| Spring & Autumn Semester 2025 |
| Date |
Seminar |
Speakers |
Title |
Info |
| Week 08 |
| 18.02.2025 |
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution |
Dr. Gabriel Jorgewich Cohen, Universität Zürich |
What can reptiles say about the evolution of language? The importance of non-model species on broad evolutionary studies
Prof. Dr. C. Bank |
Link |
| 19.02.2025 |
Conservation Biology |
CB Stuff, University of Bern |
No seminar (CB meeting for CB members and prospective BSc students)
Prof. Dr. Raphaël Arlettaz |
Link |
| 19.02.2025 |
Ecology Lecture Series |
Paper presentation, University of Berne |
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2002.1989 The genetics of speciation in budding yeasts
Prof. Dr. C. Bank |
Link |
| 19.02.2025 |
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution |
Dr. Caio Graco Rodrigues Leandro Roza , University of Helsinki, FIN |
The role of functional traits in species turnover: Insights across scales
Prof. Dr. O. Seehausen |
Link |
| Week 09 |
| 25.02.2025 |
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution |
Prof. Dr. Rike Stelkens, Stockholm University |
-
IEE junior staff (L. Hablützel) |
Link |
| 26.02.2025 |
Conservation Biology |
Pascal Pini (MSc proposal), University of Bern |
Effects of weather conditions on foraging strategies and diet in a highly aerial insectivorous bird, the Alpine swift (Tachymarptis melba)
- |
Link |
| 26.02.2025 |
Ecology Lecture Series |
Jasmine Ono, University of Nottingham |
The genetics of speciation in budding yeasts
Prof. Dr. C. Bank |
Link |
| 26.02.2025 |
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution |
TBA, TBA |
TBA
Prof. Dr. O. Seehausen |
Link |
| Week 10 |
| 04.03.2025 |
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution |
Prof. Dr. Tim Hofmeester, SLU, Umeå, Sweden |
From wildlife management questions to fundamental science: the value of by-catch data
Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz |
Link |
| 05.03.2025 |
Conservation Biology |
Colin Guignet (MSc proposal), University of Bern |
TBA
- |
Link |
| 05.03.2025 |
Conservation Biology |
Michael Wyss (MSc proposal), University of Bern |
TBA
- |
Link |
| Week 11 |
| 11.03.2025 |
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution |
Dr. Kyriacos Kareklas, Gulbenkian institute |
-
IEE junior staff (Dr. D. Antunes) |
Link |
| 12.03.2025 |
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution |
Prof. Christian Román-Palacios, University of Arizona, USA |
TBA
Prof. Dr. O. Seehausen |
Link |
| 12.03.2025 |
Ecology Lecture Series |
Joana Meier, Sanger Institute |
Rapid speciation driven by chromosomal rearrangements in butterflies
Prof. Dr. C. Bank |
Link |
| 12.03.2025 |
Conservation Biology |
Lauren Perry (MSc proposal), University of Bern |
TBA
- |
Link |
| 12.03.2025 |
Conservation Biology |
Alice Ruffieux (MSc proposal), University of Bern |
TBA
- |
Link |
| Week 12 |
| 18.03.2025 |
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution |
Dr. Mordecai Ogada, Conservation Solutions Africa & Colorado State University |
-
Prof. Dr. O. Seehausen |
Link |
| 19.03.2025 |
Ecology Lecture Series |
Paper presentation, University of Berne |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121252
- |
Link |
| 19.03.2025 |
Conservation Biology |
Olivia Hartmann (MSc proposal), University of Bern |
TBA
Prof. Dr. Raphaël Arlettaz |
Link |
| 19.03.2025 |
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution |
Dr. Matthew McCary, Rice University, USA |
Aquatic insects transform terrestrial ecosystems: lessons from subarctic Iceland
Prof. Dr. Lily Twining |
Link |
| Week 13 |
| 25.03.2025 |
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution |
Prof. Dr. Pleuni Pennings, San Francisco State University |
-
Prof. Dr. C. Bank |
Link |
| 26.03.2025 |
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution |
Trisha Gupta, University of Oxford, UK |
TBA
Dr. Conor Waldock |
Link |
| 26.03.2025 |
Conservation Biology |
Susanne Quaderer (MSc proposal), University of Bern |
TBA
Prof. Dr. Raphaël Arlettaz |
Link |
| 26.03.2025 |
Ecology Lecture Series |
Piyanun Harnpicharnchai , National Science and Technology Development Agency, Thailand |
Fungal communities useful for assessment of river biodiversity and water quality
Prof. Dr. C. Bank |
Link |
| 26.03.2025 |
Conservation Biology |
Janine Hunziker (MSc proposal), University of Bern |
TBA
Prof. Dr. Raphaël Arlettaz |
Link |
| Week 14 |
| 01.04.2025 |
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution |
Dr. Manuela Sann, NMBE |
-
Prof. Dr. M. P. Thakur |
Link |
| 02.04.2025 |
Conservation Biology |
Hannes Vomsattel (MSc proposal), University of Bern |
The influence of isolated stone and branch piles on stoats and weasels in agricultural landscapes
Prof. Dr. Raphaël Arlettaz |
Link |
| 02.04.2025 |
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution |
Prof. Dr. Robert Pringle, Princeton University, USA |
Megafauna and the maintenance of biodiversity
Prof. Dr. Lily Twining |
Link |
| 02.04.2025 |
Conservation Biology |
TBA (MSc proposal), University of Bern |
TBA
Prof. Dr. Raphaël Arlettaz |
Link |
| Week 15 |
| 08.04.2025 |
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution |
Dr. Babatunde Adekele, The WildTrust and Geneva Graduate Institute |
-
Prof. Dr. M. Owuor |
Link |
| Week 16 |
| 16.04.2025 |
Ecology Lecture Series |
Ben Evans, McMaster University |
Rapid evolution of genetic sex determination in frogs
Prof. Dr. C. Peichel |
Link |
| 16.04.2025 |
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution |
Dr. Himani Sachdeva , University of Vienna, Austria |
Polygenic barriers to gene flow between species: from models to inference
Dr. Pooja Singh |
Link |
| 16.04.2025 |
Conservation Biology |
Luca Fuhrer (MSc proposal), University of Bern |
TBA
Prof. Dr. Raphaël Arlettaz |
Link |
| Week 17 |
| 23.04.2025 |
Ecology Lecture Series |
Wouter Halfwerk, Amsterdam University |
-
Prof. Dr. E. Ringler |
Link |
| Week 18 |
| 29.04.2025 |
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution |
Dr. Conor Waldock, University of Bern, IEE |
-
IEE junior staff (Dr. A. Mahulu) |
Link |
| 30.04.2025 |
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution |
Nicholas Peoples , UC Davies, USA |
Rethinking key innovations: how complex teeth shape the diversification of fishes
Dr. Alexus Roberts-Hugghis |
Link |
| 30.04.2025 |
Conservation Biology |
MSc final results mini-symposium, University of Bern |
TBA
Prof. Dr. Raphaël Arlettaz |
Link |
| 30.04.2025 |
Ecology Lecture Series |
paper presentations (Block 4 & 5) , - |
-
Prof. Dr. E. Ringler |
Link |
| 03.05.2025 |
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution |
Prof. Xing Fang, Auburn University, USA |
Projections of climate impacts on water quality and fish habitats in lakes over the contiguous USA
Prof. Dr. O. Seehausen |
Link |
| 03.05.2025 |
Ecology Lecture Series |
paper presentation, University of Berne |
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02329-4
Prof. Dr. C. Peichel |
Link |
| Week 20 |
| 13.05.2025 |
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution |
Dr. Alexa Sadier, Universite de Montpellier |
-
Prof. Dr. A.-C. Fabre |
Link |
| 14.05.2025 |
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution |
Dr. Blanca Arroyo Correa , Biological Doñana Station, Spain |
A fA framework for integrating empirical intraspecific variation into community dynamics reveals persistence in mutualistic networks
Dr. Carlos Javier Melián Penate |
Link |
| 14.05.2025 |
Ecology Lecture Series |
Paper presentation, University of Berne |
https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.11.544488
Prof. Dr. Barbara Taborsky |
Link |
| Week 21 |
| 20.05.2025 |
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution |
Prof. Dr. Yagmur Erten, University of Groningen |
-
Prof. Dr. X. Li Richter |
Link |
| 21.05.2025 |
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution |
Prof. Dr. Allen Curry , University of New Brunswick, Canada |
TBA
Dr. Bernhard Wegscheider |
Link |
| 21.05.2025 |
Ecology Lecture Series |
Susanne Zajitschek, Liverpool John Moores University |
-
Prof. Dr. Barbara Taborsky |
Link |
| Week 22 |
| 27.05.2025 |
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution |
Exam, University of Bern, IEE |
-
- |
Link |
| 28.05.2025 |
Ecology Lecture Series |
Paper presentation, University of Berne |
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2435.14389
Prof. Dr. Barbara Taborsky |
Link |
| 28.05.2025 |
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution |
PhD. Raíssa Fernandes , Federal University of Bahia, Brasil |
From dengue fever to Arctic ice: Using networks to model natural systems
Dr. Carlos Javier Melián Penate |
Link |
| Week 23 |
| 05.06.2025 |
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution |
Prof. Dr. Mark Kirkpatrick, University of Texas |
The Genomic War Between the Sexes
Prof. Dr. C. Peichel |
Link |
| Week 27 |
| 05.07.2025 |
Ecology Lecture Series |
Tim Fawcett, Exeter University |
When morphology meets behaviour: theory and experiments inspired by the fiddler crab’s claw
Prof. Dr. Barbara Taborsky |
Link |
| 05.07.2025 |
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution |
TBA, TBA |
TBA
TBA |
Link |
| Week 36 |
| 04.09.2025 |
Ecology Lecture Series |
paper presentation*, University of Berne |
Paper: doi:10.1093/molbev/msz268
Prof. Dr. C. Peichel |
Link |
| Week 37 |
| 12.09.2025 |
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution |
Ass. Prof. Dr. Nancy Chen, University of Rochester |
-
Prof. Dr. C. Bank |
Link |
| Week 43 |
| 21.10.2025 |
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution |
Prof. Kate Laskowski, University of California, Davis |
-
Prof. Dr. E. Ringler |
Link |
| Week 46 |
| 11.11.2025 |
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution |
Dr. Athanasia Tzika, University of Geneva |
-
Prof. Dr. C. Peichel |
Link |
