Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Fakultät für Biowissenschaften
Institut für Zoologie und Evolutionsforschung
Address
Erbertstraße 1
07743 Jena
Deutschland
GERiT
This institution in GERiT
07743 Jena
Projects
Research Grants
Current projects
3D functional modules of the facial muscles (3D FACE)
(Applicants
Fischer, Martin S.
;
Guntinas-Lichius, Orlando
)
Diversity and key traits of moths along a complete elevational gradient in the Peruvian Andes
(Applicant
Brehm, Gunnar
)
Establishment of nematomorphs for comparative genomics and developmental biology
(Applicants
Hejnol, Andreas
;
Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas
)
Evolutionary morphology of the hyperdiverse Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) and possible reasons for their ecomorphological radiation in the context of cave-dwelling, predation and association with ants
(Applicant
Yavorskaya, Margarita
)
Intraspecific communication for mate finding in insects: Neural modifications underlying its evolution in eneopterine crickets and its susceptibility to neonicotinoid insecticides
(Applicant
Schöneich, Stefan
)
NeuroNex: Communication, Coordination, and Control in Neuromechanical Systems (C3NS)
(Applicants
Ache, Jan M.
;
Blanke, Alexander
;
Büschges, Ansgar
;
Fischer, Martin S.
;
Ito, Kei
)
Skeletal and dental development of larval batrachians: The influence of developmental processes on the evolution of novelties and the evolution of neobatrachian diversity.
(Applicant
Lukas, Paul
)
Completed projects
3D Avian bipedal locomotion in even and unpredictable environments: an integrative study of locomotion control, body and leg proportions
(Applicant
Andrada, Emanuel
)
A brachiopod's eye-sight - Understanding the evolution of light sensitive organs in the phylum Brachiopoda
(Applicant
Lüter, Carsten
)
A novel approach in biological systematics: Phylogenetic analysis of Polyneoptera (Hexapoda, Insecta) based on neuropeptide sequences
(Applicant
Predel, Reinhard
)
Avian Terrestrial Locomotion: Evolution, Dynamics, and Computer Vision
(Applicants
Blickhan, Reinhard
;
Denzler, Joachim
;
Fischer, Martin S.
)
Comparative Investigations of neuronal integration processes along the auditory pathway in simple systems
(Applicant
Nowotny, Manuela
)
Cranial neural crest, head and shoulder mesoderm development in Australian lungfish and amphibians
(Applicant
Olsson, Lennart
)
Die Kiefermuskulatur der Cyprinodontiformes (Teleostei: Acanthopterygii: Atherinomorpha) unter funktionsmorphologischen und phylogenetischen Aspekten
(Applicant
Fischer, Martin S.
)
Evolution and development of evolutionary novelties during anuran ontogenesis
(Applicant
Lukas, Paul
)
Evolution and expression of genes induced in craniofacial morphogenes in amphibians and lungfish
(Applicant
Svensson, Mats
)
Evolutionary novelties in amphibian head development: The roles of FoxN3 and functionally related genes.
(Applicant
Olsson, Lennart
)
Evolution of terrestrial development in anurans
(Applicant
Müller, Hendrik
)
Experimental investigation of mechano-electrical signal transduction in a simple auditory organ [in the hearing organ of bushcrickets]
(Applicant
Nowotny, Manuela
)
Fortbewegung und funktionelle Morphologie des Bewegungsapparates vom Zweifinger-Faultier (Choloepus didactylus)
(Applicant
Fischer, Martin S.
)
From water to land: the ontogeny of Persian mudskippers
(Applicant
Heiss, Egon
)
Function, form and evolution of food processing in salamanders
(Applicant
Fischer, Martin S.
)
Funktionelle Morphologie des Rumpfes von Echsen - Integration von Bewegung, Muskelaktivität und Fasertypenverteilung
(Applicants
Schilling, Nadja
;
Scholle, Hans-Christoph
)
Funktionelle Peptidomanalyse am neurosekretorischen System von Insekten
(Applicant
Predel, Reinhard
)
Funktionsweise ausgewählter Rumpfmuskeln von Echsen während der Fortbewegung
(Applicant
Schilling, Nadja
)
Größenabhängige Strategien der Selbststabilisierung der Beinbewegung
(Applicant
Fischer, Martin S.
)
Influence of repeated acoustic overstimulation on the development of tinnitus in the Mongolian gerbil
(Applicants
Gaese, Bernhard
;
Nowotny, Manuela
)
Integrating phylogenomics, natural history collection holdings, innovative morphology and paleontological data - The phylogeny and evolution of adephagan beetles as a case study
(Applicants
Balke, Michael
;
Beutel, Rolf Georg
;
Misof, Ph.D., Bernhard
;
Niehuis, Oliver
)
Investigation of noise-induced degeneration of efferent nerve fibers in the mammalian inner ear as cause of hyperacusis
(Applicant
Nowotny, Manuela
)
"Ontogeny and Phylogeny" Revisited: The Road from Ernst Haeckel to EvoDevo from an International Perspective
(Applicant
Hoßfeld, Uwe
)
Patterns and causes of diversity of tropical moths along an elevational gradient in Costa Rica
(Applicant
Brehm, Gunnar
)
Phylogenetic investigation of Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera, Insecta) especially Hydrophiloidea with molecular and morphological data
(Applicant
Beutel, Rolf Georg
)
Plasticity and constraint in the evolution of development: Has the aquatic larval stage re-evolved in plethodontid salamanders?
(Applicant
Olsson, Lennart
)
Pneumotachographie bei Wirbeltieren - Kooperationsreise ins Labor von Prof. Carrier Aktive Teilnahme am 7. Internationalen Kongress für Wirbeltiermorphologie -
(Applicant
Schilling, Nadja
)
Tagma-spezifische Verteilung von Neurohormonen/Neuromodulatoren bei der Amerikanischen Schabe Periplaneta americana
(Applicant
Eckert, Manfred
)
Technical non-visual characterization of substrate contact following the biological paragon of carpal vibrissae
(Applicants
Schmidt, Manuela
;
Witte, Hartmut
;
Zimmermann, Klaus
)
The evolution of Endopterygota - reconstructing the phylogeny of the most successful lineage of organisms with phylogenomic and morphological data
(Applicants
Beutel, Rolf Georg
;
Misof, Ph.D., Bernhard
)
The Evolution of larval and adult features in Diptera (Insecta).
(Applicant
Beutel, Rolf Georg
)
The phylogeny and evolution of holometablolous insects (Endopterygota)
(Applicants
Beutel, Rolf Georg
;
Hörnschemeyer, Thomas
)
The phylogeny and evolution of the "Lower Neoptera" (Insecta)
(Applicants
Beutel, Rolf Georg
;
Hörnschemeyer, Thomas
;
Klass, Klaus-Dieter
)
The reproductive and mating strategies of the twisted-winged parasites (Insecta: Strepsiptera): novel insights in the reproductive biology of an enigmatic insect order
(Applicants
Beutel, Rolf Georg
;
Niehuis, Oliver
;
Pohl, Hans
)
Verteilung der Muskelfasertypen in der Schultermuskulatur arborealer Primaten in Relation zu Schulterbewegung und Belastung
(Applicant
Schmidt, Manuela
)
Priority Programmes
Completed projects
Modell vierbeinigen, säugetierähnlichen Laufens; Kinematik; Dynamik
(Applicant
Fischer, Martin S.
)
Heisenberg Fellowships
Completed projects
Comparative Investigations of neuronal integration processes along the auditory pathway in simple systems
(Applicant
Nowotny, Manuela
)
Heisenberg Grants
Completed projects
Comparative investigations of neuronal integration processes along the auditory pathway in simple systems
(Applicant
Nowotny, Manuela
)
Research Fellowships
Completed projects
Analyse von Expressionsmustern entwicklungsbiologisch relevanter Gene bei dem Acoelen Convolutriloba longifissura, einem basalen Bilaterier
(Applicant
Hejnol, Andreas
)
WBP Fellowship
Completed projects
Evolution of steroid hormone signaling and size determination in Cnidaria and Xenacoelomorpha
(Applicant
Taubenheim, Jan
)
Major Research Instrumentation
Completed projects
Confocal laser scanning microscope system for live cell imaging
Research data and software
Completed projects
Extension and modification of Morph D Base producing a system for permanent storage and documentation of volume data of biological objects in high resolution
(Applicants
Beutel, Rolf Georg
;
Hoch, Hannelore
;
Hörnschemeyer, Thomas
;
Vogt, Lars
)
Research Units
Current projects
Plant-pollinator interactions: Diurnal and nocturnal pollinators
(Applicants
Keller, Alexander
;
Leonhardt, Sara Diana
)
Research Training Groups
Completed projects
GRK 768: Biomolecular Switches ? Coding of Proteins via Conformational Changes and Posttranslational Modifications
(Spokesperson
Heinemann, Stefan H.
)
