The Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior – caesar
We focus on basic research in neuroethology. Our international team of researchers studies how the collective activity of vast numbers of neurons gives rise to the plethora of animal behaviors.

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Research News | 19 Feb 2024

How well do you know your animal? - 10 questions to guide behavioral experiments

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Institute News | 11 Feb 2024

International Day of Women and Girls in Science - February 11

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Research News | 15 Dec 2023

Family comes first - predatory worms cluster with kin to outcompete their rivals

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Research News | 8 Dec 2023

Places to go, landmarks to see: Navigation in the tiny translucent fish, Danionella cerebrum

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Institute News | 5 Dec 2023

James Lightfoot becomes EMBO Young Investigator

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Institute News | 26 Oct 2023

ERC Synergy Grant to investigate axolotl brain regeneration

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Institute News | 22 Sep 2023

"F*ck up night @iBehave": We embraced the power of failing!

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Research News | 18 Apr 2023

Genetically encoded nano-barcodes

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Institute News | 6 Apr 2023

Daniel Koch has been selected to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

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Research News | 11 Jan 2023

We are part of the new international Bio-robotics project BaBots

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