Seminar: Research in Evolutionary Biology

The "Research Seminar" of DUW Zoology in Spring Term 2026

Research Seminars take place every Tuesday during term time at 12:15 to about 13h (or 13:30 in case of post seminar discussions).

If not mentioned otherwise speakers are members of DUW Zoology.

Week Date Speaker Title Host
1 17.2.
2 24.2. Basler Fasnacht No Seminar  
3 3.3.
4 10.3.
5 17.3. Mariam Museridze Distribution of regulatory information in a pigmentation locus of Drosophila Patrick Tschopp
6 24.3. Luca Pecalli* Understanding arthropod moulting through the lense of RNA-seq dieter ebert
7 31.3 Efe Uysal Genomic analyses reveal facultative selfing as an alternative reproductive strategy in the cichlid fish Cyphotilapia frontosa Julia Barth, Walter Salzburger
8 7.4. Alan Bergland, U Virginia, USA* The molecular axis of endemism is governed by the opposing forces of purifying and balancing selection dieter ebert
9 14.4. Agneesh Barua What makes a fish? The evo-devo axes of phenotypic evolution Walter Salzburger
10 21.4. Jahn Ringger* tba dieter ebert
11 28.4. Nathalie Matthey-de-l'Endroit tba Daniel Berner
12 5.5. Daniela Souza* tba Walter Salzburger
13 12.5. Elisa Ramos tba Walter Salzburger
14 19.5. Melody Wu* tba Fabrizia Ronco
15 26.5.

Credit points

To obtain credit points for participation in this seminar, it is necessary to
1) attend the seminar regulary (sign the list in lecture hall or online sign in in the zoom chat) 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.

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