Prof. Dr. Andrew Straw

Focus of research

• Neural circuits for visuo-motor behavior in Drosophila
• Development of technology for behavioral and neural experiments

CV

• Since 2016 Professor, Institute of Biology I, University of Freiburg, Germany
• 2012–2017 ERC Starting Grant FlyVisualCircuits
• 2010–2015 IMP Fellow, Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna, Austria
• 2004–2010 Postdoc, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
• 2004 PhD, University of Adelaide, Australia
• 1997 BS, University of Southern California

Selected publications

• Dakin R*, Segre PS*, Straw AD, Altshuler DL. Morphology, muscle capacity, skill, and maneuvering ability in hummingbirds. Science(2018) doi:10.1126/science.aao7104
• Stowers JR*, Hofbauer M*, Bastien R, Griessner J⁑, Higgins P⁑, Farooqui S⁑, Fischer RM, Nowikovsky K, Haubensak W, Couzin ID, Tessmar-Raible K✎, Straw AD✎. Virtual Reality for Freely Moving Animals. Nature Methods (2017) doi:10.1038/nmeth.4399
• Panser K*, Tirian L*, Schulze F*, Villalba S, Jefferis GSXE, Bühler K, Straw AD. Automatic segmentation of Drosophila neural compartments using GAL4 expression data reveals novel visual pathways. Current Biology (2016) doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.052
• Fenk LM*, Poehlmann A*, Straw AD. Asymmetric processing of visual motion for simultaneous figure and background responses. Current Biology 24(24), 2913-2919 (2014) doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.10.042
• Bath DE*, Stowers JR*, Hörmann D, Poehlmann A, Dickson BJ✎, Straw AD✎. FlyMAD: Rapid thermogenetic control of neuronal activity in freely-walking Drosophila. Nature Methods 11(7), 756-762 (2014) doi:10.1038/nmeth.2973
• *,⁑ equal contribution
• ✎ co-corresponding author