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Valentina Kirsch

University of WürzburgORCID 0000-0003-1113-8593Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Organism:E. coli· 1

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintMar 1, 2026

Localization of candidate clock neurons in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba)

Lukas Hüppe, Nils Reinhard, Annika Karl…·Charlotte Helfrich‐Förster

This study identifies and localizes circadian clock neurons in Antarctic krill using immunostaining and in situ hybridization, revealing PDH-positive neuron clusters and core clock gene expression.

DOI 10.64898/2026.02.26.708226

E. coliexperimental assay

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintJul 29, 2025

RHODOPSIN 7: An ancestral non-canonical photoreceptor shaping light-responsive behavior

Valentina Kirsch, Nils Reinhard, Heiko Hartlieb…·Pingkalai R. Senthilan

The paper identifies RHODOPSIN 7 as a non-canonical light sensor in Drosophila that influences behavior and shows its evolutionary origins across panarthropods.

DOI 10.1101/2025.07.29.667052

Drosophilaexperimental assay

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