Dr. Natalie Hempel de Ibarra Freie Universität Berlin Institut für Biologie - Neurobiologie - Königin-Luise-Str. 28-30 14195 Berlin / Germany phone: ++49 30/838-53175 e-mail nhempel@neurobiologie.fu-berlin.de personal homepage:

My research focuses on visual mechanisms underlying bee colour vision. I employ behavioural and electrophysiological methods. Further I’m interested in how the diversity of natural signals relates to the visual abilities of bees.

See also 
Anna Flügge
Claudia Niggebrügge

Publications:

[1] I. Rodriguez, A. Gumbert, N. Hempel de Ibarra, J. Kunze, M. Giurfa (2004) Symmetry is on the eye of the 'beeholder': Innate preference for bilateral symmetry in flower-naïve bumblebees. Naturwiss., (accepted)

[2] C. Niggebrügge, N. Hempel de Ibarra (2003) Colour-dependent target detection by bees. J. Comp. Physiol. A, 1989, 915-918.

[3] N. Hempel de Ibarra, M. Giurfa (2003) Discrimination of closed coloured shapes requires only contrast to the long wavelength receptor. Anim. Behav. 66, 903-910.

[4] N. Hempel de Ibarra, M. Giurfa, M. Vorobyev (2002) Discrimination of coloured patterns by honeybees through chromatic and achromatic cues. J. Comp. Physiol. A, 188, 503-512.

[5] N. Hempel de Ibarra, M. Giurfa, M. Vorobyev (2001) Detection of coloured pattern by honeybees through chromatic and achromatic cues. J. Comp. Physiol. A, 187, 215-224.

[6] Vorobyev, M., Marshall, N.J., Osorio, D., Hempel de Ibarra, N., Menzel, R. (2001) Colourful objects through animal eyes. Color Research and Application Vol. 26, Issue S1, pp: 214-217.

[7] Hempel de Ibarra, N.; Vorobyev, M.; Brandt, R. and Giurfa, M. (2000). Detection of dim and bright colours by honeybees. J. Exp. Biology 203, 3289-3298.

[8] Vorobyev M., Hempel de Ibarra N., Brandt R., Giurfa M. (1999) Do “white” and “green” look the same to a bee? Naturwiss. 86, 592-594.

last update: May 26, 2004