The Ernst Strüngmann Institute is dedicated to basic neurobiological research. Its work focuses on analyzing the neural basis of higher cognitive brain functions, with a particular emphasis on visual perception, memory functions, attention control, spatial orientation, language, and consciousness.
The research aims to understand how neurons in the brain interact to process sensory signals, store knowledge, retrieve memories, and control attention.
To investigate these questions, researchers are looking for connections between neural activity and corresponding behaviors in animals and humans.
In addition to publishing new findings and methods, a significant part of ESI’s mission is the academic education of students and postdoctoral researchers.
Furthermore, ESI supports the transfer of findings and methods from basic research to application, especially for clinical practice.
The Ernst Strüngmann Institute is an institute of the Max Planck Society (MPG).
The research institutes of the Max Planck Society conduct basic research in the natural sciences, life sciences, and humanities in the public interest. The Max Planck Society primarily opens up new innovative fields of research that cannot be adequately addressed by German universities. The wide range of topics covered by the Max Planck Institutes in the natural and social sciences complements the work of universities and other research institutions in key areas.
A Scientific Advisory Board nominated monitors the quality of the Institute's work. A Consultative Board ensures that ESI is embedded in the public sphere.
... in the immediate vicinity ...
Numerous important ESI cooperation partners are already located in the immediate vicinity. Associated with ESI is the Ernst Strüngmann Forum, an independent institution that organizes interdisciplinary conferences, which enjoy great international visibility and impact as scientific workshops.
The ESI campus is home to the Cooperative Brain Imaging Center (CoBIC), a neuroimaging facility operated by Goethe University, ESI, and the Max Planck Society, which provides key technologies for human neuroscience at the Frankfurt Neuro-Hub.
To open up doctoral opportunities for students, ESI cooperates with the new Graduate School for Neuroscience at Goethe University and the Max Planck School of Cognition.
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ESI is strongly integrated into regional networks of institutions and initiatives relevant to systems, computational, clinical, and cognitive neuroscience, such as the Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn²) and the Interdisciplinary Center for Neuroscience Frankfurt (IZNF) at Goethe University.
ESI is also an active partner in the newly founded Frankfurt Alliance, which brings together local institutes in Frankfurt (Max Planck, Fraunhofer, Leibniz, Goethe University) to support each other in infrastructure needs and recruitment challenges.
ESI is also a cooperation partner in the LOEWE program DYNAMIC, a multi-year research center funded by the state of Hesse to understand psychiatric disorders in the context of dynamic network interactions.
and worldwide.
Virtually every research group at the institute maintains regional, Europe-wide, and global collaborations. Researchers from over 30 countries work at ESI.
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