| Spring Semester 2013 |
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| 19.02.2013 |
Volz-Preis |
Best MSc thesis: Julien Junker /
Best PhD thesis: Michael Coslovsky |
| 26.02.2013 |
Prof. John Heraty,, University of California, Riverside |
Chalcidoid Wasps and the Interface of Systematics and Biology
Organiser: PD Dr. C. Kropf, NMBE |
| 05.03.2013 |
Prof. Hans Hofmann,, University of Texas, Austin |
Moving Beyond the Phenotypic Gambit: Themes and Variations in the Evolution of Behavioral Mechanisms
Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Taborsky |
| 12.03.2013 |
Dr. Olin Silander, University of Basel |
The genetic mechanisms of functional innovation in bacteria
Organiser: Prof. Dr. L. Excoffier |
| 19.03.2013 |
Prof. Francois Balloux,, UCL London |
Serial samples, ancient samples and the reconstruction of past demography
Organiser: Prof. Dr. L. Excoffier |
| 26.03.2013 |
Prof. Henrik Moller,, University of Otago, New Zealand |
Partnership of academics and practitioners for more resilient social-ecological systems: experiences from New Zealand
Organiser: Prof. Dr. H. Richner |
| 09.04.2013 |
Dr. Jeremy Miller,, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands |
Cybertaxonomy and beyond: The hows and whys of integrating specimen research and Information technology
Organiser: Prof. Dr. W. Nentwig |
| 16.04.2013 |
Film |
Queen of the Sun
Organiser: Prof. Dr. P. Neumann |
| 23.04.2013 |
Prof. Dr. Bart Kempenaers,, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany |
You snooze, you lose: selection on being active
Organiser: Prof. Dr. H. Richner |
| 30.04.2013 |
Prof. Jan-Ake Nilsson,, University of Lund, Sweden |
Trade-off between incubation effort and the need of the embryo
Organiser: Prof. Dr. H. Richner |
| 07.05.2013 |
Prof. Lukas Keller,, UniZH |
Inbreeding in the wild
Organiser: Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz |
| 14.05.2013 |
Prof. Dr. Jan Bengtsson,, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala |
Diversity and multifunctionality in ecosystems
Organiser: Prof. Dr. W. Nentwig |
| 28.05.2013 |
Dr Lluis Brotons,, Biodiversity and Landscape Ecology Lab, Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya, Spain |
Predicting species distribution responses in Mediterranean dynamic landscape in a context of global change
Organiser: Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz |
| 28.05.2013 |
Exam |
- |
| Autumn Semester 2013 |
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| 17.09.2013 |
no seminar |
- |
| 24.09.2013 |
Prof. Michael Traugott, University of Innsbruck |
Molecular trophic ecology: improving our understanding how species interact
Organiser: Prof. Dr. W. Nentwig |
| 01.10.2013 |
no seminar |
- |
| 08.10.2013 |
Prof. Barbara Taborsky, IEE |
Ultimate and proximate causes of social competence in cooperative breeders
Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Taborsky |
| 15.10.2013 |
Dr. Stephan Peischl, IEE |
Consequences of range expansion on functional genetic diversity
Organiser: Prof. Dr. L. Excoffier |
| 22.10.2013 |
Prof. Nelson Hairston, Cornell University |
Eco-evolutionary dynamics: when the rates of evolution and ecological change converge
Organiser: Prof. Dr. O. Seehausen |
| 29.10.2013 |
Prof. Teja Tscharntke, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany |
Landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns and processes
Organiser: Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz |
| 05.11.2013 |
Dr. Robert Bagchi, ETH Zurich |
Pathogens and insect herbivores drive rainforest plant diversity and composition
Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Fischer |
| 12.11.2013 |
Dr. Jochen Wolf, Uppsala University, Sweden |
Speciation Genomics - Unravelling the genetic architecture of the European Crow hybrid zone
Organiser: PD Dr. G. Heckel |
| 19.11.2013 |
Dr. Rémy Bruggmann, Department Biology |
Bioinformatics developments in Berne and beyond
Organiser: Prof. Dr. L. Excoffier |
| 26.11.2013 |
Dr. Jasper van Ruijven, Wagningen University |
Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning: insights from a long-term experiment
Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Fischer |
| 03.12.2013 |
Prof. Dr. Skúli Skúlason, Hólar University College, Iceland |
The evolution of diversity: interplay of ecology, genetics and development
Organiser: Prof. Dr. O. Seehausen |
| 10.12.2013 |
Prof. Antoine Guisan, University of Lausanne |
Predicting species distribution for conservation decisions?
Organiser: Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz |
| 17.12.2013 |
Exam |
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