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Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society
FormationSeptember 12, 2008
Location
Websitewww.esi-frankfurt.de

The Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society (ESI) is an independent research institute located in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. The ESI is under the scientific governance of the Max Planck Society, an association of German research institutes. The institute's mission is to perform fundamental brain research.

Development and History

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In July 2008, a cooperation contract was signed between the Max Planck Society and pharmaceutical entrepreneurs Andreas and Thomas Strüngmann, founding the ESI as an independent brain research institute with the format of a Max Planck Institute. On 12 September 2008, the ESI was formally founded in the legal form of a nonprofit limited liability corporation (gGmbH).[1] To finance the ESI, the Strüngmann brothers founded the Ernst Strüngmann Foundation (ESF).

ESI’s founding directors are Wolf Singer and Pascal Fries, with Singer functioning as acting director until Fries became ESI’s first director in July 2009. On 1 April 2011, when Prof. Singer assumed emeritus status at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, he joined the ESI as Senior Research Group leader.

In 2020, Wolf Singer became the managing director, until 2021, when David Poeppel became the managing director. On 1st of January 2024, research director Pascal Fries left the institute.

Research

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Research at the ESI is organized in eight research groups, called labs and named after their respective heads:[2]

  • Poeppel Lab (Brain basis of language, speech and music)
  • Singer Lab (Neuronal processes underlying higher cognitive functions)
  • Rademaker Lab (Mechanisms of human perceptual experiences)
  • Cuntz Lab (neural circuitry and brain morphology)
  • Havenith & Schölvinck Lab (Simultaneous encoding of cognitive processes during natural behaviour)
  • Laurens Lab (Electrophysiology and modeling of navigation and vestibular systems)
  • Schmidt Lab (Mapping of the entorhinal-hippocampal neuronal network)
  • Vinck Lab (Using prediction and timing to encode information in the brain)

Former research groups

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Three research groups are no longer active: The Schmid Lab Emmy Noether Group (2012 - 2015) which studied the principles of thalamo-cortical communication for visual perception and attention; the Diester Lab (2011 - 2014) which studied the interactions between the brain areas involved in tactile perception, cognitive processing, and movement generation, and the Fries Lab Department (2009 - 2023), which focused on neuronal synchronization.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Zoske, Sascha (2008-07-17). "Universitätsklinikum: Mehr als 200 Millionen Euro für Institut der Neurowissenschaft". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  2. ^ "Research at the ESI". Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Former ESI Research Groups". Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for Prof. Singer". Ernst Strüngmann Institute in Cooperation with Max Planck Society. Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
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