Latest news from Max Planck Florida Institute on Newswise en-us Copyright 2024 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/study-persistent-sensory-experience-is-good-for-aging-brain/?sc=rsin /articles/study-persistent-sensory-experience-is-good-for-aging-brain/?sc=rsin Thu, 24 May 2012 12:30:00 EST Despite a long-held scientific belief that much of the wiring of the brain is fixed by adolescence, a new study shows that changes in sensory experience can cause massive rewiring, even as one ages. These findings may open new avenues of research on brain remodeling and aging. Max Planck Florida Institute /articles/international-collaboration-the-focus-of-scientific-symposium-hosted-by-max-planck-florida-institute/?sc=rsin /articles/international-collaboration-the-focus-of-scientific-symposium-hosted-by-max-planck-florida-institute/?sc=rsin Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:05:00 EST More than 200 faculty, postdocs and students from Max Planck Florida Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Scripps Florida and other universities attended a neuroscience symposium March 6-7, designed to promote collaboration among neuroscientists in Florida, Germany and Latin America and launch the new Latin American Fellows Program for Neural Circuit Research. The symposium was hosted by MPFI and the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO). Max Planck Florida Institute /articles/dr-ryohei-yasuda-named-max-planck-florida-institute-scientific-director/?sc=rsin /articles/dr-ryohei-yasuda-named-max-planck-florida-institute-scientific-director/?sc=rsin Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:45:00 EST The Max Planck Florida Institute has announced that Duke University neuroscientist Ryohei Yasuda, PhD will join the Institute as Scientific Director of the Neuronal Signal Transduction Research Group. Dr. Yasuda will be the third Scientific Director for the Institute, joining CEO David Fitzpatrick, PhD and Nobel laureate Bert Sakmann, MD, PhD in this role. Max Planck Florida Institute /articles/neuroscientists-join-max-planck-florida-institute-as-leaders-of-new-research-groups/?sc=rsin /articles/neuroscientists-join-max-planck-florida-institute-as-leaders-of-new-research-groups/?sc=rsin Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:45:00 EST Neuroscientists Hyungbae Kwon, PhD and Hiroki Taniguchi, PhD will join Max Planck Florida Institute as research group leaders. MPFI will now have eight research groups, each dedicated to investigating different aspects of the structure and function of neural circuits. Max Planck Florida Institute /articles/scientists-create-first-realistic-3d-reconstruction-of-brain-circuit/?sc=rsin /articles/scientists-create-first-realistic-3d-reconstruction-of-brain-circuit/?sc=rsin Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST Researchers from the lab of Nobel laureate Bert Sakmann, MD, PhD at the Max Planck Florida Institute report that, using a conceptually new approach and state-of-the-art research tools, they have created the first realistic three-dimensional diagram of a thalamocortical column in the rodent brain. This is the first step toward creating a complete computer model of the brain. Max Planck Florida Institute /articles/max-planck-florida-institute-scientists-present-leading-edge-research-at-neuroscience-2011/?sc=rsin /articles/max-planck-florida-institute-scientists-present-leading-edge-research-at-neuroscience-2011/?sc=rsin Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:35:00 EST Researchers from the Max Planck Florida Institute are contributing to 13 symposia, lectures and poster sessions at the Society for Neuroscience 41st Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, November 12-16, 2011. The first U.S. institute of the German-based Max Planck Society, the Institute brings together leading scientists to seek fundamental answers about brain function and neural circuits. Max Planck Florida Institute