How birds sense the earth's magnetic field has been a long-standing question, and is one of the aims of the 
Keays Lab at the IMP. A VBC PhD Student in the lab, Simon Nimpf, is addressing this question by investigating a curious organelle - the cuticulosome. See Simon's Science Sketch to find out more about this organelle and their latest discoveries.
Original Publication:
Nimpf S, EP Malkemper, M Lauwers, L Ushakova, G Nordmann, A Wenninger-Weinzierl, TR Burkard, S Jacob, T Heuser, GP Resch and DA Keays (2017) Subcellular analysis of pigeon hair cells implicates vesicular trafficking in cuticulosome formation and maintenance. Elife
