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 2025/26
Tuesdays, 16.00 - 17.15 in lecture hall of the Institute for Evolution & Biodiversity (Hüfferstraße 1)
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Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| 04.11.2025 |
Matthew Merski University of Münster |
Conservation and Evolution of Protein Oligopeptide Repeats |
|
11.11.2025 |
Maria Moiron Bielefeld University |
Why partners resemble each other: disentangling nonrandom assortment and indirect effects as causes of phenotypic similarity |
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18.11.2025 |
Osnabrück University |
Tissue regeneration in spiny mice |
| 25.11.2025 |
Kai-Philipp Gladow JICE |
TBA |
| 02.12.2025 |
Università della Calabria & JICE |
Beyond survival: how anthropogenic stressors reshape insect physiology, life-history traits, ecology, and symbiotic relationships |
| 09.12.2025 |
Raju Govindaraju JICE - Joint Institute for Individualisation in a Changing Environment |
Levels and Units of Selection in Evolution and Precision Medicine |
| 13.01.2026 |
Wageningen University |
Evolving Minds: Using Artificial Selection to Trace the Evolution of Cognition |
| 20.01.2026 |
Technical University of Munich |
Evolution at the dry limit - lessons learned from biodiversity genomics in the Atacama Desert |
| 27.01.2026 |
Leibniz Insitute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) |
Collective Cognition and Collective Memory |
| 03.02.2025 |
Tel Aviv University |
Protein Origami and the Hidden Rules of Functional Innovations |
The Lectures are held in the lecture hall of the Institute for Evolution & Biodiversity (Hüfferstraße 1)