First Funding Period (start 2020)
Principle Investigators
- Arrenberg, Aristedes, Jun.-Prof. Dr. - Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- Benda, Jan - Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- Clemens, Jan, Dr. - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- Egger, Veronica, Prof. Dr. - Universität Regensburg
- Ernst, Udo, Dr. - University of Bremen
- Güntürkün, Onur, Prof. Dr. - Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Grewe, Jan, Dr. - Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- Grunwald Kadow, Ilona, Prof. Dr. - Technische Universität München
- Harzsch, Steffen, Prof. Dr. - Universität Greifswald
- Hafed, Ziad, Prof. Dr. - Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- Hennig, Matthias, Prof. Dr. - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Huber, Daniel, Prof. Dr. - Université de Genéve
- Jösch, Maximilian, Prof. Dr. - IST Austria, Klosterneuburg
- Kampa, Björn, Prof. Dr. - RWTH Aachen University
- Kittel, Robert, Prof. Dr. - Universität Leipzig
- Kreiter, Andreas, Prof. Dr. - University of Bremen
- Kondrashov, Fyodor, Prof. Dr. - IST Austria, Klosterneuburg
- Lindner, Benjamin - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Memmesheimer, Raoul-Martin, Prof. Dr. - Universität Bonn
- Mormann, Florian, Prof. Dr. - University Bonn, Medical Center
- Nawrot, Martin, Prof. Dr. - Universität Köln
- Nieder, Andreas - Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- Nowick, Katja, Prof. Dr. - Freie Universität Berlin
- Portugues, Ruben, Dr. - MPI of Neurobiology, München
- Priesemann, Viola, Dr. - MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen
- Pusch, Roland, Dr. - Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Rose, Jonas, Dr. - Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Rotter, Stefan - University of Freiburg
- Rybak, Jürgen, Dr. - MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena
- Sachse, Silke, Dr. - MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena
- Wernet, Mathias, Prof. Dr. - Freie Universität Berlin
- Wibral, Michael, Prof. Dr.- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- Wicher, Dieter, PD Dr. - MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena
- Wolf, Fred, Prof. Dr. - MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Mercator Fellows
Projects
- Saccadic suppression: from zebrafish to primates Aristides Arrenberg (U Tübingen), Ziad Hafed (U Tübingen)
- Spatially anisotropic lateral inhibition: Convergent circuit designs in the insect AL and vertebrate OB Veronica Egger (U Regensburg), Silke Sachse (MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena)
- Identification of conserved circuit logic in temperature navigation behavior in fish and fly Ilona Grunwald Kadow (TU München), Ruben Portugues (MPI of Neurobiology, München)
- Evolutionary Convergence of Hierarchical Information Processing Viola Priesemann (MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen), Michael Wibral (U Göttingen)
- Weakly nonlinear interactions in an electrosensory cocktail party problem Jan Benda (U Tübingen), Jan Grewe (U Tübingen), Benjamin Lindner (HU Berlin)
- Evolving to be flexible - optimizing task-dependent information processing in the visual system Udo Ernst (U Bremen), Andreas Kreiter (U Bremen)
- A three-dimensional functional investigation of the avian visual system - Do amniotes share a canonical forebrain circuit? Onur Güntürkün – Ruhr (U Bochum), Roland Pusch (U Bochum), Jonas Rose – Ruhr (U Bochum)
- Evolutionary specialization of neuronal core circuits in arthropod olfactory systems: structure and function of convergence/divergence in crustaceans versus insects Steffen Harzsch (U Greifswald), Martin Nawrot (U Köln), Jürgen Rybak – (MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena)
- Plug and play integration of a new sensory channel in evolution – experiment and theory Stefan Rotter (U Freiburg), Björn Kampa (RWTH Aachen)
- Deciphering the neuronal codes for convergently evolved working memory functions in humans, monkeys, and crows Andreas Nieder (U Tübingen), Florian Mormann (University Medical Center Bonn)
- Through the eyes of a mouse lemur – understanding the evolutionary emergence of visual cortical columns through cellular imaging, optimization theory, and visual behavior in a miniature primate Fred Wolf (U Göttingen, MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen) Daniel Huber (U Geneva)
- The evolution of phenotype, computation, and network mechanism of song recognition in crickets Jan Clemens (U Göttingen), Matthias Hennig (HU Berlin)
- Evolution of Sensorimotor Transformation Across Diptera Maximilian Jösch (IST Austria, Klosterneuburg), Fyodor Kondrashov (IST Austria, Klosterneuburg)
- Task-dependent orchestration of insect OSN performance Dieter Wicher (MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena), Robert Kittel (U Leipzig)
- Modeling dynamics, function and evolution of earliest nervous systems Raoul-Martin Memmesheimer (U Bonn)
- The evolutionary mechanisms optimizing neural circuit structure and function for skylight navigation across insect species Katja Nowick (FU Berlin), Mathias Wernet (FU Berlin)
Theme A: Universality, Invariance and Specialization
Theme B: Evolution and Optimization of Core Circuits
Theme C: Trajectories of Molecular Evolution
Second Funding Period (start 2024)
Principle Investigators
- Arrenberg, Aristedes, Jun.-Prof. Dr. - Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- Benda, Jan - Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- Clemens, Jan, Prof. Dr. - Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
- Darras, Hugo, Dr. - Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz
- Egger, Veronica, Prof. Dr. - Universität Regensburg
- Ernst, Udo, Dr. - University of Bremen
- Fichtel, Claudia, Dr. - German Primate Center, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- Foitzik, Susanne, Prof. Dr. - Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz
- Gjorgijeva, Julijana, Prof. Dr. - TU München
- Grewe, Jan, Dr. - Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- Grunwald Kadow, Ilona, Prof. Dr. - Technische Universität München
- Güntürkün, Onur, Prof. Dr. - Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Harzsch, Steffen, Prof. Dr. - Universität Greifswald
- Hafed, Ziad, Prof. Dr. - Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- Helias, Moritz, Prof. Dr. - FZ Jülich
- Huber, Daniel, Prof. Dr. - Université de Genéve
- Jösch, Maximilian, Prof. Dr. - IST Austria, Klosterneuburg
- Kreiter, Andreas, Prof. Dr. - University of Bremen
- Lightfoot, James, Dr. - MPI for Neurobiology of Behavior, Bonn
- Lindner, Benjamin - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Martelli, Carlotta, Dr. - Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz
- Młynarski, Wiktor, Prof. Dr. - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Musall, Simon, Prof. Dr. - FZ Jülich
- Nawrot, Martin, Prof. Dr. - Universität zu Köln
- Palomero-Gallagher, Nicola, Prof. Dr. - FZ Jülich
- Patil, Kaustubh, Dr. - FZ Jülich
- Portugues, Ruben, Prof. Dr. - TU München
- Priesemann, Viola, Dr. - MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen
- Pusch, Roland, Dr. - Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Rose, Jonas, Prof. Dr. - Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Rybak, Jürgen, Dr. - MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena
- Sachse, Silke, Dr. - MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena
- Silies, Marion, Prof. Dr. - Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz
- Wibral, Michael, Prof. Dr.- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- Wolf, Fred, Prof. Dr. - MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Mercator Fellows
Projects
- Saccadic suppression: from zebrafish to primates Aristides Arrenberg (U Tübingen), Ziad Hafed (U Tübingen)
- Efficient representations of fast dynamic stimuli in populations of ON- and OFF-cells Jan Benda (U Tübingen), Jan Grewe (U Tübingen), Benjamin Lindner (HU Berlin)
- The impact of network architecture on evolvability and robustness: Comparing the song recognition networks of grasshoppers and crickets Jan Benda (U Tübingen), Jan Clemens (U Oldenburg)
- The evolution and organization of non-canonical olfactory systems in ants and other insects Susanne Foitzik (U Mainz), Hugo Darras (U Mainz), Carlotta Martelli (U Mainz)
- Spatially anisotropic and isotropic lateral inhibition: Convergent circuit designs in the insect antennal lobe and vertebrate olfactory bulb Veronica Egger (U Regensburg), Silke Sachse (MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena)
- Evolving to be flexible – optimizing task-dependent information processing in the visual system Udo Ernst (U Bremen), Andreas Kreiter (U Bremen)
- From Branch to Branch: Unravelling Primate Vision in Arboreal Leaping and Navigation Fred Wolf (U Göttingen, MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization), Claudia Fichtel (U Göttingen, German Primate Center), Daniel Huber (U Geneva, Switzerland)
- Visual system design from dynamic stimulus constraints Marion Silies (U Mainz), Julijana Gjorgijeva (TU München)
- Identification of conserved circuit logic in temperature navigation behavior in fish and fly – part 2 Ilona Grunwald-Kadow (U Bonn), Ruben Portugues (TU München)
- A three-dimensional investigation of the avian thalamofugal visual system – Functional properties, relation to the avian tectofugal system and comparison to the mammalian cortex Onur Güntürkün (U Bochum), Roland Pusch (U Bochum), Jonas Rose (U Bochum)
- Evolutionary specialization of neuronal core circuits in arthropod olfactory systems: structure and function of convergence/divergence in crustaceans versus insects Steffen Harzsch (U Greifswald), Martin Nawrot (U Köln), Jürgen Rybak (MPI for Chemical Ecology)
- Evolutionary optimization of neuronal network dynamics for recipient-optimized cross-area communication Moritz Helias (FZ Jülich), Simon Musall (FZ Jülich)
- Evolution of Sensorimotor Transformation Across Diptera Maximilian Jösch (IST Klosterneuburg, Austria), Wiktor Młynarski (LMU München)
- One worm, two minds: Investigationg divergent neuronal architecture associated with the evolution of polyphenic behavioural trait James Lightfoot (MPI for Neurobiology and Behavior, Bonn)
- NeuroParTI: Evolutionary Trade-off Analysis of Human and Macaque Monkey Neurochemistry Kaustubh Patil (FZ Jülich), Nicola Palomero-Gallagher (FZ Jülich)
- Evolutionary Convergence of Hierarchical Information Processing Viola Priesemann (MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization, U Göttingen), Michael Wibral (U Göttingen)
- Benchmarking birds’ core object recognition abilities with rodents and primates Jonas Rose (U Bochum)