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“I have learned much more than I would have ever imagined” – What it’s Really Like in MPFI’s PRE Program
March 27, 2019
Heather Holman shares her experience with Max Planck Florida’s Post-Baccalaureate Research Experience. READ MORE
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience enters Partnership with Zeiss
January 18, 2019
The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) announces a new “labs@location” partnership agreement between the MPFI Electron Microscopy (EM) Core Facility and Germany-based microscopy company ZEISS, known for its cutting-edge imaging technologies. As a “labs@location” partner institution, MPFI will have access to state-of-the-art ZEISS technology before it is commercially... READ MORE
MPFI Researchers Discover a New Synaptic Logic for Connections Between the Two Hemispheres of the Brain
January 16, 2019
Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience have developed a new combination of technologies that allows them to identify the functional properties of individual synapses that link the two hemispheres and determine how they are arranged within a neuron’s dendritic field. Each of the 20 billion neurons in... READ MORE
Gloria Choi, Ph.D. Named 2018 Peter Gruss Young Investigator Award Winner
November 3, 2018
Dr. Gloria Choi is the second biennial Peter Gruss Young Investigator Award recipient. The Peter Gruss Young Investigator Award is given biennially to recognize a young neuroscience investigator for significant contributions to the scientific community through collaboration, creativity, and curiosity-driven research. READ MORETeaming up to drive neural circuit discoveries: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience and Inscopix., Inc announce partnership
November 2, 2018
The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI), a global leader in neural circuit research based in Jupiter, FL and Inscopix, Inc., a pioneering neurotechnology company based in Palo Alto, CA announced a new partnership to catalyze MPFI’s neural circuit research with Inscopix’s platform and capabilities for mapping brain circuit... READ MORE
Hyungbae Kwon of Max Planck Florida wins $6.8 million Pioneer Grant
October 2, 2018
The concept of “finding your happy place” just got a big boost thanks to a Max Planck Florida neuroscientist and the NIH Common Fund. Dr. Hyungbae Kwon, Scientific Group Leader at The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience has been awarded a 2018 NIH Director’s Pioneer Award for developing a... READ MORE
MPFI Welcomes 70 Aspiring Scientists to “Career Day”
September 20, 2018
The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) hosted 70 local high school students and their teachers for Career Day, which took place on Saturday, September 15, 2018. Students and teachers enjoyed tours of MPFI facilities, a luncheon with scientists, and an interactive question and answer session. The 2018 panelists... READ MORE
MPFI Scientist Receives More than $2 Million in NIH Funding to Study Regulation of Instructive Signaling in the Cerebellum
September 10, 2018
The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) announces that Dr. Jason Christie, MPFI Research Group Leader, has been awarded a grant in the amount of $2,082,074 over five-years to support ongoing investigation of neural circuits in the cerebellum that instruct and guide motor learning. The cerebellum, an anatomically unique... READ MORE
MPFI High School Intern Accepted to One of the Nation’s Top Universities
May 11, 2018
By Corey Moran “Mens et Manus” a phrase coined years ago, was adopted by one of the nation’s most prestigious and distinguished Universities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Very simply it translates as “Mind and Hand”. Yet this seemingly simple statement harbors a rather impactful notion, one that was a... READ MORE
From Postdocs to Principal Investigators
May 4, 2018
By Corey Moran Armed with nothing but an Expo marker, white board, and quick wits, Postdoctoral candidates wishing to effloresce into full-fledged scientists, have only 20 minutes in front of a panel of distinguished faculty to showcase their scientific acumen and outline an entire career’s worth of research goals. Infamously... READ MORE