Group Leader Profiles | IMPRS - Biological Intelligence

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Name & Affiliation	Research Title	Research Highlights	Homepage
Herwig Baier MPI-BI	Genes - Circuits - Behavior	Development and function of neural circuits; Neuroethology of zebrafish and cichlids; Omics approaches to behavior; Zebrafish brain atlas	homepage
Maude Baldwin MPI-BI	Evolution of Sensory Systems	Sensory systems; Evolution of vertebrate taste receptors; Convergent evolution; Evolution of digestive functions	homepage
Tobias Bonhoeffer MPI-BI	Synapses- Circuits - Plasticity	Mammalian neural circuits; Learning, memory and synaptic plasticity; Visual system; Learning under (semi-)natural conditions	homepage
Alexander Borst MPI-BI	Circuits - Computation - Models	Fly motion vision; Neural computation; Modeling; Dendrite development; Visual behavior	homepage
Henrik Brumm MPI-BI	Animal Communication and Urban Ecology	Acoustic communication; Bioacoustics; Anthropogenic noise	homepage
Laura Busse LMU	Neuronal Circuits of Visual Perception	Neural circuits of cortico-thalamic feedback in the mouse visual system; Computational modelling of the mouse thalamocortical system; Natural stimuli for mice	homepage
Winfried Denk MPI-BI	Electrons - Photons - Neurons	Connectomics; Serial block-face electron microscopy; Advanced imaging methods	homepage
Niels Dingemanse LMU	Behavioural Ecology	Personality and life-history; Indirect genetic effects, quantitative genetics and social evolution; Mixed-effect modelling education and teaching	homepage
Wolfgang Enard LMU	Evolution of Molecular Circuitries	Evolution of gene expression; Evolution of speech; RNA-seq; Primate induced pluripotent stem cells	homepage
Lisa Fenk MPI-BI	Active Visual Sensing	Visual processing in Drosophila; Neuroethology of vision; Neuronal activity during active behavior; Eye movements and active vision	homepage
Thomas Frank MPI-BI	Circuits and Synapses of Memory and Adaptive Behavior	Olfaction; Sensorimotor transformations; Neural circuits in zebrafish	homepage
Manfred Gahr MPI-BI	Behavioural Neurobiology	Sexual differentiation; Vocal communication; Brain and behavior	homepage
Julijana Gjorgjieva TUM	Computational Neuroscience	Computational modeling of neural circuits; Models of synaptic plasticity; Models of neural development and learning; Neural information processing	homepage
Nadine Gogolla MPI-Psy	Circuits for Emotion	Neuronal circuits for emotion in mice; Interoception and emotion; Insular cortex	homepage
Magdalena Götz LMU	Neural Stem Cells	Neurogenesis; Neural stem cells; Brain injury; Neuronal replacement; Direct reprogramming	homepage
Oliver Griesbeck MPI-BI	Tools for Bio-Imaging	BioImaging; Directed Evolution; Protein Engineering	homepage
Benedikt Grothe LMU	Circuits of Spatial Hearing	Structure and function of neuronal circuits in the mammalian auditory system; Representation of space in the auditory cortex; Calcium-imaging	homepage
Angelika Harbauer MPI-BI	Local Mechanisms Governing Mitochondrial Health in Neurons	Neuronal mitochondrial biogenesis; Mitochondrial plasticity in neurodevelopment; Mitochondrial dysfunction in neurological disease	homepage
Michaela Hau MPI-BI	Evolutionary Physiology	Evolutionary physiology; Effects of climate warming on wild birds; Metabolism, stress responses and life history decisions	homepage
Simon Jacob TUM	Translational NeuroTechnology	Cellular and circuit basis of higher cognition; Executive control and language; Rodent and human recordings; Brain-computer interfaces	homepage
David Keays LMU	Sensory and developmental neuroscience	Molecules, Cells and Circuits in Magnetosensation; Microtubules and Neurodevelopmental Disease; Organoid models in monotremes and marsupials	homepage
Bart Kempenaers MPI-BI	Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics	Avian mating systems; Sexual selection; Field research; Shorebird behavior	homepage
Michael Kiebler LMU	RNA localization in the CNS	Dendritic RNA transport to synapses of mammalian neurons; Omics approaches to ribonucleoprotein assembly; Local protein synthesis at activated synapses; The role of Pum2 in epilepsy and GABA A receptor function in vivo	homepage
Rüdiger Klein MPI-BI	Molecules - Signaling - Development	Redesigning brain circuits in mice; Multimodal mapping of cell types in mouse amygdala; Optogenetic manipulation of appetitive behavior	homepage
Joergen Kornfeld MPI-BI	Circuits of Birdsong	Connectomics; Machine learning; Songbird neural circuits; Connectome decoding	homepage
Clemens Kuepper MPI-BI	Behavioural Genetics and Evolutionary Ecology	Social behaviour; Evolution of intraspecific diversity; Behavioural genetics/genomics	homepage
Émilie Macé MPI-BI	Brain-Wide Circuits for Behavioral Control	Brain-wide circuits for behaviour	homepage
Christian Mayer MPI-BI	Neurogenomics - Genomic Analyses of Developing Neurons	Omics approaches to brain development; Neural cell fate specification; Neurogenomics; Single-cell delineation of lineage and genetic identity	homepage
Richard Merrill LMU	Behaviour and Speciation	Ecological, genetic and developmental basis of sensory and behavioural variation; Speciation (especially evolution of behavioural isolation); Tropical butterflies	homepage
Dirk Metzler LMU	Statistical Genetics	Probabilistic models in evolutionary and behavioural ecology; Development of model-based inference methods in population genetics; Models of DNA sequence evolution and methylation dynamics	homepage
Thomas Misgeld TUM	Neuronal Cell Biology	Development of neuromuscular synapses; Cell biological mechanisms of axon homeostasis and degeneration; The neuro-energetics of the CNS	homepage
Wiktor Mlynarski LMU	Computational Neuroscience	Theoretical neuroscience; Sensory coding; Perceptual inference; Neural computation	homepage
Pablo Oteiza MPI-BI	Flow Sensing	Comparative Biomechanics; Development and Function of the Lateral Line System; Neural Basis of Flow Navigation	homepage
Ruben Portugues TUM	Professor of Brain Circuit Function and Dysfunction	Neural circuits in zebrafish; Decision-making; Spatial navigation; Action selection	homepage
Niels Rattenborg MPI-BI	Avian Sleep	Neuroethology of sleep in the wild; Behavioral ecology of sleep; Evolution of sleep	homepage
Daniela Vallentin MPI-BI	Neural Circuits for Vocal Communication	Neural circuits for vocal communication; Songbird neuroethology; Electrophysiology in interacting animals	homepage
Auguste von Bayern MPI-BI	Comparative Cognition	Parrot cognition; Vocal imitation and learning; Vocal plasticity; Comparative cognition	homepage
Jochen Wolf LMU	Microevolution and biodiversity	Evolutionary genetics; Genome-wide signatures of behaviour (e.g. mating behaviour, movement)	homepage