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Excellent Research on Animal Navigation

The scientific mission of the Cluster of Excellence proposal NaviSense is to provide a thorough, interdisciplinary understanding of the mechanisms used by animals to navigate, and how these mechanisms can inspire technology and impact society, ecology, and biodiversity.

We are celebrating – we can call ourselves a Cluster of Excellence now!

We were all looking forward to the DFG’s announcement today to see which of the 98 applicants for a Cluster of Excellence will be funded from 2026 onwards. We are very proud to announce that we got the funding for our initiative NaviSense! Thanks to the great team, the university leadership and everyone involved in supporting us! We are very much looking forward to the next seven years!

See here for the press release of the University of Oldenburg and more information.
Read more about the decision on the DFG Website.
Take a look at the article of the Nordwest Zeitung.
Check out the post on LinkedIn.

Find more information about the scientific mission of NaviSense.

Slide1-Monarch butterflies

Monarch butterflies

Insects with remarkable navigational skills

Slide2-Northern wheatear

Northern wheatear

Navigating over 10,000 km between wintering and breeding grounds

Slide3-Zooming in

Zooming in

Understanding the senses underlying animal navigation

Slide4-Molecular dynamics simulation of cryptochromes

Molecular dynamics simulation of cryptochromes

Exploring quantum effects at ambient temperature

Slide 5-Out in the field

Out in the field

Elucidating the effects of anthropogenic stressors on animal navigation

Slide 6-Bioinspired navigation systems

Bioinspired navigation systems

Testing animal navigation hypotheses

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Excellent Research on Animal Navigation

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