain

Computational Neuroscience: Landmark Symposium in Tübingen

June 25, 2026

Conference marks the 100th anniversary of neuroscience pioneer Valentino Braitenberg

Events

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Prof. Dr. Aurora Ruiz-Herrera Moreno

Sep 17, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Dr. Laurie Comstock

Sep 24, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

GTC - PhD Info Session

Sep 28, 2026 from 04:00 PM to 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Cybernetics Seminar Series

Event

Fridays at 11:00 a.m. (CET), scientists from all over the world present their latest findings from their research.

Aboard the floating science center MS Wissenschaft

Event

With the internationally highly successful research project Brain Explorer, we are participating in the 2026 Year of Science on the MS Wissenschaft, addressing key questions of the medicine of the future.

Careers

Are you curious, determined, creative and enthusiastic about our basic research? Then come and join us!

Job Offers

PhD Position (m/f/d) | Ultra-High-Field Layer fMRI of Cognitive Control and Interoception

August 21, 2026

Research Assistants / HiWis

June 24, 2026

Core Cognition
Group leader: Marcel Binz

More jobs

International Max Planck Research School

Key pillars of our doctoral funding: the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) and the Graduate Training Centre for Neuroscience (GTC) in Tübingen

CaCTüS Internship

Computation and Cognition Tübingen Summer Internship

Max Planck School of Cognition

The Max Planck School of Cognition offers an international, four-year doctoral program that begins each year on September 1.

Podcasts and Videos

Code of the Mind

Podcast June 30, 2026

In this new podcast, we trace the history of computational neuroscience. Mind by mind, idea by idea.

Molecular “Spies” for the Brain: Meet AVATars

Youtube-Video

How can we learn more about what goes on in the living brain? In this scientist profile, Max Planck researcher Robert Ohlendorf discusses his work at the intersection of neuroscience, molecular technology, and brain imaging.

Spying in God´s Workshop

Youtube-Video

A documentary film about cyberneticist Valentin von Braitenberg

Signals & Synapses

Podcast

Episode 3 - Tuned In: The Rhythms of the Brain
What are brain oscillations, and why do we need them? In this episode, co-host Chiara Zanonato sits down with neuroscientist Pascal Fries to explore how these rhythmic patterns emerge in the brain and what roles they play.

Light O´Clock

Podcast

A podcast on light and your body clock