Nils Reinhard
@nils-reinhard.bsky.social
DAAD Postdoc PRIME fellow | University of Münster and Okayama University | Chronobiology
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SO HAPPY to share our new paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social! Using volumetric EM, we found daily shifts in synapses, vesicles, and mitochondria that accompany neuronal remodeling, linking structural plasticity to changes in how s-LNv neurons influence their targets
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Daily ultrastructural remodeling of clock neurons
A cluster of Drosophila clock neurons remodel their axonal arbors daily. Using volumetric
electron microscopy at different times of day, Ispizua, Rodriguez-Caron, and colleagues
reveal ultrastructural...
www.cell.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
SO HAPPY to share our new paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social! Using volumetric EM, we found daily shifts in synapses, vesicles, and mitochondria that accompany neuronal remodeling, linking structural plasticity to changes in how s-LNv neurons influence their targets
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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A tiny neural network is sufficient to control the daily rhythm of the fruit fly: New paper out in @pnas.org s.org by @nils-reinhard.bsky.social and @flyingclocks.bsky.social ingclocks.bsky.social. Only four specialized nerve cells drive the animals' endogenous clock.
go.uniwue.de/circadianclock
go.uniwue.de/circadianclock
October 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
A tiny neural network is sufficient to control the daily rhythm of the fruit fly: New paper out in @pnas.org s.org by @nils-reinhard.bsky.social and @flyingclocks.bsky.social ingclocks.bsky.social. Only four specialized nerve cells drive the animals' endogenous clock.
go.uniwue.de/circadianclock
go.uniwue.de/circadianclock
On my last day at @flyneuro.bsky.social I am happy to share my latest paper about the DN1a clock neurons and their central role within the clock network. :)
I am grateful for the nice time I had here in Würzburg and looking forward to new adventures in Okayama and Münster in the next years!
I am grateful for the nice time I had here in Würzburg and looking forward to new adventures in Okayama and Münster in the next years!
A functional clock in only two dorsal clock neurons is sufficient to restore the basal circadian activity pattern of Drosophila melanogaster | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A functional clock in only two dorsal clock neurons is sufficient to restore the basal circadian activity pattern of Drosophila melanogaster | PNAS
Circadian clocks form complex networks to orchestrate the behavior and physiology
of animals. Elucidating the organization of these clock networks ...
www.pnas.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
On my last day at @flyneuro.bsky.social I am happy to share my latest paper about the DN1a clock neurons and their central role within the clock network. :)
I am grateful for the nice time I had here in Würzburg and looking forward to new adventures in Okayama and Münster in the next years!
I am grateful for the nice time I had here in Würzburg and looking forward to new adventures in Okayama and Münster in the next years!
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Hello #neuroscience mastodon,
we have a BBSRC funded #phd position open!
A cool project utilise #drosophila transcriptome and connectome to map out the novel #sleep controlling visual pathway!
see details here:
https://www.kofanchenlab.net/come-join-us
please boost and spread the words!
we have a BBSRC funded #phd position open!
A cool project utilise #drosophila transcriptome and connectome to map out the novel #sleep controlling visual pathway!
see details here:
https://www.kofanchenlab.net/come-join-us
please boost and spread the words!
Come Join US
Fully funded PhD position available:
www.kofanchenlab.net
October 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Hello #neuroscience mastodon,
we have a BBSRC funded #phd position open!
A cool project utilise #drosophila transcriptome and connectome to map out the novel #sleep controlling visual pathway!
see details here:
https://www.kofanchenlab.net/come-join-us
please boost and spread the words!
we have a BBSRC funded #phd position open!
A cool project utilise #drosophila transcriptome and connectome to map out the novel #sleep controlling visual pathway!
see details here:
https://www.kofanchenlab.net/come-join-us
please boost and spread the words!
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The connectome of the entire male Drosophila central nervous system is out!! Acquired using FIB-SEM @ 8x8x8nm, we aligned 7.5 mio 2D images aligned into one seamless 3D volume, which was used to segment & proofread neurons and synapses. @hhmijanelia.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The connectome of the entire male Drosophila central nervous system is out!! Acquired using FIB-SEM @ 8x8x8nm, we aligned 7.5 mio 2D images aligned into one seamless 3D volume, which was used to segment & proofread neurons and synapses. @hhmijanelia.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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WE ARE HIRING!
Please spread widely!
#Postdoc in #Evolutionary #Genomics
-> www.mpg.de/25524526/
#Postdoc in #Molecular #Biology & #Cell #Signalling
-> www.mpg.de/25524509/
@mpi-evolbio.bsky.social @maxplanck.de
#ScienceJobs #EvoBio #MolBio #Ecology #Chronobiology #Marine #EntoSky #Biodiversity
Please spread widely!
#Postdoc in #Evolutionary #Genomics
-> www.mpg.de/25524526/
#Postdoc in #Molecular #Biology & #Cell #Signalling
-> www.mpg.de/25524509/
@mpi-evolbio.bsky.social @maxplanck.de
#ScienceJobs #EvoBio #MolBio #Ecology #Chronobiology #Marine #EntoSky #Biodiversity
October 9, 2025 at 6:56 AM
WE ARE HIRING!
Please spread widely!
#Postdoc in #Evolutionary #Genomics
-> www.mpg.de/25524526/
#Postdoc in #Molecular #Biology & #Cell #Signalling
-> www.mpg.de/25524509/
@mpi-evolbio.bsky.social @maxplanck.de
#ScienceJobs #EvoBio #MolBio #Ecology #Chronobiology #Marine #EntoSky #Biodiversity
Please spread widely!
#Postdoc in #Evolutionary #Genomics
-> www.mpg.de/25524526/
#Postdoc in #Molecular #Biology & #Cell #Signalling
-> www.mpg.de/25524509/
@mpi-evolbio.bsky.social @maxplanck.de
#ScienceJobs #EvoBio #MolBio #Ecology #Chronobiology #Marine #EntoSky #Biodiversity
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The female menstrual cycle was probably originally synchronized with the lunar cycle. This has changed significantly due to artificial light and smartphones, as a new study now published in the Journal Science Advances shows. go.uniwue.de/moon
September 25, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The female menstrual cycle was probably originally synchronized with the lunar cycle. This has changed significantly due to artificial light and smartphones, as a new study now published in the Journal Science Advances shows. go.uniwue.de/moon
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🎉🏅We congratulate 🌟Nils Reinhard 🌟 (University of Würzburg, Germany), winner of a FEBS Letters #PosterPrize at the European Biological Rhythms Society meeting #EBRS2025 in Lübeck, Germany! 🎉👏👏👏
@nils-reinhard.bsky.social
@nils-reinhard.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🎉🏅We congratulate 🌟Nils Reinhard 🌟 (University of Würzburg, Germany), winner of a FEBS Letters #PosterPrize at the European Biological Rhythms Society meeting #EBRS2025 in Lübeck, Germany! 🎉👏👏👏
@nils-reinhard.bsky.social
@nils-reinhard.bsky.social
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FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
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August 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
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Our new paper is out now!
We show the non-image forming role of #Rhodopsin7 in #Drosophila, expanding our understanding of #opsins beyond classical vision.
This work highlights how #Rh7 contributes to extra-retinal light sensing and plays a role in behavioral light responses.
@flyneuro.bsky.social
We show the non-image forming role of #Rhodopsin7 in #Drosophila, expanding our understanding of #opsins beyond classical vision.
This work highlights how #Rh7 contributes to extra-retinal light sensing and plays a role in behavioral light responses.
@flyneuro.bsky.social
RHODOPSIN 7: An ancient non-retinal photoreceptor for contrast vision, darkness detection, and circadian regulation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.29.667052v1
August 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Our new paper is out now!
We show the non-image forming role of #Rhodopsin7 in #Drosophila, expanding our understanding of #opsins beyond classical vision.
This work highlights how #Rh7 contributes to extra-retinal light sensing and plays a role in behavioral light responses.
@flyneuro.bsky.social
We show the non-image forming role of #Rhodopsin7 in #Drosophila, expanding our understanding of #opsins beyond classical vision.
This work highlights how #Rh7 contributes to extra-retinal light sensing and plays a role in behavioral light responses.
@flyneuro.bsky.social
When you work with insects that play a role in pollination, you sometimes get some nice surprises, like this dandelion (Taraxacum) pollen grain. Interestingly, it was stained by Hoechst, although it contains no DNA in the exine. #didn'tMakeItIntoThePaper-TooPrettyNotToBeShown #FluorescenceFriday
June 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
When you work with insects that play a role in pollination, you sometimes get some nice surprises, like this dandelion (Taraxacum) pollen grain. Interestingly, it was stained by Hoechst, although it contains no DNA in the exine. #didn'tMakeItIntoThePaper-TooPrettyNotToBeShown #FluorescenceFriday
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Two days left....
Abstract submission is opened until Sunday 15th June 2025
Clocks for Life - a life's journey in chronobiology
Farewell symposium Prof. Charlotte Helfrich-Förster
#GermanClockClub #Drosophila #CircadianClock @uni-wuerzburg.de @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social @flyneuro.bsky.social
Abstract submission is opened until Sunday 15th June 2025
Clocks for Life - a life's journey in chronobiology
Farewell symposium Prof. Charlotte Helfrich-Förster
#GermanClockClub #Drosophila #CircadianClock @uni-wuerzburg.de @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social @flyneuro.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Two days left....
Abstract submission is opened until Sunday 15th June 2025
Clocks for Life - a life's journey in chronobiology
Farewell symposium Prof. Charlotte Helfrich-Förster
#GermanClockClub #Drosophila #CircadianClock @uni-wuerzburg.de @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social @flyneuro.bsky.social
Abstract submission is opened until Sunday 15th June 2025
Clocks for Life - a life's journey in chronobiology
Farewell symposium Prof. Charlotte Helfrich-Förster
#GermanClockClub #Drosophila #CircadianClock @uni-wuerzburg.de @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social @flyneuro.bsky.social
Today's pictures are closely related to last week's picture of the onion leaf miner. I was quite surprised when, instead of flies, this pretty parasitic wasp eclosed from the pupa. Unfortunately, I was unable to identify the species. If you know the species, please let me know. 1/2
June 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Today's pictures are closely related to last week's picture of the onion leaf miner. I was quite surprised when, instead of flies, this pretty parasitic wasp eclosed from the pupa. Unfortunately, I was unable to identify the species. If you know the species, please let me know. 1/2
The second picture is of the onion leaf miner Phytomyza gymnostoma. Thanks to the infested leek plants of #CharlotteHelfrich-Förster, we had the opportunity to look at the nervous system and the PDH-ir cells of this pest fly. #didn’tMakeItIntoThePaper-TooPrettyNotToBeShown #FluorescenceFriday
June 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The second picture is of the onion leaf miner Phytomyza gymnostoma. Thanks to the infested leek plants of #CharlotteHelfrich-Förster, we had the opportunity to look at the nervous system and the PDH-ir cells of this pest fly. #didn’tMakeItIntoThePaper-TooPrettyNotToBeShown #FluorescenceFriday
Since my time as a PhD student is slowly coming to an end, I would like to take the opportunity to post a few pictures here that I took during my PhD and that fall into the #didn’tMakeItIntoThePaper-TooPrettyNotToBeShown category. #FluorescenceFriday
May 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Since my time as a PhD student is slowly coming to an end, I would like to take the opportunity to post a few pictures here that I took during my PhD and that fall into the #didn’tMakeItIntoThePaper-TooPrettyNotToBeShown category. #FluorescenceFriday
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Wir begrüßen Professorin @silkesachse.bsky.social als neue Leiterin des Lehrstuhls für #Neurobiologie und #Genetik! Sie kommt aus Jena zu uns (@mpi-ce.bsky.social) und erforscht den Geruchssinn von #Insekten.
➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/ei...
➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/ei...
May 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Wir begrüßen Professorin @silkesachse.bsky.social als neue Leiterin des Lehrstuhls für #Neurobiologie und #Genetik! Sie kommt aus Jena zu uns (@mpi-ce.bsky.social) und erforscht den Geruchssinn von #Insekten.
➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/ei...
➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/ei...
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www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/neurogenetic...
#CharlotteFörster #CharlotteHelfrich-Förster #Chronobiology #Drosophila #CircadianClock
#CharlotteFörster #CharlotteHelfrich-Förster #Chronobiology #Drosophila #CircadianClock
Verdienstmedaille für Charlotte Förster
Für herausragende Verdienste um die JMU erhielt Professorin Charlotte Förster auf dem Stiftungsfest 2025 die Julius-Maximilians-Verdienstmedaille.
www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
May 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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New paper out in @elife.bsky.social! Antarctic krill not only reacts to external environmental influences such as light or food. It also uses its internal clock to adapt to the conditions of the polar environment. @lhueppe.bsky.social @awi.de @hifmb.de ➡️ go.uniwue.de/antarctic-kr... 📷 Lukas Hüppe
May 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
New paper out in @elife.bsky.social! Antarctic krill not only reacts to external environmental influences such as light or food. It also uses its internal clock to adapt to the conditions of the polar environment. @lhueppe.bsky.social @awi.de @hifmb.de ➡️ go.uniwue.de/antarctic-kr... 📷 Lukas Hüppe
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Very interesting career perspective from Charlotte Helfrich-Förster.
A lot of very good advices for young scientists
rdcu.be/ekQat
A lot of very good advices for young scientists
rdcu.be/ekQat
Career perspective
npj Biological Timing and Sleep - In this career perspective article, the author describes her long pathway to a professorship in Germany.
rdcu.be
May 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Very interesting career perspective from Charlotte Helfrich-Förster.
A lot of very good advices for young scientists
rdcu.be/ekQat
A lot of very good advices for young scientists
rdcu.be/ekQat
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New paper out in @elife.bsky.social!
Antarctic krill use their clock to control daily rhythms of swimming activity across a wide range of photoperiods, which helps them adapt to their high-latitude habitat🌊🦐🕖☀️
Great collaboration between @uni-wuerzburg.de, @awi.de, @hifmb.de!
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Antarctic krill use their clock to control daily rhythms of swimming activity across a wide range of photoperiods, which helps them adapt to their high-latitude habitat🌊🦐🕖☀️
Great collaboration between @uni-wuerzburg.de, @awi.de, @hifmb.de!
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
A circadian clock drives behavioral activity in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and provides a potential mechanism for seasonal timing
Behavioral experiments provide strong evidence that krill swimming behavior is controlled by biological clocks throughout the year, revealing a key mechanism for adaptation to high-latitude habitats.
doi.org
May 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
New paper out in @elife.bsky.social!
Antarctic krill use their clock to control daily rhythms of swimming activity across a wide range of photoperiods, which helps them adapt to their high-latitude habitat🌊🦐🕖☀️
Great collaboration between @uni-wuerzburg.de, @awi.de, @hifmb.de!
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Antarctic krill use their clock to control daily rhythms of swimming activity across a wide range of photoperiods, which helps them adapt to their high-latitude habitat🌊🦐🕖☀️
Great collaboration between @uni-wuerzburg.de, @awi.de, @hifmb.de!
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
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"Tatsächlich fragen sich viele, ob man eine Partei, die derzeit so viel Zuspruch erfährt, überhaupt verbieten kann. Doch diese Frage geht verfassungsrechtlich am Kern dessen vorbei, was ein Parteienverbot in der Demokratie bedeutet. [...] Die Demokratie und ihre Institutionen [zu] schützen."
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May 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"Tatsächlich fragen sich viele, ob man eine Partei, die derzeit so viel Zuspruch erfährt, überhaupt verbieten kann. Doch diese Frage geht verfassungsrechtlich am Kern dessen vorbei, was ein Parteienverbot in der Demokratie bedeutet. [...] Die Demokratie und ihre Institutionen [zu] schützen."
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It‘s finally official! I am thrilled to start at the Chair of Neurobiology and Genetics at the @uni-wuerzburg.de on April 1st! I am very grateful to all my mentors, group members, collaborators and friends without whom I could not have achieved this. Please come & visit beautiful Wuerzburg soon!
March 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It‘s finally official! I am thrilled to start at the Chair of Neurobiology and Genetics at the @uni-wuerzburg.de on April 1st! I am very grateful to all my mentors, group members, collaborators and friends without whom I could not have achieved this. Please come & visit beautiful Wuerzburg soon!
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A few months ago, Yao Cai and I had the opportunity to interview the amazing Dr. Charlotte Helfrich-Förster. We asked questions about her career and life experiences. An example of scientific resilience and success. Out now in the Journal of Biological Rhythms.
t.co/v2UxlEFZme
t.co/v2UxlEFZme
https://doi.org/10.1177/07487304251316916
t.co
February 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A few months ago, Yao Cai and I had the opportunity to interview the amazing Dr. Charlotte Helfrich-Förster. We asked questions about her career and life experiences. An example of scientific resilience and success. Out now in the Journal of Biological Rhythms.
t.co/v2UxlEFZme
t.co/v2UxlEFZme