Welcome
… to the Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society. The ESI is an independent research institute financed by the Ernst Strüngmann Foundation which was created by Drs. Andreas and Thomas Strüngmann and named after their father Dr. Ernst Strüngmann. The ESI is under the scientific governance of the Max Planck Society with the mission to perform excellent fundamental brain research. ESI research focuses on understanding how the many parts of the brain work together to bring about our behaviour.
News
Frankfurt has Brains
What connects brain research and Frankfurt: apple cider, Alzheimer’s or the appearance of squids? Find out here why all three answers nail it. … read more
The fruit fly and its comb-shaped neurons
The fruit fly is one of the best-studied organisms in the world. Yet it still leaves questions unanswered. For example, how some of its neurons develop special, comb-like shape dendrites. ESI-scientists just conducted a study to answer it. And discovered something astonishing. … read more
Events
10 December 2020Online Lecture by Ileana Hanganu-Opatz
1 December 2020Online Lecture by Frances Skinner
3 November 2020Online Lecture by Jennifer Goldman
1 September 2020 24 August 2020 30 July 2020