Schnaitmann Lab - Neural Basis of Colour Vision
University of Mainz

Research
Our lab is using a multi-level approach to understand how neural circuits process sensory information and generate innate as well as learned behaviour. We focus on Drosophila colour vision and combine neurogenetic tools, in vivo two-photon calcium imaging and colour discrimination assays.

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News
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Lab trip to Kloster Eberbach
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Monika just started her 3-month Erasmus+ project
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PhD position available: “Colour processing in time and space”
13 Sep , 2022
Publications
Pagni, M., Haikala, V., Oberhauser, V., Meyer, P., Reiff, D.F., and Schnaitmann, C. (2021). Interaction of ‘chromatic’ and
‘achromatic’ circuits in color opponent processing. Current Biology 31, 1687-1698.e4
Schnaitmann, C., Pagni, M., and Reiff, D.F. (2020). Color vision in insects: insights from Drosophila. J Comp Physiol A 206, 183–198.
Schnaitmann, C., Haikala, V., Abraham, E., Oberhauser, V., Thestrup, T., Griesbeck, O., and Reiff, D.F. (2018). Color Processing
in the Early Visual System of Drosophila. Cell 172, 318–330.
Aso, Y., Sitaraman, D., Ichinose, T., Kaun, K. R., Vogt, K., Belliart-Guérin, G., Plaçais, P.-Y., Robie, A. A., Yamagata, N., Schnaitmann, C., Rowell, W.J., Johnston, R.M., Ngo, T.-T.B., Chen, N., Korff, W., Nitabach, M.N., Heberlein, U., Preat, T., Branson, K.M., Tanimoto, H., Rubin, G.M. (2014). Mushroom body output neurons encode valence and guide memory-based action selection in Drosophila. eLife, e04580.
Vogt, K.*, Schnaitmann, C.*, Dylla, K. V., Knapek, S., Aso, Y., Rubin, G. M., and Tanimoto, H. (2014). Shared mushroom body circuits underlie
visual and olfactory memories in Drosophila. eLife, e02395. *equal contribution
Schnaitmann, C., Garbers, C., Wachtler, T., and Tanimoto, H. (2013). Colour discrimination with
broadband photoreceptors. Current Biology 23, 2375–2382.
Schnaitmann, C., Vogt, K., Triphan, T., Tanimoto, H. (2010). Appetitive and aversive visual learning
in freely moving Drosophila. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 4, 10.
Contact us
We are located at the Institute of Developmental Biology and Neurobiology (iDN) of the Johannes-Gutenberg-University Mainz.
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Johannes-Gutenberg-University Mainz
Institute of Developmental Biology and Neurobiology
Hanns-Dieter-Hüsch-Weg 15
55128 Mainz
Germany
phone: +49 6131 39 24470
mail: cschnait@uni-mainz.de