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Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar @mpinb.mpg.de · 16h

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Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar @mpinb.mpg.de · 16h

💡 Join the 8th Bonn Brain Conference
March 23–25, 2026 | DZNE Bonn, Germany

Explore the latest in brain states, neural circuits, and behavior — with keynote talks by leading neuroscientists including Cori Bargmann and Edvard Moser @edvardmoser.bsky.social

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koseskalab.bsky.social @koseskalab.bsky.social · Aug 4

It is a true pleasure to take part at this year’s Konstanz school on collective behavior and talk about our theoretical framework of computing with transients.
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Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar @mpinb.mpg.de · Jul 28

Exciting news! @kerrlab.bsky.social is part of a new #MaxPlanckCenter with @mpi-mr.bsky.social and the Institute for Basic Science at Yonsei University in Seoul. We aim to visualize and influence cellular processes deep in human tissue — in a targeted way, without causing damage. Stay tuned ! 🌟

Max Planck Institute for Medical Research @mpi-mr.bsky.social · Jul 28

📣Curtains up for a new #MaxPlanckCenter @maxplanck.de in which our institute is involved, with the @mpinb.mpg.de and the Institute for Basic Science at Yonsei University, Seoul! 🤩 Focus is on ‘Deep Tissue Nanoscale Control’. Excited about this fantastic partnership! 🚀
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New Max Planck Center with South Korea deepens biomedical research

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koseskalab.bsky.social @koseskalab.bsky.social · Jul 28

Excited to be part of “Unifying theories in high-dimensional biophyics” symposium @ICTS in Bangalore. Looking forward to learn about novel theoretical descriptions from molecular to behavior of ecologies! @mpinb.mpg.de

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Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar @mpinb.mpg.de · Jul 23

Read more in our news article: mpinb.mpg.de/en/research-...

New research unit on GPCR signaling in organ function and… - MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY OF BEHAVIOR — CAESAR

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Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar @mpinb.mpg.de · Jul 23

Led by @simwieg.bsky.social from @uniheidelberg.bsky.social, DynOrg is one of 7 new DFG Research Units, supported for up to 8 years. We're thrilled to be on board! 🔬🇩🇪
#GPCR #Neuroscience #DynOrg #DFG #WormLab

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Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar @mpinb.mpg.de · Jul 23

Using optogenetics, high-res in vivo imaging & multi-omics, we’ll track how GPCR signals guide foraging & feeding. Understanding how the two nervous systems in C. elegans coordinate foraging and food intake will shed light on core principles of neuromodulatory control.
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Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar @mpinb.mpg.de · Jul 23

@monikakscholz.bsky.social lab and Alexander Gottschalk’s team @goetheuni.bsky.social are zooming in on C. elegans. With just 302 neurons, this tiny worm helps us study how two nervous systems — somatic & enteric — coordinate via neuromodulators like dopamine & serotonin. 🪱🔬

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Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar @mpinb.mpg.de · Jul 23

GPCRs are tiny molecular switches that let animals respond instantly to danger, hunger, or stress. Just a few messengers (like dopamine or adrenaline) activate diverse pathways that shape behavior and physiology.

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Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar @mpinb.mpg.de · Jul 23

🚀 Big news from our @monikakscholz.bsky.social lab! We’re part of DynOrg, a new @dfg.de-funded Research Unit exploring how #GPCR signaling coordinates organ function & animal behavior — from heartbeat to foraging. 🧠💓
#FOR #neurotransmitters

Ilustration for FOR5807 showing sketches of c. elegans and its neuronal networks and molecular form of serotonin and dopamin

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Max Planck Neuroscience @mpneuro.bsky.social · Jul 15

Despite the trillions of synapses in the brain, there is sparse connectivity between neurons. This may be a feature, not a flaw, per new research at @mpinb.mpg.de‬.
A study finds that “sparse connectivity” of neurons may contribute to more efficient info-processing in the brain: bit.ly/4kO1TMY

Image of neural connections. Text reads: The brain’s sparse connectivity is not a limitation it’s an optimization!

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koseskalab.bsky.social @koseskalab.bsky.social · Jul 10

We had a privilege to have Chittaranjan Hens from the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India, visiting for a day and telling us about the origins of instability in dynamical systems on undirected networks! @mpinb.mpg.de

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Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar @mpinb.mpg.de · Jul 8

Paper alert! Check out the new publication by our Cellular Computations and Learning Lab!
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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · Jul 1

In our evening`s session, Monika Scholz from the @mpinb.mpg.de talks about her research on the foraging behavior of a predatory nematode Pristionchus pacificus and compares the underlying neuronal mechanisms with the ones of C. elegans.
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Predatory aggression evolved through adaptations to noradrenergic circuits

Behaviors are adaptive traits evolving through natural selection. Crucially, the genetic, molecular, and neural modifications that shape behavioral innovations are poorly understood. Here, we identify...

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koseskalab.bsky.social @koseskalab.bsky.social · Jun 23

We are at #DDays2025 ! Join us at our 3!! talks on multistability and metastability, today, on Thursday and Friday! @mpinb.mpg.de

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Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar @mpinb.mpg.de · Jun 12

#podcast #neuropod #scicom #neuroscience

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Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar @mpinb.mpg.de · Jun 12

🚀 New Neurovoyagers episode just dropped!
It's been such a great time chatting with ‪@monikakscholz.bsky.social about worms, neural bottlenecks, open science, and the joy of building stuff that works 🧠🔧
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/1r2a...

Brains in Miniature: Evolution, Foraging, and Open Science with Monika Scholz

Neurovoyagers: Exploring the Minds Behind Neuroscience · Episode

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Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar @mpinb.mpg.de · Jun 11

Cells use more than signal strength to decide their fate—they "listen" to the tempo of signaling. Check out this work by our Cellular Computations and Learning Lab introducing signaling homeorhesis, a concept where dynamic signal patterns guide cell decisions. #CellSignaling #cellfate

koseskalab.bsky.social @koseskalab.bsky.social · Jun 6

👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 Pre-print alert 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
We developed the concept of signaling homeorhesis to describe regulation of cell phenotype under dynamic signals, demonstrating that cells actively interpret signals from their environment to determine cell fate! @mpinb.mpg.de

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Homeorhetic regulation of cellular phenotype

How cells translate growth factor (GF) signals into context-specific phenotypes remains a fundamental question in cell biology. The classical view holds that cells translate a constant concentration o...

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Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar @mpinb.mpg.de · Jun 3

👉 or dive into the publication in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Multiple cortical systems influence a single vibrissa muscle | PNAS

What is the neural substrate that enables the cerebral cortex to control a single mystacial vibrissa and orchestrate its movement? To answer this q...

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Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar @mpinb.mpg.de · Jun 3

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👉 Read more in our news article: mpinb.mpg.de/en/research-...

Motor control from non-motor brain areas - MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY OF BEHAVIOR — CAESAR

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Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar @mpinb.mpg.de · Jun 3

(1/3) Paper alert! 🧠 What does it take a 🐀 to move a single whisker? More than we expected!
Research from our In Silico Brain Sciences Lab and University of Pittsburgh (Pitt Med) shows:
✅ a diverse set of brain areas is involved
✅ movements even originate from areas linked to sensing and cognition.

Schematic drawing of a rat with an inset microscopy image showing neurons involved in whisker motor control

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iBehave @ibehave.bsky.social · May 15

New #iBOTS Workshop "Intro Neural Spike Analysis in Python"

📅June 11-13
Dr. Ole Bialas
Open to All @unibonn.bsky.social @uniklinikkoeln.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social @mpinb.mpg.de @fz-juelich.de

Learn how to process & analyze neural spiking data!
Register: uni-bonn.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...

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Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar @mpinb.mpg.de · Apr 21

Read our news article from our research group Neural Circuits mpinb.mpg.de/en/research-...

Or the full paper 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#Neuroethology #Sleep #Glia #WatchingAFlysBrain

Dynamics of glia and neurons regulate homeostatic rest, sleep and feeding behavior in Drosophila - Nature Neuroscience

Animals alternate between active periods and periods of rest or sleep. This study in fruit flies points to brain metabolism as a cause for this and shows that a network of glial cells interacting with...

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