Die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zeichnet heute Wolfgang Keil für herausragende wissenschaftliche Leistungen in seiner Doktorarbeit aus. Der Forscher hat aufgeklärt, wie sich die Aufgabenverteilung im Gehirn selbst organisiert.

Continuous Percolation with Discontinuities

Michael Monteforte vom MPIDS erhält die Otto-Hahn-Medaille der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Göttingen scientists reconstruct a radical change during the evolution of the brain.

The collective dynamics of many systems in biology and physics are well characterized by strongly coupled limit cycle oscillators, ranging from certain neural circuits to coupled Josephson junctions. So far it was believed that symmetry in these system forces the collective dynamics to be regular, for instance periodic. A new study has now uncovered that equally chaos can emerge in such system, and in which forms it does.

The study is published in Physical Review Letters

Christian Bick, Danilo Paulikat, Dirk Rathlef, Marc Timme, Peter Ashwin,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107:244101 (2011)
and made its title page (issue of 9th of December)

Human mobility patterns and their impact on the spread of epidemics.

Scientists from Göttingen discover why neurons are experts at processing data quickly.

Selected chapters of Biophysics written by outstanding female scientists.

This semester the Bernstein Lecture Series invites outstanding female researchers in the field of biophysics to speak in Göttingen. The scientists from the USA, Germany and France will not only give an overview over their work, but also allow young female researchers and students to meet experienced and successful role-models.

Selected chapters of Biophysics written by outstanding female scientists.

This semester the Bernstein Lecture Series invites outstanding female researchers in the field of biophysics to speak in Göttingen. The scientists from the USA and Israel will not only give an overview over their work, but also allow young female researchers and students to meet experienced and successful role-models.

Selected chapters of Biophysics written by outstanding female scientists.

This semester the Bernstein Lecture Series invites outstanding female researchers in the field of biophysics to speak in Göttingen. The scientists from the USA and Germany will not only give an overview over their work, but also allow young female researchers and students to meet experienced and successful role-models.

Selected chapters of Biophysics written by outstanding female scientists.

This semester the Bernstein Lecture Series invites outstanding female researchers in the field of biophysics to speak in Göttingen. The scientists from the USA and Germany will not only give an overview over their work, but also allow young female researchers and students to meet experienced and successful role-models.

Selected chapters of Biophysics written by outstanding female scientists.

This semester the Bernstein Lecture Series invites outstanding female researchers in the field of biophysics to speak in Göttingen. The scientists from the USA and Germany will not only give an overview over their work, but also allow young female researchers and students to meet experienced and successful role-models. This semester’s focus is on neural networks and brain research. On Tuesday, July 8th, Prof. Dr. Elly Nevidi from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston will talk about a dynamic zone defining interneuron remodeling in the adult neocortex.

The Lecture Series is organized by female PhD students from all divisions of the Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization. Their aim is to help young female scientists in establishing a network of colleagues devoted to similar fields of research. At the same time the students can profit from the experiences the renowned lecturers made working and researching in different countries and get hands-on advice for their career planning.

The lectures are open to the public and can be a helpful experience for female students and researchers working in all fields of science. Before the talks, the invited scientists will give a short tutorial for interested students.

For a complete program, click on the pdf-file below. 

Selected chapters of Biophysics written by outstanding female scientists.