Events in 2015

February 24, 2015 at Irchel Campus, University of Zurich

Speaker:

• Kristen Bos, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Germany        Title: Genomic analyses of historical pathogens

Informal Get-Together

March 25, 2015 at Stall6 in Zurich

Seminar

August 17, 2015 at Botanical Garden, University of Zurich

Speaker:

• Mark Rausher, Duke University, USA                                                                         Title: Genetic parallelism in flower colour evolution

Annual Retreat 2015

September 8-10, 2015 at Hotel Paxmontana in Flüeli-Ranft

Key Note Speakers:

• Laurent Keller, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne
• Karl Schmid, Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics - University Hohenheim

The program comprised progress reports from all research projects of the URPP Evolution in Action, workshops, discussion rounds and a bioinformatics session.

Evo-Devo Mini-Symposium

October 21, 2015 at Botanical Garden, University of Zurich

Speakers:

• Detlev Arendt, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
• Jody Banks, Purdue University, USA
• Armin Moczek, Indiana University Bloomington, USA

PhD Students Guest Speaker Seminar

November 17, 2015 at Irchel Campus, University of Zurich

Speaker:

• Gytis Dudas, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK             Title: Lessons about virus biology from molecular clocks

Informal Get-Together (Special Edition)

November 25, 2015 at Stall6 in Zurich