| Spring Semester 2017 |
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| 21.02.2017 |
Prof. Matthias Erb, IPS |
Secondary Metabolites as Determinants of Plant-Herbivore Interactions
Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Taborsky |
| 28.02.2017 |
PD Dr. Jörg Romeis, Agroscope |
Assessing the environmental risk of insect-resistant transgenic plants
Organiser: Prof. Dr. W. Nentwig |
| 07.03.2017 |
Dr. Jeff Pettis, Institute of Bee Health, University of Bern |
Effects of climate change on pollinator health and survival
Organiser: Prof. Dr. P. Neumann |
| 14.03.2017 |
Aoife McLysaght, Trinity College Dublin |
Dosage sensitive genes in evolution and disease
Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 21.03.2017 |
Prof. Catherine Graham , WSL |
Linking patterns and processes across scales: a case study with Neotropical Hummingbirds
Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 28.03.2017 |
Prof. Judith Mank, University College London |
The genetic causes and consequences of sexual selection
Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 04.04.2017 |
Prof. Patrizia d'Ettorre , Université Paris XIII |
Recognition of identity and cognitive abilities in ants
Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 11.04.2017 |
Dr. Ben Woodcock, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK |
Managing bees in agriculture: Providing pollination in a hostile environment
Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 25.04.2017 |
Prof. Regina Lindborg, Stockholm University |
Multifunctional landscapes - managing for biodiversity in semi-natural grassland systems
Organiser: Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz |
| 02.05.2017 |
Prof. Richard Durbin, Sanger Institute, Cambridge UK |
Inference of evolutionary history from whole genome sequences
Organiser: Prof. Dr. Laurent Excoffier |
| 09.05.2017 |
Dr. Julian Glos, Universität Hamburg |
Loss of functional diversity in amphibians of Madagascar
Organiser: Dr. Stefan Hertwig |
| 16.05.2017 |
Dr. Carole Smadja, Universität Montpellier |
Speciation as a question of smell and taste: genomics of reproductive isolation in mice and aphids
Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 23.05.2017 |
Dr. Colin Fontaine, Centre dEcologie et des Sciences de la Conservation, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris |
Citizen science and the temporal dynamic of natural communities
Organiser: Prof. Dr. W. Nentwig |
| 30.05.2017 |
Exam |
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| Autumn Semester 2017 |
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| 19.09.2017 |
Prof. Shinichi Nakagawa, The University of New South Wales, Sidney, Australia |
Meta-analyzing biological topics and beyond: ageing, obesity and why girls are not in STEM
Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Taborsky |
| 26.09.2017 |
Dr. Mark Ravinet, University of Oslo |
How does introgression shape speciation?
Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 03.10.2017 |
Dr. Todd Katzner, Forest & Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, USA |
Ecological correlates of golden eagle flight behavior inform risk from wind energy development
Organiser: Prof. Dr. R. Arlettaz |
| 10.10.2017 |
Prof. Eric Allan, IPS |
Multitrophic interactions and the effects of biodiversity change on ecosystem functioning
Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Taborsky |
| 17.10.2017 |
Dr. Anne-Nathalie Volkoff/Dr. Jean-Michel Drezen , INRA, Montpellier/Université FR, Tour |
Endogenous viruses used by parasitic wasps to deliver virulence molecules to their hosts
Organiser: PD Dr. S. Klopfstein |
| 24.10.2017 |
Prof. Deborah Charlesworth, University of Edinburgh |
Studying the evolution of the young sex chromosome of the guppy
Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 31.10.2017 |
Prof. Chris Jiggins, Cambridge University |
Hybridisation promotes diversity in tropical butterflies
Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 07.11.2017 |
Prof. John Baines, University of Kiel |
The role of host genetics in shaping the diversity of mammalian host-associated microbiota
Organiser: Prof. Dr. G. Heckel |
| 14.11.2017 |
Prof. Benjamin Prud'homme, IBDM - Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille |
Evolution of pigmentation patterns and reproductive behaviors in Drosophila species
Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Peichel |
| 21.11.2017 |
Prof. Rudolf Meier, National University of Singapore |
From NGS barcodes to water eDNA: How new sequencing technologies will help with biodiversity discovery and monitoring at unprecedented scales
Organiser: Hannes Baur |
| 28.11.2017 |
Prof. Alexandre Buttler, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne |
Impact of climate change on mountain ecosystems in the Swiss Jura
Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 05.12.2017 |
Prof. Jane Stout, Trinity College Dublin |
Direct interactions between invasive plants and native pollinators
Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 12.12.2017 |
Prof. Anna Qvarnström , Uppsala University in Sweden |
Speciation - What can be learned from a flycatcher hybrid zone?
Organiser: IEE junior staff |
| 19.12.2017 |
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