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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

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 […]

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/

September 16 – 18, 2024: iBehave Summer School School Talk by Panagiotis SakagiannisTitle: Larvaworld: A virtual lab for behavioral modeling More information on the iBehave network here: https://ibehave.nrw

September 05 – 06, 2024: Motor Mastery Symposium Organized by early career researchers of the Collaborative Research Centre 1451 “Key mechanisms of motor control in health and disease” The Motor Mastery Symposium will feature:– 10 International Keynote Lectures from experts in the field of motor control.– Multiple Poster Sessions designed to showcase our research and foster networking opportunities.– Short Talks: the […]