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Can the mouse visual cortex harbor a functional organization for stimulus features? TLDR: Yes, we found ocular dominance columns in this tiny cortical region! Check our paper, open access in @naturecomms.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... and/or read the 🧵 below. @mpiforbi.bsky.social (1/7)

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‼️Save the date‼️The new Max Planck #Postdoc Program kicks off its first call for applications from April 1, 2025; applications can be submitted until May 13, 2025. mpg.de/en/max-planc... #ScienceCareer

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From receptors to circuits: Join our next keynote lecture on mechanisms of adaptive behavior by neuroscientist @rockefelleruniv.bsky.social Vanessa Ruta! TODAY, February 18 at 11am in NQ105 in Martinsried Art by @somedonkey.bsky.social

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Upcoming Joint IMPRS Lecture with Petra Schwille from the @mpibiochem.bsky.social this Thursday, 20 February at 4 pm CET! The talk is free for everyone, on campus or via Zoom. ↪️ More info: imprs-ml.mpg.de/38279/Joint-... @mpibiochem.bsky.social @mpiforbi.bsky.social @tum.de

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💗 Love is in the air, love is everywhere – also in our data! This image shows a cultured hippocampus slice from a mouse. Each red dot is a neuron, expressing the fluorescent protein called "tdTomato". 🔬 Imaged by Maximiliane Heckmann from the Bonhoeffer department.

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Excited to share our new paper in Nature! 'Transcriptomic neuron types vary topographically in function and morphology' explores how neurons in the zebrafish optic tectum exhibit diverse functions and shapes despite similar transcriptional profiles. 🔗 rdcu.be/d9GVM

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A new round of the Lise Meitner Excellence Program for #tenuretrack group leaders opened today - please consider applying! The program aims to recruit and promote exceptionally qualified female scientists. www.mpg.de/lise-meitner... #LiseMeitnerGroups #WomeninScience #ScienceCareer

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Neurons with identical transcriptomes can have different morphologies and functions! A new study by the Baier Lab published in @nature.com shows that temporal and spatial factors expand the repertoire of genetically similar neurons: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @ishainer.bsky.social

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Strengthening international research ties: @tobiasbonhoeffer.bsky.social visited Wits University in Johannesburg! As the advisor to the MPG President @patrick-cramer.bsky.social for African programs, this was an important step for international scientific relations: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGwN...

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📣 Deadline coming up soon! Don't forget to register for the INTERACT MUNICH 2025 conference! 📅 3 - 4 April 2025 📍 Biomedical Center (BMC), LMU 💬 Young life scientists 📝 Abstract deadline: 24.02.2025 ➡️ lnkd.in/eKcwZJwV #interact #munich #interact2025 #conference #PhD #Master #Postdoc

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Im Podcast "In aller Ruhe" mit @emcke.bsky.social habe ich über Forschung, Fakten & politische Verantwortung gesprochen – und drei Vorschläge für die nächste Bundesregierung gemacht. 🎙️👇 www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/podc...

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A bird's-eye view of sleep: Join the next joint IMPRS lecture by our research group leader Niels Rattenborg! The talk is free for everyone, on campus or via zoom. More information: imprs-bi.mpg.de/68666/Joint_... @imprs-ml.bsky.social @mpibiochem.bsky.social

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Eines haben sie alle gemeinsam: die Leidenschaft für ihre Forschung ✨🧪🌎 Ein herzliches Willkommen an alle zwölf neu berufenen Max-Planck-Direktorinnen! Damit steigt der Anteil von Wissenschaftlerinnen in Führungspositionen erneut 🤩 www.mpg.de/24147695/meh... #IDWGS2025 #WomenInScience

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Together with international colleagues, Mark Hübener from our Institute is organizing an exciting Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Optical Interrogation of Neural Structure and Dynamics in Japan! Fellowships available! Find out more: www.csh-asia.org?content/2470

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A starter pack to follow all our inspiring scientists at the MPI-BI who are here on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/2EG6tKE From neuroscientists to behavioral biologists, together we explore the many facets of biological intelligence.

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Our research on air: Swantje from the Baier Lab explains how baby cichlids decide when to leave home (in German): www.radioeins.de/programm/sen...

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🌍🔥🐦 Is global warming shrinking birds?! A new study reveals that shearwaters raised in warmer temperatures develop smaller bodies and beaks, linked to cellular stress, reduced metabolic energy and lower growth factors: doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... @stefi-casagrande.bsky.social #mitochondria #proteome

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Upcoming Joint IMPRS Lecture with Kikue Tachibana from the @mpibiochem.bsky.social this Thursday, 06 February at 4 pm CET! The talk is free for everyone, on campus or via Zoom. ↪️ More info: imprs-ml.mpg.de/38279/Joint-... @mpibiochem.bsky.social @mpiforbi.bsky.social @tum.de

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#pictureofthemonth: The complexity of neurons: This image shows the intricate network of dendrites (magenta) and axons (cyan) under a fluorescence microscope. Read more: www.bi.mpg.de/harbauer February – Institute calendar of @mpiforbi.bsky.social & @mpibiochem.bsky.social Image by Tabitha Hees

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Behavioural experiments in shell-dwelling cichlid fish reveal evolutionary adaptations in parents and offspring that control the timing of emergence from the nest https://go.nature.com/3EaV3Bp

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Do you want to connect with neuroscience enthusiasts around Munich? Then register now for the 3rd Munich Brain Day on May 16th! We are happy to host the event again at our Institute in Martinsried. More info & registration: munichbrainday.com

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How to get rid of too much testosterone? A new study in @science.org by @chorlnev.bsky.social and @jasmineloveland.bsky.social found a single gene in ruffs that down-regulates testosterone directly in their blood. Read more: www.bi.mpg.de/news/2025-01...

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More than 40 percent of #postdocs leave academia. Those who landed a coveted faculty position were more likely to have had a highly cited paper, changed their research topic between their #PhD and postdoc, or moved abroad after receiving their doctorate. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @pnas.org

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Wildlife on our Seewiesen campus, captured by Francesco Rossi 📸 🤩

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Should I stay or should I go?! New study by the Baier Lab shows that in cichlid fish mother and larvae follow their own intrinsic schedules during brood care. This leads to the larvae leaving their home shell exactly 9 days after fertilization. Find out more: www.bi.mpg.de/news/2025-01...

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To welcome the new year together, we had a small gathering on the frozen lake at our Seewiesen campus today. We hope you also had a good start into the new year and wish you all a happy, healthy and successful 2025!

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The Max Planck Society consists of 84 institutes worldwide. Do you want to know what they are researching? Then follow the ever-growing #MaxPlanck Family on Bluesky, share this starter pack and help people join our community 🙏 Thanks a lot! 😊 go.bsky.app/2sYoWWN

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At the end of last year, we had a flurry of accepted manuscripts that are going to be published over the next weeks. The first one is already out. Those tiny #Ruff 🐥 have personalities - wonderful work by Veronika Rohr published in Ethology doi.org/10.1111/eth.... 🧵 (1/7)

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Have you heard about the Munich Neuroscience Lectures? With invited experts from various fields, the joint event in Martinsried is a must for all neuroscience enthusiasts! Check out the 2025 program: www.bi.mpg.de/munichneuros... @bmc-lmu.bsky.social

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#pictureofthemonth: Amelie Heuer-Jungemann and her team use #DNA origami nanostructures to arrange #proteins. Find out more: www.biochem.mpg.de/heuer-jungem... January – institute calendar of @mpibiochem.bsky.social and @mpiforbi.bsky.social Image by Anna Baptist & Amelie Heuer-Jungemann

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We wish you a joyous holiday season and a great year 2025, filled with exciting science! 🎄❄️✨ Art by @somedonkey.bsky.social

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Pushing the limits: Find out about recent developments in multi-photon microscopy in a new review by the head of our Imaging Facility, Claudio Polisseni: analyticalscience.wiley.com/content/arti...

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Parrots automatically mimic gestures that are not serving any goal – a phenomenon previously only known in humans! This is shown in a new study led by Auguste von Bayern, which suggests parrots could also have mirror neurons. Read more: www.bi.mpg.de/news/2024-12... @loroparque.bsky.social

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#pictureofthemonth: Astrocytes (green) are supporting cells in the mammalian central nervous system. They help to supply nerve cells with nutrients and regulate their household of signaling molecules. Image by Bonhoeffer Lab: www.bi.mpg.de/bonhoeffer December - Institute calendar of MPI-BI & MPIB

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New #Ruff paper out, led by Martin Bulla using males from the captive flock @mpiforbi.bsky.social in Seewiesen. Ruff sperm moves differently than sperm from songbirds but no detectable advantages for males of two alternative morphs Faeder and Satellites: www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...

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MEET OUR EDITORS: interview with JAB subject editor Stefania Casagrande! Learn about her current research focus and what she thinks about being a subject editor. ➡️ www.avianbiology.org/blog/hello-t... @stefi-casagrande.bsky.social @nordicoikos.bsky.social @mpiforbi.bsky.social #ornithology 🪶🧪

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Interested in Evolutionary Behavioural Genetics ... come join us by the Bavarian lakes in February! @chorlnev.bsky.social and I are organising a symposium on current advances to link molecular and behavioural variation across a broad range of animal taxa. Please Re-post! www.bi.mpg.de/etho-2025

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Aaand be quick, there are limited number of spaces left for this conference.

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Welcome IMPRS-BI class of 2024! This year, 12 PhD students joined our graduate school. We are happy to have you with us and wish you all the best for your PhD journey!

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Hello and servus from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence! 👋🏻 From now on we will also share exciting news about our research and our Institute here on Bluesky! 🦋

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