Look into my ears ...

Animal Physiology Group, Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research, University of Jena

Here we are looking into the eyes of the Malaysian sickle cricket Ancylecha fenestrata. However, the focus of the research group led by Manuela Nowotny, Professor of Animal Physiology, is on a different sensory perception: hearing. This is an essential part of communication for both humans and insects. Among others, grasshoppers are used as study objects, whose behavior as well as perception and generation of acoustic signals are being investigated. This also involves neuronal processing, i.e. how the information from the ear on the grasshopper’s front leg reaches its brain and is processed there. In future, the results of the research group should also help to better understand and treat hearing dysfunctions.

© Jan Scherberich

Look into my ears ...

Animal Physiology Group, Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research, University of Jena

Here we are looking into the eyes of the Malaysian sickle cricket Ancylecha fenestrata. However, the focus of the research group led by Manuela Nowotny, Professor of Animal Physiology, is on a different sensory perception: hearing. This is an essential part of communication for both humans and insects. Among others, grasshoppers are used as study objects, whose behavior as well as perception and generation of acoustic signals are being investigated. This also involves neuronal processing, i.e. how the information from the ear on the grasshopper’s front leg reaches its brain and is processed there. In future, the results of the research group should also help to better understand and treat hearing dysfunctions.

© Jan Scherberich