# Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence **Entity class:** Research institute **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Canonical source articles:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] · [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] ## Definition The **Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence** studies mechanisms by which organisms acquire, store, and use information. [[wiki/Joergen Kornfeld|Joergen Kornfeld]]'s program there investigated how learned behavior may be represented in synaptic connectivity; he is establishing a Connectomics of Learned Behaviour group at the [[wiki/MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology|MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology]] while remaining connected to the institute as a guest scientist. ## Relationships - **Researcher:** [[wiki/Joergen Kornfeld|Joergen Kornfeld]]. - **Project collaboration:** Kornfeld contributed to [[wiki/PRISM (E11 Bio)|PRISM (E11 Bio)]] conceptualization, early methods, and supervision. - **Institutional transition:** [[wiki/MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology|MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology]]. - **Boundary:** the institute's memory research does not establish that PRISM reads memories or consciousness. - **Collection route:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]. ## Sources - [Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence — Joergen Kornfeld](https://www.bi.mpg.de/kornfeld)