Sign in

Vanessa Stempel

@avstempel.bsky.social
867 followers 446 following 4 posts

Group Leader at MPI Brain Research, studying instinctive behaviours. Interested in the brainstem, cortex not so much. she/her ORCID 0000-0003-0420-7765

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Julio Hechavarria @talking-bat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The call for the second funding period of the Priority Programm investigating cortico-subcortical interactions in mammals is now published at the DFG's website. Check it out! I will be the speaker for this second funding period, so in case of questions just reach out :)
041
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Andrew Straw @andrewstraw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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...
Bee trajectories in agricultural landscape and two photon microscope for in-vivo calcium activity imaging.
18061
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Jieyu Zheng @jieyusz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
How fast can mice learn complex mazes? With @mameister4.bsky.social we reveal memory, generalization, latent learning, and remote credit assignment of mice in the Manhattan Maze. Do mice born without a cortex or hippocampus have them too? Check it out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
biorxiv.org
Rapid spatial cognition in mice, with and without neocortex and hippocampus
Rapid learning, memory, and generalization are often attributed to circuits of the neocortex and hippocampus, but their specific role remains unclear. To examine these cognitive abilities together in ...
512647
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research @mpibrain.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
From Frankfurt to Oslo – congratulations to all 2026 #KavliPrize Laureates! Our Director Erin Schuman @erin-schuman.bsky.social shares the #Neuroscience Prize with Kelsey Martin, Oswald Steward & Christine Holt. We couldn’t be prouder! 🥂🎉 📷 © Thomas B. Eckhoff / The Kavli Prize @maxplanck.de
081
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Max Farnworth @maxfarnworth.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🚨 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.
static.klipy.com
ALT:
15765
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Graziana Gatto @ggatto.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
New PNAS paper from our lab! 🪰🐭👩‍🦰 We developed a toolbox AutoGaitA to compare locomotion across species, revealing conserved velocity gradients and aging effects despite divergent strategies for propulsion. A step toward understanding conserved principles of motor control. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
doi.org
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
1269
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Ivana Jaric @jaricivana.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
The SABV Symposium website is live! Check out the great lineup of speakers, abstract submission info, registration details, and highlights from past events 👇 sabvsymposium.org @talliezee.bsky.social @jeffreymogil.bsky.social @nifti12.bsky.social @avstempel.bsky.social @ljiljanamarina.bsky.social
sabvsymposium.org
SABV Symposium 2026
Join us in Zurich for the SABV Symposium 2026, June 23-24. Engage with 23 lectures by globally renowned experts from 14 countries. Learn more and register here!
0126
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Benjamin Judkewitz @benjulab.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
First whole-brain recording of social sound processing in a vertebrate. Surprises start in the hindbrain; thalamus gates conspecific calls; male and female brains diverge downstream. Work by @joerghenninger.bsky.social, @mh123.bsky.social sky.social and team. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
712749
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Christine Grienberger @cgrienberger.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We’re looking for a new Research Tech! Our research tech is heading to graduate school (very exciting!), which means we’re recruiting someone new to join our team. The position involves hands-on neuroscience research in a collaborative environment. brandeis.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Jobs/job/Bra...
brandeis.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
Research Technician
Research Technician position available in the Grienberger lab at Brandeis University. We are a new neuroscience group studying the cellular basis of learning and memory in the mammalian brain. This is...
01821
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Anna Schroeder @annaschroeder.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Looking forward to this symposium and to my first visit to @dandrite.bsky.social next week. See you in Aarhus @avstempel.bsky.social, @fionamuellner.bsky.social and @lukechaosun.bsky.social!
081
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Catherine Dulac @dulaclab.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Ascona meetings on neural circuits are amazing conferences in a beautiful setting in Switzerland spanning all scales from genetics and micro-circuit cracking to high level cognition. Check asconacircuits.org for the 2026 program and register soon, as it typically reaches capacity very quickly 🧠🧪
asconacircuits.org
HomeThe Ascona Meetings on Neuronal Circuits
0215
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Felix Baier @felixbaier.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🚨Very happy that my PhD work is now out in @nature.com! We discovered that evolution, by acting in the midbrain, shifted the threshold to escape in Peromyscus mice, to fine-tune defensive strategies in different environments www.nature.com/articles/s41... This was a truly collaborative effort! 🧵⬇️
26471103
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Petr Znamenskiy @petrznam.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
1/ Mapping synaptic connectivity between individual neurons is extremely laborious. We developed BRISC, a new method that makes it possible to map inputs onto 100s of neurons in the same animal in a matter of weeks! Led by Alex Becalick and @antblot.bsky.social. 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
biorxiv.org
Barcoded Rabies In Situ Connectomics for high-throughput reconstruction of neural circuits
Sequencing of oligonucleotide barcodes holds promise as a high-throughput approach for reconstructing synaptic connectivity at scale. Rabies viruses can act as a vehicle for barcode transmission, than...
39440
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Benjamin Judkewitz @benjulab.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Introducing warpfield, an open source Python library for GPU-accelerated non-rigid 3D registration. Warps and aligns gigavoxel volumes within seconds (not hours). For 3D microscopy, region-to-region and cell-to-cell matching. A collaboration with @mh123.bsky.social 🚀 github.com/danionella/w...
719354
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Eelke Snoeren @eelkesnoeren.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
What about visiting a neuroscience conference in Europe this year? There is still time to register for IBNS in Tromsø (June 24th-29th 2025)! Please like and share! For more information: www.ibnsconnect.org/annual-meeting @ibnsconnect.bsky.social #neuroskyence
093
Vanessa Stempel @avstempel.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Very happy to announce a workshop I'm co-organising with Marion Silies and @crltt.bsky.social, taking place 2-4 Sept in Ingelheim, Germany! 'Flexibility and robustness of nervous system function', hosted by the Gutenberg Workshops @unimainz.bsky.social & with a fantastic line-up! Details below 🔻
1208
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Graziana Gatto @ggatto.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Registration started for the Janelia meeting on spinal cord and brainstem circuits for sensorimotor adaptation across species. Spinal cord is more than a hub, it does supercomputing! www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
janelia.org
Computing Cords: Sensorimotor Control by Nerve Cord Circuits Across Species
Organizers Salil Bidaye, Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience Ansgar Büschges, University of Cologne Graziana Gatto, University of Cologne Abdel El Manira, Karolinska Institutet Julie
12419
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Lake Conferences @lakeconferences.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
The application deadline for the Sensation and Action conference 2025 is fast approaching! Join us for an exciting set of talks and for a chance to share your ideas: www.lakeconferences.org
lakeconferences.org
Home - Lake Conferences
098
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research @mpibrain.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Congratulations to @mpibrain.bsky.social director Gilles Laurent for being awarded the 2025 Louis-Jeantet prize for Medicine! The @louisjeantetfdn.bsky.social recognizes Laurent's pioneering work on the operations of #neurons and dynamics of neuronal networks. More infos 👉 bit.ly/4hqk6ie
brain.mpg.de
Gilles Laurent is awarded the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine in 2025
The 2025 Louis-Jeantet Prizes are awarded to Gilles Laurent, director at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt and to Veit Hornung, professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University of ...
16118
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Louis-Jeantet Foundation @louisjeantetfdn.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
📢 The Louis-Jeantet Foundation is happy to announce the 2025 #LouisJeantetPrizes, awarded to VEIT HORNUNG @v-hornung.bsky.social @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social and to GILLES LAURENT @ maxplanck.de CONGRATULATIONS!!! 👉 jeantet.ch/en 👇 follow thread
12410
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Philipp Brand @pbrand.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
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.
2114150
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Meet 10 neuroscientists bringing model diversity back with the funky animals they study. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social, @avaskham.bsky.social, @claudia-lopez.bsky.social, @shaena.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
thetransmitter.org
The non-model organism “renaissance” has arrived
Meet 10 neuroscientists bringing model diversity back with the funky animals they study.
620175
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Rory Coleman @rorycoleman.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Sharing my new paper again since moving from the other place 🙂 We shed light on some of the most rapidly evolving animal behaviors—those surrounding mating.
nature.com
A modular circuit coordinates the diversification of courtship strategies - Nature
Peripheral and central circuit adaptations can be flexibly coordinated in Drosophila, and such a modular circuit organization may facilitate the evolution of mate recognition systems by allowing novel...
25716
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Sarah Ruediger @ruedigersarah.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
New Year, New Challenge? About to finish your PhD or recently graduated? Ready to tackle brain circuits & mouse behavior using Neuropixels/2P imaging, and live in London? We’ve got the postdoc position for you. Apply by Dec 18th before it’s gone! 🧠 #PostdocLife #ScienceJobs
087
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Justin Blau @justinblau.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
We are hiring at NYU! An Assistant Professor position between the Department of Biology and the Center for Neural Science. apply.interfolio.com/160048 Deadline Jan 8th Please re-post / re-Sky / re-Blue...just tell people
NYU campus near Washington Square
05745
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Watanabe Lab @JHU @watanabelab.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Excited to share our latest findings, now published @NatureNeuro www.nature.com/articles/s41... We found unmyelinated axons exhibit pearls-on-a-string morphology's due to their membrane mechanical properties. Threads will follow!
2023784
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Tim Behrens @behrenstimb.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
OK If we are moving to Bluesky I am rescuing my favourite ever twitter thread (Jan 2019). The renamed: Bluesky-sized history of neuroscience (biased by my interests)
14634205
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Katie Tschida @katietschida.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I'm excited to share recent work led by my PhD student Cassidy Malone, with help from Patryk Ziobro. Given numerous reports that female mice produce USVs during courtship, we tested the idea that female courtship USVs are regulated by estrous state. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
biorxiv.org
12610
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Carmen Sandi @carmensandi10.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Neuroscientists! A key message from the ALBA Network Please help us spread the word and share this with your network!!! Nominate (self-n allowed) a mid-career neuroscientist (5+ years post-PhD) for the ALBA-Roche Research Prize for Excellence in Neuroscience! 🔎http://loom.ly/_EvQvm4 🗓️20 January 2025
17175
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Gord Fishell @gordfishell.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Excited to publish a broad set of enhancers to target interneuron types in the brain, along with a broad set of collaborators. Part of the BI armamentarium. Together this will help revolutionize the targeting of brain circuits.https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.07.17.603924v2
09727
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Dr. Liz Kirby @thekirbylab.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Announcing a new open access textbook for entry level behavioral neuro. Funded by NSF. Written by a collection of 26 neuro experts. Method demonstration videos and author interviews too. Consider using it in your courses to reduce financial barriers to education. openstax.org/details/book...
Picture of textbook cover with title "Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience"
20251109
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Matthijs Dorst @mattneuro.dorst-lab.org · 21/09/2024
This randomly popped up in my feed, and I've got to share it since it's just such a "never even thought about this" kind of paper: www.cell.com/cell-reports... Neuron membrane capacitance oscillates wildly during the day?! 🧪🧠
cell.com
Daily oscillations of neuronal membrane capacitance
Severin et al. describe time-of-day changes in membrane capacitance in excitatory neurons from the visual cortex and hippocampus. Membrane capacitance is usually stable. These daily variations could p...
2214
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · 19/09/2024
Did you see this coming? Abstract categorization in a so-called sensorimotor midbrain area. Primate superior colliculus is causally engaged in abstract higher-order cognition www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroscience
nature.com
Primate superior colliculus is causally engaged in abstract higher-order cognition - Nature Neuroscience
Neuronal recordings show that primate superior colliculus encodes learned abstract visual categories. The authors demonstrate that it plays a causal role in categorization behavior, independent of its...
64717
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Liz Chrastil @chrastil.bsky.social · 16/09/2024
A few years ago I was in a position to do something unique in neuroscience. I had been working with the phenomenal @emilyjacobs.bsky.social on menopause and inspired by Laura Pritschet's menstrual study, and I was planning a pregnancy. What if we scanned my brain?? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com
Neuroanatomical changes observed over the course of a human pregnancy - Nature Neuroscience
Neural changes in pregnancy are not well understood. Here Pritschet et al. present an open-access precision brain imaging resource, mapping neuroanatomical change in an individual from preconception t...
69336
Reposted by Vanessa Stempel
Juan Gallego @juangallego.bsky.social · 09/09/2024
A lot of what we do involves producing a sequence of movements, but how the CNS does that remains elusive. A recent @elife.bsky.social paper by Mehrdad Kashefi, @andpru.bsky.social et al provides compellign behavioural evidence that we plan a few movements ahead tinyurl.com/2j22x99n #neuroskyence
elifesciences.org
Future movement plans interact in sequential arm movements
2117
Vanessa Stempel @avstempel.bsky.social · 08/09/2024
Very happy to receive an #ERC starting grant to study brainstem circuits for instinctive behaviours in mice. We're hiring postdocs and PhD students, if you're interested please email me!
0132