September 07 – 11, 2026: Neurofly 2026 The 21st Biennial European Drosophila Neurobiology ConferenceNeurofly 2026 will take place in Cologne co-organized by Martin Nawrot! Talk byIbrahim Tunc: Dopamine coordinates bouton modulation and synaptic plasticity to shift olfactory learning from generalization to discrimination Poster presentations by Martin Nawrot: Conserved cellular properties shape projection neuron and interneuron dynamics […]
June 15 – July 31 & August 20 – 24, 2026: Advanced Neural Data Analysis and Neuroinformatics (ANDA-NI) School We are excited to announce the launch of the 2026 ANDA-NI, a program hosted by iBehave members targeted to students and researchers in neuroscience eager to deepen their expertise in data analysis and neuroinformatics in cellular and network-level electrophysiology. The program includes online modules […]
Find here the three lectures by Martin Nawrot from the Advanced Neural Data Analysis and Neuroinformatics (ANDA-NI) 2026 course: Part 0 – Mechanisms Underlying Cortical Variability Dynamics – Intro: https://vimeo.com/showcase/12277813?video=1019684800 Part 1 – Mechanisms Underlying Cortical Variability Dynamics – Empirical Analysis of Variability: https://vimeo.com/showcase/12277813?video=1019684839 Part 2 – Mechanisms Underlying Cortical Variability Dynamics – Explaining Cortical […]
Find here the three Keynote lectures from the Advanced Neural Data Analysis and Neuroinformatics (ANDA) course: Jakob Macke: https://vimeo.com/540142467 Yifat Prut: https://vimeo.com/539310643 Hansjörg Scherberger: https://vimeo.com/535954895
Article on the iBehave network: How to shape the future of neuroscience February 10, 2026 An article about our iBehave network, featuring an interview with Nicholas Del Grosso, titled “How the iBehave Network is Shaping the Future of Neuroscience”, has now been published on the forschungsfoerderung.nrw website!
March 23 – 25, 2026: BonnBrain Conference Poster contributions byCansu Arican: Neuronal modulation by latent inhibition in the antennal lobe and mushroom body output of the honey beeIbrahim Tunc: Data-Driven Pipeline for Characterizing and Simulating Sensory Neurons Using Electrophysiology RecordingsMagdalena Springer: A connectome-based approach for investigating neural circuits of odor mixture processing Find more information on […]
March 12 – 15, 2026: Cosyne Conference 2026 Poster contribution byMagdalena Springer: A connectome-based approach for investigating neural circuits of odor mixture processing Find more information in the conference here: https://www.cosyne.org/
March 13 – 15, 2026: Spring Meeting of the Arthropod Neuroscience Network (ANN) Poster contributions byIbrahim Tunc: Independent Modulation of Synaptic Boutons Supports Compartment-Specific Memory Patterns in the Mushroom Body.Sarah Neuhoff: From mushroom body output to backward locomotion. Find more information on the meeting here:https://ann.uni-koeln.de/event/program
New results on efficient and specific learning mechanisms in the fly mushroom body February 23, 2026 New paper of Manoim Wolkowitz, Tunc et al., in Current Biology (2026) Paper Dispatch in Current Biology: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982226000473?via%3Dihub Full publication: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(26)00014-X
February 26, 2026: iBehave Talk Speaker: Prof. Brian H Smith Title: Active sensing of odors by antennal movements in honey bees Date & Time: Feb 26, 2026 at 15:30 Venue: Seminar Room 2.009, Biocenter, Zülpicher Str. 47b, 50674 Cologne Host: Martin Nawrot
February 23 – 25, 2026: Shared Lab Retreat of Nawrot Lab and Büschges Lab In February, the Büschges Lab and Nawrot Lab came together for a shared retreat in Kyllburg in the Eifel region. It was a great chance to discuss ongoing research projects, exchange new ideas, and learn more about each other’s work. We also […]
February 19, 2026: Invited Talk by Martin Nawrot Invited Talk within the Symposium “Digging Deep into Neuroanatomy by Theoretical Means” at theForschungszentrum Jülich Title of Talk: “Metastability in Spiking Attractor Networks: from Network Topology to Brain Function”
November 06 – 07, 2025: 3rd Cologne Neuroscience Days Talk by Magdalena Springer Date and Time: November 06, 17:00 Title: A connectome-based approach for investigating neural circuits of odor mixture processing. Find more information here:http://cns.cologne
October 07, 2025: PhD graduation party for Panos and Magdalena Panos Sakagiannis and Magdalena Springer have successfully completed their doctoral theses and defended them with success. We celebrated their achievements with a party in the botanical garden of our institute. Congratulations to both!
August 25 – 27, 2025: The Future of Bee and Fly Neuroethology, Modeling, and Robotics Conference Talk by Ibrahim Tunc:The Role of Kenyon cell – Kenyon cell interactions in compartmentalized odor processing and olfactory learning specificity
August 25, 2025: Retreat for Young Investigators from the FOR2705 Labs Talk by Ibrahim Tunc:Closing the Loop: Synergizing Models and Experiments
March 26 – 29, 2025: 16th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society Talks byAmina Abdelbaki: Spatiotemporal Deep Learning Pipeline for Decoding Stimulus-Driven Whole-Brain Calcium Imaging (Symposium 13, March 27 03.55 p.m.)Martin Nawrot: Models of olfactory computation in the insect brain Poster contributions fromAnna-Maria Jürgensen: Distributed reinforcement signals among Drosophila larva dopaminergic neurons guide learning in […]
The INF team within the CRC1451 has created a detailed tutorial showcasing how to easily reproduce the original figures from Rostami et al., 2024. Using the published code and data, this step-by-step guide ensures transparency and accessibility. Below, you’ll find a link to the respective data catalog entry and the dataset publication:Access the Data and NotebookAccess the Dataset Publication […]
September 25 – November 08, 2024: Advanced Neural Data Analysis and Neuroinformatics (ANDA-NI) School An interactive school for improving research data management and electrophysiological data analysis Lecture by Martin Nawrot on Oct 11, 20204Title: Mechanisms underlying Cortical Variability Dynamics Empirical Data Analysis and Spiking Attractor Mode More information here: https://andani.info
October 14 – 16, 2024: DrosoExpect Retreat in Cologne We enjoyed a productive retreat of our trinational (German-US-France) collaborative research group “DrosoExpect” at the Institute of Zoology.
September 29 – October 02, 2024: Bernstein Conference 2024 in Frankfurt am Main Talk by Ibrahim Tunc within the Satellite meeting Understanding Local Third Factors in Synaptic Plasticity: Mechanisms and Functional Implications Date: 29.09.2024Title: Role of local Kenyon cell interactions in Drosophila melanogaster for specificity in olfactory learning More information here: https://bernstein-network.de/bernstein-conference/