Home Departments and Research Groups Alexander Borst News from the Department News and research highlights from the department "Circuits - Computation - Models" All Distributed workload in the fly brain October 02, 2023 To distinguish motion patterns, a neuronal computation is performed three times in a row more The role of time in neural information processing September 05, 2023 Lukas Groschner receives ERC Starting Grant to study temporal signal processing in the brain of the fruit fly more Fruit fly's complex symphony of vision May 25, 2023 A neuronal microcircuit leverages the same type of signal for multiple purposes more Understanding how nerve cells do the math January 10, 2023 Lukas Groschner receives Schilling Research Award of the German Neuroscience Society 2023 more Three early-stage researchers receive Young Scientist Award October 27, 2022 Young Scientist Award Sandra Reinert, Renée Vieira and Sandra Fendl recognized for outstanding publications more The dark matter of the brain April 05, 2022 Omnipresent and yet hardly explored: Electrical synapses more The algebra of neurons February 23, 2022 Study deciphers how a single nerve cell can multiply more Recognition for outstanding publications by young scientists August 04, 2021 Young Scientist Award Young Scientist Award 2020 goes to Nikolai Hörmann and Nate Nejc Dolensek more The complex task of staying on course July 29, 2021 To fly straight, fruit flies need the ability to detect motion. more The protein dress of a neuron October 28, 2020 New method marks proteins and reveals the receptors in which neurons are dressed more Everything is relative: How flies see the world January 10, 2020 The neural code in the fly brain continuously adapts to environmental conditions more Otto Hahn Medals 2019 June 25, 2019 Aljoscha Leonhardt and Georg Ammer are being honored for their outstanding research more Multitasking with perfection: Nerve cell works like 1400 individual cells April 25, 2019 Amacrine cell in the fruit fly visual system consists of electrically isolated subunits more Young Scientist Award April 03, 2019 Young Scientist Award Inês Ribeiro and Arne Fabritius recognized for their outstanding publications more ANA 2018 Best Thesis Award for Georg Ammer March 19, 2019 Recognition for outstanding PhD thesis on fly motion vision more Three nerve cells are sufficient to steer a fly December 06, 2018 HS cells correct an unwanted rotation movement by slowing down the legs more LC10 – the neuron that tracks fruit flies July 19, 2018 How visual information about other flies reaches the male brain more Award for outstanding publications of young scientists April 28, 2017 Young Scientist Award Tobias Rose and Co-first authors Matthias Meier und Etienne Serbe receive „Young Scientist Award“ more The more active the fly, the faster its brain works April 03, 2017 Neurobiologists discover important characteristics of the motion detector in the fly brain more Neuron unites two theoretical models on motion detection August 09, 2016 Computation of motion by T4 cells in the fly brain more complex than previously believed more Show more
