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

16.04.2018
 

Daniela Praher completed her PhD.

16.03.2018
 

New COSB colloquium scedule is out!

 

09.03.2018
 

PNAS paper about axis formation

15.12.2017
 

Dissertation Completion Fellowship for Ekaterina Pukhlyakova

 

04.12.2017
 

FWF grant awarded to Alison Cole!

13.10.2017
 

Oleg Simakov received a FWF grant