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.
The format of this seminar is variable. On most dates we will meet in person, at times it may be online (via zoom). Seminars in person take place in the small lecture hall of Zoology (Kleiner Hörsaal, Vesalgasse 1, 1st floor). Please check the table below about the format of specific dates. A zoom link (online 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 | 18. 2. | Alessio Brait | Survival of a crustacean subjected to an abrupt salinity change | in person | dieter ebert |
| 2 | 25. 2. | Noah Meier | Undiscovered wasps and where to find them - Species richness estimation of Afrotropical Darwin wasps (Ichneumonidae, Hymenoptera) | in person | Walter Salzburger |
| 3 | 4. 3. | Fränzi Nievergelt | From data to decisions in wildlife management and research | in person | Valentin Amrhein |
| 4 | 11. 3. | Basler Fasnacht | |||
| 5 | 18. 3. | Aurelia Wolf* | The trunk lateral line system of Lake Tanganyika cichlids | in person | Fabrizia Ronco |
| 6 | 25. 3. | Nathalie Matthey-de-l'Endroit | Tracing the genomic footprints of population dynamics in the Marbled White butterfly | in person | Daniel Berner |
| 7 | 1. 4. | Nikolaos Lampadaridis | Assessing sticklebacks as potential vectors of Pasteuria ramosa parasitism in Daphnia magna | in person | dieter ebert |
| 8 | 8. 4. | Svenja Conrad* | Investigating the infection by Pasteuria ramosa through external abdomen entry sites on Daphnia magna | in person | dieter ebert |
| 9 | 15. 4. | postponed to 29.April | |||
| 10 | 22. 4. | Junyi Yang* | Genomic insights into the range expansion of the Southern Small White butterfly | in person | Daniel Berner |
| 11 | 29. 4. | Georg Sloth | Plastic responses to dietary shifts in amniote livers | in person | Patrick Tschopp |
| 12 | 6. 5. | Jahn Ringger* | Historical sediment reveals a time-series of antagonistic coevolution in a model host-parasite system | in person | dieter ebert |
| 13 | 13. 5. | Luca Pecalli | Sugar effect on the host-parasite interaction between Daphnia magna and Pasteuria ramosa | in person | dieter ebert |
| 14 | 20. 5. | Anaïs Schmidhauser* | Caudal fin shape diversity and sex dimorphism in Lake Tanganyika cichlids | in person | Walter Salzburger |
| 15 | 27. 5. |
The seminar is open to all members of zoology and all Master students. For students in a BSc program the succesful completion of the following first year biology lectures is required: Bau und Vielfalt der Tiere (10316-01), Evolutionsbiologie (10575-01) und Ökologie und Naturschutzbiologie (10234-01).
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.
