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MPIforBI, 2 months ago to SciComm German

How the brain spoils your appetite: A research team around Rüdiger Klein found the brain circuit that suppresses appetite when feeling nauseous. Special nerve cells are activated during nausea and elicit appetite-inhibiting signals which prevent eating.

Read more: https://www.bi.mpg.de/news/2024-03-klein

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MPIforBI, 4 months ago to science

The Max Planck Society stands for diversity and an open society! Yesterday, we joined the protests against right-wing extremism in Munich.

Read also the statement of the MPG president on this: https://www.faz.net/aktuell/karriere-hochschule/wissenschaft-und-zuwanderung-rechtsdrift-schadet-unserem-land-19452332.html

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MPIforBI, 8 months ago to science German

Splitting the workload: Neurons in the fly visual system perform the same computation on three different levels. The new paper from the Borst department shows that this distribution helps to filter out irrelevant information and reliably detect motion patterns.

Read more: https://www.bi.mpg.de/news/2023-10-borst?c=2333712

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MPIforBI, 10 months ago to random German

Nightingales are great singers, but how well can they hit the tone? 🎶 Scientists from Daniela Vallentin’s group at our institute found that nightingales can imitate the pitch of whistles in real time! Read more: https://www.bi.mpg.de/news/2023-07-vallentin

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