IMPRS-BI Faculty recruiting 2024
The 2023 application round is now CLOSED!

Herwig Baier
DirectorMPI-BI Martinsried
Development and function of neural circuits • Neuroethology of zebrafish and cichlids • Omics approaches to behavior • Zebrafish brain atlas

Maude Baldwin
Group leaderMPI-BI Seewiesen
Sensory systems • Evolution of vertebrate taste receptors • Convergent evolution • Evolution of digestive functions

Tobias Bonhoeffer
DirectorMPI-BI Martinsried
Mammalian neural circuits • Learning, memory and synaptic plasticity • Visual system • Learning under (semi-)natural conditions

Lisa Fenk
Group leaderMPI-BI Martinsried
Visual processing in Drosophila • Neuroethology of vision • Neuronal activity during active behavior • Eye movements and active vision

Julijana Gjorgjieva
ProfessorTUM
Computational modeling of neural circuits • Models of synaptic plasticity • Models of neural development and learning • Neural information processing

Nadine Gogolla
DirectorMPI of Psychiatry
Neuronal circuits for emotion in mice • Interoception and emotion • Insular cortex

Michael Kiebler
ProfessorLMU Munich
Dendritic RNA transport to synapses of mammalian neurons • Omics approaches to ribonucleoprotein assembly • Local protein synthesis at activated synapses • The role of Pum2 in epilepsy and GABA A receptor function in vivo

Christian Mayer
Group leaderMPI-BI Martinsried
Omics approaches to brain development • Neural cell fate specification • Neurogenomics • Single-cell delineation of lineage and genetic identity

Pablo Oteiza
Group leaderMPI-BI Seewiesen
Comparative Biomechanics • Development and Function of the Lateral Line System • Neural Basis of Flow Navigation

Ruben Portugues
ProfessorTUM
Neural circuits in zebrafish • Decision-making • Spatial navigation • Action selection