Chris Schnaitmann
@cschnaitmann.eurosky.social
Group Leader at University of Mainz // Neuroscience // Colour Vision // Behaviour // Optophysiology // Drosophila https://schnaitmannlab.uni-mainz.de/
Exciting PhD and Postdoc positions at Straw Lab, UniFreiburg to study mushroom body function and how honey bees navigate: combine insect VR, reinforcement learning, and two-photon imaging! #Neuroscience #PhD #Postdoc
We are hiring! Come join us in the Straw Lab at the @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social . Seeking a scientist to work on the neural and computational mechanisms of visual navigation in honey bees. uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...
September 20, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Exciting PhD and Postdoc positions at Straw Lab, UniFreiburg to study mushroom body function and how honey bees navigate: combine insect VR, reinforcement learning, and two-photon imaging! #Neuroscience #PhD #Postdoc
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We're about to start an exciting new project with generous support from the @erc.europa.eu
In SIMBIO, we want to know how bacterial endosymbionts modify neurons on the genetic and functional level and how this shapes the evolution of their host's mating behavior.
In SIMBIO, we want to know how bacterial endosymbionts modify neurons on the genetic and functional level and how this shapes the evolution of their host's mating behavior.
How do microbial symbionts shape neural circuits, mating behavior & evolution?
With the new #ERC-funded project SIMBIO, Philipp Brand @pbrand.bsky.social and his team @mpibrain.bsky.social will explore how microbes shape brains and behavior. #ERCStG
🔗 brain.mpg.de/brand-erc-st...
With the new #ERC-funded project SIMBIO, Philipp Brand @pbrand.bsky.social and his team @mpibrain.bsky.social will explore how microbes shape brains and behavior. #ERCStG
🔗 brain.mpg.de/brand-erc-st...
Neural Circuits, Microbes, and Behavioral Evolution
Philipp Brand receives ERC Starting-Grant to study neural circuits, microbes, and behavioral evolution
brain.mpg.de
September 3, 2026 at 1:08 PM
We're about to start an exciting new project with generous support from the @erc.europa.eu
In SIMBIO, we want to know how bacterial endosymbionts modify neurons on the genetic and functional level and how this shapes the evolution of their host's mating behavior.
In SIMBIO, we want to know how bacterial endosymbionts modify neurons on the genetic and functional level and how this shapes the evolution of their host's mating behavior.
Highly recommended! Join our vibrant Mainz Neuroscience community!
🚨 I AM HIRING a 3-year postdoc & 4-year PhD student 🚨
[PLEASE SHARE WIDELY]
My Emmy Noether @dfg.de funded Neural Circuit & Systems Evolution lab (🌟) at the @unimainz.bsky.socialÍ wants to start existing. So..., what do we need?
WELL... we need you!
APPLY UNTIL 21 SEPTEMBER.
[PLEASE SHARE WIDELY]
My Emmy Noether @dfg.de funded Neural Circuit & Systems Evolution lab (🌟) at the @unimainz.bsky.socialÍ wants to start existing. So..., what do we need?
WELL... we need you!
APPLY UNTIL 21 SEPTEMBER.
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August 31, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Highly recommended! Join our vibrant Mainz Neuroscience community!
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Very nice work setting out efference copy circuitry in fly visual system from @fleyes.bsky.social lab 👏 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Vectorial efference copy and visuomotor transformation through gap junctions
Distinguishing visual input generated by active eye movements from input due to external events is a fundamental challenge for visual processing. Here, we uncover a remarkably simple solution to this ...
www.biorxiv.org
August 21, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Very nice work setting out efference copy circuitry in fly visual system from @fleyes.bsky.social lab 👏 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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We also have a Senior Research Assistant position associated with this award! We're looking for someone interested in joining us at @northumbriauni.bsky.social to support and lead research on the 'safety in numbers' effect in flies. Apply by 15th September: work4.northumbria.ac.uk#en/sites/CX_...
August 19, 2026 at 9:06 AM
We also have a Senior Research Assistant position associated with this award! We're looking for someone interested in joining us at @northumbriauni.bsky.social to support and lead research on the 'safety in numbers' effect in flies. Apply by 15th September: work4.northumbria.ac.uk#en/sites/CX_...
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🚨 4 new positions for postdoctoral research available at our @zukunftskolleg.bsky.social in beautiful Konstanz! If you are interested in exploring collective behaviour at the interface of theory and experiment, then consider applying!
⚠️ Deadline October 12
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...
⚠️ Deadline October 12
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...
Four 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Zukunftskolleg
Application Deadline: 12 October 2026, 11:00 am (CET)
stellen.uni-konstanz.de
August 17, 2026 at 12:52 PM
🚨 4 new positions for postdoctoral research available at our @zukunftskolleg.bsky.social in beautiful Konstanz! If you are interested in exploring collective behaviour at the interface of theory and experiment, then consider applying!
⚠️ Deadline October 12
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...
⚠️ Deadline October 12
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...
If you're looking for a postdoc position and are interested in researching decision-making processes, I highly recommend applying to Carolina's lab!!
We’re recruiting postdocs!
Join our @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded programme 'Decoding competition in the brain'.
How does the brain resolve competing needs and prioritise behaviour?
📅 Deadline: 1 September
Apply: rezavallab.org
Please share!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSM781/r...
Join our @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded programme 'Decoding competition in the brain'.
How does the brain resolve competing needs and prioritise behaviour?
📅 Deadline: 1 September
Apply: rezavallab.org
Please share!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSM781/r...
August 17, 2026 at 1:20 PM
If you're looking for a postdoc position and are interested in researching decision-making processes, I highly recommend applying to Carolina's lab!!
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I'm thrilled to be opening my own lab this Fall at the @maxplanck.de MPI for Brain Research in Frankfurt. The lab is going to investigate the neuronal and genetic underpinnings of behavioral evolution. We are hiring on all levels. Don't hesitate to share widely and reach out if interested.
January 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I'm thrilled to be opening my own lab this Fall at the @maxplanck.de MPI for Brain Research in Frankfurt. The lab is going to investigate the neuronal and genetic underpinnings of behavioral evolution. We are hiring on all levels. Don't hesitate to share widely and reach out if interested.
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Klima-Appell von Wissenschaftler_innen in Deutschland an die Politik - jetzt noch bis Donnerstag, 13.03.2025, 10 Uhr mitzeichnen! www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/s4f/de/top/o...
March 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Klima-Appell von Wissenschaftler_innen in Deutschland an die Politik - jetzt noch bis Donnerstag, 13.03.2025, 10 Uhr mitzeichnen! www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/s4f/de/top/o...
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Our story about flies on carousels is out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! After formally engaging the fantastic @clarahowcroft.bsky.social and integrating helpful reviewer feedback, we present a more concise story with detailed behavioural quantification and cooler videos! doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
a dog sits on a merry go round while a boy sits on a scooter
ALT: a dog sits on a merry go round while a boy sits on a scooter
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February 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Our story about flies on carousels is out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! After formally engaging the fantastic @clarahowcroft.bsky.social and integrating helpful reviewer feedback, we present a more concise story with detailed behavioural quantification and cooler videos! doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
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We have a new PhD position available; please spread the word and repost.
The project will combine retina recordings, computational modeling, and optogenetics to help further develop vision restoration therapy.
See here for more information:
retina.uni-goettingen.de/join-the-lab/
The project will combine retina recordings, computational modeling, and optogenetics to help further develop vision restoration therapy.
See here for more information:
retina.uni-goettingen.de/join-the-lab/
December 10, 2024 at 2:19 PM
We have a new PhD position available; please spread the word and repost.
The project will combine retina recordings, computational modeling, and optogenetics to help further develop vision restoration therapy.
See here for more information:
retina.uni-goettingen.de/join-the-lab/
The project will combine retina recordings, computational modeling, and optogenetics to help further develop vision restoration therapy.
See here for more information:
retina.uni-goettingen.de/join-the-lab/
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1/ How do animals integrate different forms of learning? Our
@eyalrozenfeld.bsky.social new study in Science Advances
shows that active mechanisms prevent the co-formation of competing memories. Here’s what we found! 🧵👇
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@eyalrozenfeld.bsky.social new study in Science Advances
shows that active mechanisms prevent the co-formation of competing memories. Here’s what we found! 🧵👇
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 8, 2024 at 6:32 AM
1/ How do animals integrate different forms of learning? Our
@eyalrozenfeld.bsky.social new study in Science Advances
shows that active mechanisms prevent the co-formation of competing memories. Here’s what we found! 🧵👇
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@eyalrozenfeld.bsky.social new study in Science Advances
shows that active mechanisms prevent the co-formation of competing memories. Here’s what we found! 🧵👇
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Highly recommended PhD opportunity in Mainz! Join Carlotta’s lab to work on how animals process and integrate nociceptive stimuli in a collaborative project with Emmanuel Perisse. Apply now! #PhDposition #Neuroscience #Drosophila
There is an open PhD position in our Lab! In collaboration with the lab of @manuperisse.bsky.social we will study how flies evaluate negative experiences based on context. More info here: mrtlllab.uni-mainz.de/we-are-hiring/
We are hiring! - mrtlllab
We are hiring! Are you passionate about neuroscience and eager to understand how the brain processes negative experiences? The mrtllab is looking for a driven PhD candidate to study the neural mechani...
mrtlllab.uni-mainz.de
December 7, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Highly recommended PhD opportunity in Mainz! Join Carlotta’s lab to work on how animals process and integrate nociceptive stimuli in a collaborative project with Emmanuel Perisse. Apply now! #PhDposition #Neuroscience #Drosophila
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New from Shiko Parnas' lab: Classical & operant learning in *Drosophila* rely on distinct neuronal pathways, challenging current paradigms! Unstoppable
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Neuronal circuit mechanisms of competitive interaction between action-based and coincidence learning
Parallel and interfering neuronal circuits are responsible for operant and classical learning.
www.science.org
December 6, 2024 at 8:39 PM
New from Shiko Parnas' lab: Classical & operant learning in *Drosophila* rely on distinct neuronal pathways, challenging current paradigms! Unstoppable
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Pls RT: Interested in doing a PhD on the behaviour of #bees & other animals at CRAB Uni Exeter and Bristol Uni? Check out SWBio swbio.ac.uk www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/pr... (apply by 11.12.) & NERC GW4 www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk/projects-202... @seanrands.bsky.social @bethbees.bsky.social apply by 13.01.
December 3, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Pls RT: Interested in doing a PhD on the behaviour of #bees & other animals at CRAB Uni Exeter and Bristol Uni? Check out SWBio swbio.ac.uk www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/pr... (apply by 11.12.) & NERC GW4 www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk/projects-202... @seanrands.bsky.social @bethbees.bsky.social apply by 13.01.
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Early vision Neuroscience community, Vol 1
We are talking eyes, retinas, and some of the more ancestral bits of visual brains. No species restrictions. List is close to full, will start building Vol 2 before too long
Addition requests, please see link in the below thread
go.bsky.app/BotZr1g
We are talking eyes, retinas, and some of the more ancestral bits of visual brains. No species restrictions. List is close to full, will start building Vol 2 before too long
Addition requests, please see link in the below thread
go.bsky.app/BotZr1g
November 29, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Early vision Neuroscience community, Vol 1
We are talking eyes, retinas, and some of the more ancestral bits of visual brains. No species restrictions. List is close to full, will start building Vol 2 before too long
Addition requests, please see link in the below thread
go.bsky.app/BotZr1g
We are talking eyes, retinas, and some of the more ancestral bits of visual brains. No species restrictions. List is close to full, will start building Vol 2 before too long
Addition requests, please see link in the below thread
go.bsky.app/BotZr1g
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New @bioRxiv #preprint with @chiarafornetto.bsky.social and @teuler.bsky.social : www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 20, 2024 at 9:31 AM
New @bioRxiv #preprint with @chiarafornetto.bsky.social and @teuler.bsky.social : www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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FlyWire #Neuroscience data (green) is now in neuronbridge.janelia.org for matching against #Drosophila light #microscopy data (magenta). Thanks to Cristian Goina, Hideo Otsuna, Rob Svirskas, Konrad Rokicki. See a match in the browser, using mixed surface / volume rendering implemented with #threejs.
November 23, 2024 at 10:27 AM
FlyWire #Neuroscience data (green) is now in neuronbridge.janelia.org for matching against #Drosophila light #microscopy data (magenta). Thanks to Cristian Goina, Hideo Otsuna, Rob Svirskas, Konrad Rokicki. See a match in the browser, using mixed surface / volume rendering implemented with #threejs.
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We're hiring! Please share!
Exciting opportunities for #PhD students, #postdocs, and #research assistants to join our team in exploring how the brain prioritizes actions in conflict.
#Neuroscience #Drosophila
Interested? Reach out! rezavallab.org
Exciting opportunities for #PhD students, #postdocs, and #research assistants to join our team in exploring how the brain prioritizes actions in conflict.
#Neuroscience #Drosophila
Interested? Reach out! rezavallab.org
November 15, 2024 at 7:09 PM
We're hiring! Please share!
Exciting opportunities for #PhD students, #postdocs, and #research assistants to join our team in exploring how the brain prioritizes actions in conflict.
#Neuroscience #Drosophila
Interested? Reach out! rezavallab.org
Exciting opportunities for #PhD students, #postdocs, and #research assistants to join our team in exploring how the brain prioritizes actions in conflict.
#Neuroscience #Drosophila
Interested? Reach out! rezavallab.org
Almost late to the party! 🦋
November 22, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Almost late to the party! 🦋