Ines Leca (program 1)*
Simon Nimpf (program 2)*
Lisa Rosenberger (program 3)
Patrick Markey (program 4)
Some of the CoBeNe PhD fellows also participate in the VBC PhD Program, they are marked with *.
Jessie Adriaense (P3)
An interdisciplinary investigation of the ultimate and proximate causes of empathy
Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods
Chiara Alberti (P1) *
Dissecting expression and function of neuronal-specific microRNAs in Caenorhabditis elegans
IMP
Diane Baier (P4)
Studying the Role of Language During the Capture of Attention in Visual Color-Search
Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods
Veronika Beeck (P3)
Functions and mechanisms of vocal flexibility
Department of Cognitive Biology
Sabrina Bettoni (P3)
Comparative Otter Vocal Communication
Department of Cognitive Biology
Christian Blum (P3)
Vocal Traditions in Common Ravens (Corvus corax)
Department of Cognitive Biology
Magdalena Boch (P3)
Evolutionary foundations of the social brain: a comparative canine neuroimaging approach
Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods
Jane Boddy (P4)
Reified Feelings: discourses of a scientific foundation for modern art in Germany
Department of History of Art
Julien Charest (P1) *
Establishment of neural left/right asymmetry through transcriptional priming in early embryonic lineages of Caenorhabditis elegans
IMP
Arno Cimadom (P3)
Living at the edge: The impact of an introduced parasite and habitat change on the breeding success of Darwin’s finches
Department of Behavioural Biology
Giulia Cimarelli (P3)
Do dogs consider their owners their “best friends”? Evolutionary and developmental origins of the dog-human relationship: a behavioural, epigenetic and physiological analysis
Department of Cognitive Biology
Andrea Ferretti (P3)
How to recover after a long flight: rest patterns in migratory birds
Department of Cognitive Biology
Mario Gallego Abenza (P3)
Social cognition and foraging in free-ranging common ravens
Department of Cognitive Biology
Jürgen Goller (P4)
Facial attractiveness
Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods
Felix Haiduk (P3)
Evolutionary phenomenology of singing and speaking
Department of Cognitive Biology
Helena Hartmann (P3)
Another's pain in my brain: Clarifying the specificity of the effects of placebo analgesia on empathy for pain
Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods
Hana Hollá Kutliková (P3)
The role of testosterone in reputation-based prosocial behavior and underlying neural mechanisms
Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods
Lara Iaiza (P3)
Core Facility KLF für Verhaltens- und Kognitionsbiologie
Paula Ibáñez de Aldecoa (P3)
Mechanisms, components and promoters of innovation in birds and humans
Department of Behavioural Biology
Beatrice Immelmann (P4)
"Vibrations" in discussions on aesthetic effect
Department of History of Art
Judith Janisch (P3)
The beauty of dance – using new technologies for analyzing the complex courtship behavior of manakins (Manacus vitellinus and Manacus aurantiacus)
Konrad Lorenz Institut für Vergleichende Verhaltensbiologie
Hillary Jean-Joseph (P3)
How wolves and dogs see their worlds: Mental changes during dogification
Department of Cognitive Biology
Hoi-Lam Jim (P3)
Eavesdropping in wolves and dogs
Messerli Research Institute, University of Veterinary Medicine
Sabrina Karl (P3)
Investigating the human-dog attachment system by using fMRI in awake dogs
Messerli Research Institute, University of Veterinary Medicine
Rashmit Kaur (P2)
Molecular mechanism coordinating sensory axon branching and targeting in the Drosophila olfactory system
Department of Neurobiology
Isabelle Laumer (P3)
Tool-related problem solving in Goffin cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) and orangutans (Pongo abelii)
Department of Cognitive Biology
Martina Lazzaroni (P3)
The effect of human socialisation on problem solving abilities of canines: are dogs socially more dependent than wolves?
Messerli Research Institute, University of Veterinary Medicine
Ines Leca (P1) *
The Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms underlying Tubulinopathies
IMP
Lukas Lengersdorff (P3)
Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods
Raffaela Lesch (P3)
Tame Voices: The Impact of Human Selection on the Vocalization and Larynx of Domesticated Animals
Department of Cognitive Biology
Dominik Lindenhofer (P1) *
Loss-of-function screening for cortical layer formation using retroviral CRISPR/Cas9 libraries
IMBA
Isabelle Maiditsch (P3)
Ecological Constraints and Sound Communication in Fishes; the Croaking Gourami (Trichopsis vittata)
Department of Behavioural Biology
Patrick Markey (P4)
How we perceive Art and what this does to us – implications of processes of intermediate and later stages of Art perception
Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods
Theresa Matzinger (P3)
Phrase Final Lengthening - An Interdisciplinary Approach
Department of Cognitive Biology
Jim McGetrick (P3)
An investigation into the proximate mechanisms underlying reciprocity in non-human animal species, using domestic dogs as a model
Department of Cognitive Biology
Clemens Mielacher (P3)
Modulation of cognitive and affective functions in patient samples using noninvasive stimulation of hippocampal connectivity
Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods
Nace Mikus (P3)
Modelling of social interaction
Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods
Clémentine Mitoyen (P3)
Decoding the value of courtship signals in the ring dove by integrated audio-visual analysis
Departement of Cognitive Biology
Aleksandra Mitrovic (P4)
Look at beauty! Testing the influence of beauty on our perception
Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods
Annika Nichols (P2) *
Circuit mechanisms and neuroendocrine control of a sleep like brain state in C. elegans
IMP
Simon Nimpf (P2) *
The Neural Basis of Magnetoreception in the Pigeon Columba livia
IMP
Gregory Nordmann (P2) *
Can pigeons hear magnetic fields? The role of the auditory system in magnetoreception of Columba livia
IMP
Jinook Oh (P3)
Technological approach to conduct and analyze animal behavior experiments.
Department of Cognitive Biology
Anton Parinov (P2) *
Sensory Coding and Sensorimotor integration in the Brain of C.elegans
IMP
Birgit Poehn (P2) *
The circadian and circalunar clocks of Clunio marinus and Platynereis dumerilii
Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Genetics
Verena Pühringer-Sturmayr (P3)
Between Habitat Quality and Site Fidelity: How the Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita), a Critically Endangered Bird Species, chooses its Foraging Areas
Core Facility KLF für Verhaltens- und Kognitionsbiologie
Lisa Rosenberger (P3)
The neurobiology of repeated trust interactions
Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods
Theresa Rößler (P3)
Innovative problem solving in Goffin's cockatoos (Cacatua Goffiniana)
Department of Cognitive Biology
Melissa Sebilleau (P3)
Vocal mimicry and movement imitation in parrots
Department of Cognitive Biology
Carina Siutz (P2)
Effects of previous reproductive effort and food quality on hibernation patterns in free-living common hamsters
Department of Behavioural Biology
Vedrana Slipogor (P3)
INDIVIDUUM: Integrative Approach to the Study of Individual Differences in Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)
Department of Cognitive Biology
Eva Specker (P4)
Universal aesthetic effects of lines and colors? Effects of culture, expertise and habituation
Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods
Giovanni Spezie (P3)
Learning to be attractive
University of Veterinary Medicine
Julia Steger (P1)
Evolution and development of metazoan cell type diversity: Insights from the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis
Department of Molecular Evolution and Development
Martina Stocker (P3)
A hormonal perspective on cooperative behaviour: A comparative approach
Department of Cognitive Biology
Mario Thalwitzer (P4)
The Gendered Eye. Eine Empirische Spurensuche von Geschlechterdifferenzen in der Kunstwahrnehmung
Department of History of Art
Kerem Uzel (P2) *
Identification of Mechanisms Underlying the Coordinated Neuronal Population Dynamics in C. elegans
IMP
Karim Vadiwala (P1) *
Neuropeptide control of rhythmicity and regeneration in Platynereis dumerilii
MFPL
Lisa-Claire Vanhooland (P3)
Animal visual self-recognition and self-awareness
Department of Cognitive Biology
Veedin Rajan Vinoth Babu (P2) *
Functional characterization of visual and non-visual photoreceptors for circadian and circalunar entrainment in Platynereis dumerilii
Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Genetics
Amelia Wein (P3)
Imitation in Kea (Nestor notabilis)
Department of Cognitive Biology
Katharina Wenig (P3)
How to judge interaction partners: The underlying mechanisms of social evaluations
Department of Cognitive Biology
Gwendolyn Wirobski (P3)
The role of oxytocin in dog domestication
Messerli Research Institute, University of Veterinary Medicine
Anna Wucherer (P3)
An experimental psychophysiological approach to understand frustration, anger and emotion regulation in psychopathy
Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods
Theresa Zekoll (P2) *
Analysis of opsins in the vertebrate brain
Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Genetics
Martin Zurl (P1) *
Elucidating the function of the melatonin biosynthesis pathway in the marine bristleworm Platynereis
MFPL
