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Bertram Gerber is affiliated with Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg in Germany and conducts research primarily in the fields of neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scientific contributions span several topics, with a notable focus on neurobiology and insect physiology research.

The main fields of study in Gerber's work include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Gerber's research subfields highlight a detailed engagement with cellular and molecular mechanisms as well as ecological and evolutionary perspectives:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology

The scientist's main research topics are diverse, covering behavioral and physiological aspects as well as studies focusing on genetics and adaptation:

  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

Gerber has contributed to multiple scientific publications. Some recent papers include:

  • "Recurrent architecture for adaptive regulation of learning in the insect brain," 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • "Identification of Dopaminergic Neurons That Can Both Establish Associative Memory and Acutely Terminate Its Behavioral Expression," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Aversive teaching signals from individual dopamine neurons in larval Drosophila show qualitative differences in their temporal 'fingerprint'," 2020, The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • "High-resolution analysis of individual Drosophila melanogaster larvae uncovers individual variability in locomotion and its neurogenetic modulation," 2023, Open Biology
  • "Prediction error drives associative learning and conditioned behavior in a spiking model of Drosophila larva," 2023, iScience

Frequent co-authors working with Gerber include:

  • Michael Schleyer
  • Aliće Weiglein
  • Juliane Thoener
  • Nino Mancini
  • Andreas S. Thum

Gerber's work is published across several venues, with notable frequency in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neurogenetics
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Nature Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Light-induced activation of distinct modulatory neurons triggers appetitive or aversive learning in Drosophila larvae.

    Christian Schroll;Thomas Riemensperger;Daniel Bucher;Julia Ehmer

  • The complete connectome of a learning and memory centre in an insect brain

    Katharina Eichler;Feng Li;Ashok Litwin-Kumar;Youngser Park

  • The Drosophila larva as a model for studying chemosensation and chemosensory learning: a review

    Bertram Gerber;Reinhard F. Stocker

  • Olfactory learning in individually assayed Drosophila larvae.

    Sabine Scherer;Reinhard F. Stocker;Bertram Gerber

  • An engram found? Evaluating the evidence from fruit flies

    Bertram Gerber;Hiromu Tanimoto;Martin Heisenberg

  • Odorant intensity as a determinant for olfactory conditioning in honeybees: roles in discrimination, overshadowing and memory consolidation.

    Corinna Pelz;Bertram Gerber;Randolf Menzel

  • Experimental psychology: Event timing turns punishment to reward

    Hiromu Tanimoto;Martin Heisenberg;Bertram Gerber

  • Recurrent architecture for adaptive regulation of learning in the insect brain.

    Claire Eschbach;Akira Fushiki;Michael Winding;Casey M. Schneider-Mizell

  • Functional architecture of reward learning in mushroom body extrinsic neurons of larval Drosophila.

    Timo Saumweber;Astrid Rohwedder;Michael Schleyer;Katharina Eichler

  • Pharmacological dissociation between the reinforcing, sensitizing, and response-releasing functions of reward in honeybee classical conditioning.

    Randolf Menzel;Andrea Heyne;Cordula Kinzel;Bertram Gerber

  • LONG- BUT NOT MEDIUM-TERM RETENTION OF OLFACTORY MEMORIES IN HONEYBEES IS IMPAIRED BY ACTINOMYCIN D AND ANISOMYCIN

    Daniel Wustenberg;Bertram Gerber;Randolf Menzel

  • Pain-relief learning in flies, rats, and man: basic research and applied perspectives

    Bertram Gerber;Ayse Yarali;Sören Diegelmann;Carsten T. Wotjak

  • A molecular and neuronal basis for amino acid sensing in the Drosophila larva

    Vincent Croset;Michael Schleyer;J. Roman Arguello;Bertram Gerber;Bertram Gerber

  • Outcome expectations drive learned behaviour in larval Drosophila

    Bertram Gerber;Thomas Hendel

  • Visual learning in individually assayed Drosophila larvae.

    Bertram Gerber;Sabine Scherer;K. Neuser;B. Michels

  • A rift between implicit and explicit conditioned valence in human pain relief learning

    Marta Andreatta;Andreas Mühlberger;Ayse Yarali;Bertram Gerber

  • Four Individually Identified Paired Dopamine Neurons Signal Reward in Larval Drosophila.

    Astrid Rohwedder;Astrid Rohwedder;Nana L. Wenz;Bernhard Stehle;Annina Huser

  • Behavioral analyses of sugar processing in choice, feeding, and learning in larval Drosophila.

    Angela Schipanski;Ayse Yarali;Thomas Niewalda;Bertram Gerber

  • A role for Synapsin in associative learning: The Drosophila larva as a study case

    Birgit Michels;Sören Diegelmann;Hiromu Tanimoto;Isabell Schwenkert

  • Smelling, Tasting, Learning: Drosophila as a Study Case

    Bertram Gerber;Reinhard F. Stocker;T. Tanimura;Andreas Thum

  • Honey bees transfer olfactory memories established during flower visits to a proboscis extension paradigm in the laboratory

    B. Gerber;N. Geberzahn;F. Hellstern;J. Klein

  • Appetitive olfactory learning in Drosophila larvae: effects of repetition, reward strength, age, gender, assay type and memory span

    Kirsa Neuser;Jana Husse;Patrick Stock;Bertram Gerber

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiromu Tanimoto
Hiromu Tanimoto Tohoku University
Randolf Menzel
Randolf Menzel Freie Universität Berlin
Albert Cardona
Albert Cardona University of Cambridge
Martin Heisenberg
Martin Heisenberg University of Würzburg
Markus Fendt
Markus Fendt Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
André Fiala
André Fiala University of Göttingen
Reinhard F. Stocker
Reinhard F. Stocker University of Fribourg
Paul Pauli
Paul Pauli University of Würzburg
Yoshinori Aso
Yoshinori Aso Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Martin Giurfa
Martin Giurfa Sorbonne University

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