Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience

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The only Max Planck Institute in the US, unlocking curiosity-driven discoveries about neural circuits and brain function.

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Sunposium attendees 2026

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Sunposium attendees networking.

Dr. Sarah Stern

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Dr. Moritz Helmstaedter holds a book in front of a piano

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Maria Smirnova, The dose makes the signal: differential effects of IL-1 on adult hippocampal neurogenesis and its therapeutic potential. Carolyn Von-Walter, Increased excitatory drive to SSN neurons in lateral amygdala of NLGN3R451C mouse model of autism spectrum disorder.

Zhe Zhao, direct interoceptive input to the insular cortex shapes learned feeding behavior.

Jad Barchini, population scale representations of object length in awake tree shrew V1. Augusto Lempel, laminar organization of temporal codes for stimulus continuity and their development in ferret v1.

Zhe Zhao, direct interoceptive input to the insular cortex shapes learned feeding behavior.