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New Paper on the Role of Probabilistic Axon Stabilization during Brain Wiring (Hassan, Hiesinger and von Kleist Labs, Projects P2, Z1) in Nature Neuroscience (2025)

Posted by By robin.hiesinger May 10, 2025Posted inNews, Publications
Sequential and independent probabilistic events regulate differential axon targeting during development in Drosophila melanogaster. Andriatsilavo M, Barata C, Reifenstein E, Dumoulin A, Tao Griffin T, Dutta SB, Stoeckli ET, von…
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New Paper on Temperature-Dependent Brain Wiring (Martelli Lab, Project P4) in Science Advances (2025)

Posted by By robin.hiesinger January 17, 2025Posted inNews, Publications
Impact of developmental temperature on neural growth, connectivity and function Pascal Züfle, Leticia L. Batista, Sofia C. Brandão, Giovanni D’Uva, Christian Daniel and Carlotta Martelli Environmental temperature dictates the developmental…
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New Paper on robustness of synaptic plasticity (Sigrist Lab, Project P1, together with Z1) in Nature Communications (2025)

Posted by By robin.hiesinger January 4, 2025Posted inNews, Publications
2025 Jan 2;16(1):271. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-55382-9. Blobby is a synaptic active zone assembly protein required for memory in Drosophila J Lützkendorf , T Matkovic-Rachid , S Liu, T Götz , L Gao, O Turrel, M Maglione, M Grieger  S Putignano, N Ramesh, T Ghelani , A…
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New Paper on Connectomic Stereotypy (Wernet Lab, Project P3) in Nature

Posted by By robin.hiesinger October 9, 2024Posted inNews, Publications
Nature. 2024 Oct;634(8032):181-190. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07967-z. Connectomic reconstruction predicts visual features used for navigation. Garner D, Kind E, Lai JYH, Nern A, Zhao A, Houghton L, Sancer G, Wolff T, Rubin…
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New Paper on Self-Organization in Brain Wiring (Hiesinger and von Kleist Labs, Project Z1) in Science

New Paper on Self-Organization in Brain Wiring (Hiesinger and von Kleist Labs, Project Z1) in Science

Posted by By robin.hiesinger March 8, 2024Posted inNews, Publications
Science 2024 Mar 8;383(6687):1084-1092. doi: 10.1126/science.adk3043. Epub 2024 Mar 7. Axonal self-sorting without target guidance in Drosophila visual map formation Egemen Agi #  1 , Eric T Reifenstein #  2 , Charlotte Wit  1…
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New Silies Lab (P5) Paper: Heterogeneity of synaptic connectivity in the fly visual system in Nat. Comm.

New Silies Lab (P5) Paper: Heterogeneity of synaptic connectivity in the fly visual system in Nat. Comm.

Posted by By robin.hiesinger February 29, 2024Posted inNews, Publications
Wiring variability in the fly - a connectome analysis by RobustCircuit Team Project 5, spearheaded by Jacquline Cornea in Marion Silies' lab. Now out (open access) in Nature Communications -…
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First collaborative paper of projects P6 & P7 out in the journal Nature

Posted by By robin.hiesinger June 2, 2023Posted inNews, Publications
The labs of Susanne Schreiber and Carsten Duch just reported their progress in figuring out the role of noisy electrical coupling for robust flight pattern generation in Drosophila. The work…
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New research paper on synapse stabilization by suppression of membrane degradation (Project P2)

New research paper on synapse stabilization by suppression of membrane degradation (Project P2)

Posted by By robin.hiesinger January 13, 2023Posted inPublications
EGFR-dependent suppression of synaptic autophagyis required for neuronal circuit development Suchetana B. Dutta, Gerit Arne Linneweber, Maheva Andriatsilavo, Peter Robin Hiesinger*, Bassem A. Hassan*, * co-corresponding authors In briefUsing the…
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New review article on neuronal filopodia: from stochastic dynamics to robustness of brain morphogenesis

Posted by By robin.hiesinger April 10, 2022Posted inPublications
Stochastic dynamics of neuronal filopodia ensure robustness of brain wiring - noisy, but ultimately purely genetically encoded! The first review article published with support of RobustCircuit. Link to article in…
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New collaborative paper from the Duch, Ryglewski & Schreiber groups on bioRxiv

Posted by By robin.hiesinger February 8, 2022Posted inPublications
Hürkey S, Niemeyer N, Schleimer JH, Ryglewski S, Schreiber S, and Duch C. (2022). Insect asynchronous flight requires neural circuit de-synchronization by electrical synapses. bioRxiv & under review.
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RobustCircuit News
  • Humboldt Award for Bassem Hassan, hosted by the Hiesinger lab
  • RobustCircuit approved for funding period 2026-2030
  • RobustCircuit welcomes its Scientific Advisory Board
  • New Paper on the Role of Probabilistic Axon Stabilization during Brain Wiring (Hassan, Hiesinger and von Kleist Labs, Projects P2, Z1) in Nature Neuroscience (2025)
  • RobustCircuit Connectomics Hackathon, Mainz, March 2025
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