We are hiring postdocs to work on representational drift and network dynamics (ERC-funded project using calcium imaging /neuropixels). If you are interested, please get in touch! Here is the link to the official job ad: www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/up...

Excited to share that our IN-CODE interneuron research is featured in NANO, the science program from ZDF! Big thanks to Max Lebsanft and @mbartos.bsky.social for bringing neuroscience to a wider audience! www.zdf.de/video/magazi...

Happy and honoured to receive an ERC Consolidator Grant for our research on representational drift! Postdocs interested to join this journey (ideally with prior experience in in vivo ephys/imaging): please get in touch, there will be openings soon…

Fantastic symposium on circuit function last week here at CIPMM. Thanks to our guests Kristina Lippmann, Magdalene Schlesiger, Fiona Muellner and @juliaveit.bsky.social for sharing their latest on synaptic function, interneuron & pyramidal cell networks and long-range communication.

See below for the latest results from the lab! Led by @susannebabl.bsky.social with support from @dfg.de and @for5159.bsky.social

Engaging poster session at the IN-Code retreat. Thanks to our SAB members and all researchers of the CRC for their interest! All students did a great job presenting their projects. @mbartos.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social

New paper out! We found functional neuron classes in the mPFC with different spatial tuning properties (generalised vs. trajectory-specific) and distinct contribution to the encoding of task space. Great job by the first author Hannah! www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Representational drift in CA1? We find hidden features of stability in the internal geometry of population activity, which might help to maintain a stable downstream readout. Now preprinted thanks to a great collaboration w/ @olechsylte.bsky.social , @antjekilias.bsky.social and Marlene Bartos. 👇

Our new preprint on long-term low-frequency stimulation in MTLE is online. We show that LFS has lasting effects on seizures even during stimulation-free periods and induces ultrastructural changes at the PP synapse.

I am honoured to join Saarland University as Professor of Physiology in February 2025. My department will focus on the network mechanisms of learning, with particular interest in synaptic function & computations of large neuronal populations. We are hiring, so feel free to get in touch!