{"id":584,"date":"2026-03-15T08:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T08:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robustcircuit.flygen.org\/?p=584"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:56:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T09:56:49","slug":"with-new-2026-publication-highlights-into-the-robustcircuit-2nd-funding-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robustcircuit.flygen.org\/?p=584","title":{"rendered":"With new 2026 Publication Highlights into the 2nd RobustCircuit Funding Period"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>RobustCircuit <\/em>Consortium has started into its new funding period (2026-2030) with a series of new findings on the roles of noisy mechanisms that aid robustness from molecular to cellular to animal population levels. Here is a selection of five current highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/41777098\/\">Imprecision in Vision: Lessons From Neural Circuits in the Fly.<\/a> (2026) Wernet MF, Silies M. Bioessays. 2026 Mar;48(3):e70122. doi: 10.1002\/bies.70122.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/flygen.org\/pdfs\/currbiol.2026.retinotopy.pdf\">Selective adhesion preserves eye patterning as axonal retinotopy in the Drosophila brain (2026). <\/a>Kehribar M, Wit CB, Krasikova K, Agi E, Reifenstein ET, Wolterhoff N, Wriedt LQ, von Kleist M, and Hiesinger PR (2026). <em>Current Biology<\/em>, doi: 10.1016\/j.cub.2026.01.007<br>see also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zhZPwjeLHVQ\">Cell Press Video Abstract on YouTube<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/flygen.org\/pdfs\/Dispatch_Salecker_CurrBiol.pdf\">Dispatch on this article <\/a>in <em>Curr Biol<\/em>. by I.Salecker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Target-independent retinotopy in Drosophila \/ Curr. Biol., Feb. 3, 2026 (Vol. 36, Issue 5)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zhZPwjeLHVQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7554\/eLife.98171.4\">Individuality across environmental context in Drosophila melanogaster<\/a>. (2026) Mathejczyk TF, Knief, C, Haidar, MA, Freitag F, McClary T, Wernet MF, Linneweber GA. elife. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7554\/eLife.98171.4\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7554\/eLife.98171.4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/41699451\/\">Semi-automatic geometrical reconstruction and analysis of filopodia dynamics in 4D two-photon microscopy images.<\/a> (2026) Brence B, Brummer J, Dercksen VJ, \u00d6zel MN, Kulkarni A, Wolterhoff N, Prohaska S, Hiesinger PR, Baum D. BMC Bioinformatics. 2026 Feb 16;27(1):48. doi: 10.1186\/s12859-026-06385-4. PMID: 41699451 Free PMC article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/40627464\/\">Myosin 15 participates in assembly and remodeling of the presynapse.<\/a> (2025) Petzoldt AG, Escher MJF, Turrel O, Gimber N, Schedina IM, Walter S, G\u00f6tz TWB, Maglione M, Toppe D, Matkovic-Rachid T, Neumann A, L\u00fctzkendorf J, Schmoranzer J, Lehmann M, Gro\u00dfhans J, Sigrist SJ. J Cell Biol. 2025 Sep 1;224(9):e202305059. doi: 10.1083\/jcb.202305059. 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