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Steffen Prohaska

Zuse Institute Berlin

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Organism:Drosophila· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:imaging· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Semi-automatic Geometrical Reconstruction and Analysis of Filopodia Dynamics in 4D Two-Photon Microscopy Images

Blaž Brence, Josephine Brummer, Vincent J. Dercksen, Mehmet Neset Özel, Abhishek Kulkarni, Neele Wolterhoff, Steffen Prohaska, P. Robin Hiesinger, Daniel Baum

The paper develops a semi-automatic workflow for tracing and tracking filopodia in 4D two-photon microscopy images using intensity data without segmentation.

BMC Bioinformatics · Feb 16, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Serial synapse formation through filopodial competition for synaptic seeding factors

Mehmet Neset Özel, Abhishek Kulkarni, Amr Hasan, Josephine Brummer, Marian Moldenhauer, Ilsa-Maria Daumann, Heike Wolfenberg, Vincent J. Dercksen, Ferdi Rıdvan Kiral, Martin Weiser, Steffen Prohaska, Max von Kleist, P. Robin Hiesinger

The paper develops a 4D analysis method and computational model to show that filopodia compete for synaptic seeding factors, leading to serial synapse formation in Drosophila R7 photoreceptor axons.

Developmental Cell · Jul 25, 2019Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

NBLAST: Rapid, sensitive comparison of neuronal structure and construction of neuron family databases

Marta Costa, James D. Manton, Aaron D. Ostrovsky, Steffen Prohaska, Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis

NBLAST is a tool for comparing neuronal structures and clustering neurons, identifying new types and features in Drosophila datasets.

Neuron · Jul 1, 2016Peer-reviewedNeuroscience