Our faculty members

Development and function of neural circuits • Neuroethology of zebrafish and cichlids • Omics approaches to behavior • Zebrafish brain atlas

Sensory systems • Evolution of vertebrate taste receptors • Convergent evolution • Evolution of digestive functions

Mammalian neural circuits • Learning, memory and synaptic plasticity • Visual system • Learning under (semi-)natural conditions

Fly motion vision • Neural computation • Modeling • Dendrite development • Visual behavior

Acoustic communication • Bioacoustics • Anthropogenic noise

Neural circuits of cortico-thalamic feedback in the mouse visual system • Computational modelling of the mouse thalamocortical system • Natural stimuli for mice

Connectomics • Serial block-face electron microscopy • Advanced imaging methods

Personality and life-history • Indirect genetic effects, quantitative genetics, and social evolution • Mixed-effect modelling education and teaching

Evolution of gene expression • Evolution of speech • RNA-seq • Primate induced pluripotent stem cells

Visual processing in Drosophila • Neuroethology of vision • Neuronal activity during active behavior • Eye movements and active vision

Neural circuit function and dynamics in reptiles • Sleep • Perception and memory • Evolution of vertebrate brains and behaviour

Sexual differentiation • Vocal communication • Brain and behavior

Computational modeling of neural circuits • Models of synaptic plasticity • Models of neural development and learning • Neural information processing

Neuronal circuits for emotion in mice • Interoception and emotion • Insular cortex

Neurogenesis • Neural stem cells • Brain injury • Neuronal replacement • Direct reprogramming

Bio-Imaging • Directed Evolution • Protein Engineering

Structure and function of neuronal circuits in the mammalian auditory system • Representation of space in the auditory cortex • Ca++-imaging

Neuronal mitochondrial biogenesis • Mitochondrial plasticity in neurodevelopment • Mitochondrial dysfunction in neurological disease

Evolutionary physiology • Effects of climate warming on wild birds • Metabolism, stress responses and life history decisions

Neuroethology of vocal behavior in birds • Vocal communication in social contexts • Neurophysiology in natural environments

Cellular and circuit basis of higher cognition • Executive control and language • Rodent and human recordings • Brain-computer interfaces

Molecules, Cells and Circuits in Magnetosensation • Microtubules and Neurodevelopmental Disease • Organoid models in monotremes and marsupials

Avian mating systems • Sexual selection • Field research • Shorebird behaviour

Dendritic RNA transport to synapses of mammalian neurons • Omics approaches to ribonucleoprotein assembly • Local protein synthesis at activated synapses • The role of Pum2 in epilepsy and GABA A receptor function in vivo

Re-designing brain circuits in mice • Multimodal mapping of cell types in mouse amygdala • Optogenetic manipulation of appetitive behavior

Connectomics • Machine learning • Songbird neural circuits • Connectome decoding

Social behaviour • Evolution of intraspecific diversity • Behavioural genetics/genomics

Omics approaches to brain development • Neural cell fate specification • Neurogenomics • Single-cell delineation of lineage and genetic identity

Ecological, genetic and developmental basis of sensory and behavioural variation • Speciation (especially evolution of behavioural isolation) • Tropical butterflies

Probabilistic models in evolutionary and behavioural ecology • Development of model-based inference methods in population genetics • Models of DNA sequence evolution and methylation dynamics

Development of neuromuscular synapses • Cell biological mechanisms of axon homeostasis and degeneration • The neuro-energetics of the CNS

Theoretical neuroscience • Sensory coding • Perceptual inference • Neural computation

Comparative Biomechanics • Development and Function of the Lateral Line System • Neural Basis of Flow Navigation

Neural circuits in zebrafish • Decision-making • Spatial navigation • Action selection

Neuroethology of sleep in the wild • Behavioral ecology of sleep • Evolution of sleep

Neural circuits for vocal communication • Songbird neuroethology • Electrophysiology in interacting animals

Parrot cognition • Vocal imitation and learning • Vocal plasticity • Comparative cognition

Evolutionary genetics • Genome-wide signatures of behaviour (e.g. mating behaviour, movement)