Winter Term 2024/25

Schedule:

Special September seminar, in-person only
12.09.2024 – Nitin Phadnis (Univ. of Utah, US) 
Genomic conflict and the origins of hybrid incompatibilities.

08.10.24 – Lara Radovic (Vetmeduni, AT)
Y chromosome enlightens the last 1,500 years of horse history.

15.10.24 – Rasmus Nielsen (Univ. of California, Berkeley, US)
Ancestral Recombination Graphs and their use for population genetic inferences.
*Online only. Watch talk here

22.10.24 – Patrick Tschopp (Univ. of Basel, CH)
Cell fate convergence in the vertebrate skeleton.

29.10.24 – Ann-Marie Waldvogel (Univ. of Cologne, DE)
Understanding ecological impact on genome evolution - from rivers to deserts.
*Online only. Watch talk here

05.11.24 – Aurelien Tellier (TU Munich, DE)
Inference of past demography and life-history traits from genomic and epigenomic polymorphism data.

12.11.24 – Nandita Garud (Univ. of California, Los Angeles, US)
Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of the human gut microbiome within and across hosts.
*Online only. Watch talk here

19.11.24 – Ralf Sommer (Max Planck Inst. for Developmental Biology, DE)
What’s wrong with evolutionary theory?
*Lecture Hall D (building GA, 1st floor)

26.11.24 – Alexander Suh (Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, DE)
Unusual inheritance and evolution of the germline-restricted chromosome of songbirds.

03.12.24 – Mario dos Reis (Queen Mary Univ. of London, UK)
Modeling the action of natural selection on protein-coding genes.

10.12.24 – Rhonda Snook (Stockholm Univ., SE)
SFB Polygenic Adaptation Distinguished Speaker
Ecological and evolutionary consequences of reproductive stress in insects.
*UWien Faculty of Mathematics, Oskar-Morgenstern Platz 1, Room 09.141
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17.12.24 – Katie Lotterhos (Northeastern Univ., US)
SFB Polygenic Adaptation Distinguished Speaker
Inversions as concentrators of polygenic architectures.
*UWien Faculty of Mathematics, Oskar-Morgenstern Platz 1, Room 09.141
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14.01.25 – Martin Kaltenpoth (Max Planck Inst. For Chemical Ecology, DE)
Microbial symbionts as sources of evolutionary innovations in beetles.
*POSTPONED to 29.04.25

21.01.25 – George Cresswell (St. Anna Kinderkrebsforschung, AT)
Cancer Evolution: Basic principles to clinical implications.
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28.01.25 – Simon Martin (Univ. of Edinburgh, UK)
Chromosomal rearrangements and local adaptation: more than meets the eye.
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