The general public is invited to be fascinated by the world of science

at a series of three lectures this winter,

 presented by the Max Planck Florida Institute.

The series kicks off on 

Wednesday, January 12 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

with a talk from Dr. Axel Borst,

director of the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiologyin Martinsried, Germany.

His presentation is titled,

   "From the Cockpit of a Fly: How Visual Motion Information is Processed"

and he will discuss the ways scientists are trying to unlock

 the mysteries of the human brain by studying a much

smaller-scale brain - of the fly. 

  The Max Planck Florida Institute lecture series