More or less all animals and plants use chemical signals to obtain information regarding the environment and to communicate with eachother. In the field of Chemical Ecology we investigate how these chemical interactions occur and work. In our division we are mainly interested in insects as experimental organisms.

Within the division we work in three main areas, all dealing with chemical signals:

Sexual communication by pheromones (a pheromone is a chemical messenger between individuals within the species) Interactions between insects and plants The insect nervous system and how it allows insects to respond behaviorally to different odors