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The Institute Grows

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

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Research at the Speed of Light

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

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Tracing Information Processing

Following the complex paths that information takes through our brains

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Quest for the Effect of Light

The impacts of lighting on human health

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New Views of Vision

Understanding common features and differences between human and machine vision

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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

News

How Little Information Do We Need to Recognize a Face?

December 08, 2025

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Inauguration of the Max Planck House

November 18, 2025

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KlarText Prize goes to young researcher Felix Glang

November 17, 2025

Braitenberg Symposium June 29 - July 1, 2026

Braitenberg 100

Event June 29, 2026

Symposium on computational neuroscience: past, present, and future
June 29–July 01, 2026

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

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Careers

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

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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

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CaCTüS

Computation and Cognition Tübingen Summer Internship

PhD Student (m/f/d) | Mammalian brain function

November 28, 2025

Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) | Exploring mammalian brain function using functional MRI or ultrasound imaging

November 28, 2025

Postdoc or PhD Position in the area of functional MRI & ultrasound imaging

November 03, 2025

Max Planck Reasearch Group for Molecular Signaling
Research group leader: Robert Ohlendorf

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Light O´Clock

Podcast

A podcast on light and your body clock

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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.