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Breadcrumb Andreas Schaefer Schaefer lab Sensory Circuits and Neurotechnology Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Vacancies Areas of interest Publications Members The neural circuits of a genetically identified olfactory bulb glomerulus labeled using volume electroporation (Schwarz et al 2018) and an electron micrograph with glomeruli outlined in orange and yellow. 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Facet Journal Publications Displaying 1 - 20 of 62Last updated : 25 April 2024 02:19 Coherent olfactory bulb gamma oscillations arise from coupling independent columnar oscillators Authors (9) Shane T Peace Benjamin C Johnson Jesse C Werth Guoshi Li Martin E Kaiser Izumi FukunagaAndreas Schaefer Alyosha C Molnar Thomas A Cleland Journal of Neurophysiology Published 1 March 2024 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details A role for MCH neuron firing in modulating hippocampal plasticity threshold Authors (2)Julia Harris Denis Burdakov Peptides Published 1 February 2024 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferDenis BurdakovFull details Looking at the human brain in detail Authors (1)Carles Bosch Pinol Biological Psychiatry Published 15 August 2023 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details Volume EM: a quiet revolution takes shape Authors (16)Lucy CollinsonCarles Bosch Pinol Anwen Bullen Jemima J BurdenRaffaella Carzaniga Cheng Cheng[...] Martyn Winn Charles Wood Ardan Patwardhan Gerard J Kleywegt Paul Verkade Nature Methods Published 1 June 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferElectron MicroscopyFull details Femtosecond laser preparation of resin embedded samples for correlative microscopy workflows in life sciences Authors (11)Carles Bosch Pinol Joerg Lindenau Alexandra PacureanuChris Peddie Marta Majkut Andrew C DouglasRaffaella Carzaniga Alexander RackLucy CollinsonAndreas Schaefer Heiko Stegmann Applied Physics Letters Published 3 April 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferElectron MicroscopyScientific computingBiological Research FacilityFull details Refinements to rodent head fixation and fluid/food control for neuroscience Authors (19) Chris Barkus Caroline Bergmann Tiago Branco Matteo Carandini Paul T Chadderton Gregorio L Galiñanes[...] Emma SJ RobinsonAndreas Schaefer Simon R Schultz Frank Sengpiel Mark J Prescott Journal of Neuroscience Methods Published 1 November 2022 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details DNGR-1-tracing marks an ependymal cell subset with damage-responsive neural stem cell potential Authors (17)Bruno Frederico Isaura Martins Diana ChapelaFrancesca Gasparrini Probir ChakravartyTobias Ackels[...]James BriscoeFrancois GuillemotAndreas Schaefer Leonor SaúdeCaetano Reis e Sousa Developmental Cell Published 22 August 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferCaetano Reis e SousaFrancois GuillemotJames BriscoeLight MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyElectron MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityFull details Getting out the caliper: Behavioral quantification of perceptual odor similarity Authors (2)Tobias AckelsAndreas Schaefer Cell Reports Methods Published 20 June 2022 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details Information about space from time: how mammals navigate the odour landscape Authors (1)Tobias Ackels Neuroforum Published 14 June 2022 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details Sample preparation and warping accuracy for correlative multimodal imaging in the mouse olfactory bulb using 2-photon, synchrotron X-ray and volume electron microscopy Authors (7)Yuxin ZhangTobias Ackels Alexandra Pacureanu Marie-Christine Zdora Anne BonninAndreas SchaeferCarles Bosch Pinol Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology Published 8 June 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferElectron MicroscopyBiological Research FacilityFull details Functional and multiscale 3D structural investigation of brain tissue through correlative in vivo physiology, synchrotron microtomography and volume electron microscopy Authors (15)Carles Bosch PinolTobias Ackels Alexandra PacureanuYuxin ZhangChris Peddie Manuel Berning[...] Anne Bonnin Christoph Rau Troy MargrieLucy CollinsonAndreas Schaefer Nature Communications Published 25 May 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferElectron MicroscopyScientific computingLight MicroscopyBiological Research FacilityFull details Neurosurgical team acceptability of brain-computer interfaces: a two-stage international cross-sectional survey Authors (7) Simon C Williams Hugo Layard Horsfall Jonathan P Funnell John G HanrahanAndreas Schaefer William Muirhead Hani J Marcus World Neurosurgery Published 1 August 2022 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details Natural VTA activity during NREM sleep influences future exploratory behavior Authors (5)Julia HarrisMihaly Kollo Andrew ErskineAndreas Schaefer Denis Burdakov iScience Published 17 June 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferDenis BurdakovExperimental HistopathologyFull details Coupling of mouse olfactory bulb projection neurons to fluctuating odor pulses Authors (4)Debanjan DasguptaTom Warner Andrew ErskineAndreas Schaefer The Journal of Neuroscience Published 25 May 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferBiological Research FacilityFull details jULIEs: nanostructured polytrodes for low traumatic extracellular recordings and stimulation in the mammalian brain Authors (13)Romeo RaczMihaly Kollo Gabriella Racz Ciprian BulzTobias AckelsTom Warner[...] Chi ChenZhiwen Ye Livia de HozEde RanczAndreas Schaefer Journal of Neural Engineering Published 28 February 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferEde RanczMaking LabTranslation teamElectron MicroscopyBiological Research FacilityFull details Sparse connectivity for MAP inference in linear models using sister mitral cells Authors (3) Sina TootoonianAndreas Schaefer Peter E Latham PLoS Computational Biology Published 31 January 2022 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details Active sensing in a dynamic olfactory world Authors (8) John Crimaldi Hong LeiAndreas Schaefer Michael Schmuker Brian H Smith Aaron C True Justus V Verhagen Jonathan D Victor Journal of Computational Neuroscience Published 1 February 2022 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details Optimising the energetic cost of the glutamatergic synapse Authors (3) Jonathan LezmyJulia Harris David Attwell Neuropharmacology Published 24 July 2021 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details Molecular characterization of projection neuron subtypes in the mouse olfactory bulb Authors (9) Sara ZeppilliTobias Ackels Robin Attey Nell Klimpert Kimberly D RitolaStefan Boeing Anton CrombachAndreas Schaefer Alexander Fleischmann eLife Published 22 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferBioinformatics and BiostatisticsScientific computingFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details Fast odour dynamics are encoded in the olfactory system and guide behaviour Authors (9)Tobias Ackels Andrew ErskineDebanjan DasguptaCristina MarinTom Warner Sina Tootoonian Izumi FukunagaJulia HarrisAndreas Schaefer Nature Published 27 May 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferBiological Research FacilityFull details Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Coherent olfactory bulb gamma oscillations arise from coupling independent columnar oscillators Authors (9) Shane T Peace Benjamin C Johnson Jesse C Werth Guoshi Li Martin E Kaiser Izumi FukunagaAndreas Schaefer Alyosha C Molnar Thomas A Cleland Journal of Neurophysiology Published 1 March 2024 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details
A role for MCH neuron firing in modulating hippocampal plasticity threshold Authors (2)Julia Harris Denis Burdakov Peptides Published 1 February 2024 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferDenis BurdakovFull details
Looking at the human brain in detail Authors (1)Carles Bosch Pinol Biological Psychiatry Published 15 August 2023 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details
Volume EM: a quiet revolution takes shape Authors (16)Lucy CollinsonCarles Bosch Pinol Anwen Bullen Jemima J BurdenRaffaella Carzaniga Cheng Cheng[...] Martyn Winn Charles Wood Ardan Patwardhan Gerard J Kleywegt Paul Verkade Nature Methods Published 1 June 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferElectron MicroscopyFull details
Femtosecond laser preparation of resin embedded samples for correlative microscopy workflows in life sciences Authors (11)Carles Bosch Pinol Joerg Lindenau Alexandra PacureanuChris Peddie Marta Majkut Andrew C DouglasRaffaella Carzaniga Alexander RackLucy CollinsonAndreas Schaefer Heiko Stegmann Applied Physics Letters Published 3 April 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferElectron MicroscopyScientific computingBiological Research FacilityFull details
Refinements to rodent head fixation and fluid/food control for neuroscience Authors (19) Chris Barkus Caroline Bergmann Tiago Branco Matteo Carandini Paul T Chadderton Gregorio L Galiñanes[...] Emma SJ RobinsonAndreas Schaefer Simon R Schultz Frank Sengpiel Mark J Prescott Journal of Neuroscience Methods Published 1 November 2022 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details
DNGR-1-tracing marks an ependymal cell subset with damage-responsive neural stem cell potential Authors (17)Bruno Frederico Isaura Martins Diana ChapelaFrancesca Gasparrini Probir ChakravartyTobias Ackels[...]James BriscoeFrancois GuillemotAndreas Schaefer Leonor SaúdeCaetano Reis e Sousa Developmental Cell Published 22 August 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferCaetano Reis e SousaFrancois GuillemotJames BriscoeLight MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyElectron MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityFull details
Getting out the caliper: Behavioral quantification of perceptual odor similarity Authors (2)Tobias AckelsAndreas Schaefer Cell Reports Methods Published 20 June 2022 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details
Information about space from time: how mammals navigate the odour landscape Authors (1)Tobias Ackels Neuroforum Published 14 June 2022 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details
Sample preparation and warping accuracy for correlative multimodal imaging in the mouse olfactory bulb using 2-photon, synchrotron X-ray and volume electron microscopy Authors (7)Yuxin ZhangTobias Ackels Alexandra Pacureanu Marie-Christine Zdora Anne BonninAndreas SchaeferCarles Bosch Pinol Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology Published 8 June 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferElectron MicroscopyBiological Research FacilityFull details
Functional and multiscale 3D structural investigation of brain tissue through correlative in vivo physiology, synchrotron microtomography and volume electron microscopy Authors (15)Carles Bosch PinolTobias Ackels Alexandra PacureanuYuxin ZhangChris Peddie Manuel Berning[...] Anne Bonnin Christoph Rau Troy MargrieLucy CollinsonAndreas Schaefer Nature Communications Published 25 May 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferElectron MicroscopyScientific computingLight MicroscopyBiological Research FacilityFull details
Neurosurgical team acceptability of brain-computer interfaces: a two-stage international cross-sectional survey Authors (7) Simon C Williams Hugo Layard Horsfall Jonathan P Funnell John G HanrahanAndreas Schaefer William Muirhead Hani J Marcus World Neurosurgery Published 1 August 2022 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details
Natural VTA activity during NREM sleep influences future exploratory behavior Authors (5)Julia HarrisMihaly Kollo Andrew ErskineAndreas Schaefer Denis Burdakov iScience Published 17 June 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferDenis BurdakovExperimental HistopathologyFull details
Coupling of mouse olfactory bulb projection neurons to fluctuating odor pulses Authors (4)Debanjan DasguptaTom Warner Andrew ErskineAndreas Schaefer The Journal of Neuroscience Published 25 May 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferBiological Research FacilityFull details
jULIEs: nanostructured polytrodes for low traumatic extracellular recordings and stimulation in the mammalian brain Authors (13)Romeo RaczMihaly Kollo Gabriella Racz Ciprian BulzTobias AckelsTom Warner[...] Chi ChenZhiwen Ye Livia de HozEde RanczAndreas Schaefer Journal of Neural Engineering Published 28 February 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferEde RanczMaking LabTranslation teamElectron MicroscopyBiological Research FacilityFull details
Sparse connectivity for MAP inference in linear models using sister mitral cells Authors (3) Sina TootoonianAndreas Schaefer Peter E Latham PLoS Computational Biology Published 31 January 2022 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details
Active sensing in a dynamic olfactory world Authors (8) John Crimaldi Hong LeiAndreas Schaefer Michael Schmuker Brian H Smith Aaron C True Justus V Verhagen Jonathan D Victor Journal of Computational Neuroscience Published 1 February 2022 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details
Optimising the energetic cost of the glutamatergic synapse Authors (3) Jonathan LezmyJulia Harris David Attwell Neuropharmacology Published 24 July 2021 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details
Molecular characterization of projection neuron subtypes in the mouse olfactory bulb Authors (9) Sara ZeppilliTobias Ackels Robin Attey Nell Klimpert Kimberly D RitolaStefan Boeing Anton CrombachAndreas Schaefer Alexander Fleischmann eLife Published 22 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferBioinformatics and BiostatisticsScientific computingFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details
Fast odour dynamics are encoded in the olfactory system and guide behaviour Authors (9)Tobias Ackels Andrew ErskineDebanjan DasguptaCristina MarinTom Warner Sina Tootoonian Izumi FukunagaJulia HarrisAndreas Schaefer Nature Published 27 May 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferBiological Research FacilityFull details