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New Study Reveals How Diet Shapes Inherited Behaviour

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Can Aztekin and his team have discovered how oxygen-sensing explains why amphibians regenerate limbs and mammals do not. more

In an unprecedented series of global field experiments launched ten years ago at the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, an international research team has tracked real-time evolution in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Across 30 locations worldwide — from the Alps to the Negev Desert — researchers sowed the plants, monitored their development, and analyzed genetic changes over several years. Their findings reveal that many populations managed to adapt to local climates within just a few years, while others went extinct, demonstrating how genetic diversity is essential to population survival.

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A perspective article in a leading journal argues for an experimental paradigm change to capture complex gene effects in combination with environment and genetic background. more

Researchers discover an unexpectedly simple mechanism that controls life cycle in algae more

An interview with Pascal Fries on brain-computer interfaces more

Roxana Zeraati receives two years of funding from the Klaus Tschira Stiftung Boost Fund to study human decision-making in changing, naturalistic settings using gamified tasks, with potential relevance for disrupted decision-making. more

Taisuke Eto has joined the lab of Manuel Spitschan at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics as a two-year Humboldt Fellow. His research asks what determines individual differences in light sensitivity. The findings could help personalize light therapy for conditions such as circadian rhythm sleep disorders and seasonal affective disorder. more

In his search for physical signs of mental processes, Hans Berger was the first to record human brain waves. A look back at the history of EEG. more

Interview with Thomas Ott on animal testing and its alternatives more

The US-based game developer is acquiring Meshcapade and will establish a presence in the Cyber Valley tech hub more

CaCTüS, the international internship program at the Max Planck Institutes for Biological Cybernetics and for Intelligent Systems and the Tübingen AI Center, has successfully concluded its fourth round.  more

Grant helps to take AI-based harvesting robot Polybot from research-phase to startup-phase more

Machine learning method could revolutionize multi-messenger astronomy more

The newly developed robotic leg is inspired by living creatures and jumps over different terrains much more manoeuvrable and energy-efficiently than previous robots more

Can Aztekin heads the new research group “Structural Regeneration” investigating the evolution and capabilities of lost limb regrowth across species. more

Connect with Leading Scientists for the SMBE Satellite Meeting on Origin, Maintenance and Evolution of Biological Noise more

Winfried Kretschmann, the Minister President of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, visited the Max Planck Institutes for Biology Tübingen and Biological Cybernetics. During his tour, he commended the outstanding basic research in the natural sciences. He was particularly impressed by the innovative research projects spanning developmental and evolutionary biology, as well as neuroscience.
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How Drosophila is revolutionising our understanding of genetics and disease more

A new technique allows large-scale assessment of de-novo mutations in multicellular organisms more