2. Group Composition (WIN-Programm)


WIN-in-Kontakt-Treffen mit Cornelia Ruhe im Oktober 2022

2. How does group composition inf/uence collective sensing and
decision making?
Kollegiaten: Dr. Medhavi Vishwakarma,1,2 Dr. Michael L. Smith,3,4
Dr. Jacob D. Davidson4,5,6
1 Centre For BioSystems Science And Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, In-
dia
2 Department of Cellular Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg,
Germany
3 Department of Biology, Auburn University Auburn, USA
4 Department of Collective Behavior, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, Ger-
many
5 Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective behavior, University of Konstanz, Konstanz,
Germany
6 Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
OverView ofproject and work
If individual behaviors differ, but the collective response is the critical outcome,
then what is the optimal group composition? To investigate these question our
project is working with two model Systems, epithelial cells and honey bees, on
three main areas:

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