Research Groups

  • Behavioural Biology
    © Antje Herde

    DAMMHAHN LAB

    Focuses of research:

    (1) Behavioural Ecology
    (2) Evolution of pace-of-life syndromes
    (3) Behavioural adjustment to rapid human-induced environmental changes
    (4) Patterns, determinants and consequences of individuality
    (5) Learning and decision-making

  • Behavioural Biology/Endocrinology
    © Department of Behavioural Biology

    KAISER LAB

    Focuses of research:

    (1) Stress, stress avoidance, animal welfare
    (2) Hormones and behaviour
    (3) Behavioural development
    (4) Social behaviour
    (5) Domestication

     

  • Neurobiology
    © Silke Thomas & Christian Klämbt

    KLÄMBT LAB

    Focuses of research:

    (1) Molecular analysis of glial migration
    (2) Glial cell differentiation
    (3) Formation and function of the blood-brain barrier
    (4) Glial cell function during neuronal signal transduction
    (5) Genetic analysis of locomotion behavior

     

     

     

  • Behavioural Biology/Animal Welfare
    © Department of Behavioural Biology

    RICHTER LAB

    Focuses of research:

    (1) 3R-concept, refinement
    (2) Reproducibility and external validity of animal experiments
    (3) Ethological and physiological assessment of animal welfare
    (4) Cognition and emotion
    (5) Individuality and animal welfare

     

  • Neuronal Morphogenesis
    © Sebastian Rumpf

    RUMPF LAB

    Focuses of research:

    (1) Axons and dendrites
    (2) Neurite pruning
    (3) Neurodegeneration
    (4) The neuronal cytoskeleton
    (5) Ubiquitin and protein degradation

     

     

  • Behavioural Biology
    © K. Agelopoulos

    SACHSER LAB

    Focuses of research:

    (1) Stress, stress avoidance, animal welfare
    (2) Evolution of mating and social systems
    (3) Behavioural development
    (4) Environment, genes and behaviour
    (5) Domestication

     

  • Molecular Behavioural Genetics
    © Ross Harper, Joer Albert & Ralf Stanewsky

    STANEWSKY LAB

    Focuses of research:

    (1) Circadian clocks
    (2) Drosophila
    (3) Photo- and thermoreceptors
    (4) Sleep/wake cycles
    (5) Behaviour

     

  • Neurobiologie – Lipid Metabolism
    © Uni MS

    ZIEGLER LAB

    Focuses of research:

    (1) Neurobiology
    (2) Lipid metabolism
    (3) Neurodegenerative diseases
    (4) Drosophila genetics