Research Seminars take place every Tuesday during term time at 12:15 to 13:30.
If not mentioned otherwise speakers are members of DUW Zoology.
Due to the ongoing Corona pandemic the format of this seminar is variable. On some dates we will meet in person, at other dates the format will be online. Please check the table below about the format of specific dates. A zoom link (online events) and place (in person events) will be communicated to all members of zoology and to everybody registered for the seminar in the week before the seminar starts.
For the new credit point regulation, see below!
| Week | Date | Speaker | Title | Format | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22. 2. | ||||
| 2 | 1. 3. | Yann Rime | Movements of a trans-Saharan migratory bird deduced from atmospheric pressure data | in person | Valentin Amrhein |
| 3 | 8. 3. | Basler Fasnacht | no seminar | ||
| 4 | 15. 3. | no seminar | |||
| 5 | 22. 3. | Joana Santos | The effects of temperature and host-parasite genetics on parasite persistence in a planktonic crustacean | online | dieter ebert |
| 6 | 29. 3. | Menghan Wang* | Single-cell functional genomics of convergent skeletal cell fate specification | online | Patrick Tschopp |
| 7 | 5. 4. | Charlotte Huyghe* | Transcriptome and microbiome dynamics underlying dietary adaptations in cichlid fishes | in person | Walter Salzburger |
| 8 | 12. 4. | Jack Mitchell | CANCELLED: Investigating transcript expression of three species of Macrostomum | New date: 6.June | Lukas Schärer |
| 9 | 19. 4. | Santhosh Santhosh | Sexual selection mechanisms in a simultaneously hermaphroditic flatworm | in person | Lukas Schärer |
| 10 | 26. 4. | Tamara Spasojevic | Unravelling wasps' webs: deciphering host-related evolutionary patterns in polysphinctine spider parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) | in person | Seraina Klopfstein |
| 11 | 3. 5. | Christina Tadiri* | Interactions between individual- and environmental factors in parasite dynamics | in person | dieter ebert |
| 12 | 10. 5. | Simona Ruffener | Reference genome assembly and habitat use in a range-expanding butterfly | in person | Daniel Berner |
| 13 | 17. 5. | Jeannine Fluri* | The influence of ungulates on forests in the Swiss National Park | in person | Valentin Amrhein |
| 14 | 24. 5. | Cristina Mercoli | Evaluating stable hydrogen isotope ratios as trophic indicators in cichlid fishes from Lake Tanganyika | in person | Walter Salzburger |
| 15 | 31. 5. | Marlon Henseler* | Characterisation of a genomic region associated with Daphnia resistance to the bacterial pathogen Pasteuria ramosa | online | dieter ebert |
| 16 | 7. 6. | Jack Mitchell | REPLACEMENT DATE: Investigating transcript expression of three species of Macrostomum | in person | Lukas Schärer |
To obtain credit points for participation in this seminar, it is necessary to 1) attend the seminar regulary (sign the list) and 2) take part in at least 4 of the 5 post-seminar discussions (about 30 minutes). The seminars where the name of the speaker is printed in bold type and marked with * will have a post-seminar discussion. During these discussions the quality of the talk will be discussed (in the obligatory absense of the speaker). The speaker will later receive feedback from one participant of the discussion. The days with post-seminar discussions will be announced after most slots of the seminar are filled.
