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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15. Sep 09 | Laura Walther | Human impact and the effect of grooming on the stress level of vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops) | V. Amrhein |
| 2 | 22. Sep 09 | Lukas Schärer | Mating behaviour, sexual conflict and the evolution of sperm design | - |
| 3 | 29. Sep 09 | Laura Baldo | The Wolbachia pandemic: diversity and evolution of the master manipulators of invertebrate biology | W. Salzburger |
| 4 | 6. Oct 09 | |||
| 5 | 13. Oct 09 | Bernd Egger | The role of sexual selection and habitat instabilities in the evolution of intraspecific colour variation in the cichlid genus Tropheus | W. Salzburger |
| 6 | 20. Oct 09 | David Duneau | Mechanisms of pathogen resistance in D. magna | D. Ebert |
| 7 | 27. Oct 09 | Florian Neumann | Resting places of European hares: selected for providing cover? | V. Amrhein |
| 8 | 3. Nov 09 | Pepijn Luijckx | Simple genetics underlie highly specific host × parasite genotypic interactions in the Daphnia-Pasteuria system | D. Ebert |
| 9 | 10. Nov 09 | Moritz Muschick | Evolution of body and pharyngeal jaw morphology in Tanganyikan cichlid fishes | W. Salzburger |
| 10 | 17. Nov 09 | Emilia Santos | Genetic basis of Astatotilapia burtoni eggspots | W. Salzburger |
| 11 | 24. Nov 09 | NO RESEARCH SEMINAR! | ||
| 12 | 1. Dec 09 | Michael Matschiner | tba | W. Salzburger |
| 13 | 8. Dec 09 | Lisa Schild | Roosting behaviour of wintering red kites (Milvus milvus) | V. Amrhein |
| 14 | 15. Dec 09 | Kiyono Sekii | Experimental tests of sex allocation theory using the RNAi-knockdown approach | L. Schärer |
