Organismal Systems Biology
Organismal Systems Biology
The Centre for Organismal Systems Biology (COSB) aims to explain how high-level properties of complex organisms arise from the interactions among their constituent parts. This common scientific goal is approached through the integrated study of temporal and structural organisation, of the dynamics of physiological, developmental, and evolutionary processes, and of the neuronal, mental, social, and environmental information flows in organismal systems.
Centre for Organismal Systems Biology
The Centre for Organismal Systems Biology (COSB) unites seven departments devoted to research in organismal biology through the shared interest in understanding organisms as complex systems.
- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology
- Department of Behavioural Biology
- Department of Cognitive Biology
- Department of Integrative Zoology
- Department of Molecular Evolution and Development
- Department for Neurobiology
- Department of Theoretical Biology
The Centre for Organismal Systems Biology (COSB) is involved in the following key research areas:
Allobates femoralis, a dart poison frog, exhibits sophisticated spatial cognition
Multicolour labeling of the Drosophila brain
Zebra mussels in their natural habitat (Danube)
Ravens exhibit sophisticated social behaviours
Virtual specimens of chimp, orang-utan and human cranium (f.l.t.r.)
Micro-CT technology for developmental biology