Institute of Ecology and Evolution

Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution

Seminar Location

Haller Auditorium

Seminar Schedule

Tuesday, 16:15

Speakers

Spring Semester 2023
Date	Speaker	Title
21.02.2023	Dr. Chloé William Schmidt, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)	Effects of environments and human social factors on wildlife evolution in cities Organiser: Prof. Dr. O. Seehausen
28.02.2023	Dr. Simon Clulow, University of Newcastle	Australias vanishing frogs: addressing global amphibian declines in a changing threat landscape Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. B. Szabo)
07.03.2023	Dr. Ian Ausprey, IEE	Disturbance Sensitivity of Avian Communities in the Alps and Andes: Functional Mechanisms and Conservation Implications Organiser: Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz
14.03.2023	Prof. Dr. Carsten Rahbek, Center for Macroecology, Evolution, and Climate, University of Copenhagen	Why is Earth so biologically diverse? Mountains hold the answer Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. S. Vignali)
21.03.2023	Prof. Elena Conti, University of Zürich	Comparative genomics elucidates the convergent origins of floral heteromorphism Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Peichel
28.03.2023	Prof. Dr. Karoline Faust, KU Leuven	Lessons from synthetic human gut bacterial communities *ZOOM presentation only* Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. L. Marrec)
04.04.2023	Dr. Junior A. Tremblay, Environment and Climate Change Canada	Spatio-temporal variability of the predicted impacts of climate change on boreal biodiversity Organiser: Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz
18.04.2023	Dr. Anita Risch, WSL	Loss of aboveground animals in grasslands: Consequences for ecosystem processes and functioning Organiser: Prof. Dr. Madhav P. Thakur
25.04.2023	Prof. Dr. Claudia Bank, IEE	Epistasis and adaptation on fitness landscapes Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Bank
02.05.2023	Dr. David Diez del Molino, Centre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm	Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. M. Muschick)
09.05.2023	Dr. Pascale Flury, Basel University	Organiser: IEE junior staff (S. Sanders)
16.05.2023	Prof. Marta Manser, Universität Zürich	Organiser: Prof. Dr. E. Ringler
23.05.2023	PD. Daniel Berner, University of Basel	Paradigm shift in statistics and communication: from significance testing to estimation Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. M. Rösti)
30.05.2023	Exam

Autumn Semester 2023
Date	Speaker	Title
19.09.2023	-
26.09.2023	-
03.10.2023	-
10.10.2023	-
17.10.2023	Prof. Andrea Sweigart, University of Georgia	Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Bank
24.10.2023	Prof. Lukas Keller, University of Zurich	Organiser: Prof. Dr. L. Excoffier
31.10.2023	-
07.11.2023	-
14.11.2023	Dr. Magnus Nordborg, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology	Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Peichel
21.11.2023	-
28.11.2023	-
05.12.2023	-
12.12.2023	-
19.12.2023	Exam

Past Speakers

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.

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