Active systems
Mosquito hearing
Mosquito hearing
Active auditory mechanics, receptor modulation and sex-specific tuning.
Research in motion
Project atlas
Eight provisional project stories show how the final site could turn complex sensory physiology into concise, visual narratives. Every animation, title and description below is a placeholder for later refinement.
Explore the moving previewsBig questions.
Small moving parts.
Inspired by motion-led research portfolios, this page treats each project as a visual entry point rather than a static text block. The final version could replace these loops with high-speed footage, electrophysiology traces, microscopy clips, behavioural videos or graphical abstracts.
The geometry is deliberately sharper and less rounded: thin rules, cut corners, offset shadows and strong typographic blocks make the site feel more technical and less generic.
Mechanotransduction
Drosophila ear
Drosophila ear
How mechanosensory cilia and channels turn antennal motion into neural signals.
Mammalian hearing
Hair-cell mechanics
Hair-cell mechanics
Membrane mechanics, adaptation and active force generation in sensory cells.
Lipid mechanics
Membrane as machine
Membrane as machine
A placeholder programme connecting cholesterol, PIP2 and force relay to channel gating.
Tool building
High-speed motion
High-speed motion
Visualising microsecond-scale hair-bundle and antennal motion.
Sensory ecology
Swarm acoustics
Swarm acoustics
How individual signals remain detectable inside dense acoustic groups.
Experimental platform
Precision stimulation
Precision stimulation
New fluid-jet and force-delivery tools for controlled mechanical perturbations.
From force to choice
Neural coding
Neural coding
Linking receptor mechanics to spiking activity and behaviour.
Make the invisible measurable.
A final feature panel could combine a short looping clip, a concise scientific question, a collaborator list and direct links to the associated paper, dataset and method. The background travels at a different speed from the copy so the image is gradually revealed while the foreground remains readable.
See methodsFrom question to experiment
A possible narrative framework for explaining how projects develop in the lab.
Observe
Begin with a surprising movement, signal or behavioural pattern.
Measure
Build an assay that resolves the relevant mechanics and timescale.
Perturb
Change molecules, forces or sensory context in a controlled way.
Connect
Link mechanics to neural signals and ultimately to behaviour.
Share
Publish the evidence and make tools reusable wherever possible.
Voices behind the work
These are explicit placeholders for short first-person project blurbs.
“I am most interested in the point where a physical movement becomes a biological decision.”
Jörg · project lead“The fun part is building an experiment that lets us see a process which was previously too fast or too small.”
Thomas · experimental systems“A student project could begin with one clean measurement and grow into a much larger mechanistic story.”
Future student voiceOpen questions
More placeholder content to suggest how deeper project pages might feel.
How does the membrane contribute to force transmission?
Possible links: current grant, membrane perturbation experiments, related publications.
How do male and female mosquito ears diverge?
Possible links: doublesex project, RNA-seq, mechanics and behavioural assays.
What makes active auditory systems robust?
Possible links: nonlinear mechanics, adaptation, control theory and ageing.
Which tools are missing?
Possible links: fluid-jet platform, high-speed camera pipeline and open hardware.