Department Fish Ecology and Evolution
Teaching
This page provides information about our teaching activities at the Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Berne, Switzerland.
Study programs at University of Berne
- Bachelor
Bachelor in Biology (only in German) - Master
Master in Ecology & Evolution - PhD Program
Graduate School
You will find the complete overview of the courses at the core teaching System of the University of Berne.
Fall Semester 2020
| Course | Title | Dates | Place |
| Lectures | |||
| 5637 | Speciation, lecture and workshop | 13.15-16.00 Tuesday | Uni Bern |
| 402777 | Scientific methods in Ecology and Evolution, lecture with practical | 08.15-11.00 Monday | Uni Bern |
| 403276 | Conservation Biology and Evolutionary Biodiversity Dynamics | 08.15-10.00 Wednesday 10.15-12.00 Thursday Wednesday 20.1.21 14.00-16.00 | Uni Bern |
| 10859 | Introduction to Ecology and Evolution | 12.15-14.00 Tuesday 10.15-12.00 Thursday 10.15-11.00 Friday Thursday 14.1.21 10.00-12.00 | Uni Bern |
| Practicals | |||
| 11842 | Aquatic Ecology & Evolution, Advanced praticals (BSc thesis) | Uni Bern & Eawag Kastanienbaum | |
| 100498 | Aquatic ecology & evolution (MSc thesis) | ||
| Journal Club | |||
| 10898 | Journal Club macroevolution | 10.00 - 11.00 Wednesday | Eawag Kastanienbaum |
| Seminars | |||
| 100246 | Lecture Series in Ecology & Evolution | 16.15 - 18.00 Tuesday | Hallerauditorium, Baltzerstrasse 1, Uni Bern |
| 10889 | Graduate research seminar / problem solving | 11.00 - 12.30 Wednesday | Eawag Kastanienbaum |
| 10856 | Seminar Series in Aquatic Ecology and Evolution | 14.00 - 15.30 Wednesday | Eawag Kastanienbaum |
Seminars
Seminar series in Aquatic Ecology & Macroevolution
Weekly seminar series at Eawag, Kastanienbaum, on Wednesdays at 14h
All seminars will also be available on Zoom. Please contact us if you are interested in listening to one of our seminars (michelle.achermann-sidler@eawag.ch).
Date | Who (Host) | Title |
| 16.09.2020 | Prof. Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, | Unravelling the Biology of Extinct Animals |
| 23.09.2020 | No seminar | |
| 30.09.2020 | Dr. Catalina Chaparro Pedraza, Eawag Fish Ecology & Evolution and SIAM (Ole Seehausen | Tipping points and regime shifts: evolutionary ecology of ecosystems under stress |
| 07.10.2020 | Dr. Mary Kishe, Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Anthropogenic, Environmental and Climatic Stressors in Lake Victoria and their Consequences on the Biodiversity |
| 14.10.2020 | Dr. Anna Mahulu, Justus-Liebig-University in Giessen, Germany | Biogeographical and evolutionary dynamics of freshwater gastropod biodiversity in Africa |
| 21.10.2020 | Kassandra Ford, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana, United States | Convergent evolution of craniofacial morphologies in apteronotid and mormyrid electric fishes |
| 28.10.2020 at 19.00 | Dr. Nicola Smith, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC, Canada | Conceptual and applied approaches to marine invasions: Indo-Pacific lionfish as a model system |
| 04.11.2020 | Dr. Celina Baines, McGill University, Montreal, Canada | The effects of phenotype-by-environment interactions on dispersal behaviour |
| 04.11.2020 at 17.15 | Elizabeth Mrema, Executive Secretary to the Convention on Biological Diversity | The present state of biodiversity and the way forward |
| 11.11.2020 | Prof. Colette St. Mary, Department of Biology, University of Florida, Bartram Hall, United States | Integrative biology: expert in some, fluent in others |
| 18.11.2020 | Dr. Reeta Sharma, Wildlife Institute of India (WII), India | Conservation of Asian elephants in the Anthropocene: Why genetic/genomic data is important |
| 25.11.2020 | Alexus Roberts, University of California, Davis, United States | The effects of morphological innovations on the diversification of fish feeding mechanisms |
| 02.12.2020 | Prof. Tshifhiwa Mandiwana-Neudani, Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, South Africa | Using multiple evidence base approach matters in systematics: a case of ‘Francolins’ (Galliformes, ‘Francolinus’) |
| 09.12.2020 | Prof. Swanne Gordon, Washington University in St. Louis, United States | The Role of Behaviour on Eco-Evo and Predator-Prey Interactions |
| 16.12.2020 | Sheela Turbek, The Taylor Lab, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA | Rapid speciation via the evolution of pre-mating isolation in birds |
Administration Institute of Ecology & Evolution
Rahel Schwitter
Institute of Ecology & Evolution
Baltzerstrasse 6
CH-3012 Bern
Tel. +41 (0)31 631 30 09
rahel.schwitter@clutteriee.unibe.ch
Institute of Ecology and Evolution
Seminar series Aquatic Ecology & Macroevolution
seminar program fall semester 2020[177KB] [pdf]