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).
| Week | Date | Speaker | Title | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20.9. | Nicholas Priest, Univerity of Bath | How dark forces (maternal effects, epistasis and hybridization) contribute to behavioral evolution | Lukas Schärer |
| 2 | 27.9. | Markus Pfenninger, University of Frankfurt | Niche segregation and its genomic basis in the sister species Chironomus riparius and C. piger (non-biting midges) | Lukas Schärer and Walter Salzburger |
| 3 | 4.10. | |||
| 4 | 11.10. | Patrice David, University of Montpellier | Correlated evolution of mating system, life-history and genetic load in freshwater snails | Lukas Schärer |
| 5 | 18.10. | Julia Promisel Cooper, Cancer Research UK | Telomeres and the challenges to chromosome integrity | Jean-Claude Walser |
| 6 | 25.10. | Markus Affolter, Biozentrum, Uni Basel | Branching morphogenesis: from flies to fish | Walter Salzburger |
| 7 | 1.11. | Josh Van Buskirk, University of Zürich | Environmental grain and the evolution of generalists and specialists. | Mathias Kölliker and Daniel Berner |
| 8 | 8.11. | Patrizia d'Ettorre, University of Paris 13 | The chemical language of ants: signature mixtures and identity signals | Mathias Kölliker |
| 9 | 15.11. | August Hämmerli, ETH Zurich | Olfactory mate choice | Jean-Claude Walser |
| 10 | 22.11. | Ralph Tiedemann, University of Potsdam | Radiation in African weakly electric fishes: An example of ecological speciation? | Walter Salzburger |
| 11 | 29.11. | Tommaso Pizzari, University of Oxford | cancelled, will be shifted to spring semester | Lukas Schärer |
| 12 | 6.12. | Miguel Vences, Technical University of Braunschweig | Diversity and diversification mechanisms in the vertebrate radiations of Madagascar | Walter Salzburger |
| 13 | 13.12. | Sander van Doorn, University of Berne | Transitions between male and female heterogamety caused by sex-antagonistic selection | Lukas Schärer |
| 14 | 20.12. | Arnon Lotem, Tel-Aviv University | Risk taking, learning and evolution: simulations and experiments with humans and animals | Mathias Kölliker |
