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 eight groups. Click here to find out about their specific fields of research.

Belén Martínez-Asenjo

  • Grants Manager

T: +43-1-4277 56501

belen.martinez-asenjo(at)univie.ac.at

 

 

Netsanet Berhane Getachew

  • Organization Assistant

T: +43-1-4277-54618

netsanet.berhane.getachew(at)univie.ac.at

 

 

Nina Znidaric

  • Organization Assistant

T: +43-1-4277 56501

nina.znidaric(at)univie.ac.at

 

 

 

Department News

17.07.2021
 

The former postdoc Zongji Wang from Qi Zhou's group published a paper on phylogeny and sex chromosome evolution of Palaeognathae (flightless ratites...

02.07.2021
 

Oleg Simakov is co-author in a new Communications Biology paper about the evolution of bobtail and bottletail squid

01.07.2021
 

Congratulations to Uli Technau for obtaining yet another FWF Grant!

29.06.2021
 

Genikhovich group has a new Nature Communications paper about the regulatory logic of the beta-catenin-dependent axial patterning

11.05.2021
 

Oleg Simakov is co-author in a new Nature Ecology and Evolution paper about the genome of Nautilus pompilius

07.05.2021
 

EMBL/EMBO Symposium Poster Prize for Alison Cole