| Other Weeks of Spring & Autumn Semester 2025 |
| Date |
Seminar |
Speakers |
Title |
Room |
| Week 38 |
| 16.09.2025, 16:15h
|
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution
Prof. Dr. M. Owuor |
Prof. Daniel F. McGinnis , University of Geneva
|
From Arctic to Africa: The role of sailboats as floating labs and classrooms |
Haller, 248
|
| 17.09.2025, 14:00h
|
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution
Prof. Dr. Ole Seehausen |
Dr. Carlos Melian, Eawag and University of Bern
|
Biodiversity dynamics of complex trait architecture in multilayer networks |
Bal6, D110
|
| 17.09.2025, 00:00h
|
Conservation Biology
Prof. Dr. Raphaël Arlettaz |
Stijn Verschueren, University Bern
|
The conservation value of captive cheetahs |
Mu27, 116
|
| Week 39 |
| 23.09.2025, 16:15h
|
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution
Prof. Dr. O. Seehausen |
Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh, Bethlehem University, Palestine Museum of Natural History and Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability
|
How to challenge ecocide and get to sustainable human and natural communities living in harmony? Case study from Palestine |
Haller, 248
|
| 24.09.2025, 10:00h
|
Conservation Biology
Prof. Dr. Raphaël Arlettaz |
Edie Abrahams, University Bern
|
Spatiotemporal dynamics of free-ranging domestic cats on a subtropical oceanic island |
Mu27, 116
|
| Week 40 |
| 30.09.2025, 16:15h
|
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution
Prof. Dr. C. Bank |
Prof. Dr. Andrea Agazzi, Universität Bern
|
Stochastic jump models in chemistry and biology: large populations and rare events |
Haller, 248
|
| Week 41 |
| 07.10.2025, 16:15h
|
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution
Prof. Dr. C. Bank |
Prof. Joachim Krug, Universität Köln
|
Bacterial responses to antibiotic stress: Resistance, resilience and tolerance |
Haller, 248
|
| 08.10.2025, 14:00h
|
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution
Prof. Dr. Ole Seehausen |
Dr. Ravaka Andriamihaja, Center for Development and Environment, University of Bern
|
Decolonization of North-South research collaboration |
Bal6, D110
|
| 08.10.2025, 10:00h
|
Conservation Biology
Prof. Dr. Raphaël Arlettaz |
Miguel Silva Monteiro, University Bern
|
A cross-continental analysis of the habitat requirements for stable Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa l. limosa) populations in Europe |
Mu27, 116
|
| Week 42 |
| 14.10.2025, 16:15h
|
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution
IEE junior staff (M. Vernet) |
Prof. Dr. Tim Blackburn, UCL University College London
|
Alien Invasions and the Extinction of Life on Earth |
Haller, 248
|
| 15.10.2025, 14:00h
|
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution
Prof. Dr. Ole Seehausen |
Jahmaira Archbold, Eawag and University of Bern
|
Social-ecological networks and climate scenarios in a Swiss river basin |
Bal6, D110
|
| 15.10.2025, 10:00h
|
Conservation Biology
Prof. Dr. Raphaël Arlettaz |
Celine Partridge and Tatjana Lero, University Bern
|
Monitoring restored habitat of the Bombina variegata population in Valais, and assessing the potential impact of invasive Crayfish may on their dispersal |
Mu27, 116
|
| 17.10.2025, 15:15h
|
Ecology Lecture Series
Prof. Dr. Madhav P. Thakur & Prof. Dr. Eric Allan |
Prof. Dr. Madhav P. Thakur & Prof. Dr. Eric Allan, University of Bern
|
General introduction to Ecology Lecture Series |
H 101
|
| Week 43 |
| 21.10.2025, 16:15h
|
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution
Prof. Dr. E. Ringler |
Prof. Kate Laskowski, University of California, Davis
|
Why are you the way you are: Disentangling the developmental drivers of behavioral individuality using a clonal fish |
Haller, 248
|
| 21.10.2025, 14:00h
|
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution
Prof. Dr. Ole Seehausen |
Prof. Aby Sène-Harper, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA
|
Biodiversity Conservation, Land and Resource Rights and the Unfinished Project of Decolonization in Africa |
Bal6, D110
|
| 22.10.2025, 10:00h
|
Conservation Biology
Prof. Dr. Raphaël Arlettaz |
Olivia Hartmann, University Bern
|
Nesting ecology of the invasive pond slider (Trachemys scripta): Nest site choice and TSD |
Mu27, 116
|
| 24.10.2025, 15:15h
|
Ecology Lecture Series
Prof. Dr. Eric Allan |
Prof. Dr. Tim Newbold, UCL University College London
|
Harnessing global biodiversity data to understand impacts of climate and land-use change on ecological communities |
H 101
|
| Week 44 |
| 28.10.2025, 16:15h
|
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution
Prof. Dr. X. Li Richter |
Prof. Dr. Charlotte de Vries, Leiden University in the Netherlands
|
Sex, Senescence, and Sociality: modeling life-history evolution in the presence of conflict |
Haller, 248
|
| 29.10.2025, 14:00h
|
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution
Clement Mlay |
Dr. Sammy Wambua, Pwany University, Kenya
|
Navigating Conservation Genomics in East Africa |
online
Bal6, D110
|
| 29.10.2025, 10:00h
|
Conservation Biology
Prof. Dr. Raphaël Arlettaz |
Michael Wyss and Est Zimmermann, University Bern
|
Midterm response of Orthoptera to active grasslad restoration |
Mu27, 116
|
| 31.10.2025, 15:15h
|
Ecology Lecture Series
Prof. Dr. Eric Allan |
Prof. Dr. Andrew Beckerman, University of Sheffield
|
The Role of Secondary Extinctions in shaping Paleoecological and Modern Biodiversity |
H 101
|
| Week 45 |
| 04.11.2025, 16:15h
|
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution
Prof. Dr. M. P. Thakur |
Prof. Dr. Adrien Mestrot, Geographisches Institut, Bern
|
From Soil to Biota: Mercury and Other Trace Elements in Swiss Terrestrial Food Webs |
Haller, 248
|
| 05.11.2025, 10:00h
|
Conservation Biology
Prof. Dr. Raphaël Arlettaz |
Colin Guignet, University Bern
|
Effect of passive restoration on soil microbiome in mountain grasslands |
Mu27, 116
|
| 05.11.2025, 14:00h
|
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution
Tizazu Yitew |
Dr. Eshete Dejen, Wageningen University, NL
|
Assessing the status of sustainable management of Lake Tana fisheries resources: from awareness to action |
online
Bal6, D110
|
| 07.11.2025, 15:15h
|
Ecology Lecture Series
Prof. Dr. Madhav P. Thakur |
Prof. Dr. Sergio Rasmann, Université de Neuchâtel
|
Phytochemical diversity across space and time |
H 101
|
| Week 46 |
| 11.11.2025, 16:15h
|
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution
Prof. Dr. X. Li Richter |
Prof. Sonja Lehtinen, Computational Biology Department at the University of Lausanne
|
Evolutionary epidemiology: understanding the dynamics of antibiotic resistance |
Haller, 248
|
| 12.11.2025, 14:00h
|
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution
Dr. Bernhard Wegscheider |
Dr. Melissa Chapman, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich
|
Designing equitable strategies to meet global conservation and restoration targets |
Bal6, D110
|
| 12.11.2025, 10:00h
|
Conservation Biology
Prof. Dr. Raphaël Arlettaz |
(1) Pascal Pini, and (2) Luca Fuhrer , University Bern
|
1) Effects of weather conditions on foraging strategies and diet in Alpine swift, and 2) Breeding dynamics of the Peregrine falcon in the face of the population recovery of Eagle owl |
Mu27, 116
|
| Week 47 |
| 18.11.2025, 16:15h
|
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution
Prof. Dr. C. Peichel |
Dr. Athanasia Tzika, University of Geneva
|
Reptilian scales: how to position and color them |
Haller, 248
|
| 19.11.2025, 14:00h
|
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution
Marion Talbi |
Dr. Francesco Giannelli, Uppsala University, Sweden
|
The role of expansion dynamics in shaping genetic diversity and load accumulation, insights from two Lessepsian invaders |
Bal6, D110
|
| 19.11.2025, 10:00h
|
Conservation Biology
Prof. Dr. Raphaël Arlettaz |
(1) Alice Ruffieux, and (2) Lauren Perry, University Bern
|
(1) Microclimate selection of alpine birds relative to temperature and predation risk, and (2) Influence of seasonal food variations on alpine bird movements |
Mu27, 116
|
| 21.11.2025, 15:15h
|
Ecology Lecture Series
Prof. Dr. Madhav P. Thakur |
Dr. Ciska Veen, Netherlands Institute for Ecology (NIOO)
|
Down to earth: the role of soil communities in driving ecosystem functioning |
H 101
|
| Week 50 |
| 09.12.2025, 16:15h
|
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution
Prof. Dr. C. Bank |
Prof. Pengjuan Zu, University of Neuchatel
|
Plant-insect chemical communication in ecological communities: an information theory perspective |
Haller, 248
|
| 10.12.2025, 10:00h
|
Conservation Biology
Prof. Dr. Raphaël Arlettaz |
Jeanne Käser, University Bern
|
Spider diversity in proglacial alluvial habitats: diversity, microecology and adaptation of spiders in the Valais Alps |
H 101
|
| 12.12.2025, 15:15h
|
Ecology Lecture Series
Prof. Dr. Eric Allan |
Prof. Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, ETH Zürich
|
The causes and consequences of masting in temperate trees |
H 101
|
| Week 51 |
| 16.12.2025, 16:15h
|
Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution
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Exam, -
|
- |
Haller, 248
|
| 16.12.2025
|
|
Exam, University of Bern, IEE
|
|
Haller, 248
|
| 17.12.2025, 10:00h
|
Conservation Biology
Prof. Dr. Raphaël Arlettaz |
TBA, University Bern
|
TBA |
Mu27, 116
|
| 17.12.2025, 14:00h
|
Aquatic Ecology & Evolution
Dr. Alexus Roberts-Hugghis |
Dr. Iroro Tanshi, University of Washington
|
Re-examining functional groups through the ecomorphological framework: a focus on bat foraging |
online
Bal6, D110
|
