Vesalianum Seminar

Preliminary Schedule Fall Term 2008

The seminars take place every Monday during term time at 11:15 in the small lecture hall of the Zoological Institute (kleiner Hörsaal, Vesalgasse 1, 1st floor).

The seminars grayed out are the "Departements-Kolloquien" of the Department Umweltwissenschaften (DUW). They will take place on Tuesdays at 17:15 in the lecture hall of the Botanical Institute, Schönbeinstrasse 6. After the talk there will be an apero.

Week Date Speaker Title Host
1 15. Sept 08 Dr. Luc Gigord, University of Lausanne TALK CANCELLED!!!! VORTRAG FAELLT AUS!!! D. Ebert
2 22. Sept 08 Prof. Dr. Rik Eggen, EAWAG Role of Cyp19 aromatases and Estrogen Receptors in developmental processes in zebrafish P. Holm
3 29. Sept 08 Prof. Dr. Louis Du Pasquier, Uni Basel On the origin of the leukocyte-receptor-complex of Vertebrates: the lesson from the Tunicates D. Ebert
DUW Colloq 30. Sep 08 Prof. Dr. Dieter Ebert, Zoologisches Institut Inzest, Krankheiten und Evolution in Tümpeln
4 6. Oct 08 Prof. Dr. Diethard Tautz, Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionsbiologie, Plön Tracing the genetics of adaptation in the house mouse D. Ebert/
W. Salzburger
5 13. Oct 08 Prof. Dr. Claudia R. Binder, Universität Zürich Transitions in Human-Environment Systems P. Holm
6 20. Oct 08 Prof. Hanna Kokko, Helsinki University Which sex does what, and why? D. Ebert/
V. Amrhein
7 27. Oct 08 Prof. Thomas Bosch, University of Kiel The evolution of immunity: innate immune reactions in cnidarians L. Du Pasquier
DUW Colloq 28. Oct 08 Prof. Dr. Stefanie Jacomet, Institut für Prähistorische und Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie Geschichte der Flora in der Regio Basiliensis aufgrund von archäobotanischen„on-site-Daten
8 3. Nov 08 Dr. Katharina Foerster, University of Lausanne Good males would make bad females: sexually antagonistic selection and its consequences M. Kölliker
9 10. Nov 08 Dr. Ido Pen, University of Groningen Parent-offspring conflict as an engine of evolutionary novelties L. Schärer
10 17. Nov 08 Prof. Chrsitian Sturmbauer, University of Graz Insights on speciation from a cichlid fish model system W. Salzburger
11 24. Nov 08 Prof. Dr. Angela Köhler, Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven The biomarker approach in European marine ecosystems P. Holm
DUW Colloq 25. Nov 08 Prof. Dr. Andres Wetzel, Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut Feuer, Asche, Wind und Wasser: Was geschah nach dem Ausbruch des Pinatubo 1991 im südchinesischen Meer?
12 1. Dec 08 Dr. Patricia Beldade, Leiden University TALK POSTPONED/VORTRAG VERSCHOBEN! W. Salzburger
13 8. Dec 08 Prof. Georg Nöldeke, Centre for Economic Sciences, University of Basel Evolutionarily stable response rules when negotiations are costly M. Kölliker
14 15. Dec 08 Prof. Dr. Alexander Zehnder, ETH Zürich Virtual water trade - a solution for food and water security? P. Holm
DUW Colloq 16. Dec 08 Prof. Dr. Christine Alewell, Institut für Umweltgeowissenschaften Highways and Byways of Soils