Dr. Stefan Schöneich

photo of a Gryllus bimaculatus male

Image: Dr. Hans Pohl

Dr. S. Schoeneich
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Dr. Stefan Schöneich

Institute for Zoology and Evolutionary Research
Erbertstrasse 1 (room 008)
07743 Jena
Germany

Tel.: +49 3641/ 949 118
Email: Stefan.Schoeneich@uni-jena.de

Elektrophysiology in Neurons - coloured
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Research Interest

Neuroethology is the evolutionary and comparative approach to study the neurobiological basis of animal behaviour. I'm interested in neural mechanisms of sensory processing and motor control and especially in the largely uncharted central nervous circuits that extract and detect relevant features from the sensory input to initiate appropriate behavioural responses. My research combines behavioural analysis with in vivo electrophysiology and functional neuroanatomy in orthopteran insects, which are excellent model organisms that allow to investigate the principles of intrinsic and synaptic processing mechanisms in relatively small neural networks at the level of identified neurons.

Research Topics:

Evolution of behaviour by modifications of the underlying neuronal circuitry
Neuroethology of acoustic communication in insects
Auditory feature detection for acoustic pattern recognition
Directional hearing and phonotactic behaviour
Central motor pattern generation and corollary discharge
Mechanotransduction and afferent signal coding in insect ears
Sublethal effects of pesticides on neuronal processing and behaviour

Research Methods:

intracellular microelectrode recordings and iontophoretic dye injection
extracellular nerve recordings with hook and suction electrodes
EMG recordings
Behavioural analysis (e.g. sound recordings, phonotaxis)
Behavioural and neurophysiological neuropharmacology
Neuroanatomy and CLSM (e.g. nerve backfill, local tracer injection)

Pic of a sliced cricket brain
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Short CV

Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany:
since 2024 Research Associate at the Institute for Zoology

Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany:
2019 - 2024 Assistant Professor at the Institute for Zoology

University of Leipzig, Germany:
2015 - 2018 Assistant Professor at the Institute for Biology

University of Cambridge, UK:
2008 - 2014 Research Associate at the Department of Zoology

University of Leipzig, Germany:
2004 - 2008      Postgraduate Researcher at the Institute of Zoology
⇒ obtained doctorate of natural sciences (doctor rerum naturalium)
2003 - 2004      accessory study courses: History of Science, Logic & Philosophy
2000 - 2003      advanced study in Animal Physiology, Neurobiology & Psychology
⇒ graduated with diploma in biology (equates M.Sc.)

University of Bayreuth, Germany:
1998 - 2000 undergraduate study in Natural Sciences
⇒ achieved 'Vordiplom in Biologie' (equates B.Sc.)

Scientific Affiliations:

since 2022 member of the Orthopterists' Society
since 2012 member of the International Society for Neuroethology (ISN)
since 2006 member of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
since 2006 member of the German Neuroscience Society (NWG)
since 2004 member of the German Zoological Society (DZG)

Other Professional Activities:

2022 Co-organizer of the 1st International 'Eneopterology' Workshop
2019 Co-organizer of the symposium "Hearing system adaptation for diverse lifestyles across the animal kingdom" at the Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2017 Participant in the TV-documentary "Papouasie, un dernier éden" produced by C. Tournadre (MonaLisa-Production, France) for ARTE (Association relative à la télévision européenne)
2017 Chaired the cricket session at the 16^th International Meeting on Invertebrate Sound & Vibration at Schloss Rauischholzhausen, Germany
2015 Co-organizer of the symposium "Processing of acoustic pulse patterns: Common themes in different brains?" at the Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2014 Co-organizer of the Hokkaido Neuroethology Workshop V: "Ethology, neuroscience and genetics in crickets: How can they meet?" at the 11^th ISN Congress in Sapporo, Japan

ad hoc Reviewer for: BBSRC (UK), Mardsen Fund (New Zealand), Royal Society Open Science, Journal of Comparative Physiology A, Journal of Neurophysiology, Biology Open, Journal of Orthoptera Research, PLoS, Frontiers...

Publications

(please see GoogleScholarExternal link for latest and use ResearchGateExternal link for full-text requests)

Schöneich S (2024) Acoustic Communication in Insects: Neuroethology. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior - 3rd Edition (in preparation)

Christian M, Kraft M, Wilknitz P, Nowotny M, Schöneich S (2024) Flupyradifurone, imidacloprid and clothianidin similarly disrupt the excitation-inhibition balance in the neural network for auditory processing in locusts. Scientific Reports (in peer review)

Hubancheva A, Senderov V, Nowotny M, Schöneich S, Goerlitz H (2024) Bush-crickets show lifelong flexibility in courtship signals to match predation threat. Functional Ecology (in peer review)

Phillips ME, Marr H, Schöneich S, Robillard T, ter Hofstede HM (2024) Multispecies comparisons support a startle response origin for a novel vibrational signal in the cricket tribe Lebinthini. Journal of Experimental Biology (in peer review)

Scherberich J, Stange-Marten A, Schöneich S, Merdan-Desik M, Nowotny M (2024) Multielectrode array use in insect auditory neuroscience to unravel the spatio-temporal response pattern in the prothoracic ganglion of Mecopoda elongata. Journal of Experimental Biology 227: jeb245497.

Hubancheva A, Senderov V, Nowotny M, Schöneich S, Goerlitz H (2023 preprint) Bush-crickets show lifelong flexibility in courtship signals to match predation threat. Authorea: PPR714580. DOI: 10.22541/au.165167283.37444741/v3External link

Kernan CE, Jones JS, Robillard T, Schöneich S, ter Hofstede HM (2022) Efficacy constraints on female directional preference stabilize a male call component in a multimodal cricket duet. Animal Behaviour 193: 33-49.

Tan MK, Schöneich S, Robillard T (2021) Inter-individual differences of calling and exploratory behaviour in a lebinthine cricket species hint at different mate-finding strategies. Behaviour 159(6): 563-589External link.

Clemens J, Schöneich S, Kostarakos K, Hennig RM, Hedwig B (2021) A small, computationally flexible network produces the phenotypic diversity of song recognition in crickets. eLIFE 10: e61475. https://elifesciences.org/articles/61475External link

Schöneich S (2020) Neuroethology of acoustic communication in crickets - from signal generation to song recognition in an insect brain. Progress in Neurobiology 101882 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pneurobio.2020.101882External link

Clemens J, Schöneich S, Kostarakos K, Hennig RM, Hedwig B (2020) A small, computationally flexible network produces the phenotypic diversity of song recognition in crickets. bioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.27.221655External link

Schöneich S, Hedwig B (2020) Correction to: Feedforward discharges couple the singing central pattern generator and ventilation central pattern generator in the cricket abdominal central nervous system. J Comp Physiol A 206: 103.

Schöneich S, Hedwig B (2019) Feedforward discharges couple the singing central pattern generator and ventilation central pattern generator in the cricket abdominal central nervous system. J Comp Physiol A 205(6): 881-895. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00359-019-01377-7External link

Wulff NC, Schöneich S, Lehmann GUC (2018) Female perception of copulatory courtship by male titillators in a bushcricket. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285 (1884): 20181235. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1235External link

Schöneich S, Hedwig B (2017) Chapter 10: Neurons and networks underlying singing behaviour. In: The Cricket as a Model Organism. Eds: Horch HW, et al.; Springer, Tokyo; pp: 141-153. Neurons and Networks Underlying Singing BehaviourExternal link

Scherberich J, Hummel J, Schöneich S*, Nowotny M* (2017) Functional basis of sexual dimorphism in the auditory fovea of the duetting bushcricket Ancylecha fenestrata. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284(1865): 20171426. (*co-senior author) https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1426External link

Scherberich J, Hummel J, Schöneich S*, Nowotny M* (2016) Auditory fovea in the ear of a duetting katydid shows male-specific adaptation to the female call. Current Biology 26(23): R1222-R1223. (*co-senior author) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.035External link

Hummel J, Schöneich S, Kössl M, Scherberich J, Hedwig B, Prinz S, Nowotny M (2016) Gating of acoustic transducer channels is shaped by biomechanical filter processes. The Journal of Neuroscience 36(8): 2377-2382. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3948-15.2016External link

Schöneich S*, Kostarakos K*, Hedwig B (2015) An auditory feature detection circuit for sound pattern recognition. Science Advances 1(8): e1500325. (*contributed equally) DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500325External link

ter Hofstede H*, Schöneich S*, Robillard T, Hedwig B (2015) Evolution of a communication system by sensory exploitation of startle behavior. Current Biology 25(24): 3245-3252. (*co-first author) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.10.064External link

Schöneich S, Hedwig B (2015) Corollary discharge inhibition of wind-sensitive cercal giant fibers in the singing field cricket. Journal of Neurophysiology 113(1): 390-399.

Hummel J, Schöneich S, Hedwig B, Kössl M, Nowotny M (2015) Mechanical and electrical tuning in a tonotopically organized insect ear. In: Mechanics of Hearing. Eds: Karavitaki KD, Corey DP; AIP Publishing LLC; Melville, New York; 1703(100001): 1-4.

Schöneich S, Hedwig B (2012) Cellular basis for singing motor pattern generation in the field cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus DeGeer). Brain and Behavior 2(6): 707-725.

Schöneich S, Schildberger K, Stevenson PA (2011) Neuronal organization of a fast-mediating cephalothoracic pathway for antennal-tactile information in the cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus DeGeer). Journal of Comparative Neurology 519(9): 1677-1690.

Schöneich S, Hedwig B (2011) Neural basis of singing in crickets: Central pattern generation in abdominal ganglia. Naturwissenschaften 98(12): 1069-1073.

Schöneich S, Hedwig B (2010) Hyperacute directional hearing and phonotactic steering in the cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus DeGeer). PLoS ONE 5(12): e15141.

Schöneich S (2008) Doctoral Thesis: Charakterisierung und Identifizierung der plurisegmental deszendierenden Interneurone mit antennal-taktilen Eingängen im Zentralnervensystem der Grille. (109 pages); University of Leipzig, Germany.

Schöneich S (2003) Diploma Thesis: Elektrophysiologische und pharmakologische Analyse der Erregung kontralateral absteigender Interneurone durch mechanosensorische Afferenzen der Antenne bei der Grille Gryllus bimaculatus deGeer. (89 pages); University of Leipzig, Germany

Media Coverage

2018-06-05      ARTE TV-documentary: "Papouasie, un dernier éden - Le monde terrestre" linkExternal link
2016-01-06      National Geographic: "The startling evolution of a love song" linkExternal link
2015-12-10      BBC News: "Cricket's chirp may have 'predatory roots'" linkExternal link
2015-09-11      Science Magazine (AAAS): "How crickets communicate by sound" linkExternal link
2015-12-10      Daily Mail: "Ooh, you gave me a fright! Male crickets find females by …" linkExternal link
2015-09-11      Science Daily: "Neural circuit in the cricket brain detects the rhythm of …" linkExternal link
2015-09-19      Die Presse: "Minnesang der Grille zielt auf fünf Neurone" linkExternal link
2015-09-13      Der Standard: "Wie Grillen das Zirpen ihrer Partner … erkennen" linkExternal link
2015-12-20      Der Standard: "Warum paarungswillige Grillenmännchen Weibchen erchrecken"
2015-10-16      Leipziger Volkszeitung: "Grillen im Fokus der Forschung"
2015-12-24      Leipziger Volkszeitung: "Ungewöhnliche Flirtstrategie bei Grillen"
2015-12-17      Sächsische Zeitung: "Die Partnerin erchrecken ..."
2015-09-11      Cambridge Research News: "Neural circuit in the cricket brain …"
2015-12-15      MNHN, Paris: "Les grillons ont de la "fuite" dans les idées: …"
2011-06-01      Inside Columbia Magazine:

Articel from the 13th Int. Meeting on ISV
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Research Talks

2024 "Hearing in insects" Full Consortium Meeting of the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung funded NeuroSensEar-Project in Jena, Germany
2023 " Does sound frequency correlate with body size in calling field crickets?" Neuroethology Satellite Symposium at the 115th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society in Kassel, Germany.
2022 "Neural basis of the evolution of a novel communication system in a group of eneopterine crickets." ABC Conference at Kruger National Park, Skukuza, South Africa.
2022 "Is sound frequency of calling song a useful indicator for female field crickets to select larger males?" Institut Systématique Evolution Biodiversité at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France.
2022 "Cricket acoustic communication - it's susceptibility to neonicotinoid insecticides and neural modifications underlying its evolution in Eneopterinae." First International Workshop on Eneopterology, France - Germany - USA - Singapore.
2019 "Neuroethology of acoustic communication in crickets" Institute for Zoology and Evolutionary Research, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
2018 "Neuroethology of phonotactic orientation in field crickets" 13^th International Congress of Neuroethology in Brisbane, Australia
2017 "Central motor pattern generation and corollary discharge in singing crickets" Institute for Biology, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
2016 "Neuronal correlates for modulator-controlled decision-making in crickets" Meeting of the Arthropod Neuroscience Network in Kiel, Germany
2016 "Neurobiology of social communication in crickets" Institute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
2015 "Neural networks for singing and song pattern recognition in field crickets" 108^th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society in Graz, Austria
2015 "Neurobiology of acoustic communication" XXV International Bioacoustic Congress in Murnau, Bavaria, Germany
2015 "Neural basis of acoustic communication in crickets" 15^th International Meeting for Invertebrate Sound & Vibration Research in Ottawa, Canada
2015 "Neural network and mechanism for sound pattern recognition in cricket brains" 11^th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, Germany
2015 "Feature detector circuit and sound pattern recognition in the cricket brain" German Orthopterists Meeting in Zingst, Germany
2014 "Neurobiology of acoustic communication in field crickets" Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany
2014 "Neural networks for singing and song pattern recognition in Gryllus bimaculatus" Satellite Workshop at the 11^th International Congress of Neuroethology in Sapporo, Japan
2013 "Neurobiology of acoustic communication in crickets" Cambridge Summer Seminar Series, University of Cambridge, UK
2012 "Neuronal basis of singing in crickets" Department of Biological Cybernetics, University of Bielefeld, Germany

Diagramm of "Insecten-Belustigung" (1749) A.J. Rösel von Rosenhof/ Schöneich et al. (2015)
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Conference Abstracts

2024 Christian M, Nowotny M, Schöneich S "Impact of sublethal dosages of the insecticides imidacloprid and flupyradifurone on the ascending auditory interneurons in the cricket brain." 15th International Congress of Neuroethology in Berlin, Germany
2023 Christian M, Kraft M, Wilknitz P, Nowotny M, Schöneich S "Impact of conventional neonicotinoid insecticides and a novel alternative on auditory processing in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria." 15th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2023 Mudter C, Nowotny M, Schöneich S "A detailed characterisation of acoustic motifs in calling songs of the duetting bushcricket Phaneroptera sparsa." 15th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2023 Stange-Marten A, Scherberich J, Schöneich S, Merdan-Desik M, Nowotny M "Neuronal integration of acoustic signals in an insect auditory system." 15th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2023 Schöneich S, Wegner A, Christian M, Wöhrl T, Nowotny M "Does sound frequency correlate with body size in calling field crickets?" Neuroethology Satellite Symposium at the 115th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society in Kassel
2023 Christian M, Kraft M, Wilknitz P, Nowotny M, Schöneich S "Impact of conventional neonicotinoid insecticides and a novel alternative on auditory processing in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria." 18th International Meeting on Invertebrate Sound & Vibration in Lincoln, UK
2023 Schöneich S, Wegner A, Christian M, Wöhrl T, Nowotny M "Is there a correlation between body size and sound frequency in calling field crickets?" 18th International Meeting on Invertebrate Sound & Vibration in Lincoln, UK
2023 Nowotny M, Stange-Marten A, Scherberich J, Schöneich S, Merdan-Desik M "Temporal dynamics of signal processing along the auditory pathway of a bushcricket." 18th International Meeting on Invertebrate Sound & Vibration in Lincoln, UK
2023 Stange-Marten A, Scherberich J, Schöneich S, Merdan-Desik M, Nowotny M "Neuronal integration of acoustic signals in an insect auditory system." 46th Annual MidWinter Meeting of Association for Research in Otolaryngology in Orlando, Florida, USA
2022 Schöneich S "Neural basis of the evolution of a novel communication system in a group of eneopterine crickets." African Bioacoustics Conference at the Kruger National Park in Skukuza, South Africa
2022 Christian M, Wegner A, Wöhrl T, Abendroth S, Nowotny M, Schöneich S "Sound frequency and body size in singing field crickets – a correlation study within and across populations" African Bioacoustics Conference at the Kruger National Park in Skukuza, South Africa
2022 ter Hofstede H, Phillips M, Marr H, Schöneich S, Robillard T "Testing alternative hypotheses for the origin of vibrational signaling in lebinthine crickets" 3^rd Biotremology Conference in Piran, Slovenia
2022 Christian M, Wegner A, Wöhrl T, Nowotny M, Schöneich S "Does male size really matter? – A study on correlations between calling song frequency and body size parameters within and across cricket populations" 14^th International Congress of Neuroethology in Lisbon, Portugal
2020 Hubancheva A, Nowotny M, Schöneich S, Chobanov D, Goerlitz HR "Anti-predator behavior in male bushcrickets is adapted to threat and age to optimize reproduction" 15th Annual Meeting of the Ethological Society in Tübingen, Germany
2019 Nowotny M, Scherberich J, Hummel J, Schöneich S "In-vivo nanomechanics in the miniaturized hearing organ of an insect" 9th FAOPS Congress and 96th Annual Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan in Kobe, Japan
2019 ter Hofstede HM, Kernan C, Ralston J, Phillips M, Schöneich S, Robillard T "The acousticvibrational duet of lebinthine crickets" 13th International Congress of Orthopterology in Agadir, Morocco
2019 Schöneich S, Robillard T, ter Hofstede HM "Auditory adaptation to high-frequency calls in eneopterine crickets" 13th International Congress of Orthopterology in Agadir, Morocco
2019 Benavides-Lopez JL, Schöneich S, ter Hofstede HM, Robillard T "Acoustic and vibratory
communication in the species Ponca hebardi" 13th International Congress of Orthopterology in Agadir, Morocco
2019 Schöneich S, Robillard T, ter Hofstede HM "Auditory adaptation to high-frequency mating calls in eneopterine crickets" 13th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2019 Hedwig B, Sarmiento-Ponce EJ, Schöneich S, Kostarakos K, Zhang X, Hennig M, Clemens J "Unravelling a delay-line and coincidence detector circuit for auditory pattern recognition" 13th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2019 Nowotny M, Scherberich J, Schöneich S "Talk to me darling: neuronal adaptations for intraspeciSc communication in the bushcricket ear" 13th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2018 Schöneich S "Neuroethology of phonotactic orientation in field crickets" 13th International Congress of Neuroethology in Brisbane, Australia
2018 Hedwig B, Schöneich S, Kostarakos K "A neural circuit for song pattern recognition in the cricket brain" 175^th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
2018 Schöneich S, Kostarakos K, Hedwig B "Sound pattern recognition by an auditory feature detection circuit in the cricket brain" 14^th Leipzig Research Festival for Life Science in Leipzig, Germany
2018 Wulff NC, Schöneich S, Lehmann GUC "Species-specific functions of male genital titillators in bushcrickets" 111^th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society in Greifswald, Germany
2017 Nowotny M, Scherberich J, Hummel J, Schöneich S "Communication signal related adaptations in katydid ears" 4^th International Symposium on Acoustic Communication by Animals in Omaha, USA
2017 Schöneich S, Robillard T, ter Hofstede HM "Auditory adaptation to high-frequency mating calls in eneopterine crickets: comparison of ascending auditory interneurons" 16^th International Meeting on Invertebrate Sound & Vibration at Schloss Rauischholzhausen, Germany
2017 Robillard T, Goutte S, Schöneich S, ter Hofstede HM "Spatiotemporal origins of high-frequency calls in Eneopterinae crickets" 16^th International Meeting on Invertebrate Sound & Vibration at Schloss Rauischholzhausen, Germany
2017 Scherberich J, Hummel J, Schöneich S, Nowotny M "Sexual dimorphism of the auditory fovea in the ears of the katydid Ancylecha fenestrata reflects an asymmetric acoustic mate finding strategy" 16^th International Meeting on Invertebrate Sound & Vibration at Schloss Rauischholzhausen, Germany
2017 ter Hofstede HM, Schöneich S, Robillard T "Amplitude adjustment of vibrational signals in eneopterine crickets: the ,hot' and ,cold' game" Animal Behavior Society Meeting in Toronto, Canada
2017 Hennig RM, Clemens, J, Kostarakos K, Schöneich S, Gray DA, Hedwig B "Song recognition in crickets meets evolution: phenotypic diversity from a single mechanisms?" Murphy conference: "From sender to receiver - physics and sensory ecology of hearing in insects and vertebrates" in Buckinghamshire, UK
2017 Schöneich S "Mechanoreceptor arrangement at the antennal base helps crickets to differentiate between active and passive antennal touch" 12^th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2017 Scherberich J, Hummel J, Schöneich S, Nowotny M "Sexual dimorphism in the auditory fovea of the duetting bushcricket Ancylecha fenestrata: anatomical basis and behavioral relevance" 12^th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2016 Schöneich S "Mechanoreceptor arrangement at the antennal base help crickets to differentiate between active and passive antennal touch" 109^th Meeting of the German Zoological Society in Kiel, Germany
2016 ter Hofstede HM, Schöneich S, Robillard T, Hedwig B "Evolution of a communication system by sensory exploitation of startle behavior" Orthopterist Society Meeting in London, UK
2016 Schöneich S, Breitenbach A-J, Naumann N, Stevenson PA "Differential aminergic modulation of descending interneurons - a potential mechanism for descision making in cricket social behavior" 12^th International Congress of Neuroethology in Montevideo, Uruguay
2016 Schöneich S, Kostarakos K, Hedwig B "Song pattern recognition by an auditory feature detection circuit in the cricket brain" Satellite meeting "Auditory processing, sound production & motor control" at the 12^th International Congress of Neuroethology in Montevideo, Uruguay
2016 ter Hofstede HM, Schöneich S, Robillard T, Hedwig B "Evolution of a communication system by sensory exploitation of startle behavior" Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology in Portland, OR, USA
2015 Schöneich S, Hedwig B "Neurobiology of acoustic communication: Neural networks for singing and song pattern recognition in crickets" XXV International Bioacoustic Congress in Murnau, Bavaria, Germany
2015 Schöneich S, Hedwig B "Neural basis of acoustic communication in crickets" 15^th International Meeting on Invertebrate Sound & Vibration in Ottawa, Canada
2015 Hummel J, Schöneich S, Kössl M, Scherberich J, Hedwig B, Prinz S, Nowotny M "From sound to neuronal tuning: in-vivo measurements in the bushcricket hearing organ" 15^th International Meeting on Invertebrate Sound & Vibration in Ottawa, Canada
2015 Hedwig B, Kostarakos K, Schöneich S "A feature detection circuit for song pattern recognition in the cricket brain" Society for Neuroscience Meeting in Chicago, IL, USA
2015 Schöneich S, Breitenbach A-J, Naumann N, Stevenson PA "Aminergic modulation of interneurones with synaptic inputs from antennal mechanoreceptors in the cricket brain" 108^th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society in Graz, Austria
2015 Hummel J, Schöneich S, Kössl M, Scherberich J, Hedwig B, Prinz S, Nowotny M "Gating of auditory information in the bushcricket ear" 108^th Meeting of the German Zoological Society in Graz, Austria
2015 Schöneich S, Hedwig B "Neuronal coupling between the motor pattern generating networks for singing and breathing in field crickets" 108^th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society in Graz, Austria
2015 ter Hofstede HM, Schöneich S, Robillard T, Hedwig B "Sensory exploitation of startle behaviour leads to a new communication system in crickets" 29^th Neuroscience Day at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
2015 Schöneich S, Hedwig B "Synchronization of singing and breathing in crickets: Neuronal coupling between two rhythm-generating networks" 11^th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2015 Schöneich S, Kostarakos K, Hedwig B "Neural network and mechanism for sound pattern recognition in the cricket brain" 11^th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2015 Breitenbach A-J, Schöneich S, Stevenson PA "Identification and aminergic modulation of brain interneurones with synaptic inputs from antennal mechanoreceptors in the cricket" 11^th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2015 Hummel J, Schöneich S, Hedwig B, Kössl M, Nowotny M "Auditory tuning in an insect ear" 11^th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2015 Hummel J, Schöneich S, Hedwig B, Kössl M, Nowotny M "Mechanical and electrical tuning in the auditory system of bushcrickets" 38^th Annual ARO Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2014 Schöneich S, Hedwig B "Neuronal coupling between central pattern generating networks coordinates ventilatory and singing rhythm in crickets" Hokkaido Satellite Workshop No.V in Sapporo, Japan
2014 Schöneich S, Kostarakos K, Hedwig B "Song pattern recognition by an auditory feature detection circuit in the cricket brain" 11^th International Congress of Neuroethology in Sapporo, Japan
2014 ter Hofstede HM, Schöneich S, Robillard T, Hedwig B "Sensory exploitation of startle behaviour leads to a new communication system in crickets" 11^th International Congress of Neuroethology in Sapporo, Japan
2014 Schöneich S, Hedwig B "Neuronal coupling between central pattern generating networks coordinates ventilatory and singing rhythm in crickets" 26^th Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: "Brain Science and Mental Health" in Cambridge, UK
2014 Hummel J, Schöneich S, Hedwig B, Kössl M, Nowotny M "Mechanical and electrical tuning in a tonotopically organized insect ear" Mechanics of Hearing Conference in Cape Sounio, Greece
2013 Schöneich S, Hedwig B "Corollary discharge modulation of wind-sensitive interneurons in the singing cricket" 10^th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2013 Schöneich S, Hedwig B "Neuronal coupling of ventilatory and chirp rhythm in singing field crickets" 14^th International Meeting on Invertebrate Sound & Vibration in Glasgow, UK
2013 Schöneich S, Hedwig B "Discrimination between external and self-generated sensory signals in the wind-sensitive escape pathway of singing crickets" 25^th Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: "From Sensation to Action" in Cambridge, UK
2012 Schöneich S, Hedwig B "Corollary discharge modulation of wind-sensitive interneurons in the singing cricket" 10^th International Congress of Neuroethology in College Park, Maryland, USA
2012 Breitenbach A-J, Schöneich S, Stevenson PA "Octopaminergic modulation of synaptic transmission between antennal mechanoreceptors and descending giant interneurones in the cricket brain" 105^th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society in Konstanz, Germany
2011 Schöneich S, Hedwig B "Neural basis of singing pattern generation in the field cricket" 13^th International Meeting on Invertebrate Sound & Vibration in Columbia, Missouri, USA
2011 Schöneich S, Hedwig B "Unravelling the central pattern generator for cricket singing" 23^th Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: "From eponym and acronym to mechanistic taxonomy" in Cambridge, UK
2011 Seagraves K, Schöneich S, Shelton B, Zhang C, Bayley T, Hedwig B "The cricket auditory system responds to bilateral phase-shifts" Zoology Seminar Day at the University of Cambridge, UK
2011 Seagraves K, Shelton B, Zhang C, Bayley T, Schöneich S, Hedwig B "The cricket auditory system responds to bilateral phase-shifts" 9^th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2011 Schöneich S, Hedwig B "Unravelling the central pattern generator for cricket singing" 9^th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2011 Hedwig B, Schöneich S "Hyperacute directional hearing and phonotactic steering in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus" 9^th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2011 Schöneich S, Hedwig B "Neuronal basis of singing pattern generation in field crickets" 104^th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society in Saarbrücken, Germany
2011 Schöneich S, Hedwig B "Neuronal basis of singing pattern generation in field crickets" Biannual German Neuroethology Symposium in Saarbrücken, Germany
2010 Schöneich S, Hedwig B "Song pattern generation in the cricket CNS" 22^nd Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: "Learning, Memory and Plasticity" in Cambridge, UK
2010 Hedwig B, Schöneich S "High-accurate acoustic steering in cricket phonotaxis" 22^nd Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: "Learning, Memory and Plasticity" in Cambridge, UK
2010 Schöneich S, Hedwig B "Unravelling the central pattern generator for cricket singing" 9^th International Congress of Neuroethology in Salamanca, Spain
2009 Schöneich S, Hedwig B "Analysing the central pattern generator for cricket stridulation" The Annual Orthopterists – a Royal Entomological Society Special Interest Group - Meeting at the Natural History Museum in London, UK
2009 Schöneich S, Hedwig B "Analysing the central pattern generator for cricket stridulation" 8^th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2009 Schöneich S, Hedwig B "Analysing the central pattern generator for cricket stridulation." 21^st Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: "New Approaches in Neuroscience" in Cambridge, UK
2007 Schöneich S, Stevenson PA, Schildberger K "A potential decision-making circuit: Synaptic transmission between antennal proprioceptors and giant descending brain neurones in crickets" 7^th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2007 Schöneich S, Stevenson PA, Schildberger K "Synaptic transmission between antennal proprioceptors and giant descending brain neurones in crickets and its differential modulation by octopamine" 6^th Leipzig Research Festival for Life Science in Leipzig, Germany
2006 Schöneich S, Buhl E, Stevenson PA, Schildberger K "Homologous neurones need not share the same transmitter: A comparative analysis of identified GABAergic neurones in insects" 5^th Leipzig Research Festival for Life Science in Leipzig, Germany
2005 Schöneich S, Stevenson PA, Schildberger K "Differential octopaminergic modulation of giant descending antennal mechanosensory interneurones in the cricket brain" 6^th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in Göttingen, Germany
2004 Schöneich S, Stevenson PA, Schildberger K "Selective octopaminergic modulation of giant descending interneurones in the cricket" 97^th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society in Rostock, Germany