Open Call 2019

Title: Understanding Early Events of Speciation Through Cell-Specific Transcriptome Analysis

Main Applicant:  Stefano Bencivenga¹

Supervisor: Ueli Grossniklaus¹

Co-Applicant: Kentaro Shimizu²

¹Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, UZH

²Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, UZH

 

Title: Tracing the Genomic Signature of 400 Years of Tomato Domestication in Europe Using Herbarium Specimens

Main Applicant: Thomas Grubinger²

Supervisors: Verena Schünemann¹, Simon Aeschbacher²

Co-Applicants: Gülfirde Akgül¹, Jurriaan M. de Vos³, Reto Nyffeler⁴

¹Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, UZH

²Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, UZH

³Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel

⁴Institute of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, UZH

 

Title: The Effect of Mating System on the Strength of Genomic Imprinting in Haploid Plants

Main Applicant: Alexander Kirbis¹

Supervisor: Peter Szövényi¹

Co-Applicants: Ueli Grossniklaus², Alejandro Giraldo-Fonseca²

¹Institute of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, UZH

²Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, UZH

 

Title: Evolutionary Basis of Polarized Cell Growth in Land Plants

Main Applicant: Martin Mecchia¹

Supervisor: Ueli Grossniklaus¹

Co-Applicant: Peter Szövényi²

¹Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, UZH

²Institute of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, UZH

 

Title: Reconstructing the Ancient Microbiome of the Appendix

Main Applicant: Enrique Rayo¹

Supervisor: Verena Schünemann¹

Co-Applicants: Eduard Winter², Frank Rühli¹

¹Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, UZH

²Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

 

Title: The Evolution of Event Cognition in Humans and Hominidae: A Comparative Eye Tracking Study on the Perception of Naturalistic Events

Main Applicants: Sebastian Sauppe¹

Supervisors: Balthasar Bickel¹

Co-Applicant: Klaus Zuberbühler²

¹Department of Comparative Linguistics, UZH

²Institute of Biology, University of Neuchatel

 

Title: Lichen Symbiosis: Metagenomic Signatures of Adaptation to Different Lifestyles and Environmental Conditions

Main Applicants: Alexandros Sotiropoulos¹, Manuel Poretti¹

Supervisor: Thomas Wicker¹

Co-Applicant: Luca Valenti¹

¹Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, UZH

 

Title: The Role of Pathogens in Creating Genomic Signatures of Local Adaptation in Alpine Ibex

Main Applicant: Xenia Wietlisbach¹

Supervisor: Lukas Keller¹

Co-Applicants: Glauco Camenisch¹, Alice Brambilla^1,2

¹Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, UZH

²Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy

 

Title: Testing Recent Theoretical Model of Speciation Using Sphagnum magellanicum complex as an Experimental System

Main Applicant: Narjes Yousefi¹

Supervisor: Peter Szövényi¹

Co-Applicant: Simon Aeschbacher²

¹Institute of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, UZH

²Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, UZH

 

Title: Do Fluctuating Temperature Environments Facilitate Evolutionary Adaptation and Innovation?

Main Applicant: Jia Zheng¹

Supervisor: Andreas Wagner¹

¹Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, UZH