Research Groups
Fries Lab | Neuronal synchronization's mechanisms, its consequences and its cognitive functions.
Singer Lab | Neuronal processes underlying higher cognitive functions and their deterioration in disease
Cuntz Lab | What are the fundamental principles of wiring in the brain?
Havenith & Schölvinck Lab | How do brains simultaneously encode multiple cognitive processes during natural behaviour?
Laurens Lab | Electrophysiology and modeling of navigation and vestibular systems.
Vinck Lab | Neural coding: How does the brain use prediction and timing to encode information?
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
A new class of neurons with good timing
Just like in human communication, effective neural communication depends on listening to each other at just the right time. Now ESI-Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that might help the brain to do exactly that. … read more
Neurons that sync together link together
Neurons that fire together wire together is a famous phrase to describe how the brain adjusts connections between its neurons. And while this certainly is at the heart of how the brain learns, it might be only part of the story. … read more
Events
24 January 2020ESI Lecture by Julio Hechavarria
22 November 2019ESI Lecture by Daniela Vallentin
14 November 2019ESI Lecture by Alessandro Benedetto
25 September 2019 5 September 2019 14 August 2019