The seminars take place every Monday during term time at 16:15
The format of this seminar is variable. On some dates we will meet in person, at other dates the format will 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.
| Week | Date | Speaker | Title* | Format | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16.9. | ||||
| 2 | 23.9. | ||||
| 3 | 30.9. | ||||
| 4 | 7.10. | Miya Qiaowei Pan, U Lausanne | Evolution of sex determination and its master regulators: insights from fish and ants | in person | Walter Salzburger |
| 5 | 14.10. | Russell Corbett-Detig, U Santa Cruz, California | Transposable elements and the origins of genome architecture | online | Daniel Berner |
| 6 | 21.10. | Nelson Hall, Stowers, Kansas City, USA | Manipulating and monitoring wound healing and regeneration in Macrostomum lignano | in person | Lukas Schärer |
| 7 | 28.10. | Matthew Harris, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA | ’Set aside cells’ in the craniofacial skeleton and developmental potential | online | Patrick Tschopp |
| 8 | 4.11. | Rubens Pasa, Karine Frehner | tba | in person | Walter Salzburger |
| 9 | 11.11. | Zegni Triki, University of Bern | tba | in person | Walter Salzburger |
| 11 | 18.11. | Campbell Rolian, McGill University, Montréal, Canada | tba | online | Patrick Tschopp |
| 10 | 25.11. | Hans Van Dyck, UC Louvain, Belgium | What you see is not what they get: Insect behaviour and sensory ecology in rapidly changing anthropogenic environments | online | Daniel Berner |
| 12 | 2.12. | Eva Ringler, Uni Bern | tba | in person | Carolin Sommer-Trembo |
| 13 | 9.12. | Thomas Auer, University of Fribourg | Evolution of chemosensory systems in drosophilids | in person | Patrick Tschopp |
| 14 | 16.12. | Magda Teles, IGC | tba | in person | Carolin Sommer-Trembo |
* tba: to be anounced
To obtain credit points for participation in this seminar, it is necessary to attend the seminar regularly (attendance will be recorded from the online log-ins) and to write an essay about one of the seminars. Any seminar (except the last two in the term) can be chosen. The essay should be about 3 pages long und should be written in the style of a report/summary of the presentation. It should also include a summary of the main points of the discussion. We prefer essays in English. The essay should be handed in (as a file and in printed form) to the host of the seminar speaker (as listed on the webpage), who will go over it and return it to you with comments. The host of this particular seminar will then send an email to the person responsible for the credit points of the seminar, informing him whether the essay was acceptable or not. An unacceptable essay can be repeated on another occasion.
It is possible to obtain credit points for the Institutskolloqium more than once. To do so, a study contract (Studienvertrag) has to be produced, which needs to be approved by Dieter Ebert at the beginning of the term.
