We are an interdisciplinary team of scientists investigating how the human brain supports cognition through an integrative, systems-level approach. Our research examines how biological processes—such as gene expression, neuroanatomy, metabolism, and endocrine function—interact with the social environment across the lifespan to shape cognition in both health and disease. Using a computational, network-based perspective, we study the brain by analyzing low-dimensional patterns of variation and tracking dynamic changes over time.
We are based at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig and INM-7, Forschungszentrum Jülich in Jülich, both in Germany. We are part of Helmholz International Bigbrain analytics & learning laboratory set up by Forschungszentrum Jülich and Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada.