Our new addition to the lab: a 3D printed Baird’s beak whale (40% original size, left) and Sika deer brain (70% of original size, right).
Author Archives: Nina Patzke
Talking about mammalian brain evolution.
Nina was invited to give a talk at the 41th annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (JSCPB2019), Symposium: Comparative and evolutionary approaches toward understanding the brain architecture. Tokyo, Japan
Welcome to the lab!
Phua Yong Heng and Suzuka Iritani are Biology undergraduate students who joined our lab this October as Technical Assistants. A big welcome!
SfN 2019 Chicago
At this year’s Society for Neuroscience meeting, Isabel and Jinta presented posters on their current research. Thank you to everyone for stopping at our posters!!!
Visit us at the SfN 2019
Are you interested in our work and want to meet and chat with us about our research. Come join us at the SfN2019!
Poster presentation:
B4, 20/10/2019 (10:00 – 11:00 AM)
CC76, 23/10/2019 (3:00 – 4:00 PM)
30th Annual Meeting of Cetology Study Group of Japan , Tokyo
We had a wonderful time at this years Cetology meeting. It was great to meet researchers from all over Asia, listen to their presentation and discuss our newest results on Cetacean brain anatomy. The meeting was held in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Ueno. Big Thank You to the organizers!
How to Grow a Network on the Go?
Daniel Schenz from the department of Mathematical and Physical Ethology Laboratory, will present his exciting research on the unicellular slime mould Physarum polycephalum on 28th of March in Room 407 (4th fl.) – Science #5 bld. 11:00 -12:00 Everyone is welcome!!!
Well done Isabel!
Isabel received the prestigious Sasagawa research grant to study the sleep-system neuroanatomy of Odontocetes. We are very proud of you!
Congratulations Jinta!
Jinta Kasai finished his undergrad studies. He analyzed the cellular distribution in the brain of the harbor porpoise. Jinta will continue with his Master studies in our lab. Well done!
Visiting research collaborator
Kamilla is visiting us from Brazil, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, for one month to learn how to sample specimens. Welcome to the lab!

Kamilla Souza