Adrian Wanner
@adrianawanner.bsky.social
SERI-funded #ERCStG Group Leader at PSI https://structuralneurobiology.ch, CV Starr Fellow at Princeton Neuroscience Institute, founder of https://ariadne.ai
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For a decade, my white whale as a neuroscientist has been working to convince public+private funders to "go big" on post-mortem human tissue analysis, so we can define circuit disruptions in disease and just maybe link them with molecular drivers. This remains as tough a sell today as 10 years ago.
November 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
For a decade, my white whale as a neuroscientist has been working to convince public+private funders to "go big" on post-mortem human tissue analysis, so we can define circuit disruptions in disease and just maybe link them with molecular drivers. This remains as tough a sell today as 10 years ago.
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Enthusiastic about connectomics and X-rays?
Several positions in our group at Crick for postdocs and senior scientists (permanent!).
DM me if interested – and let’s talk if you are at Sfn next days or at the NIH BRAIN CONNECTS meeting today!
Please share!
Several positions in our group at Crick for postdocs and senior scientists (permanent!).
DM me if interested – and let’s talk if you are at Sfn next days or at the NIH BRAIN CONNECTS meeting today!
Please share!
November 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Enthusiastic about connectomics and X-rays?
Several positions in our group at Crick for postdocs and senior scientists (permanent!).
DM me if interested – and let’s talk if you are at Sfn next days or at the NIH BRAIN CONNECTS meeting today!
Please share!
Several positions in our group at Crick for postdocs and senior scientists (permanent!).
DM me if interested – and let’s talk if you are at Sfn next days or at the NIH BRAIN CONNECTS meeting today!
Please share!
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Excited to share my most recent postdoctoral work in the Jeanne lab @yaleneuro.bsky.social !
“Sensory processing reformats odor coding around valence and dynamics”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We ask: how is a sensory code transformed across multiple stages of processing to inform behavior?
“Sensory processing reformats odor coding around valence and dynamics”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We ask: how is a sensory code transformed across multiple stages of processing to inform behavior?
Sensory processing reformats odor coding around valence and dynamics
Extracting relevant features of a complex sensory signal typically involves sequential processing through multiple brain regions. However, identifying the logic and mechanisms of these transformations...
www.biorxiv.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Excited to share my most recent postdoctoral work in the Jeanne lab @yaleneuro.bsky.social !
“Sensory processing reformats odor coding around valence and dynamics”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We ask: how is a sensory code transformed across multiple stages of processing to inform behavior?
“Sensory processing reformats odor coding around valence and dynamics”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We ask: how is a sensory code transformed across multiple stages of processing to inform behavior?
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I am happy to share that the main story of my PhD is now available as a preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We analyses over 8500 neurons in a songbird basal ganglia dataset.
To explore this and two other stories more interactively, also check out our website!
www.songbird-connectomics.org
We analyses over 8500 neurons in a songbird basal ganglia dataset.
To explore this and two other stories more interactively, also check out our website!
www.songbird-connectomics.org
The songbird basal ganglia connectome
The basal ganglia (BG) play an essential role in shaping vertebrate behavior, ranging from motor learning to emotions, but comprehensive maps of their canonical synaptic architecture are missing. In m...
www.biorxiv.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I am happy to share that the main story of my PhD is now available as a preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We analyses over 8500 neurons in a songbird basal ganglia dataset.
To explore this and two other stories more interactively, also check out our website!
www.songbird-connectomics.org
We analyses over 8500 neurons in a songbird basal ganglia dataset.
To explore this and two other stories more interactively, also check out our website!
www.songbird-connectomics.org
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So proud of my new lab! Check out the recent songbird basal ganglia connectome - great job @alexandrarother.bsky.social !!
@jmrko.bsky.social !!
songbird-connectomics.org
@jmrko.bsky.social !!
songbird-connectomics.org
songbird basal ganglia connectome
songbird-connectomics.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
So proud of my new lab! Check out the recent songbird basal ganglia connectome - great job @alexandrarother.bsky.social !!
@jmrko.bsky.social !!
songbird-connectomics.org
@jmrko.bsky.social !!
songbird-connectomics.org
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Thank you so much @wellcometrust.bsky.social for supporting us to push the the limits of #X-ray #nanoimaging and #connectomics, and to make technology more broadly available to the scientific community! 🙏
ESRF scientist Alexandra Pacureanu is the recipient of the Wellcome Discovery Award, together with a team at the Francis Crick Institute, to develop X-ray nanoimaging technology to study the mechanisms of information processing in the neural circuits of olfaction.
www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...
www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Thank you so much @wellcometrust.bsky.social for supporting us to push the the limits of #X-ray #nanoimaging and #connectomics, and to make technology more broadly available to the scientific community! 🙏
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Excited to try this! The waiting list makes me even more curious
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
October 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Excited to try this! The waiting list makes me even more curious
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The Crick is an absolutely amazing place to work in - please share this opportunity widely with your colleagues and postdocs - and DM me if I can help in any way
We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.
Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.
Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.
Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
October 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Crick is an absolutely amazing place to work in - please share this opportunity widely with your colleagues and postdocs - and DM me if I can help in any way
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Apply now!!! 🔥
October 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Apply now!!! 🔥
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New blog post, where I review some recent interesting papers on the role of cell organelles for neuronal calcium signaling: gcamp6f.com/2025/08/11/i...
Featuring work by @lorenabenedetti.bsky.social, O'Hare et al. and Lin et al.!
Featuring work by @lorenabenedetti.bsky.social, O'Hare et al. and Lin et al.!
Interesting papers on the role of cell organelles in neuronal dendrites for calcium signaling
Researchers utilize calcium imaging to track neuronal activity in the brain, highlighting the role of calcium as a signaling molecule. Recent studies investigate intracellular calcium dynamics, par…
gcamp6f.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
New blog post, where I review some recent interesting papers on the role of cell organelles for neuronal calcium signaling: gcamp6f.com/2025/08/11/i...
Featuring work by @lorenabenedetti.bsky.social, O'Hare et al. and Lin et al.!
Featuring work by @lorenabenedetti.bsky.social, O'Hare et al. and Lin et al.!
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Combinatorial protein barcodes enable self-correcting neuron tracing with nanoscale molecular context https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.26.678648v1
September 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Combinatorial protein barcodes enable self-correcting neuron tracing with nanoscale molecular context https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.26.678648v1
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Great opportunity to work with an amazing team on the frontiers of X-ray connectomics www.psi.ch/en/hr/job-op...
Postdoctoral Fellow on high-throughput X-ray laminography
The Paul Scherrer Institute PSI is the largest research institute for natural and engineering sciences within Switzerland. We perform cutting-edge research in the fields of future technologies, energy...
www.psi.ch
September 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Great opportunity to work with an amazing team on the frontiers of X-ray connectomics www.psi.ch/en/hr/job-op...
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#Nanoimaging symposium @crick.ac.uk!
At #CrickXrays25 we'll tackle:
💫synchrotron upgrades
📈current limits in throughput, volume, resolution
🧪sample preparation for X-ray PC imaging
🧠♥️applications in neuroscience and tissue life science
🗓️13th October 2025
🇬🇧🌐 London & online
tinyurl.com/crickxrays25
At #CrickXrays25 we'll tackle:
💫synchrotron upgrades
📈current limits in throughput, volume, resolution
🧪sample preparation for X-ray PC imaging
🧠♥️applications in neuroscience and tissue life science
🗓️13th October 2025
🇬🇧🌐 London & online
tinyurl.com/crickxrays25
Hard X-ray imaging of biological soft tissues symposium 2025
tinyurl.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
#Nanoimaging symposium @crick.ac.uk!
At #CrickXrays25 we'll tackle:
💫synchrotron upgrades
📈current limits in throughput, volume, resolution
🧪sample preparation for X-ray PC imaging
🧠♥️applications in neuroscience and tissue life science
🗓️13th October 2025
🇬🇧🌐 London & online
tinyurl.com/crickxrays25
At #CrickXrays25 we'll tackle:
💫synchrotron upgrades
📈current limits in throughput, volume, resolution
🧪sample preparation for X-ray PC imaging
🧠♥️applications in neuroscience and tissue life science
🗓️13th October 2025
🇬🇧🌐 London & online
tinyurl.com/crickxrays25
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Highly recommended
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Apply by 31 August 👉 https://s.embl.org/vem25-01-bl
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Apply by 31 August 👉 https://s.embl.org/vem25-01-bl
🗓️ 23 – 28 November 2025
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August 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Highly recommended
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It was a good experience to step back and briefly take stock of the amazing progress in connectomics since I started working on this stuff (20 years ago!)
thanks as well to @natrevneuro.nature.com for the constructive editorial interactions.
thanks as well to @natrevneuro.nature.com for the constructive editorial interactions.
August 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
It was a good experience to step back and briefly take stock of the amazing progress in connectomics since I started working on this stuff (20 years ago!)
thanks as well to @natrevneuro.nature.com for the constructive editorial interactions.
thanks as well to @natrevneuro.nature.com for the constructive editorial interactions.
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Multiplexed Neuromodulatory-Type-Annotated EM-Reconstruction of Larval Zebrafish https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.12.659365v1
June 16, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Multiplexed Neuromodulatory-Type-Annotated EM-Reconstruction of Larval Zebrafish https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.12.659365v1
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New preprint from @darbly.bsky.social @briandepasquale.bsky.social and my labs! If you love (or hate) mosquitoes, have a look:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
We used TEM to describe the circuitry used for CO2 detection by mosquitoes. As usual with mosquitoes, nothing is as expected! 🌬️🦟
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
We used TEM to describe the circuitry used for CO2 detection by mosquitoes. As usual with mosquitoes, nothing is as expected! 🌬️🦟
Recurrent connectivity supports carbon dioxide sensitivity in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
The mosquito Aedes aegypti′s human host-seeking behavior depends on the integration of multiple sensory cues. One of these cues, carbon dioxide (CO2), gates odorant and heat pathways and activates hos...
doi.org
July 31, 2025 at 12:28 PM
New preprint from @darbly.bsky.social @briandepasquale.bsky.social and my labs! If you love (or hate) mosquitoes, have a look:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
We used TEM to describe the circuitry used for CO2 detection by mosquitoes. As usual with mosquitoes, nothing is as expected! 🌬️🦟
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
We used TEM to describe the circuitry used for CO2 detection by mosquitoes. As usual with mosquitoes, nothing is as expected! 🌬️🦟
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The first full central nervous system connectome dataset of an adult fly, with the most comprehensive annotation of sensory and motor neurons to date.
A heroic effort with contributions from many groups, a product of the collaborative spirit of the Drosophila neuroscience community.
A heroic effort with contributions from many groups, a product of the collaborative spirit of the Drosophila neuroscience community.
Happy Friday! The female adult fly brain-and-nerve-cord (BANC) connectome is now LIVE!
Explore the data here: codex.flywire.ai?dataset=banc
Check out the preprint here: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Explore the data here: codex.flywire.ai?dataset=banc
Check out the preprint here: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
a man with a mustache in a blue suit says tiny celebration in front of a group of people
ALT: a man with a mustache in a blue suit says tiny celebration in front of a group of people
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August 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The first full central nervous system connectome dataset of an adult fly, with the most comprehensive annotation of sensory and motor neurons to date.
A heroic effort with contributions from many groups, a product of the collaborative spirit of the Drosophila neuroscience community.
A heroic effort with contributions from many groups, a product of the collaborative spirit of the Drosophila neuroscience community.
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Happy to share our publication - Comparative connectomics of two distantly related nematode species reveals patterns of nervous system evolution www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Comparative connectomics of two distantly related nematode species reveals patterns of nervous system evolution
Understanding the evolution of the bilaterian brain requires a detailed exploration of the precise nature of cellular and subcellular differences between related species. We undertook an electron micr...
www.science.org
July 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Happy to share our publication - Comparative connectomics of two distantly related nematode species reveals patterns of nervous system evolution www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Fantastic to see this collaborative work with Hopi Hoekstra out in Nature (tinyurl.com/3at3zvby). Lead by @felixbaier.bsky.social and @katjareinhard.bsky.social. Not possible without @bramnuttin.bsky.social , Chen Liu and @arnausd.bsky.social.
Excited to see where this work leads.
Excited to see where this work leads.
July 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Fantastic to see this collaborative work with Hopi Hoekstra out in Nature (tinyurl.com/3at3zvby). Lead by @felixbaier.bsky.social and @katjareinhard.bsky.social. Not possible without @bramnuttin.bsky.social , Chen Liu and @arnausd.bsky.social.
Excited to see where this work leads.
Excited to see where this work leads.
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Excited to share a connectomics dataset of hippocampus CA3.
Explore the dataset: pyr.ai
Paper introducing the dataset and some of our discoveries: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Explore the dataset: pyr.ai
Paper introducing the dataset and some of our discoveries: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Connectomic reconstruction from hippocampal CA3 reveals spatially graded mossy fiber inputs and selective feedforward inhibition to pyramidal cells
The mossy fiber (MF) connections to pyramidal cells in hippocampal CA3 are hypothesized to participate in pattern separation and memory encoding, yet no large–scale neuronal wiring diagram exists for ...
www.biorxiv.org
July 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Excited to share a connectomics dataset of hippocampus CA3.
Explore the dataset: pyr.ai
Paper introducing the dataset and some of our discoveries: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Explore the dataset: pyr.ai
Paper introducing the dataset and some of our discoveries: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Huge congratulations to Kedar Narayan who received the RMS Alan Agar Award for #ElectronMicroscopy from Paul Verkade this afternoon at #mmc2025
👏👏👏🔬🙌🥇
@rmsearlycareer.bsky.social @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social
👏👏👏🔬🙌🥇
@rmsearlycareer.bsky.social @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Huge congratulations to Kedar Narayan who received the RMS Alan Agar Award for #ElectronMicroscopy from Paul Verkade this afternoon at #mmc2025
👏👏👏🔬🙌🥇
@rmsearlycareer.bsky.social @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social
👏👏👏🔬🙌🥇
@rmsearlycareer.bsky.social @yorkbioimaging.bsky.social
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Proud to share our latest paper. doi.org/10.1016/j.cr...
Through the dedication of @glynnca.bsky.social and @cryingem.bsky.social we report a thorough method to image molecular organisation within hippocampus tissue.
Structural biology in tissue is well and truly here!
@rosfrankinst.bsky.social
Through the dedication of @glynnca.bsky.social and @cryingem.bsky.social we report a thorough method to image molecular organisation within hippocampus tissue.
Structural biology in tissue is well and truly here!
@rosfrankinst.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Proud to share our latest paper. doi.org/10.1016/j.cr...
Through the dedication of @glynnca.bsky.social and @cryingem.bsky.social we report a thorough method to image molecular organisation within hippocampus tissue.
Structural biology in tissue is well and truly here!
@rosfrankinst.bsky.social
Through the dedication of @glynnca.bsky.social and @cryingem.bsky.social we report a thorough method to image molecular organisation within hippocampus tissue.
Structural biology in tissue is well and truly here!
@rosfrankinst.bsky.social
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If you want to learn the latest developments in volumeEM from the experts, with hands-on experience on our instruments @embl.org, this course is for you! 🔬
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You will gain theoretical and hands-on knowledge on the three main techniques for volume EM – microtome-based serial block-face SEM, focused ion beam SEM, and array tomography.
#vEM #Microscopy
You will gain theoretical and hands-on knowledge on the three main techniques for volume EM – microtome-based serial block-face SEM, focused ion beam SEM, and array tomography.
#vEM #Microscopy
April 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
If you want to learn the latest developments in volumeEM from the experts, with hands-on experience on our instruments @embl.org, this course is for you! 🔬