We are addressing fundamental problems in Neuroscience, Developmental Biology, and Evolutionary Biology. We are particularly interested in:

 

  • How complex neural circuitry arises in development
  • How the activity of neuronal networks regulates animal behavior
  • How animal genomes, body plans and cell types evolved

In order to address these questions, we use several animal systems encompassing cnidarians, mollusks, fruit flies and nematodes, and a broad spectrum of experimental approaches. Our expertise ranges from genetics, cell- and developmental biology, and genomics to systems neuroscience. We are an interdisciplinary collaborative team of six groups. Click here to find out about their specific fields of research.

Department News

26.11.2021
 

Genomes of muntjac deer with only 6 or 7 chromosomes

23.11.2021
 

Why new genes are leaving the X chromosome?

23.11.2021
 

FWF grant for David Mörsdorf!

16.11.2021
 

Qi Zhou’s group published a paper on the genome of big-belly seahorse on Molecular Ecology Resources with Qi Zhou as a co-corresponding author.

11.10.2021
 

The former "COSB Colloquium" is back:

Program of the "Evolutionary Systems Biology Colloquium" is now available!

20.08.2021
 

Oleg Simakov is a co-author in two papers in Molecular Ecology Resources and in Cell