Schneider A, Zimmermann C, Alyahyay M, Steenbergen F, Brox T & Diester I. (2022). 3D pose estimation enables virtual head-fixation in freely moving rats. Neuron. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2022.04.019

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Academic Background
2011-2014 | B.Sc. Molecular medicine, University of Freiburg. Bachelor thesis in Spittau Lab: “Analysis and Characterisation of the Plant Homeo Domain Finger Protein 11 in Microglia” |
2014-2016 | M.Sc. Molecular medicine, University of Freiburg. Master thesis in Diester Lab: “Assessment of the Side Emitting Fiber as a Tool for Optogenetic Perturbations of Large Brain Volumes” |
Since 2017 | PhD student in Optophysiology lab. Projects: Establishing marker-free tracking for freely moving rats. Decoding of movement based on neural signals from motor areas. |
Publications
Eriksson D, Schneider A, Thirumalai A, Alyahyay M, de la Crompe B, Sharma K, Ruther P, Diester I (2021): Multichannel optogenetics combined with laminar recordings for ultra-controlled neuronal interrogation. Nat Commun 13, 985 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28629-6
Sharma K, Jaeckel Z, Schneider A, Paul O, Diester I and Ruther P (2021). Multifunctional optrode for opsin delivery, optical stimulation, and electrophysiological recordings in freely moving rats. J. Neural Eng. 18 066013; doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ac3206
Eriksson D, Heiland M, Schneider A, Diester I (2021). Distinct dynamics of neuronal activity during concurrent motor planning and execution. Nat Commun. 2021 Sep 10;12(1):5390. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25558-8. PMID: 34508073.
Sun ZP, Schneider A, Alyahyay M, Karvat G, Diester I (2021). Effects of optogenetic stimulation of primary somatosensory cortex and its projections to striatum on vibrotactile perception in freely moving rats. eNeuro 16 February 2021, ENEURO.0453-20.2021; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0453-20.2021
Eriksson D, Heiland M, Schneider A & Diester I (2020). Cortical activity at different time scales: high-pass filtering separates motor planning and execution. BioRxiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/857300
Eriksson D, Schneck M, Schneider A, Coulon P & Diester I (2020). A starting kit for training and establishing in vivo electrophysiology, intracranial pharmacology, and optogenetics. J Neurosci Methods. 2020 Apr 15;336:108636. DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2020.108636.
Karvat G, Schneider A, Alyahyay M, Steenbergen F, Tangermann M, & Diester I (2020). Real-time detection of neural oscillation bursts allows behaviourally relevant neurofeedback. Nature Communications Biology. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-0801-z