Kontakt
Prof. Dr. Henrik Mouritsen
AG Neurosensorik/Animal Navigation
Institut für Biologie und Umweltwissenschaften
Carl-von-Ossietzky-Universität Oldenburg
Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 9-11
26129 Oldenburg
Deutschland
Telefon: +49 (0) 441 798 3081 oder 3095
E-Mail: henrik.mouritsen[at]uol.de
Friederike Steenken, M.Sc.
Friederike Steenken, M.Sc.
Current Position

PhD student
University of Oldenburg, Working group of Prof. Christine Köppl (Cochlea and Auditory Brainstem Physiology)
Project
Linking age-related cochlear dysfunction to the perception of temporal fine structure in the gerbil
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Education and Scientific Career
October 2015 – present: PhD – studies at Department of Neurosciences, University of Oldenburg, Germany, AG Cochlea and Auditory Brainstem Physiology (Group leader: Prof. Dr. C. Köppl).
June 2013 – September 2015: Master student at Department of Biology, University of Oldenburg, Germany, AG Animal Navigation/"Neurosensorik" (Group leader: Prof. Dr. H. Mouritsen).
Projects:
"Lagena associated magnetoreception in Blackcaps"
"Functionality of the inclination compass of Blackcaps"
2012 – 2015: Studies of Biological Sciences (Master), University of Oldenburg.
Focus: Neurosensory Science and Behaviour, Ornithology, Neurobiology
Master thesis: „Untersuchungen zur Rolle der Lagena als möglichen Sensor für Magnetfeldwahrnehmung und zum funktionalen Bereich des Inklinationskompasses von Mönchsgrasmücken (Sylvia atricapilla)“ (AG Animal Navigation/"Neurosensorik" (Group leader: Prof. Dr. H. Mouritsen).
2009 – 2012: Studies of Biological Sciences (Bachelor), University of Oldenburg.
Focus: Neurobiology and Behaviour.
Bachelor thesis: „Elektrophysiologische Korrelate der auditorischen Veränderungswahrnehmung“ (AG Biological Psychology, Group leader: Prof. Dr. C. M. Thiel).
2002 – 2009: Mariengymnasium Jever
Publications
2015: Nele Lefeldt, David Dreyer, Nils-Lasse Schneider, Friederike Steenken & Henrik Mouritsen, 2015. Migratory blackcaps tested in Emlen funnels can orient at 85 degrees but not at 88 degrees magnetic inclination. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 218, pp. 206-211, doi:10.1242/jeb.107235