Max Planck NeuroMEETS

MPFI is pleased to host Max Planck NeuroMEETS. This seminar series highlights neuroscience research from talented extramural trainees (postdocs and graduate students). Speakers will be invited to give a seminar at MPFI to share their innovative research and will have the opportunity to meet with our faculty members, students, and postdocs for feedback, discussion, and networking.

Interested postdoctoral scholars and graduate students should submit their applications by the stated deadline below to be considered as speakers. Four postdocs and four graduate students will be selected by the evaluation committee and invited for an in-person or virtual (if preferred) visit. Invited speakers will be provided travel and lodging to MPFI in Jupiter, FL where they will give a 45 minute-long seminar and spend the day interacting with our neuroscience community.

The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI), a nonprofit research organization, is part of the world-renowned Max Planck Society, Germany’s most successful research organization with over 80 institutes worldwide. MPFI brings together exceptional neuroscientists from around the world to answer fundamental questions about brain development and function and to develop new technologies that make groundbreaking scientific discoveries possible. Our campus consists of a rich neuroscience community that includes UF Scripps Biomedical Research, and Florida Atlantic University. Learn more about our campus.

Postdocs: July 14th, 2023. Selected postdocs will be invited in the fall of 2023.

Graduate Students: December 1, 2023. Selected graduate students will be invited in the spring of 2024.

The deadline for Postdoc applicants for the 2023-2024 Max Planck NeuroMEETS series has now passed. Graduate student applications are still being accepted below.

The following materials are required.

• Current CV
• Research Seminar Title
• Research Abstract: In one page or less, please describe the following.
  1) current research: emphasize innovation and impact
  2) future goals: what is the long-term direction and impact of this research
  The inclusion of a schematic or a figure to help communicate your research is highly encouraged.

Please do not include your name, lab, or institution in your research abstract, as reviewers will initially be blinded from applicant’s name, institution, and CV.

Examples of Successful Abstracts

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MPFI recognizes that our greatest achievements are often derived from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We are committed to the promotion of inclusion; to raising up traditionally marginalized communities, and to the celebration of the differences that make us unique. We encourage applications from all scientists regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, medical condition, or any other facet of diversity.

Max Planck NeuroMEETS is pleased to welcome four outstanding postdocs to share their science with us!

Dr. Debosmita Sardar
Baylor College of Medicine
September 28th
Unveiling the hidden layers: How astrocytes genetically encode sense of smell?

Dr. Giacomo Maddaloni 
Harvard University
October 24th
A cellular and circuit mechanism underlying adaptation to changes in day length

Dr. Tingting Zhou
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
November 28th
Altered Thalamocortical Connectivity Underlies Belief-updating Deficits in a Mouse Model with Humanized Schizophrenia Mutation

Dr. Kevin Cury
Columbia University
December 12th
Decisions in an Innate Behavioral Sequence

2022-2023

Postdocs:
Celine Drieu, Ph.D.
Lukas Groshner, Ph.D.
Megha Sehgal, Ph.D.
Levi Todd, Ph.D.

Graduate Students:
Robin Isadora Brown
Adithya Rajagopalan
Steffen Schneider
Anna Wurz

Lesley Colgan, Ph.D.
Office of Scientific Communications
lesley.colgan@mpfi.org

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