Research Seminars take place every Tuesday during term time at 12:15 to 13:30 in the small lecture hall of the Zoological Institute (Vesalgasse 1, first floor).
| Week | Date | Speaker | Title | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -3 | 18.1. | Yuri Kläfiger | Testing the sensory exploitation hypothesis for the evolution of egg-spots in East African cichlids | W. Salzburger |
| -2 | 1.2. | Romina Celozzi | The genetic basis of egg-spot development in Ophthalmotilapia ventralis | W. Salzburger |
| -1 | 8.2. | Daniel Chourrout, SARS Institute, Bergen | Conservation of genome organization in metazoans: does it really matter? | Louis du Pasquier / Lukas Schärer |
| 1 | 22. 2. | |||
| 2 | 1. 3. | |||
| 3 | 8. 3. | |||
| 4 | 15. 3. | Fasnacht | ||
| 5 | 22. 3. | Elodie Belz | Animal behaviour and biocontrol: attraction of parasitoids to companion plants in cabbage fields | M. Kölliker |
| 6 | 29. 3. | Dimitri Stucki | The evolution of family interactions by antagonistic coadaptation | M. Kölliker |
| 7 | 5. 4. | no seminar | ||
| 8 | 12. 4. | Niklaus Mehring | Evolution of telomere associated proteins | J.-C. Walser |
| 9 | 19. 4. | Jarkko Routtu | The linkage map and QTLs of Daphnia magna revisited | D. Ebert |
| 10 | 26. 4. | Yamenah Gomez | The dynamics of family life: an experimental study on mother-offspring interactions in European earwigs | M. Kölliker |
| 11 | 3. 5. | Karen Haag | Geographical parthenogenesis: a case study on microsporidian parasites of Daphnia | D. Ebert |
| 12 | 10. 5. | Lisa Bradbury | Chemical profile reflects forceps size in the male earwig: the role in intra- and inter-sexual interactions | M. Kölliker |
| 13 | 17. 5. | Sandra Kupfernagel | Sexual selection in a simultaneous hermaphrodite: mate choice and sperm utilization patterns | L. Schärer |
| 14 | 24. 5. | Daniel Berner | On the misuse of principal component analysis in biology | W. Salzburger |
| 15 | 31. 5. | Lucas Marie-Orleach | Copulatory behaviours and fitness consequences in Macrostomum lignano | L. Schärer |
