The Growth of the Evolutionary Thought
Public lecture series
"The Growth of the Evolutionary Thought" is an interdisciplinary lecture series dealing with aspects of Evolution within the disciplines Biology, Medicine, Geosciences, and Philosophy. It provides an in-depth introduction to the history and philosophy of evolutionary science.
The lecture series is also part of the Advanced Module (Fortgeschrittenenmodul) "The Growth of the Evolutionary Thought" for MSc and PhD students. More information
Timetable winter semester 2022/23
Mondays, 17.00 - 18.15 in lecture hall of the Institute for Evolution & Biodiversity (Hüfferstraße 1)
| Date | Speaker | Title |
| 30.10.2023 |
Jorge Contreras Garduño |
Specific immune memory in the wild |
| 06.11.2023 |
Benjamin Bomfleur |
Paleobotany - How plant fossils inform evolutionary thinking |
| 13.11.2023 |
Abderrahman Khila |
How the acquisition of new adaptive phenotypes shapes the evolutionary history of lineages: an Evo-Devo perspective |
| 20.11.2023 |
Ralf Stanewsky |
Drosophila circadian rhythms: Adaptation and persistence to different environments |
| 27.11.2023 |
Lukas Schrader |
Genome evolution under relaxed selection in socially parasitic ants |
| 04.12.2023 |
Johanna Rhodes |
Evolution of drug resistance in pathogenic fungi |
|
11.12.2023 (online) |
Aoife McLysaght |
Polyploidy and rediploidisation in stressful times |
| 15.01.2024 |
Kees van Oers |
The epigenetics of behaviour and cognition |
| 22.01.2024 |
Claudia Bank |
Epistasis and adaptation on fitness landscapes |
| 29.01.2024 |
Marie Kaiser |
Individual-level mechanisms in studies of Behavior, Ecology and Evolution |
| 05.02.2024 |
Petra Dersch |
Shaping Yersinia virulence for broad host infections |
The Lectures are held in the lecture hall of the Institute for Evolution & Biodiversity (Hüfferstraße 1) and online via zoom (link upon request: Pete Czuppon)
Programme Winter semester 2023/24