prh, Author at Hiesinger Lab

Instrumentation Grant Award: new multiphoton microscope awarded (Apr. 2025; DFG 91b)

By prh April 26, 2025Awards, Grants, News

In preparation for a second funding period of our Research consortium 'FOR5289 RobustCircuit - From Imprecision to Robustness in Neural Circuit Assembly' we are proud to have been awarded a…

New research paper on self-organization of brain wiring in Science (Mar. 2024).

By prh March 2, 2024News, Publications

Axonal self-sorting without target guidance in Drosophila visual map formation Egemen Agi # 1 , Eric T Reifenstein # 2 , Charlotte Wit 1 , Teresa Schneider 1 , Monika Kauer 1 , Melinda Kehribar 1 , Abhishek…

New Review Article on Synaptic Promiscuity in Brain Development (Feb. 2024)

By prh February 8, 2024News, Publications

Curr Biol. 2024 Feb 5;34(3):R102-R116. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.12.037. Synaptic promiscuity in brain development Neele Wolterhoff 1 , P Robin Hiesinger 2 Affiliations PMID: 38320473 PMCID: PMC10849093 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.12.037 Free PMC article Abstract…

Grant Award (Jul. 2023): DFG Postdoctoral Fellowship for Neele Wolterhoff

By prh July 25, 2023Awards, Grants, News

Congratulations to Dr. Neele Wolterhoff for securing independent postdoctoral funding through the German Research Foundation Walter Benjamin Program! Neele's project is entitled 'The art of the sppring: axo-dendritic morophogenesis underlying…

Review Article on Turnover of Synaptic Adhesion molecules

By prh March 2, 2023News, Publications

Molecular interactions between pre- and postsynaptic membranes play critical roles during the development, function and maintenance of synapses. Synaptic interactions are mediated by cell surface receptors that may be held…

PhD Suchetana Dutta – Congratulations!

By prh February 2, 2023Graduations, News

Suchetana successfully defended her PhD at the same time as she published her wonderful paper. Under co-supervision with Bassem Hassan in our RobustCircuit project, she did all her work with…

New research paper on synapse stabilization by suppression of membrane degradation

By prh January 13, 2023News, Publications

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…

Job Opportunities in the Hiesinger Lab and RobustCircuit Consortium

By prh July 26, 2022Jobs

We are actively recruiting for positions at all levels, including: an administrative assistant for the Research Unit Robustcircuit. Official Job ad here: https://jobs.tagesspiegel.de/job/detail/beschaeftigte-r-m-w-d.910938675.htmlA PhD student position together with Bassem Hassan's…

PhD Charlotte Wit – Congrats!

By prh July 26, 2022Graduations

Congratulations to Dr. Wit for a wonderful defense on June 24! Paper to follow ;)

Upcoming Public Lectures

By prh July 5, 2022News, Presentations

August 16, 2022: Gordon Research Conference 'Visual System Development, Southbirdge, MA, USA. 'Target-Independent Visual Map Formation in Drosophila'. September 7, 2022: NeuroFly 2022, St. Malo, France. 'Visual Map Formation in…