Hannah Haberkern studied biomedicine at the University of Würzburg. After 14 years abroad, she has now returned to JMU. (Image: Gunnar Bartsch / JMU)
Hannah Haberkern studied biomedicine at the University of Würzburg. After 14 years abroad, she has now returned to JMU. (Image: Gunnar Bartsch / JMU) - How do flies and ants find their way? Neuroscientist Hannah Haberkern is investigating this question with a new Emmy Noether independent junior research group. To do this, she has moved from the USA to Würzburg. When a foraging fly comes across a rotten piece of fruit, it has to decide whether it is satisfied with this food source or whether it continues its search. If it decides to continue its flight but does not discover a better alternative, it has to find its way back to the piece of fruit - even if landmarks such as the sun have long since disappeared behind dark clouds. How do insects like the fruit fly Drosophila and desert ants manage to orient in their environment and purposefully head for specific locations? This is what neuroscientist Dr Hannah Haberkern is investigating in a new research project at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU).
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