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Summer school, 24.7.-7.8.2025
In the summer school we will design a model of a grasshopper auditory system that will recognize songs of different grasshopper species. We will test it in species rich dry karst meadows of Slovenian costal and montane regions. If we are successful, the model could be used for evaluating biodiversity of grasshoppers in different environments, thus giving us a useful tool in the light of one of the greatest environmental threats, insect species decline.
Sensory systems and communication of insects have been extensively studied in past decades. Their accessibility to experiments led to a deeper understanding of the function of the brain. In particular, auditory systems of grasshoppers illuminated how neural networks decompose songs to their components and reassemble them to generate appropriate behaviour, such as mating or rival behaviour. A good understanding of individual stages of sound processing and further neurophysiological processes in the brain allow us to build a comprehensive model based on classical modelling techniques and on machine learning that will be able to recognise grasshopper species from their recorded songs. In the process of creating the model we will involve you deeply into the concepts of neuroscience, in particular auditory information processing. We will introduce to you basic methods of data analysis and machine learning. You will also learn about the fragility of the environment and about the problem of species number decline.
The field work will be carried out in the meadows of Slovenian Alps and Karst at different locations. Our primary location will be the world famous Skocjan caves park, added to UNESCO’s list of natural and cultural world heritage sites in 1986 (http://www.park-skocjanske-jame.si/eng/). We will be hosted by Skocjan Caves Park Public Service Agency, which provides us with their teaching facilities. The second location will be Komna, a high plateau in the centre of the Alpine Triglav national park (altitude 1520 m). Komna is endowed with reach alpine meadows and it is a starting point for exploring some of the iconic Slovenian mountains.
Interested students from both Germany and Slovenia are welcome to participate. To register and for further information please contact Aleš Škorjanc ([email protected]) or Jan Benda ([email protected]).
Application deadline is 25.5.2025. Students should submit a letter of motivation and their CV to Aleš Škorjanc ([email protected]) .
Participation fee is 700€.
Organizers: Dr. Aleš Škorjanc, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Prof. Jan Benda, University of Tübingen, Germany.
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International summer school for students of biology and related sciences
Ljubljana, Škocjanske jame, 2012-2024
University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology Integrative and animal physiology group
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