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.matinez-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

29.07.2022
 

New blood fluke paper

15.07.2022
 

Oleg Simakov is co-author of a paper in BMC Biology

07.07.2022
 

Grigory Genikhovich obtained an FWF Grant

16.06.2022
 

Whitman Fellowship for Oleg Simakov

15.06.2022
 

Qi Zhou’s group published a Nature Communications paper on how two worm phyla evolved their sex chromosomes.

06.05.2022
 

Oleg Simakov, Hannah Schmidbaur et al. published another Nature Communications paper