Active Projects:

• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG): "Optimization and testing of new methods for the generation of zebra finch transgenics" (since 2019)

• Max Planck School of Cognition Fellow Grant: "MPS Cognition Finches" (2019-2021)

Former Projects:

• HFSP Grant: 'Seeing voices': the role of multimodal cues in vocal learning

• Collaborative Research Center 665:
  'Developmental Disturbances in the Nervous System'
  "The role of FoxP2 for the development and function of neural circuits mediating vocal learning"

• BMBF (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung)
  Verbundprojekt im Bernstein-Focus 'Neuronale Grundlagen des Lernens'
  "Variable Töne: Neuronale Mechanismen des Lernens motorischer Sequenzen"

•  Cluster of Excellence: 'Languages of Emotion'"Do birds tango? Biological origins of rhythm as a carrier of emotions“