Katrin Vogt

Katrin Vogt is a Group Leader at the University of Konstanz and an Affiliated Scientist at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior. She serves on the IMPRS Board and Faculty, focusing on behavioral neuroscience in Drosophila larvae. Her research explores how social context and internal states (e.g., hunger) modulate neural circuits and behavior, utilizing genetic tools like optogenetics, RNAi, and CRISPR.

• Key Research Areas:
  • Behavioral flexibility under internal state changes
  • Neural integration of sensory and state signals in the antennal lobe
  • Role of serotonin (CSD neuron) in modulating output pathways
  • Computational modeling of state-dependent circuit dynamics
• Notable Achievements:
  • Discovered state-dependent olfactory valence switching (e.g., geranyl acetate shifts from aversion to attraction under food deprivation)
  • Elucidated glutamatergic inhibition mechanisms in picky local interneurons
  • Identified 5-HT7 receptor's role in upregulating uniglomerular projection neuron activity
• Recent Publications:
  • 2025: PLoS Biology on multimodal sensory neurons
  • 2024: Current Biology commentary on behavioral neuroscience
  • 2023: Current Biology on multisensory memory merging

Academic Affiliations:

• University of Konstanz (Group Leader, Department of Collective Behavior)
• Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (Affiliated Scientist)
• IMPRS for Organismal Biology (Faculty Member)

Scientific Awards:

• DFG Research Fellowship (Project No. 345729665)

Students & Collaborators:

• PhD students: Hari P. Narayanan, Akhila Mudunuri
• Research assistants: Nora Tutas, Julius Klein, Constantin Dyroff
• DAAD summer student: Élyse Zadigue-Dubé
• Recent graduates: Amelie Edmaier (BSc 2023), Constantin Dyroff (BSc 2023)