Welcome to the homepage of the Department of Animal Physiology at the University of Rostock. Above we provide information on our major research topics, the degree courses we offer for bachelor and master students and many other useful information of interest. 

The Department of Animal Physiology and their members are interested in the Function of Locomotor Systems of insects at organismic, cellular, and physical level. We aim to understand how animals convert sensory information into locomotor commands. Our research is devoted to the connectomics of neurons in the insect brain (function of neuropeptides and processing of visual information), the control of the muscle system for leg and wing movements and the function of biomaterials such as elastic proteins. At present we offer a bachelor degree course in Biosciences and a master degree in Integrative Zoology. For more information please visit the iZoo homepage.