Events in 2018

Mini-Symposium: Domestication - A Genomics and Evo-Devo Perspective

May 25, 2018 at University of Zurich

Speakers:

• Mike Shapiro, University of Utah, USA
• Phillippe Ammann, ProSpecieRara
• John Doebley, University of Wisconsin, USA

Informal Get-Together

July 11, 2018 at Stall 6 in Zurich

Annual Retreat 2018

September 4 - 6, 2018 at Jugendstilhotel Paxmontana in Flüeli-Ranft

Key Note Speaker:

• Karen Nelson, J. Craig Venter Research Institute, Rockville, USA

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

Informal Get-Together

October 29, 2018 at Almodobar in Zurich

Seminar

November 23, 2018 at Botanical Garden, University of Zurich

Speaker:

• Ümit Seren, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, Vienna
  Title: The 'genotype-to-phenotypes' map

Seminar

December 13, 2018 at Irchel Campus, University of Zurich

Speaker:

• Alexander Badyaev, University of Arizona, USA
  Title: Islands in a sea of possibilities: On reconciling stability and innovation in evolution

Mini-Symposium: New Methods and Discoveries in Human Archaic Admixture

December 18, 2018 at University of Zurich

Speakers:

• Benjamin Peter, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
• Serena Tucci, Princeton University, USA
• Fabrizio Mafessoni, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
• Simon Aeschbacher, University of Zurich