From Europe to Asia to the U.S.: Scientists of visual neuroscience came together at the Systems Vision Science Summer School & Symposium, hosted by Max Planck researcher Li Zhaoping. Looking forward to a virtual gathering in 2026, and an in-person event again in 2027!

Colors leave unique ‘maps’ in our brains, so consistent across people that Michael Bannert and Andreas Bartels (both MPI for Biological Cybernetics) could predict which color someone saw...just from fMRI data. 🌈🧠 Their findings point to deep evolutionary roots in how we perceive color.

📌 #OffeneStelle #WirSuchen #Jobs Bitte teilen Die Stelle als Pressesprecher/ Pressesprecherin ist noch offen. Muttersprachler sind super willkommen! ▶️ befristeter Vertrag für 2 Jahre ▶️ Bewerbungsfrist: 28 Juli 2025 lnkd.in/drNzYgvQ

The MPI for Biological Cybernetics is seeking two independent Max Planck Research Groups working in scientific disciplines relevant to the institute. Applications should be sent no later than 15th August 2025. Visit our call for applications on the website of the institute for detailed information!

📢 Offene Stelle Wir suchen ein*e: ▶️ IT-Spezialist*in für den IT Support 🔎 Mehr Infos unter: jobs.tue.mpg.de/en/programs/... Wir freuen uns auf eure #Bewerbungen !

Science knows no borders! 🔬In a world where international exchange may face challenges, research thrives on collaboration. Just together, we can shape the future! 🚀

Was hat Licht💡mit Deinem Schlaf und Alltag zu tun? Besuche unser mobiles Forschungs-Lab 🔬 im Mai und Juni 2025 in München, Karlsruhe, Rostock, Chemnitz und Leipzig! Ab 10. Mai sind auf dem Gelände des Deutschen Museums in München! Alle Infos zur Tour: 👉 nachtmensch-oder-fruehaufsteher.de

How do we spot a familiar face in a crowd? 🧠 Max Planck researcher Pascal Fries reveals: Our brain filters sensory input by syncing nerve cell activity across layers, using a unique key signal to focus attention: kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/822538/news_... #neuroscience #attention #cognitivescience

One of the best meetings ever I've attended, the first African Plant Genomics Symposium plantgenomicsafrica.org I met so many inspiring colleagues, both senior and junior. Thank you @drpchronicles.bsky.social for having the idea & being the primary organizer!

Top-down feedback along the ventral visual pathway is mainly directed to foveal representations, a prediction confirmed by reversed depth illusion. After more than ten years of exploring a new framework, Max Planck researcher Zhaoping Li is sharing her recent findings: shorturl.at/nPdgb

Today is the last day to vote for CaCTüS 🌵as one of the most inspiring and successful concepts for the Impact of Diversity Award 🏳️‍🌈. Help us show what real change in living diversity in the sciences 🔬⚛️ looks like! Cast your vote for CaCTüS now! iodaward.awardstage.com/public/judgi...

Get ready and register for the Computational Psychiatry Conference from July 14 to 16. Scientists from all over the world will gather in Tübingen, Germany, to better understand mental health conditions based on novel and interdisciplinary viewpoints. More here: kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/818109/compu...

Quick reminder that our Cybernetics Seminar Series is at 11:00 A.M. (CET) today. Arnab Mukherjee (Assistant Professor at UC, Santa Barbara) will talk about engineering biological water diffusion to create new genetic reporters for molecular MRI. kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/events/41171...

Make your impact! Vote for CaCTüS 🌵as one of the most inspiring and successful concepts for the Impact of Diversity Award 🏳️‍🌈. Help us show what real change in living diversity in the sciences 🔬⚛️ looks like! Cast your vote for CaCTüS now! 👉 iodaward.awardstage.com/public/judgi...

International Women’s Day is here! Women in science shape the future with their ideas, dedication, and breakthroughs. 🔬✨ Let us celebrate their achievements, and keep pushing for true equality — today and every day! #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction

⏳ Tomorrow is the day! International Women’s Day is almost here, and we’re ready to celebrate the incredible women in science! 💡🔬One day left to share the stories of those breaking barriers, driving innovation, and making a difference in research. 🎥✨

⏳ 4 days to go! International Women’s Day is almost here! On March 8, we celebrate the brilliant women pushing boundaries in science. 💡🔬✨ Who are the women in science that inspire you? #AccelerateAction #IWD2025

Register here survey2.tuebingen.mpg.de/index.php/75... to receive the Zoom details for an Info-Day on March 20th at 2 PM CET or March 26th at 4 PM CET! You will gain insights into our three #MSc programs Neural & Behavioural Sciences, Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience and Computational Neuroscience.

🚀 Another inspiring video is here! In honor of International Women's Day on March 8, we asked women from our institute to share their thoughts on their work, challenges, and what drives them. 💡✨ Stay tuned as we highlight their voices throughout the week! 🎥 #WomenInScience #IWD2025 #WomenInSTEM

🎥✨ The countdown to #IWD2025 is on! We’ll share daily videos featuring inspiring female researchers, real stories, personal advice, and insights from their journey in science. Stay tuned! 💡💜 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

Join us this Friday for another exciting talk as part of the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series to be delivered by Prof. Dr. Marja Timmermans shorturl.at/BBaRU When: Friday 14th February, 3pm Location: MPI-IS seminar room #DSSS

Celebration time 🥳 Catarina Lino, PhD student supervised by @drpchronicles.bsky.social, won a competitive grant from @maxplanck.de as part of the ARTEMIS Mentorship program. She's headed to the Uni of Zimbabwe to lead a workshop on plant genome assembly. Well done!!

We’re thrilled to announce that Soapbox Science is coming to Tübingen! We are looking for active female or diverse scientists from STEMM fields, who are excited to engage with the public and inspire with their research. Apply by Feb 16 to be a speaker: survey2.tuebingen.mpg.de/index.php/41...

Register & submit your abstracts for the Society of Molecular Biology Meeting on "Origin, Maintenance and Evolution of Biological Noise" 📍Tübingen 🇩🇪 📆 3 to 5 June 2025 📝Abstract by: 28 Feb 📎More info: shorturl.at/7CgrC Less than 40 spaces left! @official-smbe.bsky.social @luisapallares.bsky.social

Come and join us this Friday for another exciting talk in the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series to be delivered by Ass. Prof. Anna Karnkowska shorturl.at/AsXBR When: Friday 31st January, 3pm Location: MPI-IS seminar room #DSSS

Join us tomorrow for another exciting talk as part of the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series to be delivered by Dr. Timothy George shorturl.at/Kal3O When: Friday 24th January, 3pm Location: MPI-IS seminar room #DSSS

Calling all experimental vision researchers, theorists, engineers, and computer scientists! Apply now for the Systems Vision Science Summer School & Symposium 2025 in Tübingen, Germany – Register today and secure your spot: summerschool.lizhaoping.org

Apply for your participation in the Systems Vision Science Summer School and Symposium 2025: summerschool.lizhaoping.org/application/ Application deadline is March 31, 2025. Experimental vision researchers, vision theorists, engineers and computer scientists should not miss this unique event!

#Zebrafish: Tiny windows into the wonders of life These transparent fish offer a unique insight into cell development. Learn from this SWR interview (in 🇩🇪) how researchers from the Max Planck Campus in Tübingen use zebrafish to observe brain activity & cancer growth in real-time. 🗞️🔈 t.ly/PQgdf

Revolutionizing #cancertherapy. New protein design strategy targets key receptors to stop proliferation of leukaemia cells and other inflammatory diseases. Learn more: shorturl.at/rHbC7 #ProteinDesign #MedicalResearch

Light also affects blind people! There are special photoreceptors in the retina that respond to blue light and regulate the sleep-wake cycle. Want to know more about the effects of light beyond vision? ➡https://www.tuebingen.mpg.de/229553/blind-people-can-feel-the-effects-of-light

Day 24 of our advent calendar, featuring a Nao robot which wishes you the very best for this holiday season! #AI #KI #MaxPlanck #Robotics

Day 23 of our advent calendar, featuring cutting-edge research on robot perception for surgical applications. #AI #Robotics #KI #MaxPlanck

Day 22 of our advent calendar, featuring how an algorithm predicts the location of a person’s bones using only an external 3D body surface observation. #KI #AI #ComputerVision #MaxPlanck

Day 21 of our advent calendar, featuring cameras that are set up for an eye movement tracking project by our Optics and Sensing Lab. #KI #AI #MaxPlanck

Day 20 of our advent calendar, featuring a team from our Haptic Intelligence Department and from ZWE Materials which characterize biological material using scanning electron microscopy to inspire new technologies. #AI #KI #Robotics #MaxPlanck

Day 19 of our advent calendar, featuring our ZWE Medical Systems team. The scientist prepare a sample for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): is.mpg.de/en/medical-s...

Day 18 of our advent calendar, featuring two students observing the nonverbal communication between people using the NICE toolbox. #KI #AI #ComputerVision #MaxPlanck

A time-lapse of @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social getting ready for the festive season #Weihnachten #Christmas #yearend #december #winter #maxplanck

Day 17 of our advent calendar, featuring ISyHand: a robotic hand which can perceive and interact with objects using tactile sensing and teleoperation. It can even gently grip a raspberry! #KI #AI #MaxPlanck #Robotics #Robot

Day 16 of our advent calendar, featuring HASEL artificial muscles operated in reverse work as generators! The HASEL generators developed by our Robotic Materials Department convert mechanical energy into electrical energy, and here the team characterise their performance #KI #AI #Robotics #MaxPlanck

Day 15 of our advent calendar, featuring a team from our Optics and Sensing lab conducting a dynamic 3D scan of a horse. #AI #KI #ComputerVision #MaxPlanck

Day 14 of our advent calendar, featuring a team from our Haptic Intelligence Department who have trained a small hashtag#robot to imitate the movements of a person #KI #AI #Robotics #MaxPlanck

Day 13 of our advent calendar, featuring soft artificial muscles combined with a rigid magnetic exoskeleton – the building blocks for fast-moving, reconfigurable #robots. #KI #AI #Robotics #MaxPlanck #ArtificialMuscles

(Part 4 of 5) Available PhD projects in Biology! Start your career in ground-breaking research with Gal Ofir & Christian Rödelsperger from the MPI Biology Tübingen. Apply by: 27 Jan. www.phd.tuebingen.mp... #imprs #graduateprogram #maxplanck #phd #phdlife #phdposition #phdpositiongermany #biology

Day 12 of our advent calendar, featuring our 4D body scanner equipped with 66 high-resolution cameras which generate a complete 3D avatar of a person from the recorded image data. #KI #AI #ComputerVision #MachineLearning #MaxPlanck

Learn from Dr. Mariam Coulibaly, a brilliant researcher exploring the neglected crop Kersting's groundnut. Her work is a testament to the power of #internationalcollaboration #agriculture #biology @dfgpublic.bsky.social public.bsky.social. 🌱 The interview: t.ly/3uS88

Part 3 of 5 of our available PhD projects 🎓 Today's projects are on protein research with Yu-Chu Chang and Marcus Hartmann from the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen. The application process: www.phd.tuebingen.mp... #imprs #graduateprogram #maxplanck #phd #phdlife #phdpositiongermany

Exciting PhD projects (part 2 of 5) from Erik Schäffer, Marja Timmermans & Heike Brötz-Oesterhelf. Contact your referees, prepare your documents & apply by 27 Jan. www.phd.tuebingen.mp... #imprs #graduateprogram #maxplanck #phd #phdlife #phdpositiongermany