A genomic approach to migration and navigation in birds (Nav05*)

• Subject Area: Evolution, Anthropology
• Term: since 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 395940726

To achieve a comprehensive understanding of magnetoreception and vertebrate navigation, a detailed understanding of the genomic background of the organisms that we investigate on various levels is essential. This project will provide access to the complete genomic inventory of the European robin and enable molecular genomics analyses. The key objective of this project is to identify the genes responsible for migration, navigation and magnetoreception. The project will combine high throughput sequencing techniques with tracking technology and behavioural observations in a wild population within an interdisciplinary collaboration framework that is required to make major advances in this newly emerging research field.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1372: Magnetoreception and navigation in vertebrates: from biophysics to brain and behaviour
• Applicant Institution: Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
• Project Head: Professorin Miriam Liedvogel, Ph.D.