photo of a Nisitrus vittatus male
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 AbendrothNew 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 NowotnyWe are now on BlueSky (@soundlabjena.bsky.social) and ended our twitter account!
We had a great time at the NWG meeting in Göttingen.
NWG_2025
Image: Prof. Dr. Manuela NowotnyEffects of insecticides
Our new study on the impact of insecticides on auditory processing is online in JCPA (Link: https://link.springer.comExternal link)!
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Image: Marcelo ChristianIulia won the poster award at the Morphology meeting in Kiel 2025
poster award at the Morphology in Kiel 2025
Image: Iulia BarutiaWe had a wonderful Christmas Party!
AK Tierphysiologie Weihnachtsfeier 2024
Image: Dr. Manuela NowotnyIulia won the first price for the best student talk at the DZG 2024
1st Iulia Barutia lecture award at the DZG
Image: Iulia BarutiaRoxana Taszus defended her dissertation on form and function in hearing with great success.
Defending your dissertation
Image: Prof. Dr. Manuela NowotnyISN - 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).
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Image: Prof. Dr. Manuela NowotnyMOH – 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 Nowotny
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.
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 NowotnyNew 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 Vavakou
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.
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)"
NeuroSenseEar
Image: Dr Stefan SchoeneichGreat news!!
Our #NeuroSensEarExternal link 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 @UniJenaExternal link @TU_IlmenauExternal link @soundLabJenaExternal link
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.
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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
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
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
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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Postersession at 46th ARO MidWinter MeetingRoxana Taszus in front of her Poster at the 46th ARO MidWinter Meeting in Orlando, Florida
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.
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.
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 Nowotny
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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Back to the field work with students in 2022.
Image: Prof. Dr. Manuela NowotnyBack to field work.
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."
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.
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"
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.