The individually determined areas of concentration arise from the participating working groups and their research foci. Further specializations are enabled by cooperation with external research institutions. Detailled information about the research areas of the working groups and the cooperating partners can be found in the following websites:

IBU (Faculty V)

Focus Biodiversity and Evolution (IBU)

• Biodiversity and Evolution of plants (Dirk Albach)
• Biodiversity and Evolution of animals (Gabriele Gerlach)
• Functional Ecology of Plants (Gerhard Zotz)
• Marine Biodiversity (Pedro Martinez Arbizu)
• Ecological Genomics (Arne Nolte)
• Systematics and Evolutionary of Biology (Olaf Bininda-Emonds)
• Behavioural Genomics (Miriam Liedvogel)
• Migration ecology (Heiko Schmaljohann)

IBU (Faculty V)

Focus Neuroscience (IBU)

• Neurosensory (Henrik Mouritsen)
• Sensory Biology of Animals (Michael Winklhofer)

DfN (Faculty VI)

DfN

DfP (Faculty VI)

• Biological Psychology Lab (Christiane Thiel)

DfH (Faculty VI)

• Human Genetics (John Neidhardt)

An overview of all working groups which deal with biology and their respective research foci can be found under the following link  uol.de/ibu/agen/.

Extramural Research Institutions:

• Institute for Avian Research at the Helgoland Bird Observatory "Vogelwarte Helgoland" (IfV) in Wilhelmshaven (Liedvogel) Module bio663  Module bio655  Projects in Module bio900
• Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB) in Oldenburg (Hillebrand)
• Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven with the Biological Institute Helgoland (BAH)
• Senckenberg am Meer, German Center for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB) in Wilhelmshaven (Martínez Arbizu)
• Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama (in plant ecology, contact: Gerhard Zotz)
• Hearing Technology (Exzellence Center for Hearing Research Hearing4all)

Universities:

• University of Bremen
• University of Groningen (Master Programme in medicine)
• James Cook University in Australia
• ERASMUS+ Partnerschaften: Denmark, Finnland, Great Britain, Italy, Norway, Spain (Partnership coordinator: Dr. Stefan Dennenmoser)

For information on study abroad opportunities, contact the International Office.