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Christopher Noack

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Fundamental aspects of neural circuit evolution and development. Focused on early developmental stages. PostDoc in the Technau Lab @univie.ac.at

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Might ask him about a signed piece of his famous writing

06.02.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Now Open: E-STEEM Postdoc Call 2026

20+ fully funded 4 year-postdoc positions for females in STEM (and Economics) at the University of Vienna.
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
Application Deadline: March 2, 2026
Select your desired Host. Anyone interested in my lab, please get in touch.

09.01.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you’re applying to your dream lab for an internship/PhD/postdoc, always send a second email 1-2 weeks after the first one if you don’t hear back.

I promise we will be grateful rather than annoyed. My email inbox is a disaster and I’m quite junior - and very few of us have secretarial support

04.10.2025 05:47 πŸ‘ 166 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Interesting!

15.08.2025 12:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dear colleagues, even if you are short in time, take a look at Figure 5B. Quote from the discussion: "First and foremost, we need to separate the different tasks required of a just accountability system: detection, investigation, and sanctioning."

06.08.2025 06:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A do-or-die moment for the scientific enterprise Reflecting on our paper β€œThe entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly”

Today, our article "The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly" is finally published in PNAS. I hope that it proves to be a wake-up-call for the whole scientific community.

reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...

04.08.2025 20:46 πŸ‘ 338 πŸ” 205 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 44
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Einblicke in die Geburt des Nervensystems Nervennetz organisiert sich wΓ€hrend der Embryonalentwicklung selbst und wird dabei von Umweltfaktoren wie dem Mikrobiom beeinflusst

www.uni-kiel.de/de/detailans...

17.07.2025 09:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If application rates between men and woman are that different, it is a problem.
Positions should not be favoured by gender, no matter where, it should be given to the best fitting candidate especially in academia

17.06.2025 06:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Just dropped a new preprint! 🧠✨ We did some exciting comparative connectomics and uncovered new insights into how neural circuits evolve. Check it out πŸ‘‡ #neuroscience #connectomics #preprint #evolution

12.06.2025 13:31 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Uli!

10.06.2025 08:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@christophgiez.bsky.social @omerza.bsky.social @bramkamplab.bsky.social @crc1182.bsky.social

06.06.2025 10:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Assembly of a functional neuronal circuit in embryos of an ancestral metazoan is influenced by temperature and the microbiome | PNAS Understanding how neural populations emerge to give rise to behavior is a major goal in neuroscience. Here, we explore the self-assembly of neural ...

I am excited to share our new publication in @pnas.org on the de novo nerve net assembly in Hydra embryos showing that neural circuits self-assemble through activity-driven processes, modulated by temperature and the microbiome. Thanks to all colleagues involved here! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

06.06.2025 10:24 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thomas Bosch zum Leopoldina-Mitglied ernannt Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften ehrt CAU-Professor fΓΌr die Erforschung der Wirts-Mikroben-Beziehungen

Die Leopoldina beruft Prof. Thomas Bosch, Zell- und Entwicklungsbiologie an der #UniKiel, zu ihrem neuen Mitglied. Die Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften ehrt ihn fΓΌr herausragende Leistungen in der Erforschung der Wirts-Mikroben-Beziehungen und ihrer Bedeutung fΓΌr Gesundheit und Krankheit:

09.05.2025 12:44 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Redirecting

About 100 years the Mangold-Spemann organizer was published and this has been one of the most fruitful and inspiring concepts in Developmental Biology. But how can organizers self-organize? In this review we summarize the knowledge how cnidarians do that: doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...

30.04.2025 12:03 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Cnidarians are among the earliest animals to possess a nervous system. If you're interested in how neuronal circuits emerge and assemble in Hydra embryos, find me at the #NWG2025 @neurowissg.bsky.social conference and check out my poster on Saturday! (T23-3D). #Cnidaria #Hydra

25.03.2025 19:04 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.

US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.

https://go.nature.com/4kd1vIu

25.02.2025 21:53 πŸ‘ 674 πŸ” 286 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 26
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A whole-body atlas of BMP signaling activity in an adult sea anemone - BMC Biology Background BMP signaling is responsible for the second body axis patterning in Bilateria and in the bilaterally symmetric members of the bilaterian sister clade Cnidariaβ€”corals and sea anemones. Howev...

Our atlas of BMP signaling activity in adult Nematostella is finally out! Fantastic, meticulous work and beautiful illustrations by @paulknabl.bsky.social
Thanks, @fwf-at.bsky.social for funding our work!
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

21.02.2025 18:53 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Ectopic head regeneration after nervous system ablation in a sea anemone Some animals are able to regenerate all missing cell types and large body parts after bisection, a phenomenon called whole-body regeneration. Many of these animals regenerate the correct tissues and s...

We posted our surprising finding that removal of the nervous system in Nematostella always leads to the regeneration of a second head.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

05.02.2025 07:24 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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7 PhD positions in Translational Evolutionary Research available @uni-kiel.de
Application deadline is March 27, 2025
Please spread the word!
www.kec.uni-kiel.de/news_events/...

31.01.2025 13:58 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 5
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Inherent differential microbial assemblages and functions associated with corals exhibiting different thermal phenotypes Key multidomain microbial members of thermal resistant corals represent putative avenues for conservation strategies.

new work: deep dive into microbiome differences of coral exhibiting thermally resilient & susceptible phenotypes, long time coming, great team effort @unikonstanz.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #coral #bleaching #microbiome

18.01.2025 17:26 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Illustration: eine Person wirft ein X in eine MΓΌlltonne

Illustration: eine Person wirft ein X in eine MΓΌlltonne

Zeit, neue Wege zu gehen: Gemeinsam mit mehr als 60 weiteren Hochschulen und Forschungsinstitutionen verlassen wir heute X – und starten dafΓΌr hier! idw-online.de/de/news845520 #eXit #WissXit #ByeByeX #QuitX | ©️: HHU/Paul Schwaderer

10.01.2025 09:22 πŸ‘ 355 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 7
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There’s little evidence of a β€˜brain microbiome’ | Letter Letters: Prof Mark Pallen, Dr Aimee Parker, Prof Nick Loman and Prof Alan Walker take issue with an article that discussed the existence of a brain microbiome and its impact on diseases

An important read for all microbiome researchers #microbiomania www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

20.12.2024 15:28 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Finally, the major part of my PhD is now available as preprint showing the de novo assembly of a functioning neural population in Hydra embryos!

18.12.2024 14:38 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0