• Research Foci

    • Emotion and Cognition
    • Animal Welfare
    • Refinement of animal experiments and housing conditions

  • CV

    Academic Education

    Ph.D. studies at the Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology, University of Münster
    Master of Science in Biosciences, University of Münster
    Bachelor of Sciene in Biosciences, University of Münster

    Positions

    Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Münster
    PhD student at the Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Münster

  • Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines

    • Quante, SM; Siewert, V; Palme, R; Kaiser, S; Sachser, N; Richter SH. . ‘The power of a touch: Regular touchscreen training but not its termination affects hormones and behavior in mice.’ Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 17. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2023.1112780.

    • Bračić M, Bohn L, Siewert V, von Kortzfleisch V, Schielzeth H, Kaiser S, Sachser N, Richter SH. . ‘Once an Optimist, Always an Optimist? Studying Cognitive Judgment Bias in Mice.’ Behavioral Ecology 33: 775–788.
    • Siewert, V; Richter, SH. . „Always Looking on the Bright Side of Life?“ forschung. Das Magazin der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft 3, № 4: 24–27.

    • Krakenberg V, Wewer M, Palme R, Kaiser S, Sachser N, Richter SH. . ‘Regular touchscreen training affects faecal corticosterone metabolites and anxiety-like behaviour in mice.’ Behavioural Brain Research 401: 113080. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.113080.

    • Feige-Diller J, Krakenberg V, Bierbaum L, Seifert L, Palme R, Kaiser S, Sachser N, Richter SH. . ‘The effects of different feeding routines on welfare in laboratory mice.’ Frontiers in Veterinary Science 6: 479.
    • Krakenberg, Viktoria; Siestrup, Sophie; Palme, Rupert; Kaiser, Sylvia; Sachser, Norbert; Richter, Sophie Helene. . ‘Effects of different social experiences on emotional state in mice.’ Scientific Reports 10, № 15255. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-71994-9.

    • Krakenberg V, von Kortzfleisch V, Kaiser S, Sachser N, Richter SH. . ‘Differential effects of serotonin transporter genotype on anxiety-like behavior and cognitive judgment bias in mice.’ Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 13: 263.
    • Krakenberg V, Woigk I, Garcia Rodriguez L, Kästner N, Kaiser S, Sachser N, Richter SH. . ‘Technology or ecology? New tools to assess cognitive judgement bias in mice.’ Behavioural Brain Research 362: 279–287.