09:00 Registration
09:30 Welcome Organizer/Section speaker/Dirk Brandis (Kiel)

10:00 Stanislav N. Gorb (Kiel) Dragonflies as Objects of Bionics.

10:45  coffee break

11:00 Conrad Helm (Göttingen) The neuroanatomy of amphinomid fireworm larvae provides new insights into the evolution of annelid nervous systems.
11:15 Paul Kalke (Göttingen) The evolution of head appendages in marine bristle worms.
11:30 Max Hämmerle (Vienna) The remodelling of the proboscis musculature during sea spider development.
11:45 Malte Lehmann (Freiburg) Morpho Gland Prix: Investigations of the cephalic gland-anatomy of cuckoo wasps.

12:00 Group picture
12:30 lunch break

14:00 Christine Böhmer (Kiel) Organismal form and function from an evolutionary perspective.

14:45 Markéta Kaucká (Plön) The development and evolution of facial shape.
15:00 Elio Escamilla-Vega (Plön) Spatiotemporal profiling and molecular characterization of cranial neural crest cells in the small-spotted catshark.

15:15  coffee break

16:00 Ghislaine Cárdenas Posada (Kiel) Bone in a pecking world: How has cranial bone adapted to the pecking behavior of woodpeckers?
16:15 Kuan-Yu Chou (Tübingen) Evaluating support ability of the head and neck regions in terrestrial vertebrates.
16:30 Alexandre Casadei-Ferreira (Greifswald) Feeding Kinematics in the Giant Asian Mantis (Insecta: Mantodea) Analysed by 3D Motion Tracking.
16:45 Cristian Klunk (Darmstadt) Consequences of trap-jaw ant mandibles morphological diversity to biting performance.

17:00  coffee break

17:30 Katarzyna Vončina (Frankfurt) Aesthete pattern diversity in chiton clades (Mollusca: Polyplacophora): Balancing sensory structures and strength in valve architecture.
17:45 Wencke Krings (Hamburg/Leipzig) Radular tooth composition in gastropods under distinct pH conditions.
18:00 André Ampuero (Frankfurt) Limpet Stories Through Shells and Anatomy.

18:15 Poster Session

09:30 Vanessa Schendel (Brisbane) Venom modulation in centipedes and the importance of including morphological studies in venom research.

10:15 Coffee break

10:30 David Labonte (London) Functional morphology of musculoskeletal system in insects (and beyond!).

11:15 coffee break

11:30 Benjamin Wipfler & Mariam Gabelaia (Bonn) What the brain shape tells about bird ecology.
11:45 Julian Thomas (Kiel) Functional specialization of insect attachment pads: A comparative analysis of mechanical properties in the arolium and euplantulae of Medauroidea.
12:00 Birk Rillich (Rostock) How do myriapod legs extend? A morphofunctional study.
12:15 Andy Sombke (Vienna) Keeps your blood inside – the leg diaphragm and leg regeneration in house centipedes.

12:30 lunch break

14:00 Svetlana Grützke (Kiel) Pumping, pipes, precision – New insights into the function and morphology of male crab copulation organs.
14:15 Una Steinleitner (Kiel) How small morphological peculiarities raise big questions: the unique seminal receptacle structure of a Madagascan freshwater crab of the genus Hydrothelphusa (Decapoda, Brachyura, Deckeniidae).
14:30 Lisa Marie Riehemann (Greifswald) Development of the olfactory lobes of decapod crustaceans.
14:45 Josefine Kreuz (Greifswald) The comparative anatomy of the spinneret musculature in cribbellate and ecribellate spider.

15:00 coffee break

15:30 Minsoo Dong (Jena) The Ant Waist: From Structure to Function.
15:45 Erick Miguel Díaz de Léon-Muñoz (Tübingen) MUFIS: Muscle Fiber Simulator.
16:00 Konstantin Nadein (Kiel) Principal design of the femoro-tibial joint in the main groups of Arthropoda.
16:15 Anika Preuss (Kiel) Hooked on seals: The deep-sea adventures of a tiny hitchhiker.

16:30 coffee break

17:00 Chuchu Li (Kiel) Functional morphology of elytra in New Zealand Zopheridae.
17:15 Xiao-Zhu Luo (Jena) Morphological Adaptation of Subterranean Beetles.
17:30 Charlotte Strufe (Göttingen) Beyond camouflage: Revealing the hidden chemical weaponry of walking leaves (Phylliidae: Phasmatodea).
17:45 Amelie Mann (Kiel) New insights on the biodiversity and distribution of Xanthidae in East African coastal waters.

18:00 social evening

09:30 Maximilian A. Stüwe (Rostock) A Burden to be a fish? – Riedl’s Burden tested using Anatomical Networks and heterochrony Analyses of the actinopterygian cranium.
10:15 Lorenz Guschker (Rostock) Disparity of cranial topology among anurans with different reproductive modes.
10:30 Denise Blume (Kiel) Hydroxypropylcellulose-based sensor for force dynamics measurements of insects walking on the ceiling.

10:45 coffee break

11:15 Zitong Zhang (Tübingen) Embryonic timing, evolution of ontogenetic sequences, and adult organ proportions in squamates.
11:30 Viekas Klüß (Kiel) The quantitative analysis of the hooklets’ distribution in a bird wing feather of Columba palumbus (Columbidae, Aves).
11:45 Tim Lütkemeyer (Bielefeld) Precise antennal tactile discrimination through increased sensory input, not spatial acuity.

12:00 lunch break, guided museum tours

13:30 Awards, announcements, closing
Guided museum tours

01 Iulia Barutia (Jena) Heads or tails? Sensory equipment on the antennae and the ultimate legs of Scutigera coleoptrata

02 Lasse Brunsen (La Gouflette) Penial diurnal erection variation in the Giraffa giraffa (von Schreber, 1784)

03 Thies Büscher (Kiel) Diversity of heelwalking: attachment systems in Mantophasmatodea

04 Johanna Cernysev (Giessen) Computed tomographic characterization of the silk gland morphology of Bombyx mori in the context of medical silk applications

05 Ronja Eilhardt (Greifswald) Evolution and allometric scaling of jumping performance in orthopterans

06 Shahab Eshghi (Kiel) Automated data extraction from insect wings for morphological analysis and 3D modeling using computer vision

07 Adrian Richter (Frankfurt) Evolution of theant (Hymenoptera; Formicidae) feeding system

08 Martin Becker (Kiel) Mechanical characterization of attachment fluid of the stick insect Sungaya aeta using atomic force microscopy (AFM)

09 Benedikt Josten (Kiel) The forward kinematics of insect legs on the example of Schistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera, Caelifera)

10 Simon Züger (Kiel) Material composition and mechanical properties of the venom-injecting forcipules in centipedes

11 Fabian Bäumler (Kiel) A striking difference: Biomechanics of a specialized predatory strike – the impaling hunting strategy of the moss mantis Haania orlovi (Insecta: Mantodea)