🚨Hiring Alert! Gregor Schuhknecht’s research group, Brain Algorithms and Circuits, is seeking a highly motivated Postdoc with a strong exper. background in #systemsneuroscience and a deep interest in understanding how vertebrate brain circuits give rise to computation.
Apply 👉 postdocprogram.mpg.de
Special thanks to the Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung, and all partners and contributors for this wonderful evening 👏
@goetheuni.bsky.social / Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt
Interdisciplinary Center for Neuroscience
Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies
@ae.mpg.de g.de
@mpibrain.bsky.social
#FrankfurtHatHirn 🧠 live 2026 this week was inspiring, engaging, and full of lively exchange!
Young researchers took the audience on an exciting journey into the world of brain research in the Main metropolis.
Find out more 👉 bit.ly/4bHcszG
On #InternationalWomensDay, we remember Cécile Vogt, co-founder of our original institute, and her daughters Marthe and Marguerite Vogt - all pioneering scientists in their fields.
Their impact continues to shape modern science today.
More on Cécile Vogt 👉 brain.mpg.de/cecile-vogt-...
#Diversity
This RNA-based mechanism reveals a previously unrecognized role for ribosomal RNA in the cellular stress response - helping cells manage protein production under stress. @science.org
Full story 👉 bit.ly/3ZMJPul
Science Paper 👉 bit.ly/4cBwP28
#ScienceResearch #TranslationRegulation
Ribosomes in pairs: A survival strategy inside stressed cells.
When nutrients drop or temperatures shift, cells switch to survival mode. New work by @erin-schuman.bsky.social & colleagues shows that inactive ribosomes pair up via a ribosomal RNA link @andschwarz.bsky.social @muellermara.bsky.social
Also newly published: Helmstaedter's review on Synaptic-Resolution Connectomics in Nature Reviews Neuroscience: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natrevneuro.nature.com Great time to catch up on this exciting field in Neuroscience! @mhlab.bsky.social
3D-EM–based connectomics is Method of the Year 2025 @natmethods.nature.com 🎉 Our director Moritz Helmstaedter, founder of the world’s first “Dept. of Connectomics” @mhlab.bsky.social, outlines an optimistic future enabling large-brain Connectomic Screening: bit.ly/3XVIccW
Don’t miss the Nanosymposium NANO024 – Connectomics at #SfN2025!
📍 SD Convention Center, Room 33
⏰ 8 - 11:30 AM PST
12 speakers from academia & industry exploring #connectomics across species and questions.
With Gregor Schuhknecht (MPI Brain Research) @mpibrain.bsky.social and Helene Schmidt (ESI)
Exciting news!
Two new groups join the MPI for Brain Research! Welcome
🪰 Philipp Brand – Evolutionary Neuroscience & Behavior @pbrand.bsky.social and
🐟 Gregor Schuhknecht – Brain Algorithms & Circuits
More info 👉 bit.ly/47M3bDt
#Neuroscience #BrainResearch
Congratulations to our Managing Director Erin Schuman @erin-schuman.bsky.social on being elected to the U.S. National Academy of Medicine! #NAMmtg
A special honor recognizing her pioneering work on local protein synthesis at synapses.
🔗 bit.ly/3Jid6Ix
We’re thrilled to launch the MPI Brain's @mpibrain.bsky.social new Cellfies series!
Neurons in the larval zebrafish brain react to motion left (purple) or right (green). Explore our Algorithms and Circuits research 🔗 brain.mpg.de/schuhknecht
#Cellfie #CalciumImaging #SystemsNeuroscience
Learn more about the public outreach activities at the MPI for Brain Research 🧠: brain.mpg.de/outreach
@maxplanck.de 🏫 School Outreach Network Meeting at @hausderastronomie.bsky.social 🔭 & MPI for Nuclear Physics - Sharing experiences and shaping ideas to inspire the next generation of scientists. 🧬🔬🧪 www.max-wissen.de
A molecular atlas of the hippocampus: Scientist at the MPIs for Brain Research and Biophysics map RNAs and proteins at synaptic resolution 🔬 🔗 brain.mpg.de/molecular-at... @evakaulich.bsky.social @erin-schuman.bsky.social
🚨Hiring Alert! Join Gregor Schuhknechts’s
new group Brain Algorithms and Circuits @mpibrain.bsky.social !
🧠 Fully funded PhD & Postdoc
🐟 Larval #zebrafish model
🔬 Imaging, electrophysiology, EM
💻 #SystemsNeuroscience
👉 brain.mpg.de/schuhknecht
🚛 Ribosomes on the road! New research from the Schuman Lab @mpibrain.bsky.social shows neurons can locally assemble ribosomes - far from the nucleus and close to synapses. A big shift from textbook biology! 📚🧬🔗 bit.ly/3GUJKPv #Neuroscience #CellBiology #Ribosomes
A festive finish to the Max Planck Junior Scholars Program 2025! 🎓 After 3 weeks of hands-on science, twelve outstanding students presented their research & experiences at today’s certificate ceremony at the MPI 🧠. Driven, talented minds, and full of potential! @maxplanck.de 🔗 bit.ly/3H33m3S
Honoring excellence - The American Philosophical Society recognizes Gilles Laurent with the 2025 Karl Spencer Lashley Award for his groundbreaking studies on information coding and processing in the central nervous system. 👉 bit.ly/453rJXd
🎉 Huge congratulations to @MpiBrain director Erin Schuman @erin-schuman.bsky.social on receiving the 2026 Nakasone Award for her groundbreaking work on the function and plasticity of neuronal synapses! 🧠 @hfspo.bsky.social #neuroscience #HFSP #NakasoneAward 👉 bit.ly/4m6g40P
The 2025 Max Planck Junior Scholars Program is supported by the 2024 Körber Prize @koerberscience.bsky.social to Erin Schuman @erin-schuman.bsky.social 🙌
Our mission is to spark inspiration, build skills, and open doors to the world of #science — together with outstanding mentors and researchers at the @mpibrain.bsky.social and our partner institutes at MPI of Biophysics, @mpi-hlr.bsky.social and @goetheuni.bsky.social
This year’s cohort brings together young people with exceptional scientific curiosity and whom come from underrepresented backgrounds:
🌍 migration backgrounds
💡 first in their family to attend university
🤝 financially less privileged
🚀 We’re thrilled to welcome 14 talented and enthusiastic high-school students to the 2025 Max Planck Junior Scholars Program, kicking off today with a Science Boot Camp Week @mpibrain.bsky.social ! 🔬🧬 @maxplanck.de
The Max Planck Institute for Brain Research @mpibrain.bsky.social joined the Be Open about Animal Research Day.
You can join too! Show your support and share on #BOARD25
The Be Open about Animal Research Day is starting now!
Show your support and share on #BOARD25
🚀 Zwei neue #Exzellenzcluster für die #GoetheUni! Mit @scale-cluster-ffm.bsky.social & @cpi-exstra.bsky.social wird Frankfurt ab 2026 zum Hotspot für Zell- & Gesundheitsforschung. Nächster Schritt: Exzellenzverbund @rheinmainunis.bsky.social mit @unimainz.bsky.social & @tuda.bsky.social.
🚀 Two Future Clusters of Excellence for #GoetheUni! With @scale-cluster-ffm.bsky.social & @cpi-exstra.bsky.social, Frankfurt will become a hotspot for cell & health #research from 2026. Next step: Network of excellence @rheinmainunis.bsky.social with @unimainz.bsky.social & @tuda.bsky.social.
#GirlsDay at @mpibrain.bsky.social - We loved welcoming curious and enthusiastic girls to explore the world of science & research. We're committed to continue to inspire the next generation of researchers. 👩🔬 #STEM #WomenInScience #NextGenScientists @erin-schuman.bsky.social @alenalem.bsky.social
🧠 Fascinating insights! We are thrilled to be part of the new „Gehirne" exhibition at Senckenberg Naturmuseum Frankfurt @sgn.one in collaboration with the Hertie Foundation - offering a unique glimpse into the brain’s complexity. #Connectomics #HertieStiftung #Neuroscience @mhlab.bsky.social