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.
Schmidt Lab | Mapping of the entorhinal-hippocampal neuronal network using 3D electron microscopy
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
COVID-19 precautions at ESI
The number of COVID-19 infections in Germany is on the rise. In order to help slowing down the spread of the virus, ESI adopts the general recommendations for social distancing. As a consequence visits to the ESI are restricted. … read more
Looking back on ESISyNC 2020
ESISyNC is something everyone at the ESI looks forward to the entire year. So, skipping the conference completely because of Covid-19 was not really up for discussion. Instead, everything took place online – what was that like? … 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