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The Institute Grows

Two new buildings for basic neuroscience research at the Max Planck Campus in Tübingen
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
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Understanding Neural Networks

The mechanisms behind complex thought processes

News

Computational Neuroscience: Landmark Symposium in Tübingen

June 25, 2026

Lion Schulz Receives Otto Hahn Medal

June 17, 2026

“AI doesn't really have a clue what it's doing”

May 13, 2026

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Spying in God´s Workshop

Youtube-Video
From Vehicles to Modern AI: A new documentary about the institute's founding director, Valentin Braitenberg.

Research

All information about our basic research, departments and research groups

Cybernetics Seminar Series

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

Max Planck School of Cognition

Internationally oriented training program in cognitive sciences

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!

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

Job Offers

PhD students

June 24, 2026
Core Cognition
Group leader: Marcel Binz

Postdoctoral Researcher

June 24, 2026
Core Cognition
Group leader: Marcel Binz

 Research Assistants / HiWis

June 24, 2026
Core Cognition
Group leader: Marcel Binz

More Job Offers

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Code of the Mind

June 30, 2026
In this new podcast, we trace the history of computational neuroscience. Mind by mind, idea by idea. 
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Light O´Clock

Podcast
A podcast on light and your body clock
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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.
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MP Neuro

Basic research in the neurosciences at the Max Planck Society
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Pioneers of Science

The Nobel laureates of the Max Planck Society
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75-Years Anniversary

The Max Planck Society was founded on February 26, 1948
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