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Tracing Information Processing

Following the complex paths that information takes through our brains

New Views of Vision

Understanding common features and differences between human and machine vision

Research at the Speed of Light

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

Quest for the Effect of Light

The impacts of lighting on human health

Catching the Brainwaves

The mechanisms behind human knowledge processing

Memory Formation and Consolidation

The beneficial effect of sleep for memory consolidation

News

Basic research without animal testing?

June 18, 2025

Start of the “Night owl or early bird?” science roadshow

May 05, 2025

(Almost) Like Us: Creativity in Artificial Intelligence

April 17, 2025

Braitenberg 100

Event June 19, 2026

Symposium on computational neuroscience: past, present, and future
June 19 to 21, 2026

Research

All information about our basic research, departments and research groups

Computational Psychiatry Conference 2025

Event July 14, 2025

International conference to happen in Tübingen from July 14 to 16

Cybernetics Seminar Series

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

How light affects our biological clock

Event

Tour dates and locations of the science roadshow “Night owl or early bird?”

Careers

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

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

Computation and Cognition Tübingen Summer Internship

Research Assistant in Real-Time fMRI and Closed-Loop Brain Stimulation (fMRI-TMS)

June 03, 2025

(with the possibility of a PhD position)
Cognitive Neuroscience & Neurotechnology, research group leader: Romy Lorenz

Molecular Biology Technician Position (m/f/d)

April 28, 2025

Max Planck Research Group Systems Neuroscience and Neuroengineering, Research Group leaders: Drew Robson and Jennifer Li

HiWi in fish facility maintenance (m/f/d)

April 25, 2025

Max Planck Research Group Systems Neuroscience and Neuroengineering,
Group leaders: Jennifer Li, Drew Robson

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Light O´Clock

Podcast

A podcast on light and your body clock

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.