Social Electric Eels

Sep 30, 2026

15:00 Jan Benda
Welcome
15:05 Peter Bartsch
Four years of Electrophorus voltai in captivity
15:30 David de Santana
Adaptive radiation without anatomical radiation in electric eels
16:00 Sarah Eisele
Exploring social behavior of the largest bioelectric generator via long-term electric recordings
16:20 Patrick Weygoldt
Tracking the social lives of electric eels in their natural habitats
16:50 coffe break
17:20 Devika Narain
Electric eels in Surinam
17:40 Stefan Mucha
Habitat use and behavioural dynamics of lake Nabugabo’s electric fishes during the rainy season
18:00 Jan Grewe
A unified model for ampullary afferents in Apteronotus leptorhtnchus and Eigenmannia virescens
18:30 Jan Benda
closing remarks