PhD Students (N=1)
Dr. Hamed Yeganegi : “Avian Sleep: Examining Age-Related Variations and Local Sleep in Zebra Finches”
Master Students (N=3)
- Esra Manka - "Electrophysiological and Histological Characterization of the Locus Coeruleus and other Brain Stem Regions in Avian Brain Stem via Multielectrode Array Recordings"
- Johanna Paulus - "Comparative studies of different bioactive transmitters and their pharmacological effect on the spontaneous activity of brain cells"
- Monika Vadkertiova - "AAV-mediated delivery of optogenetic constructs to the avian brain: A comparison of vector expression patterns and biological function”
Bachelor Students (N=7)
- Florian Pertl - "Characterization of the locus coeruleus using multielectrode array recordings”
- Tian An Lew - In Ovo Electroporation for the Optogenetic Analysis of a Developing Avian Brain
- Artemis Gkinakou - "Analysis of song learning in juvenile zebra finches”
- Annalena Mätzner - "Monophasic versus biphasic sleep: An electroencephalographic comparison of REM and non-REM activity during sleep”
- Jessica Häußler - "Investigating the effect of pharmacology on the propagation patterns of sharp wave-ripples and neural activity in the avian brain using multielectrode arrays”
- Lisa Rothe - "Operant conditioning methods during vocal learning: Documentation of the learning process of juvenile zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)”
- Fabian Pudlo - "Analysis and modeling of breathing patterns of vertebrates using optical flow”
Research Practicals (N=20)
- Adrian Loacker - “In Ovo Electroporation of Optogenetic plasmid into the Developing Avian Brain”
- Jakub Niklas - "Machine learning models for sleep state prediction in zebra finches using EEG data"
- Georgii Volkov -" Analyzing spatial navigation and spatial learning in turtles employing DeepLabCut tracking software"
- Julia Teusch - "Recordings from the auditory cortex of zebra finches with Neuropixel probes”
- Alina Mueller - "MEA recording in zebra finch brain slices”
- Fanny Roessle - "DeepLabCut tracking of turtle behavior”
- Ahmed Almijbari - "Real-time sharp wave detection and stimulation plugin”
- Neslan Ercan - "AAV expression in zebra finch brain”
- Lisa Rothe - "Analysis of birdsong as a function of familial relationship”
- Mariyana Cholakova - "Spike sorting approaches for multichannel recordings from avian DVR”
- Rafaela Kendel - "Sleep behavior in chicken embryos”
- Roswitha Junker - "Investigation of sleep-like state in chicken embryos”
- Xinyue Hu - "Immunohistochemistry of the avian brain”
- Johanna Paulus - "Recording spontaneous sharp wave-ripples in avian brain slices using MEAs”
- Sebastian Burgkart - "Detecting and analyzing sharp wave ripples”
- Paula Villa Fulton - "Use of transfer learning with deep neural networks for posture detection and real time respiration to identify sleep and wakefulness in zebra finches”
- Dianyu Yang - "Navigation strategy in turtles in a radial-arm maze”
- Rebecca Heigl - "Zebra finch brain atlas”
- Marietta Lehnardt - "Chicken embryo culture in surrogate eggs”
- Sarah Funkenhauser - "Sleep in zebra finches”
- Andreas Felderer - "Developing an operant conditioning tool on a RaspberryPi”
- Christine Spieker - "Mathematical modeling of surfacing behavior in sleeping turtles”
- Sarah Funkenhauser - "Observation and annotation of sleeping behavior in zebra finches”