Heyers D, Musielak I, Haase K, Herold C, Bolte P, Güntürkün O, Mouritsen H. Morphology, biochemistry and connectivity of Cluster N and the hippocampal formation in a migratory bird. Brain Struct Funct. 2022 Nov;227(8):2731-2749. DOI: 10.1007/s00429-022-02566-y

Kobylkov D, Musielak I, Haase K, Rook N, von Eugen K, Dedek K, Güntürkün O, Mouritsen H, Heyers D. Morphology of the "prefrontal" nidopallium caudolaterale in the long-distance night-migratory Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla). Neurosci Lett. 2022 Oct 15;789:136869. DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2022.136869

Curdt F, Haase K, Ziegenbalg L, Greb H, Heyers D, Winklhofer M. Prussian blue technique is prone to yield false negative results in magnetoreception research. Sci Rep. 2022 May 25;12(1):8803. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-12398-9

Haase K, Musielak I, Warmuth-Moles L, Leberecht B, Zolotareva A, Mouritsen H, Heyers D. In Search for the Avian Trigeminal Magnetic Sensor: Distribution of Peripheral and Central Terminals of Ophthalmic Sensory Neurons in the Night-Migratory Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla). Front Neuroanat. 2022 Mar 7;16:853401. DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2022.853401

Haase K, Musielak I, Heyers D. The neuronal correlates of the avian magnetic senses. Neuroforum. 2021;27(3): 167-174. DOI: 10.1515/nf-2021-0008

Bolte, P., Einwich, A., Seth, P. K., Chetverikova, R., Heyers, D., Wojahn, I., … Mouritsen, H. (2021). Cryptochrome 1a localisation in light- and dark-adapted retinae of several migratory and non-migratory bird species: no signs of light-dependent activation. Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 33(3), 248–272. DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2020.1870571

Kobylkov D, Schwarze S, Michalik B, Winklhofer M, Mouritsen H, Heyers D. A newly identified trigeminal brain pathway in a night-migratory bird could be dedicated to transmitting magnetic map information. Proc Biol Sci. 2020 Jan 29;287(1919):20192788. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2788

Pakhomov A, Anashina A, Heyers D, Kobylkov D, Mouritsen H, Chernetsov N. Magnetic map navigation in a migratory songbird requires trigeminal input. Sci Rep. 2018 Aug 10;8(1):11975. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30477-8

Engels S, Treiber CD, Salzer MC, Michalik A, Ushakova L, Keays DA, Mouritsen H, Heyers D. Lidocaine is a nocebo treatment for trigeminally mediated magnetic orientation in birds. J R Soc Interface. 2018 Aug;15(145):20180124. DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2018.0124

Elbers, D., Bulte, M., Bairlein, F., Mouritsen, H, Heyers, D. Magnetic activation in the brain of the migratory northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe). J Comp Physiol A 203, 591–600 (2017). DOI: 10.1007/s00359-017-1167-7

Bulte, M, Heyers, D, Mouritsen, H, Bairlein F. Geomagnetic information modulates nocturnal migratory restlessness but not fueling in a long distance migratory songbird. Journal of Avian Biology 2017, 48 (1), 75-82. DOI: 10.1111/jav.01285

Heyers D, Elbers D, Bulte M, Bairlein F, Mouritsen H. The magnetic map sense and its use in fine-tuning the migration programme of birds. Journal of Comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 2017 Jul;203(6-7):491-497. DOI: 10.1007/s00359-017-1164-x

Kishkinev D, Heyers D, Woodworth BK, Mitchell GW, Hobson KA, Norris DR. Experienced migratory songbirds do not display goal-ward orientation after release following a cross-continental displacement: an automated telemetry study. Sci Rep. 2016 Nov 23;6:37326. DOI: 10.1038/srep37326

Bolte P, Bleibaum F, Einwich A, Günther A, Liedvogel M, Heyers D, Depping A, Wöhlbrand L, Rabus R, Janssen-Bienhold U, Mouritsen H. Localisation of the Putative Magnetoreceptive Protein Cryptochrome 1b in the Retinae of Migratory Birds and Homing Pigeons. PLoS One. 2016 Mar 8;11(3):e0147819. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147819

Mouritsen H, Heyers D, Güntürkün O. The Neural Basis of Long-Distance Navigation in Birds. Annu Rev Physiol. 2016;78:133-54. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physiol-021115-105054

Kishkinev D, Chernetsov N, Pakhomov A, Heyers D, Mouritsen H. Eurasian reed warblers compensate for virtual magnetic displacement. Curr Biol. 2015 Oct 5;25(19):R822-4. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.012

Lefeldt N, Heyers D, Schneider NL, Engels S, Elbers D, Mouritsen H. Magnetic field-driven induction of ZENK in the trigeminal system of pigeons (Columba livia). J R Soc Interface. 2014 Nov 6;11(100):20140777. DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0777

Kishkinev D, Chernetsov N, Heyers D, Mouritsen H. Migratory Reed Warblers Need Intact Trigeminal Nerves to Correct for a 1,000 km Eastward Displacement. PLoS One. 2013 Jun 26;8(6):e65847. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065847

Lauwers M, Pichler P, Edelman NB, Resch GP, Ushakova L, Salzer MC, Heyers D, Saunders M, Shaw J, Keays DA. An iron-rich organelle in the cuticular plate of avian hair cells. Curr Biol. 2013 May 20;23(10):924-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.04.025

Zapka M, Heyers D, Liedvogel M, Jarvis ED, Mouritsen H. Night-time neuronal activation of Cluster N in a day- and night-migrating songbird. Eur J Neurosci. 2010 Aug;32(4):619-24. DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07311.x

Heyers D, Zapka M, Hoffmeister M, Wild JM, Mouritsen H. Magnetic field changes activate the trigeminal brainstem complex in a migratory bird. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 May 18;107(20):9394-9. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0907068107

Falkenberg G, Fleissner G, Schuchardt K, Kuehbacher M, Thalau P, Mouritsen H, Heyers D, Wellenreuther G, Fleissner G. Avian magnetoreception: elaborate iron mineral containing dendrites in the upper beak seem to be a common feature of birds. PLoS One. 2010 Feb 16;5(2):e9231. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009231

Hein CM, Zapka M, Heyers D, Kutzschbauch S, Schneider NL, Mouritsen H. Night-migratory garden warblers can orient with their magnetic compass using the left, the right or both eyes. J R Soc Interface. 2010 Apr 6;7 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S227-33. DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0376.focus

Zapka M, Heyers D, Hein CM, Engels S, Schneider NL, Hans J, Weiler S, Dreyer D, Kishkinev D, Wild JM, Mouritsen H. Visual but not trigeminal mediation of magnetic compass information in a migratory bird. Nature. 2009 Oct 29;461(7268):1274-7. DOI: 10.1038/nature08528

Heyers D, Manns M, Luksch H, Güntürkün O, Mouritsen H. Calcium-binding proteins label functional streams of the visual system in a songbird. Brain Res Bull. 2008 Mar 18;75(2-4):348-55. DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.10.029

Heyers D, Manns M, Luksch H, Güntürkün O, Mouritsen H. A visual pathway links brain structures active during magnetic compass orientation in migratory birds. PLoS One. 2007 Sep 26;2(9):e937. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000937

Heyers D, Luksch H, Redies C. Selective synaptic cadherin expression by traced neurons of the chicken visual system. Neuroscience. 2004 ;127(4):901-912. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.05.023

Heyers D, Kovjanic D, Redies C. Cadherin expression coincides with birth dating patterns in patchy compartments of the developing chicken telencephalon. J Comp Neurol. 2003 May 26;460(2):155-66. DOI: 10.1002/cne.10631

Treubert-Zimmermann U, Heyers D, Redies C. Targeting axons to specific fiber tracts in vivo by altering cadherin expression. J Neurosci. 2002 Sep 1;22(17):7617-26. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.22-17-07617.2002

Redies C, Kovjanic D, Heyers D, Medina L, Hirano S, Suzuki ST, Puelles L. Patch/matrix patterns of gray matter differentiation in the telencephalon of chicken and mouse. Brain Res Bull. 2002 Feb-Mar 1;57(3-4):489-93. DOI: 10.1016/s0361-9230(01)00680-3

2019-2026: PI on Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB 1372) from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (ca. 750.500 €)

2017: Leonhard-Euler stipend from Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) (ca. 1.500 €)

2011-2014: Research grant from DFG (ca. 300.000 €)

2013: Travel stipend from DAAD (ca. 2.500 €)

2011: Bridging stipend from UOL (ca. 15.000 €)

2010: Travel stipend from DAAD (ca. 2.000 €)

2005-2007: Fellow on the program "Dynamics and adaptivity of neuronal systems" financed by VolkswagenStiftung (ca. 200.000 €)

2004: "Forschungspool" stipend from UOL (ca. 12.500 €)

2019:   Meeting of the Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN19), Egham, Great Britain.

2017:   11th congress of the European Ornithologists Union, Turku, Finland.

2016:   114th Titisee Conference: The molecules and mechanisms of magneto-, thermo-, and mechanosensation.

2016:   Meeting of the Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN16), Reading, Great Britain.

2015:   Kaliningrad University, Kaliningrad, Russia.

2015:   11^th Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, Göttingen, Germany.

2014:   6. Zugvogeltage Nationalpark Wattenmeer, Seefeld, Germany.

2014:   Center for Cognition and Decision Making, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.

2014:   Russian Academy of Sciences, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow/Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia.

2014:   Russian Academy of Sciences, University of Moscow, Faculty of Biology, Zwenigorod, Russia, invited graduate course.

2014:   Gordon Research Seminar “Bioelectrochemistry”, University of New England, Biddeford, ME, USA.

2014:   Institute of Biology, Active sensing group (Jun. Prof. Dr. J Engelmann), University Bielefeld, Germany.

2013:   43^rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, USA, selected as “Hot Topic”.

2013:   JB Johnston Club (JBJC), San Diego, USA. Brain Beh Evol 81:250-256. doi: 10.1159/000353579.

2013:   5. Zugvogeltage Nationalpark Wattenmeer, Langeoog, Germany.

2013:   106. Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG), Munich, Germany.

2013:   9^th conference of the European Ornithologists´ Union, Norwich, UK.

2013:   Meeting of the Royal Institute of Navigation (NAV13), Egham, GB.

2013:   Institute of Psychology, Chair of Biopsychology (Prof. Dr. Dr. O. Güntürkün), Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.

2013:   J.P. Scott Center for Neuroscience, Mind and Behavior, Dep. of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, OH, USA, invited student lecture.

2012:   Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) (Dr. D. Keays), Vienna, Austria.

2012:   VIth European Conference on Behavioural Biology (ECBB VI), Essen, Germany.

2012:   Institute of Avian Research, Vogelwarte Helgoland (Prof. Dr. F. Bairlein), Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

2011:   Academy of Russian Sciences, University of Moscow, Faculty of Biology, Zwenigorod, Russia.

2011:   Institute of Biology, Chair of Neuroethology (Prof. Dr. HJ Bischof), University Bielefeld, Germany.

2011:   Meeting of the Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN11), Reading, Great Britain.

2011:   Nordwest-Deutsche Universitätsgesellschaft (NWDUG), Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

2010:   40^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, USA.

2010:   JB Johnston Club (JBJC), San Diego, USA. Brain Beh Evol 75:309-316; doi:10.1159/000318756.

2010:   25^th International Ornithological Congress (IOC), Campos do Jordao, Brasil.

2010:   Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Sciences (FIAS), Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

2010:   Academy of Russian Sciences, University of Moscow, Faculty of Biology, Zwenigorod, Russia, invited student lecture.

2010:   6^th European Conference on Comparative Neurobiology (ECCN), Valencia, Spain.

Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Communications Biology, Journal of Comparative Neurology; Proceedings of the Royal Society Interface; iScience, European Journal of Neuroscience; Brain Structure and Function; Biology Letters; PLoS ONE; Bioelectromagnetics; Brain Research; Brain Research Bulletin; Journal of Comparative Physiology A; Journal of Ethology; European Biophysics Journal; Journal of Ornithology; Zoology; Chinese Birds

Funding agencies: DFG

• 20 years of professional experience in basic animal research in birds, incl. medical treatment, documentation, aftercare
• For 20 years main person responsible for the preparation of animal experiment applications, revisions, communication with the authorities, personnel administration
• Active lecturer in animal experimentation courses for many years
• Experience in all common software applications including the animal husbandry software Pyrat
• Excellent knowledge of the structure of the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (UOL)
• Genetic engineering safety officer (S1 officer) and officer for biological safety at the UOL
• Deputy scientific director of the animal house of the UOL