Home Departments and Research Groups Herwig Baier News from the Department News and research highlights from the department "Genes - Circuits - Behavior" All Should I stay or should I go: When do young fish leave their home? January 16, 2025 3D-printed snail shells provide insights into the brood care of cichlids more Questioning Free Will January 07, 2025 Is the idea of free will an illusion created by our brain? more ERC Synergy Grant: Cognitive Maps for Intelligent Behavior November 05, 2024 10 million euros awarded to zebrafish researchers more About digital swarm partners and neural networks June 12, 2024 Otto Hahn Medal honors Johannes Kappel for outstanding research more A new approach to recording cellular activities February 22, 2024 A novel chemical labeling method allows transient events in cells to be recorded for later analysis more Social behavior of Cichlids Video December 17, 2023 Dive into the investigation of the complex social behaviors of Cichlids. more Zebrafish behavior Video December 10, 2023 Watch Joe at his multi-faceted work to investigate the integration of sensory input. more Vision in the brain – hardwired for action September 27, 2023 Brain circuits for vision develop without any kind of input from the retina in zebrafish more Celebrating outstanding publications June 19, 2023 Young Scientist Award Ilaria Vitali and Johannes Kappel receive Young Scientist Award more Mapping unknown territory February 22, 2023 A detailed atlas of gene expression in the zebrafish brain more A brain network for social attraction July 13, 2022 Specialized nerve cells in the zebrafish visual system enable recognition of conspecifics more Otto Hahn Medal thanks to an optical illusion June 24, 2021 Yunmin Wu receives award for outstanding research more In a tight spot January 27, 2021 A newly discovered circuit helps fish to prioritize more Tracing the many paths of vision December 23, 2020 New study decodes the molecular diversity of neurons in the zebrafish retina more Awarding the research of young scientists October 14, 2020 Young Scientist Award Johannes Larsch and Daniel Gehrlach receive the Young Scientist Award 2019 more The right cells in the right spot October 13, 2020 Neurons in a visual brain area of zebrafish are arranged as a map for catching prey more An optical illusion opens a window into the brain September 22, 2020 Interview with Yunmin Wu from the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, who identified neurons enabling zebrafish to detect motion more Individual differences in the brain August 06, 2020 If selection reinforces a behavior, brain activities soon change as well more Artificial intelligence as behavioral analyst December 19, 2019 Computer algorithms disassemble prey capture behavior of zebrafish into its components more Young zebrafish could provide information on nerve cell circuits for social behavior September 26, 2019 Johannes Larsch receives NARSAD Young Investigator Grant more Show more
