| 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, - |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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