[{"content":" Course sketch # Basic Skills for Biology introduces students to fundamental biological methods and concepts through a comparative study of cells, tissues, and whole organisms. By examining a wide range of species, from single-celled Paramecium to complex multicellular animals, students explore key form–function relationships, evolutionary diversity, and general principles of biology. The course also provides hands-on training in essential practical skills, including wet-lab techniques, light and stereomicroscopy, dissection, tissue preparation, and the documentation of qualitative and quantitative observations in formats such as spreadsheets, figures, lab reports, and oral presentations.\nTarget group # BA students (1st semester) For further information please continue at our central course repository BIO-16410.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/teaching/basic_skills/","section":"Teaching","summary":"Basic Skills for Biology introduces fundamental biological concepts and practical laboratory skills through the comparative study of cells, tissues, and organisms.","title":"Basic Skills for Biology","type":"teaching"},{"content":" Course sketch # This lecture series introduces animal biodiversity, body plans, phylogeny, and the taxonomic system. By comparing the morphology, physiology, genetics, and ecology of selected taxa, students will learn how evolutionary changes and conserved structures help reveal phylogenetic relationships and major transitions in the animal kingdom.\nPlease find our interactive tree of life here.\nTarget group # BA students (1st semester) For further information please continue at our central course repository BIO-10355.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/teaching/odt/","section":"Teaching","summary":"This lecture series introduces the diversity of animals by exploring body plans, phylogeny, and taxonomy, and shows how comparisons of morphology, physiology, genetics, and ecology across selected groups reveal evolutionary relationships and key transitions in the animal kingdom.","title":"Form and Function of the Animal Kingdom","type":"teaching"},{"content":" Course sketch # This course focuses on the comparative functional morphology of organs and tissues in vertebrates. It examines the anatomical and histological basis of adaptive movement and support, osmoregulation and excretion, as well as respiratory and circulatory systems, and relates these principles to form–function relationships in invertebrates. Students further develop skills in phase-contrast, DIC, and fluorescence microscopy, investigate histological tissue sections, and practice dissection techniques ranging from manual micromanipulation to surgery in larger vertebrates. In addition, the course introduces scientific documentation, basic data analysis, and descriptive statistics.\nTarget group # BA students (3rd semester) For further information please continue at our central course repository, BIO-16420.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/teaching/zoology/","section":"Teaching","summary":"This course explores how animal organs and tissues are adapted to function, combining comparative morphology with hands-on training in microscopy, histology, dissection, and basic data analysis.","title":"Cellular and Organismal Zoology","type":"teaching"},{"content":" Course sketch # Animal Physiology is an undergraduate course that introduces students to the functional principles underlying animal life, with a particular focus on how nervous systems generate perception and behavior. The neuroscience-oriented part of the course covers fundamental concepts of neural function and plasticity, as well as the sensory and behavioral biology of the visual, olfactory, gustatory, auditory, and mechanosensory systems. Students will learn how animals detect and process environmental information and how this information is transformed into adaptive behavior. The practical component provides hands-on training in core experimental and computational approaches in modern physiology and neuroscience. This includes electrophysiological recordings and simulations of neural function, as well as methods for animal tracking and behavioral analysis. Together, these elements give students an introduction to both the conceptual foundations and the methodological toolkit of the field. The neuroscience-focused section is embedded within a broader animal physiology curriculum, which also includes complementary topics such as bioethics, developmental biology, and hormonal regulation. In this way, the course offers an integrated view of how physiological systems interact across levels of biological organization.\nTarget group # BA students (5th semester) For further information please continue at our central course repository, BIO-10255 and BIO-16720.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/teaching/animal_physiology/","section":"Teaching","summary":"Animal Physiology is an undergraduate course that introduces the functional principles underlying animal life, with a particular emphasis on how nervous systems support perception, sensory processing, and behavior.","title":"Animal Physiology","type":"teaching"},{"content":" Course sketch # Methods in Biology is a master-level course offering an interdisciplinary overview of contemporary methods in biological research. Weekly expert lectures introduce students to experimental, computational, and analytical approaches spanning molecular, organismal, ecological, and systems biology, and highlight how different methods can be applied to answer biological questions across scales.\nTarget group # BA/MA students. For further information please continue at our central course repository BIO-11255.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/teaching/methods_in_biology/","section":"Teaching","summary":"Methods in Biology is a master-level course that provides an interdisciplinary overview of contemporary approaches in biological research.","title":"Methods in Biology","type":"teaching"},{"content":" Course sketch # This research-oriented master’s course introduces students to the neural basis of animal behavior across a wide range of model systems, including zebrafish, bees, ants, locusts, hawk moth, and flies. Students join an active research project and gain hands-on experience with modern experimental and analytical approaches such as behavioral tracking, functional imaging, electrophysiology, molecular methods, and computational modeling. The course combines project work, lectures, paper discussions, and presentations, with a strong focus on how neural circuits process sensory information, generate behavior, and adapt to internal state and social context. A key aspect of all projects is the formulation of precise working hypotheses that enable linking neural computations to behavior across scales.\nThis course is divided in two parts:\nLecture (BIO-13740) Practical (BIO-13750) Usually students attend both, but it is also possible to only attend the lecture-series.\nTarget group # MA students in Biological Science and Life Sciences MA students in Psychology with a biology focus Course completion # Students can get xxx ECTS for attendance of the lecture part. Students can get xxx ECTS for attendance of the practical part. All students: # You will have to attend at least 80% of the lectures, workshop events, and seminars as found on our course schedule. You will have to present a paper in the journal club. Practical-part students: # You must hand in a written report of your project in the style of a short research paper. It should provide a comprehensive perspective on the research question, project layout, results, and interpretation. Grading: # If you study Biological Science You will not get graded, just pass or fail, based on the above-mentioned criteria. You can later choose to be examined as part of your final master\u0026rsquo;s colloquium. If you study Life Sciences or join via the Erasmus Program: You will need a grade! In addition to the above-mentioned criteria, there will be a 30-minute oral exam at the end of the course. This exam will be based on the lectures, and if you attended the practical, also on your project. For further information please continue at our central course repository, BIO-13740 and BIO-13750.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/teaching/vtk_neuro/","section":"Teaching","summary":"This research-oriented master’s course introduces students to the neural basis of animal behavior across diverse model systems. Students gain hands-on experience with modern experimental and analytical methods.","title":"Advanced Course in Behavioral Neurobiology","type":"teaching"},{"content":" Course sketch # This course focuses on the quantitative study of collective animal behavior across laboratory and field contexts. Introductory lectures cover central concepts and methods, including automated tracking of animal movement and posture in two and three dimensions, the scaling of social interactions to collective dynamics, and the flow of information through social networks, including its role in social learning and cumulative culture. These theoretical ideas are complemented by practical work in which students use simulations, video game engines, and immersive virtual reality to explore collective behavior. In the second part of the course, students and faculty collaboratively design and carry out analyses of models or existing datasets, providing a research-oriented learning experience that can lead to novel scientific projects.\nTarget group # MA students For further information please continue at our central course repository, BIO-14300 and BIO-14310.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/teaching/vtk_collective/","section":"Teaching","summary":"This course introduces students to the quantitative analysis of collective animal behavior in both laboratory and field settings. It combines key concepts such as automated tracking, social interactions, information flow, and collective dynamics with hands-on work in simulation, virtual reality, and data analysis, culminating in the development of novel research projects.","title":"Advanced Course in Collective Behavior","type":"teaching"},{"content":" Course sketch # In this course, we discuss recent literature covering the broader insect ecology and sensory neuroscience field.\nTarget group # PhD/MA/BA students who currently pursue their thesis in one of the neurobiology groups. Other MA/BA students with an interest in neuroscience and animal behavior. Postdocs. PIs. For further information please continue at our central course repository BIO-13380.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/teaching/insect_journal_club/","section":"Teaching","summary":"In this course, we discuss recent literature covering the broader insect ecology and sensory neuroscience field.","title":"Insect Journal Club","type":"teaching"},{"content":" Course sketch # In this course, we discuss recent literature covering the broader systems neuroscience field with a focus on, but not limited to, zebrafish. Paper presentations should give an overview about the general topics and identify the limitations of the work. In addition, the aim is to compare other\u0026rsquo;s results to ongoing work in Konstanz.\nYou can import our public Google Calendar to follow the program.\nTarget group # PhD/MA/BA students who currently pursue their thesis in one of the neurobiology groups. Other MA/BA students with an interest in neuroscience and animal behavior. Postdocs. PIs. For further information please continue at our central course repository, BIO-15600.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/teaching/zebrafish_journal_club/","section":"Teaching","summary":"This course discusses recent literature in systems neuroscience, with a focus on but not limited to zebrafish. Students critically evaluate current papers, place them in a broader context, and relate published findings to ongoing research in Konstanz.","title":"Zebrafish Journal Club","type":"teaching"},{"content":" Course sketch # The neurobiology groups meet weekly to discuss recent progress and new ideas. Talks are usually around 1 hour and should be framed towards a general audience with neuroscience interests. Students may note that this course is not a lecture series covering basic topics in neuroscience, but rather addresses ongoing frontier research. We also use the neurobiology seminar for the defense of our bachelor and master theses.\nYou can import our public Google Calendar to follow the program.\nTarget group # PhD/MA/BA students who currently pursue their thesis in one of the neurobiology groups. Other MA/BA students with an interest in neuroscience and animal behavior. Postdocs. PIs. For further information please continue at our central course repository BIO-13030.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/teaching/neuro_seminar/","section":"Teaching","summary":"The neurobiology groups meet weekly to discuss recent progress, new ideas, and ongoing research. 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However, we cannot assume liability for the content of external links. The operators of the linked websites are solely responsible for their content. At the time of linking, the linked pages were checked for possible legal violations. Illegal content was not recognizable at the time the links were created. However, permanent monitoring of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete indications of a violation of the law. If we become aware of any legal infringements, we will remove such links immediately.\nCopyright # The content and works created by the operators of this website are subject to German copyright law. Contributions by third parties are marked as such. Any reproduction, editing, distribution, or any form of use beyond the limits of copyright law requires the prior written consent of the respective author or rights holder. Downloads and copies of this site are permitted only for private, non-commercial use.\nImage credits # Images used on this website are protected by copyright. Unless otherwise stated, the image rights belong to the University of Konstanz or to the respective credited authors.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/legal/","section":"Neurobiology Konstanz","summary":"","title":"Legal notice","type":"page"},{"content":" Neurobiology Konstanz # We are interested in the neural basis of how individual animals and animal collectives process and evaluate sensory information, and how such computations give rise to adaptive behaviors.\n⬇ Research teams\nResearch teams # We work across a broad range of species and scales of organization, from molecular mechanisms to biophysics, neural network function, animal behavior, and modeling.\nBahl Neural Circuit Computation and Behavior Vogt Social Neuroscience in Drosophila Larvae Couzin-Fuchs Sensory Integration and Decision-making Kleineidam Organization of Foraging and Trail Building in Ants Galizia Insect Olfaction Stöckl Visual Insect Neuroethology Foster The Psychophysics of Polarization Vision El Hady Integrative Biophysics Nouvian Social Neuroethology Couzin Collective Behavior ⬇ Teaching\nTeaching # We offer a wide range of courses towards a strong curriculum in neurobiology and animal behavior.\nBasic Skills for Biology Cell Biology, Histology, and Microscopy (BA, 1st) ODT Form and Function of the Animal Kingdom (BA, 1st) Zoology Cellular and Organismal Zoology (BA, 3rd) Animal Physiology Lecture Series in Neuroscience with Practicals (BA, 5th) Methods in Biology Biology-department-wide course covering advanced methods (BA/MA) VTK Behavioral Neurobiology Advanced Course in Behavioral Neurobiology (MA) VTK Collective Behavior Advanced Course in Collective Behavior (MA) Insect Journal Club Journal Club on Insect Ecology and Neuroscience Zebrafish Journal Club Journal Club on Zebrafish Circuit Neuroscience Neurobiology Seminar Research Progress of the Neurobiology Groups ⬇ Institutional partners\nInstitutional partners # We are embedded in a highly interdisciplinary and university-wide community with strong links to the nearby Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior.\nUKON University of Konstanz UKON-BIO Department of Biology Zukunftskolleg Zukunftskolleg CASCB Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour QBEE IMPRS for Quantitative Behaviour, Ecology, \u0026amp; Evolution MPI-AB Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior ⬇ Find us\nFind us # We are located at the shore of the beautiful Bodensee.\nUniversität Konstanz, Fachbereich Biologie, M building, 11th Floor, Universitätsstr. 10, 78464 Konstanz, Germany ","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/","section":"Neurobiology Konstanz","summary":"","title":"Neurobiology Konstanz","type":"page"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/series/","section":"Series","summary":"","title":"Series","type":"series"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/tags/","section":"Tags","summary":"","title":"Tags","type":"tags"},{"content":"We offer a wide range of course on the BA and MA level. 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