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

01.06.2020
 

Science Advances paper about tissue clearing with contributions from Oleg Simakov and Hannah Schmidbaur

21.04.2020
 

Oleg Simakov published a new paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution about deeply conserved syntheny in vertebrates.

07.04.2020
 

FWF grant for Ulrich Technau

07.04.2020
 

University Research Platform SinCeReSt funded for 4 years

07.04.2020
 

DACH grant obtained by Oleg Simakov

01.01.2020
 

Department fusion