MPI for Brain Research

The Max Planck Institute for Brain Research is one of the world-leading institutions studying the neural circuits in the brain. Tweets by MPI Brain PR office.

[Moritz Helmstaedter @mh_lab]

@NatRevNeurosci And don't miss Vivien Marx's wonderful technology feature on the topic https://t.co/dY0IgYClzz @metricausa

[MPI for Brain Research @MpiBrain]

Also newly published: Helmstaedter's review on Synaptic-Resolution Connectomics in Nature Reviews Neuroscience: https://t.co/kfXqgh8Li4 @NatRevNeurosci. Great time to catch up on this exciting field in Neuroscience! @mh_lab

[MPI for Brain Research @MpiBrain]

3D-EM–based connectomics is Method of the Year 2025 @naturemethods 🎉 Our director Moritz Helmstaedter, founder of the world’s first “Dept. of Connectomics” @mh_lab @MpiBrain, outlines an optimistic future enabling large-brain Connectomic Screening. https://t.co/J2W7Pb3P2X

[MPI for Brain Research @MpiBrain]

Don’t miss the Nanosympsium NANO024 – Connectomics at #SfN2025!
📍San Diego Convention Center, Room 33
⏰ 8 - 11:30 AM
12 speakers from academia & industry exploring #connectomics across species and questions.
With Gregor Schuhknecht @MPIBrain & Helene Schmidt @ESI_Frankfurt

[MPI for Brain Research @MpiBrain]

Exciting news!
Two new research groups join the @MpiBrain:
🪰Philipp Brand – Evolutionary Neuroscience & Behavior
🐟Gregor Schuhknecht – Brain Algorithms & Circuits
More info 👉 https://t.co/sHylcyRN3i
#Neuroscience #BrainResearch

[Max Planck Society @maxplanckpress]

Today we celebrate the birthday of not one, but two amazing women in science! 🤗🎉Marie Skłodowska-Curie (1867), who discovered #radium & #polonium & pioneered #radioactivity, & Lise Meitner (1878), whose brilliance uncovered the physics behind #nuclearfission. Happy birthday!

[MPI for Brain Research @MpiBrain]

Congratulations to our Managing Director @erin_schuman on being elected to the U.S. National Academy of Medicine!
A special honor recognizing her pioneering work on local protein synthesis at synapses.
@theNAMedicine #NAMmtg 🔗 https://t.co/uTzvHUCcCF

[National Academy of Medicine @theNAMedicine]

Congratulations and welcome to the 100 new members elected today to the National Academy of Medicine! #NAMmtg https://t.co/Hb1F7AaGul

[MPI for Brain Research @MpiBrain]

We're thrilled to launch the @MpiBrain’s new Cellfies series!
Neurons in the larval zebrafish brain react to motion left (purple) or right (green). Explore our Algorithms and Circuits research 🔗https://t.co/VLPtcx9TiZ @GregorFPS
#Cellfie #CalciumImaging #SystemsNeuroscience

[MPI for Brain Research @MpiBrain]

Learn more about the public outreach activities at the @MpiBrain 🧠here: https://t.co/28lEBcmNjl

[MPI for Brain Research @MpiBrain]

@maxplanckpress 🏫 School Outreach Network Meeting at Haus der Astronomie 🔭 & MPI for Nuclear Physics - Sharing experiences and shaping ideas to inspire the next generation of scientists. 🧬🔬🧪 https://t.co/1h1j3VDCcT

[MPI for Brain Research @MpiBrain]

@maxplanckpress 🏫 School Outreach Network Meeting at Haus der Astronomie 🔭 & MPI for Nuclear Physics - Sharing experiences and shaping ideas to inspire the next generation of scientists. 🧬🔬🧪 https://t.co/1h1j3VDCcT

[MPI for Brain Research @MpiBrain]

A molecular atlas of the hippocampus: Scientist at @MPIBrain and @MPIbp map RNAs and proteins at synaptic resolution 🔬 Full story: https://t.co/bRps1r3n8P

[MPI for Brain Research @MpiBrain]

🚨Hiring Alert! Join Gregor Schuhknechts’s @GregorFPS new group Brain Algorithms and Circuits @MpiBrain !
🧠 Fully funded PhD & Postdoc
🐟 Larval #zebrafish model
🔬 Imaging, electrophysiology, EM
💻#SystemsNeuroscience
👉 https://t.co/dQa8m8hMwA

[MPI for Brain Research @MpiBrain]

🚛 Ribosomes on the road! New research from the Schuman Lab @MpiBrain shows neurons can locally assemble ribosomes - far from the nucleus and close to synapses. A big shift from textbook biology! 📚🧬🔗https://t.co/RBaqgh5cuc #Neuroscience #CellBiology #Ribosomes

[MPI for Brain Research @MpiBrain]

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 @MpiBrain. 🔗https://t.co/ePdAworN3s @KoerberScience

[MPI for Brain Research @MpiBrain]

Honoring excellence 👏 The American Philosophical Society @AmPhilSociety recognizes Gilles Laurent with the 2025 Karl Spencer Lashley Award for his groundbreaking studies on information coding and processing in the central nervous system @maxplanckpress👉 https://t.co/DTIamvRFeW

[MPI for Brain Research @MpiBrain]

🎉Huge congratulations to @MpiBrain director @erin_schuman on receiving the 2026 @HFSP Nakasone Award for her groundbreaking work on the function and plasticity of neuronal synapses! 🧠 #Neuroscience #HFSP #NakasoneAward @maxplanckpress 👉 https://t.co/65Yt4VLm8X

[MPI for Brain Research @MpiBrain]

The 2025 Max Planck Junior Scholars Program is supported by the @KoerberScience Prize 2024 to @erin_schuman 🙌. (4/4)

[MPI for Brain Research @MpiBrain]

🚀 We’re thrilled to welcome 14 talented and enthusiastic high-school students to the 2025 Max Planck Junior Scholars Program, kicking off today with our Science Boot Camp Week @MpiBrain ! 🔬🧬
@maxplanckpress @KoerberScience (1/4)

[MPI for Brain Research @MpiBrain]

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 and our partner institutes: @MPIbp @mpi_hlr and Goethe University. (3/4)