Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
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The Max Planck Institute for Ornithology (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie, abbreviated MPIO) was a non-university research institution under the sponsorship of the Max Planck Society. As of 1 January 2023, it merged with the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology (MPIN) to form the new Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence (MPI-BI). The MPIO was located in Seewiesen, which belongs to the municipality of Pöcking in Upper Bavaria.
Max-Planck-Institut für Ornithologie | |
Abbreviation | MPIO |
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Formation | 19 March 2004 (19 March 2004) |
Dissolved | 31 December 2022 (31 December 2022) |
Type | Research institute |
Purpose | Basic research |
Location | |
Coordinates | 47.972456°N 11.235666°E / 47.972456; 11.235666 |
Fields | Organismic biology, zoology, ornithology, neurobiology, behavioural ecology, evolutionary biology, evolutionary genetics |
Parent organization | Max Planck Society |
Staff (2016) | about 150 |
The institutes’s focus was on basic scientific research in the fields of organismic biology, zoology, ornithology, neurobiology, behavioural ecology, evolutionary biology and evolutionary genetics. The institute is managed on a collegial basis, i.e. one of the two directors of the institute takes over the management for a certain time period. The last managing director was Manfred Gahr (2020–2022).[1]