Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution
Seminar Location
Haller AuditoriumSeminar Schedule
Tuesday, 16:15Registration
Please register on the following link to participate in person to the IEE seminars.Registration list
Note that we must restrict the number of people attending this seminar in person to 20 in the Haller auditorium. Selection of people will be done on a first come first serve basis according to the registration list. The list of accepted people will then be communicated on the Monday before each seminar to all IEE members and all registered people on Ilias for the course.
Note also that registered people must agree to really attend the seminar to guarantee the speakers to have a normal audience.
Speakers
| Autumn Semester 2020 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Speaker | Title |
| 15.09.2020 | Prof. Dr. Klaus Zuberbühler, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchatel | The primate roots of grammar Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. S. Engelhardt) |
| 22.09.2020 | Dr. Noémie Becker, LMU München | Genomics and evolution of one of the Lyme disease agents: Borrelia bavariensis ***Zoom presentation only*** Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. N. Marchi) |
| 29.09.2020 | Prof. Dr. Yvonne Willi, Universität Basel | Causes of geographic range limits in an herbaceous plant Organiser: Prof. Dr. L. Excoffier |
| 06.10.2020 | Dr. Manuel Ruedi, Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève | Tracking the origins of the cosmopolitan genus Myotis : convergent evolution of an old success-story Organiser: Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz |
| 13.10.2020 | Prof. Dr. Eva Ringler, IEE, University of Bern | Reproductive ecology of tropical amphibians Organiser: Prof. Dr. L. Excoffier |
| 20.10.2020 | Prof. Dr. Madhav P. Thakur, IEE, University of Bern | Terrestrial ecology in an extreme world Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Peichel |
| 27.10.2020 | Prof. Dr. Kristy Deiner, ETH Zurich | Global measure of biodiversity by understanding biogeochemical cycling of environmental DNA in lakes Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. M. Muschick) |
| 03.11.2020 | Prof. Dr. Craig Primmer, University of Helsinki | The genetic basis of age at maturity in Atlantic salmon: from GWAS to function, ecology, and conservation Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. M. Rösti) |
| 10.11.2020 | Prof. Dr. Claudia Bank, IEE, University of Bern | Fitness landscapes and the predictability of evolution Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Peichel |
| 17.11.2020 | Dr. Kamran Safi, University of Konstanz | 4 years of GPS tagging of juvenile Golden Eagles in the alps: a preliminary glance into a long term and high resolution life tracking study Organiser: IEE junior staff (A. Barras) |
| 24.11.2020 | Dr. Hanna ten Brink, EAWAG | The causes and consequences of ontogenetic niche shifts on eco-evolutionary dynamics Organiser: Prof. Dr. O. Seehausen |
| 01.12.2020 | Prof. Dr. Hanna Kokko, University of Zurich | Can theoreticians complete a (scientific) puzzle? Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Peichel |
| 08.12.2020 | Volz Awards | Best MSc thesis: Maria Isabel Reyes Contreras / Best PhD thesis: Cas Retel |
| 15.12.2020 | Exam | |
| Spring Semester 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Speaker | Title |
| 23.02.2021 | Prof. Dr. Tamas Szekely, University of Bath | Sex ratios and the evolution of breeding systems Organiser: Prof. Dr. E. Ringler |
| 02.03.2021 | Prof. Dr. Matthias Rillig, Freie Universität Berlin | Microplastic in terrestrial ecosystems Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Thakur |
| 09.03.2021 | -, - | - Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 16.03.2021 | Prof. Dr. Helmut Hillebrand, Carl-von-Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg | On recovery and thresholds - how synthesis efforts can foster our understanding of ecological stability Organiser: IEE junior staff (G. Martinez de Leon) |
| 23.03.2021 | Dr. Claudio Quilodrán, University of Oxford | Eco-evolutionary models shed light on the impact of hybridization on biodiversity Organiser: Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz |
| 30.03.2021 | Dr. Xiang-Yi Li, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel | Towards a more biologically informed evolutionary game theory Organiser: Prof. Dr. L. Excoffier |
| 13.04.2021 | Prof. Dr. Anna-Liisa Laine, Universität Zürich | Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Peichel |
| 20.04.2021 | Prof. Dr. Johanna Mappes, University of Jyväskylä | 150 years after Alfred Russel Wallace: Is there still something new we can learn about natural selection when studying the colours of animals? Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. Birgit Szabo) |
| 27.04.2021 | Prof. Dr. Andrew Hendry, McGill University, Montreal | Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics In The Wild Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. M. Rösti) |
| 04.05.2021 | Dr. James Pearce-Higgins, University of Cambridge and British Trust of Ornithology | Organiser: Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz |
| 11.05.2021 | Prof. Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, University of Cape Town | Organiser: Prof. Dr. O. Seehausen |
| 12.05.2021 | Dr. Johannes Larsch, Max-Planck-Institut für Neurobiologie | TBA Organiser: Prof. Dr. Katie Peichel |
| 18.05.2021 | Dr. Robert Mcdonald, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington | The promise and pitfalls of using nature to help cities adapt Organiser: Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz |
| 25.05.2021 | Prof. Sara Mitri, University of Lausanne | Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Bank |
| 01.06.2021 | Exam | |
Exam
The semester exam (open-book, 45 minutes) of this lecture series covers the lectures given in this semester. At the exam you will receive three themes corresponding to three talks given in this semester and you will be asked to choose one.
State for this selected theme the three results or statements that you judge as being most important.
You are encouraged to supplement your explanation by graphs or tables, if appropriate, and to describe and value the applied methodology. Critique would be welcome, if you were not entirely happy with methods or interpretation.
Most importantly, you should justify your judgements with arguments – this is what will be evaluated by the examiners, not your selection of what you found most important. Please discuss only issues that were presented in the respective talks, and not related issues that you know from other sources. Please be concise and aim to condense your text to one page.