This is the channel of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. We conduct basic research in the neurosciences and belong to the Max Planck Society, a global top 5 research organization with its 84 Max Planck Institutes and 31 Nobel Laureates.https://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3muzdbsc6ds2o🏆 @mspitschan.bsky.social & Marie Luise Schreiter have won the @dgps.bsky.social Science Communication Award for their roadshow "Night Owl or Early Bird?" — bringing hands-on science about light & our internal clock straight to the public. 🌙☀ 🔗https://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/dgps08 Sep 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzdbsc6ds2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mumh3tn4h227🧠 Congrats to @romy-lorenz.bsky.social on her @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for “FRUITION”: How does the frontoparietal network handle planning and reasoning? She'll trace information flow across cortical layers with ultra-high field fMRI. 🔗 www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/erc-lorenz #ERCStG #fMRI03 Sep 2026 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumh3tn4h227https://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mttdtkxvi22xA cat, an electrode, a neuron that fired when swapping out a slide: How Hubel & Wiesel began a groundbreaking theory of vision that would go on to inspire computer vision. New episode of Code of the Mind: 🔗https://www.tuebingen.mpg.de/292778/Wiesel-and-Hubel.mp3 … or on any podcast platform!24 Aug 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttdtkxvi22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mrcoirfpvk2pYesterday Checker Tobi (KiKA) filmed part of a big special episode about AI with us. Does AI make us dumb? 🤖🧠 @romy-lorenz.bsky.social checked Tobi's brain activity via fMRI. Behind-the-scenes photos below - can't wait to watch on Sept 15 at 8pm on KiKA! #CheckerTobi #AI #Neuroscience #fMRI23 Jul 2026 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcoirfpvk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mr2wjzudy22mNew EMBO Fellow alert 🔬💡 Jose Javier Vázquez Rodríguez has joined our Neuroscience & Neuroengineering lab, building light-controlled genetic switches — now moving from roundworms to zebrafish for single-neuron control. His story (roach colony included): https://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/jose-vazquez-rodriguez20 Jul 2026 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2wjzudy22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mqosuliack2lAnnual Health Day at the campus today: Fit and Focused 🎉 Keyboards swapped for bows, pipettes for smoothie straws — plus soccer dart, free bike fittings, gymnastics breaks, and much more ✨ Turns out research runs better with a little movement and a lot of laughter. 💪15 Jul 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqosuliack2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mqm6iidxpk2nLast week's CaCTüS Meet the Campus Get-Together was a wonderful occasion, filled with warm introductions from our 12 interns and plenty of great conversations! We thank the Hanrieder Foundation for Excellence for making the supporting program of CaCTüS possible through the Hanrieder Impact Fund.14 Jul 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqm6iidxpk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mq7ofaxj7c2v🎙️ New Code of the Mind episode! Hebb proposed a theory for how neuronal connections change with experience — and how we might think. What fires together, wires together — learn about the story behind the catchphrase. 🔗 https://www.tuebingen.mpg.de/291307/Hebb.mp3 … or on your favorite podcast platform!09 Jul 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7ofaxj7c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mq4o44lmn22g🌵 We are thrilled to announce that CaCTüS has officially kicked off with 12 interns from: Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Georgia, India, Nigeria, Syria, Serbia and Turkey. More about the CaCTüS internship: www.projects.tuebingen.mpg.de08 Jul 2026 08:08 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4o44lmn22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mpik4e3bak2a🎙️ Episode 1 of our new podcast on the history of computational neuroscience is live — about the one and only Valentino Braitenberg. Timed with our ongoing Braitenberg Symposium 🧠 🎧Up now here: https://www.tuebingen.mpg.de/290502/Braitenberg.mp3 On Spotify etc: coming this week! #neuroscience #podcast #scihist30 Jun 2026 08:04 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpik4e3bak2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mp3txmqb7k2kWe are delighted to welcome Bruno from Argentina to our institute this summer 🌵. He will join the Developmental Computational Psychiatry lab (University Hospital Tübingen), as part of the CaCTüS Internship Program. We very much look forward to meeting him soon! www.projects.tuebingen.mpg.de25 Jun 2026 06:55 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp3txmqb7k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mozhtiyy6c2l🎉 Jose Javier Vázquez Rodríguez is joining us this July as an EMBO fellow! He'll use light to control gene expression in zebrafish and combine that with the RoLiLab's imaging to see what individual neurons do. 🧠🐟 Excited to have him on board! 👏 #Zebrafish #Optogenetics #GeneticCodeExpansion24 Jun 2026 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozhtiyy6c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mowtfd7zic2kCan we learn more from fMRI? 🧠 🎥 Robert Ohlendorf talks about his current research in this short excerpt from our new video portrait. 🔗Full video: youtu.be/ml8uwd70dS8 #Neuroscience #fMRI #BrainImaging #MolecularImaging23 Jun 2026 07:02 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mowtfd7zic2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mout5xweyc2zAn unlikely lab member with a ‘dogtorate’ in morale management: Meet Zazil, the rescue dog in the Translational Sensory and Circadian Neuroscience lab. She taught everyone a thing or two about resilience and persistence. 🔗 https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.aej7460 #LabCulture #LabLife #WorkCulture22 Jun 2026 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mout5xweyc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mouckjjbj22tWe are delighted to welcome Aya Shabbar from Syria to our institute this summer 🌵. She will join the Computational Neuroscience lab as part of the CaCTüS Internship Program www.projects.tuebingen.mpg.de. We very much look forward to meeting her soon! About Aya: www.linkedin.com/in/ayashabbar/22 Jun 2026 06:55 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mouckjjbj22thttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mokx223jyc2kWe are delighted to welcome Caterina from Argentina to our institute this summer 🌵. She will join the Translational & Circadian Neuroscience lab as part of the CaCTüS Internship Program. We very much look forward to meeting her soon! About Caterina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caterina-walker-56465723a/18 Jun 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mokx223jyc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mokgqtpnnc2l🏅 Lion Schulz from our institute has received the Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society — for his research on how humans and AI navigate trust, mistrust, and uncertainty. Timely work. Well deserved. Congrats, Lion! 🎉 More: www.tuebingen.mpg.de/lion-schulz Photo: Bettina Ausserhofer / MPG18 Jun 2026 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mokgqtpnnc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3moczimfgbk23We are delighted to welcome Mohammed Ouail from Algeria to our institute this summer 🌵. He will join the Computational Neuroscience lab as part of the CaCTüS Internship Program www.projects.tuebingen.mpg.de. We very much look forward to meeting him soon! About him: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ouail-mohammed-oucherif-733537289/15 Jun 2026 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3moczimfgbk23https://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mnc4qfrwvs2oOut now: new video about AVATars, the molecular "spies" for the brain. This snippet comes from our new video portrait about Robert Ohlendorf's research and the future of brain imaging. Full video: youtu.be/ml8uwd70dS8 #Neuroscience #fMRI #BrainImaging02 Jun 2026 07:58 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnc4qfrwvs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mmvs6vszcc2rMore news on zebrafish sleep! Read the NY times article about the most recent result of the RoLiLab: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/science/fish-sleep-a-lot-like-us-they-even-nap.html28 May 2026 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmvs6vszcc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mmquged42c27Myth busting: Does cannabis “delete” your dreams? 💤🌿 We unpack what THC and CBD actually do to REM sleep, dreaming, and dream recall. #Neuroscience #SleepScience #THC #CBD #REMsleep26 May 2026 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmquged42c27https://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mlqbjinlt22hCurious how AI can help decode the brain? 🧠 We talked to Gabriele Lohmann about the use of AI in neuroscience and brain imaging. 🔗https://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/interview-gl Plus: Catch her talk on May 20: 🎤https://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/einblick #BrainResearch #AI #Neuroscience #MRI13 May 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqbjinlt22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mlkynwker22k🐟 Fish have sleep phases, too! New article from the RoLiLab: Four distinct sleep states found in larval zebrafish: three with characteristic eye movements, one without. 🔗 https://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/fish-sleep-architecture #Neuroscience #SleepResearch #Zebrafish11 May 2026 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkynwker22khttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mlbdjy32pk2c🧠 Mental health disorders often begin during adolescence — and that’s exactly where “Brain Explorer” comes in. Starting May 7, visitors on the MS Wissenschaft can contribute to real brain research through mini-games. 🚢 https://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/901245/news_publication_26462550_transferred?c=254907 May 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbdjy32pk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mkkblriwds22Are dead brain cells gone forever? 🧠 😵 Here's a new reel with @chiarazanonato.bsky.social for anyone wants to find out! #Neuroscience #Neuroplasticity #BrainHealth28 Apr 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkblriwds22https://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mkhvvnzn4k2h🔬✨ Girls’Day 2026 ✨🔬 From experiments to disscussions and hands-on experience in the precision workshop: Last Thursday, we welcomed a group of curious girls to our institute. A big thank you to everyone who made this day so interesting! #GirlsDay #WomenInScience #STEM #GirlsDay27 Apr 2026 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhvvnzn4k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mjvzqcilzk2n📌Young researchers took center stage at this year's Poster Day. Countless conversations and not a quiet corner in sight! 🏆 We're thrilled to announce the winners of the Best Poster Award: 🥇 1st prize: Elena Cavani 🥈 2nd prize: Madhushree Pethe and Albina Farkhutdinova Huge congratulations!20 Apr 2026 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvzqcilzk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mjk2ikpn2s23Can a device read your thoughts — and help heal your brain? We spoke with Pascal Fries about brain-computer interfaces: how they work, their therapeutic potential, and ethical questions. 📖 www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/bci 🎤 Catch him live on April 29 — details below. #Neuroscience #BCI #Neurotech15 Apr 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjk2ikpn2s23https://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3mig6rsdazk2w🎉 @roxana-zeraati.bsky.social has been awarded the @klaus-tschira-stiftung.de Boost Fund! Moving beyond short-term trials to naturalistic scenarios: Roxana will explore how we decide in changing environments. 🔗 https://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/zeraati-tschira #DecisionMaking #ComputationalNeuroscience01 Apr 2026 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mig6rsdazk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mpicybernetics.bsky.social/post/3midvv42vk222🍷Does alcohol kills brain cells? 🧠 Watch the reel and see what’s really happening in your brain when you empty a glass of wine… @chiarazanonato.bsky.social #BrainMyths #ScienceFacts #Neuroscience #ScienceExplained31 Mar 2026 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:vaetsox7vwj2b5hqlibltea3/app.bsky.feed.post/3midvv42vk222