Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution
Seminar Location
Haller AuditoriumSeminar Schedule
Tuesday, 16:15Speakers
| Spring Semester 2020 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Speaker | Title |
| 18.02.2020 | SNSF Prof. Dr. Benjamin Towbin, IZB, University of Bern | Optima in the phenotypic plasticity of organismal growth Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Peichel |
| 25.02.2020 | Dr. Pim Edelaar, University Pablo de Olavide | Crypsis. Habitat choice. Adaptation. Generalised reaction norms. Non-genetic inheritance. Animal models. Bivariate Price equation. Causal modelling. Generalised adaptive evolution. Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. M. Rösti) |
| 03.03.2020 | Dr. Martin Sikora, University of Copenhagen | Migrations, networks and microbes - What can we learn about human history from sequencing ancient genomes? Organiser: Prof. Dr. L. Excoffier |
| 10.03.2020 | Dr. Martha Muñoz, Yale University | Behavior is a motor and a brake for evolution Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. D. Marques) |
| 17.03.2020 | Dr. Kimberly Gilbert, University of Lausanne | Drivers of genetic diversity in regions of low recombination Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. N. Marchi) |
| 24.03.2020 | Dr. Michael Emerman, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA | The last pandemic, the one before that, and this one Organiser: Prof. Dr. Catherine Peichel |
| 31.03.2020 | Dr. Peter Biedermann, University of Freiburg | Evolutionary feedbacks between insect sociality and microbial management Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Taborsky |
| 07.04.2020 | no seminar, - | - Organiser: IEE junior staff (A. Barras) |
| 21.04.2020 | Prof. Dr. Peter Neumann, Universität Bern, Vetsuisse | The world tour of small hive beetles: insights into ecology and evolution of an invasive species Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Peichel |
| 28.04.2020 | Dr. Helen Regan, University of California | Plant species persistence in the face of climate change Organiser: PD Dr. A. Grill |
| 05.05.2020 | Dr. Sacha Engelhardt, IEE, University of Bern | Testing the grandmother hypothesis in pre-industrial human populations Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. S. Engelhardt) |
| 12.05.2020 | Prof. Florian Altermatt, University of Zurich / Eawag | Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Riverine Networks Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. G. Adamidis) |
| 19.05.2020 | Prof. Dr. M. Taborsky, IEE, University of Bern | Shell-brooding cichlids as evolutionary model for intrasexual and intersexual conflict Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Taborsky |
| 26.05.2020 | Exam | |
| Autumn Semester 2020 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Speaker | Title |
| 15.09.2020 | - | |
| 22.09.2020 | Dr. Noémie Becker, LMU München | TBA Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. N. Marchi) |
| 29.09.2020 | - | |
| 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 | Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Peichel |
| 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 | TBA Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. M. Muschick) |
| 03.11.2020 | Prof. Craig Primmer, University of Helsinki | Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. M. Rösti) |
| 10.11.2020 | Prof. Dr. Claudia Bank, IEE, University of Bern | Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Peichel |
| 17.11.2020 | Dr. Kamran Safi, University of Konstanz | TBA Organiser: IEE junior staff (A. Barras) |
| 24.11.2020 | Hanna ten Brink, EAWAG | TBA Organiser: Prof. Dr. O. Seehausen |
| 01.12.2020 | Prof. Hanna Kokko, University of Zurich | TBA Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Peichel |
| 08.12.2020 | Volz Awards | |
| 15.12.2020 | 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.