Ema defends his thesis
On Friday May 30th, Emanuele successfully defended his PhD thesis. As you can see from the picture, he was both struggling to balance the top-heavy hat on his head (you […]
How does visual input affect the heading direction network?
In our latest lab preprint (https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.13.628331), Ryosuke presents “visual landmarks” to larval zebrafish and shows that the heading direction (HD) network that has obsessed us recently tethers to the visual […]
Lab preprint on the anatomy of the interpeduncular nucleus
If you are just like us, you have probably spent years wondering about the structure of the interpeduncular nucleus (IPN). The wait is over! Read our new bioRxiv preprint: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.09.617353. […]
Virginia’s Graduation
Virginia is now a PhD! It is wonderful to see someone grow, succeed and become an independent scientist, and that is exactly what Virginia has done over the last 6 […]
CSHL 2023 Imaging Course
The CSHL 2023 Imaging Course was a tremendous success. Hagar, Ot and Ruben spent 3+ weeks as part of a group running the course, which had 16 students. As always, […]
Portugues Lab retreat 2023
Our lab retreat (June 18th – June 23rd) was held at the TUM research station in the Alps. We had a packed program full of scientific talks, cooking, activities, games […]
The 1st Portugues lab Fixathon!
In our lab we build our own microscopes and write our own software. This prompted us to start a new tradition in which lab members focus their energy on fixing […]
Heading Direction Network in Fish
We have recently identified a gabaergic network in the anterior hindbrain of larval zebrafish that tracks their heading within the environment. This is truly an allocentric representation: when the fish […]
1st Munich Brain Day
It was a great incredible experience to organise and be a part of the very first Munich Brain Day – an initiative, spearheaded by the Munich Center for Neurosciences and […]
Cajal behavior course satellite
We are excited to be a host satellite of the Cajal course, Modern Approaches to Behavioural Analysis. This course combines online lectures and onsite exercises with local TAs. Focusing on the tool […]