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Yannick Günzel @YGuenzel

Insect neuroethology • Decision-making • Collective behavior • Sensory processing • Postdoc in the Kronauer Lab at The Rockefeller University

Joined September 2019
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Yannick Günzel@YGuenzel
28 Jun 2024
Desert #locusts can form disastrous #swarms, threatening the food security of millions. In our new @NatureComms paper, we show how their olfactory system adapts to crowded conditions. Here is a breakdown: nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

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Rockefeller University@RockefellerUniv
2 Oct 2025
A study from @DanielKronauer's lab has revealed a new form of olfaction gene regulation that may be broadly shared across insect species—opening up a new window into studying connections between genes and social behaviors. Read a Q&A with the scientists: rockefeller.edu/news/38423-w…
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Don’t miss Sercan's paper, rewriting the rules of swarm behavior! Check it out here: science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

The behavioral mechanisms governing collective motion in swarming locusts

Collective motion, which is ubiquitous in nature, has traditionally been explained by “self-propelled particle” models from theoretical physics. Here we show, through field, lab, and virtual reality...

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Sercan Sayin@_Sercan_Sayin
28 Feb 2025
A locust swarm descended upon collective behavior! Excited to share my postdoc work with @icouzin
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🚨🦗 Virtual reality experiments revealed that a minimal cognitive framework - and not explicit neighbor alignment - drives collective motion, rewriting the rules of swarm behavior! #VR #Swarm #Science #Locust Don’t miss it; check out the paper here: science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

The behavioral mechanisms governing collective motion in swarming locusts

Collective motion, which is ubiquitous in nature, has traditionally been explained by “self-propelled particle” models from theoretical physics. Here we show, through field, lab, and virtual reality...

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Iain Couzin@icouzin
27 Feb 2025
Locust swarms call for a rewrite of the swarming rules. Take a look at our field, lab, VR and modeling study of locusts in @ScienceMagazine ! youtu.be/oBJnY4HKmeY?si=4O1I…
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TENSS@tenss_ed
19 Dec 2024
Submissions are now open for the 2025 TENSS edition! Please submit your application @ tenss.ro/apply/index.php PS: spread the word!
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Nacho Sanguinetti🥸@neuroetho
27 Oct 2024
Postdoc Fellow Opportunity‼️ Looking for a PhD in freely moving ephys to apply for this amazing Postdoc Fellows program to do wireless triple neuropixel ephys in the Agouti in the rainforests of Panama! Lets figure out what the brain does in nature 🔔please RT!
PennMindCORE@PennMindCORE
25 Sep 2024
MindCORE Postdoc Fellowship @Penn Apply by Dec 1, 2024 Designed for new(ish) PhDs in neuro, psych, ling, philo, CIS, cog sci 3 yrs salary 20K research fund More: mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/post-… Pls RT @whartonknows @PennEngGrad @AnnenbergPenn @PennLinguistics @PennBiology @PennNGG
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Katrin Vogt@KatrinVogt3
2 Oct 2024
Come and do your PhD in Konstanz - find open positions and projects here: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/66685/curr…

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Katrin Vogt@KatrinVogt3
16 Sep 2024
An exciting week of neuroscience started in Pristina #NeuroKosovo2024 Summer School for Behavioral Neuroscience organized by @UniKonstanz @CBehav professor and students
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Nina Schwarz@NinSchw
1 Aug 2024
Already found some hints at #icn2024berlin? There is still a chance to win prizes at our treasure hunt! ✨🎁 So come and say hi at today's poster session. You find me at poster number 160! 🦗💫
Visual Insect Neuroeth. @insect-vision.bsky.social@insectvision
25 Jul 2024
Replying to @insectvision
All posters will carry a little Imperia, a prominent statue in Konstanz, holding a number and a letter. The numbers give the order of the letters. Together, they pose a question. The answer of the question is the riddle's solution. Poster lineup for the clues 👇#icn2024berlin
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🚨🔬 Paper alert! Are you interested in functional #calcium #imaging and how we managed to segment thousands of microglomeruli in the #locust antennal lobe? Check out #CalciSeg and our new paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage…
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Do you want to know more? Come to our posters today at #icn2024berlin PS2.029 (@mpao82) PS2.085 (@HannesKuebler) PS2.160 (@NinSchw) or find us over some coffee ☕
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You can find the code here: github.com/YannickGuenzel/Ca…

GitHub - YannickGuenzel/CalciSeg: A versatile approach for unsupervised segmentation of calcium...

A versatile approach for unsupervised segmentation of calcium imaging data - YannickGuenzel/CalciSeg

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Sercan Sayin@_Sercan_Sayin
28 Jul 2024
Berlin is getting warmer. Just the right temperatures for locust invasion. Berlin, beware! #icn2024berlin @neuroethology PS2.185 The regulation of collective motion in desert locusts.
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PS2.185 The regulation of collective motion in desert locusts. Sercan Sayin @_Sercan_Sayin
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PS2.160 Emerging from solitude: Understanding behavioural transitions of desert locusts through visual and olfactory stimuli. Nina Schwarz @NinSchw
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PS2.085 Hopper by name, hopper by nature: investigating the locust startle response using whole-brain functional imaging. Hannes Kübler @HannesKuebler
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This year's ICN is going to be a blast 🦗💥 I'm presenting our latest study on crowding-induced modulation of the #locust olfactory system 👉doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-4… Check out all of our posters and win the treasure hunt! @CBehav @MPI_animalbehav @UniKonstanz

Synergistic olfactory processing for social plasticity in desert locusts

Nature Communications - Swarms of desert locusts form via crowding-induced plasticity from solitary to gregarious lifestyles. Synergistic processing of food and social odors informs foraging...

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Visual Insect Neuroeth. @insect-vision.bsky.social@insectvision
25 Jul 2024
🧵🚨The Konstanz Neuroethology swarm is coming to Berlin #icn2024berlin @neuroethology 🦋🐝🦗🪰🕷️🐟🐉 We will exclusively present posters, and spice it up with a treasure hunt🔍. Visit all posters (lineup👇), solve the riddle (see 🧵👇) and win a prize🏆!
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Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour@CBehav
8 Jul 2024
Heuschrecken können auch im Schwarm hervorragend riechen! Very interesting interview with our two doctoral students @pe_inga and @YGuenzel from @UniKonstanz in #SWRwissen #SWR about their latest #locust study. swr.de/swrkultur/wissen/stud…
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Desert #locusts can form disastrous #swarms, threatening the food security of millions. In our new @NatureComms paper, we show how their olfactory system adapts to crowded conditions. Here is a breakdown: nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

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Our study offers insights into locust #decision-making during foraging, linking behavioral preferences and physiological observations. Locusts' social & behavioral plasticity makes them ideal for future #neuroethology research.
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Special thanks to @imprs_qbee , @UniKonstanz , @MPI_animalbehav , and @CBehav
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