På svenska
The Lund Vision Group
is internationally recognised as one of the leading groups in comparative visual science in the world. With around 20 academics our research stretches across the entire animal kingdom, from the tiny eyes of jellyfishes, via the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans, to the advanced camera eyes of squids and vertebrates. Our speciality is the design and evolution of eyes, and also how eyes are adapted to the lifestyles and habitats of animals. Our techniques range from optics, electrophysiology and theoretical modelling, to microscopy, molecular biology and visual behaviour.
Recent Papers:
Baird et al. 2012
The dung beetle dance: An orientation behaviour?
Goyret & Kelber 2011 How does a diurnal hawkmoth find nectar? Differences in sensory control with a nocturnal relative
Petie et al. 2011
Visual control of steering in the box jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora
Gagnon et al. 2011
Adaptation in the optical properties of the crystalline lens in the eyes of the Lessepsian migrant Siganus rivulatus
Kelber et al. 2011
Hornets can fly at night without obvious adaptations of eyes and ocelli
Lind & Kelber 2011
The spatial tuning of achromatic and chromatic vision in budgerigars
Book chapters:
Kröger 2011 Physiological Optics in Fishes. In: Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology: From Genome to Environment, volume 1 (ed. Farrell A.P.)
Dancing beetles get lots of attention
Emily, Jochen, Eric and Marie’s latest article about dancing dung beetles is getting a lot of attention in press around the world. You will find a link to the article (PLoS One) in the left column. If you want to check out some of the articles written about it, here is a selection:
The Vision Group awarded 35 million
2011-10-03
Dan-E Nilsson and the Lund Vision Group have been awarded a SEK 35 million grant by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, to be used over a period of 5 years. Champagne and cake for everyone!
