Unit for Integrative Zoology

Teaching and research in our group spans across a wide range of animals including vertebrates, arthropods, and lophotrochozoans. These are analyzed using various morphological and molecular methods, including immunolabeling, advanced light and confocal microscopy, 3D reconstruction, high speed video analysis, electron microscopy, and gene expression studies. The data generated are used in integrative and comparative approaches to elucidate body plan evolution, development, functional morphology, ecomorphology and phylogeny of non-model organisms.

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20.05.2026
 

Maximillien Jadin
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21.04.2026
 

Congratulations!

Lisa Kindler

Methodological comparison of HCR and WMISH for gene expression analysis in Thylaeodus rugulosus

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18.04.2026
 

Paul Arthur Höller

achieved 3rd place in the poster prize at the 22. Crusttag at the Natural History Museum Vienna (April 16th to 18th, 2026)
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New publications

23.03.2026
 

New paper in Scientific Reports

Morphological character evolution and ancestral state reconstruction in phylactolaemate bryozoans.

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23.03.2026
 

New paper in Scientific Reports

Another piece of the puzzle: analysis of Acanthocheilonema spirocauda larvae from its presumed intermediate host the seal louse (Echinophthirius...
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14.03.2026
 

New paper in Entomologica Austriaca

Contrasting paths to evolutionary novelty: insect wings and wing hearts
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06.03.2026
 

New paper in PNAS

DNA methylation in invertebrate genomes and cell lineage plasticity.

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11.02.2026
 

New paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biological sciences

Developmental system drift in the patterning of the arthropod tarsus.

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28.01.2026
 

New paper in BioScience

Measuring the Quality of Species List Contents
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28.01.2026
 

New paper in BioScience

Measuring the quality of species list governance
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20.01.2026
 

New paper in Biological Reviews

Beyond mammals: the evolution of chewing and other forms of oropharyngeal food processing in vertebrates.

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31.12.2025
 

New paper in Natura Sloveniae: Journal of Field Biology

Occurrence of the softmouth trout Salmo obtusirostris in the Upper Neretva River (Bosnia and Herzegovina): a survey based on eDNA analysis
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