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DZG - Meeting - Posterpräsentation
photo of a Nisitrus vittatus male
September 2025
IBAC meeting in Kerteminde
Zeltzin had a great time at the International Bioacoustic Congress (IBAC meeting) in Kerteminde, Denmark and presented there her data on Locust acoustic signaling.
Posterpräsentation from Zelztin
Image: Zeltzin Vazquez HernandezDZG - Meeting of the German Zoological Society in Berlin
And the Poster award goes to....
The poster award for the best morphology poster at the DZG goes to …. Henja Wehmann!
Posterpräsentation
Image: Prof. Dr. M. NowotnyDZG – Meeting of the German Zoological Society in Berlin, Iulia Barutia, Marcelo Christian, Henja Wehmann and Manuela Nowotny participated the DZG meeting in Berlin. We had a great time with our poster and talks.
May 2025
Visitors from UK
Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting visitors from the UK at our institute. It was a wonderful opportunity to exchange ideas and strengthen our collaborative ties. To celebrate the end of their visit, we organized a barbecue, enjoying good food and great company as we bid our guests farewell.
visitors from uk and a tasty barbecue with your colleagues
Image: Steven AbendrothMarch 2025
New Job Offer! – How insects sense vibrations
In collaboration with the MPI for Chemical Ecology, we offer a PhD position. Click on the Link for more information: https://www.ice.mpg.deExternal link
New Job Offer!
Image: Prof. Dr. Manuela NowotnyFrom Twitter to BlueSky
We are now on BlueSky (@soundlabjena.bsky.socialExternal link) and ended our twitter account!
We had a great time at the NWG meeting in Göttingen.
NWG_2025
Image: Prof. Dr. Manuela NowotnyFebruary 2025
Effects of insecticides
Our new study on the impact of insecticides on auditory processing is online in JCPA (Link: https://link.springer.comExternal link)!
Effects of insecticides - plots
Image: Marcelo ChristianAnd the Poster award goes to....
Iulia won the poster award at the Morphology meeting in Kiel 2025
poster award at the Morphology in Kiel 2025
Image: Iulia BarutiaDezember 2024
We had a wonderful Christmas Party!
AK Tierphysiologie Weihnachtsfeier 2024
Image: Dr. Manuela NowotnySeptember 2024
Iulia won the first price for the best student talk at the DZG 2024
1st Iulia Barutia lecture award at the DZG
Image: Iulia BarutiaAugust 2024
Roxana Taszus defended her dissertation on form and function in hearing with great success.
Defending your dissertation
Image: Prof. Dr. Manuela NowotnyJuly 2024
ISN - Congress for Neuroethology in Berlin
Iulia Barutia, Marcelo Christian, Henja Wehmann and Manuela Nowotny participated the Neuroethology meeting in Berlin. We had a great time with our poster and own symposium (together with Hannah ter Hofstete, Natasha Matre and Johannes Strauß).
Sypmosium_ICN
Image: Prof. Dr. Manuela NowotnyJune 2024
MOH – Mechanics of Hearing Ann Arbor, Michigan
I had a great time at the MOH Meeting and I enjoined the scientific exchange.
participants of the Mechanics of Hearing at the banquet
Image: Prof. Dr. Manuela NowotnyMay 2024
Portrait von Dr. Henja Wehmann
Image: Dr. Henja-Niniane WehmannWelcome Dr. Henja-Niniane Wehmann
We welcome our new Postdoc Dr. Henja-Niniane Wehmann. She is an expert in insect wings and flight activity. Now in our lab, she started to work with Optical Coherence Tomographic system and the hearing in locusts.
April 2024
We had a great time in Jena to discuss with our collaboration partners form the NeuroSensEarExternal link project our ideas.
Treffen NeuroSensEar
Image: Prof. Dr. Manuela NowotnyMarch 2024
New Job Offer! – How ants sense vibrations
In collaboration with the MPI for Chemical Ecology, we offer a PhD position. Click on the Link for more information: https://www.ice.mpg.de/319526/Project-31External link
New Paper!
In collaboration with Anna Vavakou and Marcel vd Hejiden, we published frequency-deepened elliptical motion of the sensory cells in a bushcricket ear.
Link: https://pubs.aip.org/aip/acp/article/3062/1/060010/3267456External link
Anna Paper Ellipsen Graphic
Image: Anna VavakouFebruary 2024
Iulia Barutia best talk on the DZG in Darmstadt
Image: Iulia BarutiaCongratulation for the best talk to Iulia on the DZG morphology meeting in Darmstadt.
January 2024
Our new study on neuronal processing in the prothoracic ganglion in bushcrickets is online in JEB (link: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.245497External link)! With a new method of a multielectrodes array, we monitor the signals in the ganglion.
November 2023
Picture PhD student Iulia Barutia
Image: Prof Dr Manuela NowotnyWelcome Iulia Barutia
We welcome our new PhD student Iulia Barutia. She is a member in the IMPRS of the MPI of Chemical Ecology in Jena. We already had a great time on OCT measurements with Marcel, Ben and Teb.
Stellenausschreibung
Image: Prof. Dr. Manuela NowotnyZum 1. März 2024 suchen wir eine(n) Wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in im Bereich Sinnesbiologie
Wir sind ein sinnesbiologisches Labor, das auf dem Gebiet der Hörforschung arbeitet. Themen unseres interdisziplinären Teams umfassen die Gebiete Elektrophysiologie, Mechanik, Verhalten und Morphologie. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt liegt auf neuroethologischen Fragestellungen.
Bewerbungen sind möglich über diesen link (https://jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/4ccd23270897ef4e115f8ab76875e895c7a9cbcc0External link)"
June 2023
NeuroSenseEar
Image: Dr Stefan SchoeneichGreat news!!
Our #NeuroSensEar project will be supported by the Carl-Zeiss Foundation. Developing improved hearing aids by new sensors and auditory processing inspired by neuronal coding of insect networks @UniJena @TU_Ilmenau @soundLabJena
Group of students at a fieldwork practical day.
Image: Dr. Stefan SchöneichFieldwork Practical treaning with students about acoustic diversity
@soundlabJenaExternal link going outdoors: We had a very fun day, investigating the acoustic diversity around Jena together with undergrads. We even managed to find some singing field crickets.
May 2023
Animalphysiology is now on Twitter - Twitter is canceled: Now on BlueSky @soundLabJena
@Soundlabjena
We have our own twitter-account. So please follow us for more Information about our work, lab and colleagues.
March 2023
NWG - 15th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Scociety
Manuela Nowotny, Annette Stange-Marten, Marcello Christian and Michelle Kraft participated the 15th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Scociety from March 22-24, 2023.
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Annette, Marcelo, Stefan and Michelle hearing a talk
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Having fun in a pub in Göttingen during the 15th Göttingen meeting of the German Neuroscience Society.
Image: Prof. Dr. Manuela Nowotny
ISV in Lincoln, UK
Invertebrate Sound and Vibration Meeting in Lincoln, UK
After six years of absence the Invertebrate sound and vibration meeting took place in beautiful Lincoln, UK. Manuela and Marcelo attended this inspiring conference presenting their work. Probably the best place to be this weekend if you`re into invertebrates producing and perceiving sound.
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New Job Offer!
In collaboration with the MPI for Chemical Ecology, we offer a PhD position. Click on the Link for more information:
https://www.ice.mpg.de/319526/Project-31External link
We welcomed a new guest from Australia
Picture of Travers M Sansom in our lab.
Image: Travers M Sansom13th of March
Today we welcomed a new guest student from Australia - Travers M Sansom. He is doing some research with Dr. Toni Wöhrl in our lab and will staying with us for three months
February 2023
Travers Sansom arrived in the lab. Her is a PhD student from the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology of the University of Technology Sydney. Together with Toni Wöhrl he will investigate ants in motion.
46th ARO MidWinter Meeting
Annette, Roxana and Manuela joint the 46th ARO MidWinter Meeting in Orlando Florida. We were excited to present our latest’s results in vertebrate and invertebrate hearing and to enjoy the warm sun.
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Image: Prof. Dr. Manuela Nowotny Postersession at 46th ARO MidWinter MeetingRoxana Taszus in front of her Poster at the 46th ARO MidWinter Meeting in Orlando, Florida
November 2022
Vincenz Regeler joins the lab for his final thesis. He will investigate the movement pattern and biomechanics of insect legs. We were excited to present our latest’s results in vertebrate and invertebrate hearing and to enjoy the warm sun.
October 2022
Our Group at the 3rd African Bioacoustics Conference, Skukuza, South Africa, Kruger National Park.
Image: Steven Abendroth3rd African Bioacoustics Community Conference
Dr. Stefan Schöneich, Marcelo Christian, Roxana Taszus, and Steven Abendroth attended the 3rd African Bioacoustics Community Conference, in Skukuza, South Africa, Kruger National Park. Marcello presenting a poster titled "Does size matter? - A study on correlations between calling song and body size parameters within and across cricket populations". Roxana Taszus presented a poster titled "The Shape of Water - adaptations of cochlear morphology in seals and otters to a semi-aquatic life". And Stefan Schöneich gave a talk about "Neural basis of the evolution of a novel communication system in a group of eneopterine crickets". It was a beautiful place for the 3rd African Bioacoustics Community Conference with a lot of interesting talks, posters and many sympathic participants.
August 2022
Natural history museum in Paris
Image: Christian, MarceloVisit at the natural history museum in Paris
Dr. Stefan Schöneich and Marcelo Christian had the chance to visit Dr. Tony Robillard´s lab and the gallery of evolution in Paris. We had a great time, many thanks to Tony and his colleagues for their hospitality.
Christian, Marcelo in front of his Poster
Image: Christian, MarceloFinally, first in-person conference after 3 years
After being postponed by 2 years, the 14th International Congress of Neuroethology (ICN) took place at the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal. Dr. Stefan Schöneich and Marcelo Christian attended the ICN 2022, presenting a poster titled "Does size matter? - A study on correlations between calling song and body size parameters within and across cricket populations". It was an inspiring and joyful event, and one could sense the need for socializing in the scientific community after all this time.
July 2022
Participants of the Mechanics of Hearing in Danmark
Image: Dr. Manuela NowotnyMechanics of Hearing Conference in Denmark
It was great to be of the Mechanics of Hearing Conference in Denmark. Home - Mechanics of Hearing Workshop 2020 (dtu.dk)External link
Defense of Anna Vavakou
It was great to be at the defense of Anna Vavakou dissertation in Rotterdam. She made it with the highest degree of her university. Fantastic collaboration and an amazing work.
Doctoral defense of Anna Vavakou
Image: Dr. Manuela NowotnyToni Wöhrl defended his dissertation
Dr. Toni Woehrl sitting in front of the Hanfried statue.
Image: Roxana TaszusDr. Toni Woehrl graduated with his doctoral thesis on the 19th of July.
Toni Wöhrl defended his dissertation on Tuesday the 19th of July with amazing success.
Dr. Toni Woehrl throws a wreath over the Hanfried statue
Image: Steven AbendrothHis work on insect locomotion, specifically the geometry of ant gaits, brought new insights into kinemtaics to the table. The newly developed high-speed camera technology allowed for observations in 3D, where previous studies were limited to 2D analyses.
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June 2022
Back to the field work with students in 2022.
Image: Prof. Dr. Manuela NowotnyBack to field work.
May 2022
Paul Wilknitz, Michelle Kraft, Theresa Erber, Charlotte Mudter
Image: Steven AbendrothNew Bachelorstudents
"We welcome four new bachelor students in our lab, Paul Wilknitz, Michelle Kraft, Theresa Erber, Charlotte Mudter . We are happy that these students support us in our research on insect communication."
March 2022
New Job Offer!
In collaboration with the MPI for Chemical Ecology, we offer a PhD position:
Tweet by Tony Robillard
Image: Dr. Stefan SchöneichEneopterology Workshop
Together with Tony Robillard and Hannah ter Hofstede we organized our first International Worshop on Eneopterology. Two fantastic days with passionate exchange of ideas inspiring new reseach projects. Already looking forward to our next eneopterology meeting in autumn - hopefully then at least partly in-person in a hybrid format.
December 2021
Marcelo Christian
Image: Lili CadavidWelcome
We welcome Marcelo Christian as a new member of our group. As a doctoral student he will work together with Dr. Schöneich on the DFG- sponsored research project: "Intraspecific communication for mate finding in insects: Neural modifications underlying its evolution in eneopterine crickets and its susceptibility to neonicotinoid insecticides"
September 2021
Valeria Fattoruso
Image: Valeria Fattoruso2nd september, 2021
Today we welcomed a new guest student from Italy - Valeria Fattoruso. She is doing her PhD in the lab of Sebastian OberstExternal link (Sydney) and will staying with us for three months to learn different biomechanical techniques.
July 2021
Dr. Schöneich secured funding from the DFG to investigate the evolution, neuroethology and neuropharmacology of cricket communication.
May 2021
Anna Wegner join the lab for her Bachelor thesis about cricket song production.
Patrik Hille join the lab for his final thesis. He will develop a protocol for the use of backyard brainsExternal link devises in teaching.