Undergraduates help songbird research project take flight at Pennovation Works

Through the PURM internship program, select students had the opportunity to work in neuroethologist Marc Schmidt’s lab studying the neural basis of courtship behaviors in songbirds this summer. The smart aviary enclosure located within the Pennovation Works campus contains 15 birds, 10 cameras, and 24 microphones. The cameras and microphones track each and every bird’s movements, songs, and social interactions, around the clock. Learn more about the research being done within the aviary in the article featured in Penn Today.

Photo of songbirds in the smart aviary on the Pennovation Works campus