Departmental Seminar Evolutionary Biology
Summer Term 2024

Tuesdays. 11:30 - 13:00
300142 SE Evolutionary Biology (2024S)

on-site 
Hörsaal 3, UBB
, Djerassiplatz 1, 1030 Vienna

Book the time slot for your talk in Summer Term 2024 here!

21.05.2024
 

Organism models in the evolution of Neanderthals

30.04.2024
 

News from the Wollesen-Lab

23.04.2024
 

Seminar cancelled

 

 

16.04.2024
 

Elucidating phylogeographic patterns of minnows in complex aquifers of the Dinaric Karst

09.04.2024
 

Modelling the Evolution of Schizophrenia

19.03.2024
 

The influence of artificial light at night on the development of tadpoles of the European Green Toad (Bufotes viridis)

19.03.2024
 

Phylogeny and Evolution of Peracarida (Crustacea)

05.03.2024
 

A worm is a snail is a worm: MorphoEvoDevo of vermification in mollusks

Winter Term 2023

Programme

30.01.2024
 

Ecological conditions and fish diversity of the Upper and Middle Waanje River in Sierra Leone

30.01.2024
 

Omics applied to the bioadhesion mechanism of the arrow worm Spadella cephaloptera

23.01.2024
 

Mesoderm and coelom formation in the arrow worm Spadella cephaloptera

16.01.2024
 

Fabio Rozhon

Tagfalterzählung im Auenreservat Marchegg

16.01.2024
 

Funktionsmorphologie der Wespentaille

09.01.2024
 

"Wien ist anders" - Leben zwischen Umwelt und Geschichte

12.12.2023
 

A history of genomic conquest: What can sequence data from historic sources tell us about the dynamics of transposable element invasions?

05.12.2023
 

Flies on frogs and flowers – mouthparts of specialized Diptera

28.11.2023
 

Michael Neulinger

The Alimentary Tract of South African Monkey Beetles (Scarabaeidae:Hopliini)

28.11.2023
 

Austrolethops wardi (Teleostei: Gobiidae) – does phylogenetic conservatism obscure trophic ecology?

21.11.2023
 

Kristin Szydlik

Seasonal Changes of Body Condition in a population of Fire

Salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) in Vienna

21.11.2023
 

Recent developments on the endolithic bryozoan genus Immergentia and the description of a new species

14.11.2023
 

Muscle development in the larval stages of Pycnogonum litorale

07.11.2023
 

Decomposing morphological variation at different spatial scales, with applications to the primate skull

31.10.2023
 

Aktivitätsmessungen kleiner Bodentiere mittels moderner Körperschall-Messmethoden.

24.10.2023
 

Datamanagement - part 3

Sharing and archiving data: when, where, and how

17.10.2023
 

Exploring microalgae and their parasites: from species to molecules

10.10.2023
 

Scientific presentation

Really helpful tips for giving seminar talks

03.10.2023
 

Datamanagement - part 2

Pictures are data too

03.10.2023
 

Datamanagement - part 1

What is version control and why should I care?

 


Summer Term 2023

Programme

27.06.2023
 

Characterization of extracellular vesicles of the parasite Cystoisospora suis

27.06.2023
 

What can trait covariances tell us about the underlying developmental processes?

20.06.2023
 

Phenotypic divergence across a flow regime in the Blackspot barb Dawkinsia filamentosa (Valenciennes 1844) (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Sri Lanka.

20.06.2023
 

Effects of copper on development and behavior of green toad tadpoles

13.06.2023
 

Habitat use and activity patterns of the European green toad (Bufotes viridis) in an urban habitat compared to a natural area

06.06.2023
 

Morphological characterization of adult and juvenile lumbricid earthworm specimen (both Fitzingeria platyura) using micro-CT-scanning

06.06.2023
 

Population studies on green toads in Vienna (Simmeringer Haide)

23.05.2023
 

Generating the tools to analyze the functional interplay between Hox Genes in Nematostella vectensis

23.05.2023
 

CANCELLED! - The expression of anterior nervous system markers in the chaetognath Spadella cephaloptera

16.05.2023
 

Towards high-quality gene annotation in cephalopod genomes

16.05.2023
 

Investigating the origin of animal multicellularity using the marine sponge Suberites domuncula and unicellular representatives Abeoforma whisleri and...

09.05.2023
 

Does phylogenetic conservatism obscure the trophic ecology of Austrolethops wardi Whitley, 1935 (Teleostei: Gobiidae)

02.05.2023
 

Revisional works on hemichromine cichlids (Pisces:Teleostei) – what has been done and what's in the pipeline.

25.04.2023
 

Monitoring the European Green Toad (Bufotes viridis) in Donaufeld, Vienna

25.04.2023
 

June Feliciano Fronda Ordonez

Neuronal cell type development in the chaetognath Spadella cephaloptera (Busch, 1851)

18.04.2023
 

Developmental Gene Expression in Cephalopod Eyes

18.04.2023
 

Integrative taxonomy and DNA barcoding of Austrian turbellarians

28.03.2023
 

DNA barcoding of Austrian terrestrial Isopoda integrating historic museum material

28.03.2023
 

Muscle development in chaetognaths

21.03.2023
 

Aleksei Miroliubov

Body snatchers: parasitic barnacles (Cirrripedia: Rhizocephala) as a promising model for host-manipulation studies.

14.03.2023
 

Martin Kapun

The evolution of insects in changing environments: From population genetics to host-symbiont interactions

07.03.2023
 

Digit loss and re-evolution in the Philippine skink genus Brachymeles


Winter Term 2022

Programme

31.01.2023
 

Colonial basterds: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

24.01.2023
 

Life cycle and systematics of the boring bryozoan family Penetratiidae

17.01.2023
 

Environmental Education in Austrian Middle Schools: Analyzing students' environmental interest, attitudes, knowledge and connectednes with nature

17.01.2023
 

The inner ear of Afrotherians

10.01.2023
 

Contribution of the murine uterine aging to delayed parturition

10.01.2023
 

A sample-based survey about the biomass of insects and biodiversity in grass clippings of agriculturally used meadows.

13.12.2022
 

Evolution and significance of morphological characters in phylactolaemate bryozoans

06.12.2022
 

In situ mini DNA barcode sequencing and SNP typing in cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) using Oxford Nanopore Technologies (MinION)

06.12.2022
 

Species Determination using DNA-Barcoding in Spiders from Cambodian Wet Markets

29.11.2022
 

Parturition impossible - Hunting down endocrine signaling pathways and morphological changes underlying reproductive aging in mice

29.11.2022
 

Explaining the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis

CANCELLED!

22.11.2022
 

Morphological characterization of two lumbricid earthworm species (Octolasium cyaneum and Allolobophora calinginosa) using micro-CT-scanning

22.11.2022
 

Diversity of Vesteris seamount bryozoans.

15.11.2022
 

The Old Men and the Sea --- Spiders

08.11.2022
 

Sebastian Büsse

The predatory strike of dragonfly larvae - functional morphology, biomechanics and bio-inspired robotics

25.10.2022
 

Leandro Manzoni Vieira

Detecting and evaluating exotic bryozoans in Brazil

18.10.2022
 

Phylogenetic relationships of the goshawk Accipiter [gentilis] superspecies

11.10.2022
 

How to model developmental canalization?

04.10.2022
 

A day in the life of a bioinformatician computational biologist

Summer Term 2022

Programme

28.06.2022
 

Jules Duruz

28.06.2022
 

Lukas Lueftinger

21.06.2022
 

Stephan Barton

21.06.2022
 

Mihaela Haas

14.06.2022
 

Iulia Barutia

14.06.2022
 

Tabea Kinigadner

31.05.2022
 

What are mud dragons (Kinorhyncha), and why are they interesting?

Maria Herranz

24.05.2022
 

Studying the development and evolution of tetrapod limb musculature

Daniel Smith

17.05.2022
 

Markus Delitz

17.05.2022
 

Vanessa Nowotny

10.05.2022
 

Alexander Bergmann

10.05.2022
 

Simon Engelberger

03.05.2022
 

Günter Gollmann

 

03.05.2022
 

Dominik Huemer

05.04.2022
 

Developing genomic resources for the sea cucumber, Holothuria scabra, in support of broodstock selection and genetic stock management

June Feliciano Ordoñez

05.04.2022
 

David Koller

29.03.2022
 

Jan Engelhardt

22.03.2022
 

Saghar Sadraei

22.03.2022
 

Sebastian Guzman

15.03.2022
 

Simon Züger

08.03.2022
 

Philipp Mitteröcker

Winter Term 2021

Programme

12.10.2021
 

Everything is not like in everyone: coenocytes and exaptations in cyclostome bryozoans

Andrey N. Ostrovsky

19.10.2021
 

How to build a bivalve: Lessons from gene expression and single-cell RNA sequencing analyses

David Salamanca

09.11.2021
 

Klara Amplatz

16.11.2021
 

Mildred J. Johnson

23.11.2021
 

Jacob Musser

23.11.2021
 

Genomic and transcriptomic insights into the giant tubeworm Riftia pachyptila (Jones, 1981) and its endosymbiont Candidatus Endoriftia persephone

André de Oliveira

30.11.2021
 

Lynn Chiu & Barbara Fischer

 

07.12.2021
 

The ecology and evolution of fatness: Evidence from birds and people

Daniel Nettle

14.12.2021
 

Iulia Barutia

14.12.2021
 

Ahmed Saadi

11.01.2022
 

Melanie Kalina

11.01.2022
 

Phylogenetic relationships in the goshawk Accipiter [gentilis] superspecies

Min Chai

18.01.2022
 

Julia Bauder

18.01.2022
 

Katharina Vesely

25.01.2022
 

Tobias Nigl

25.01.2022
 

Stephan Barton

02.03.2021
 

Tim Wollesen

09.03.2021
 

Mildred Johnson

16.03.2021
 

Non-invasive sampling of echinophthiriid lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) - studies on the sucking lice of semiaquatic mammals

David Ebmer

13.04.2021
 

Anna Ennsgraber

20.04.2021
 

Liquid uptake in Vespinae (Vespidae, Hymenoptera) – The morphology and function of mouthparts, epi-, hypo-, and prepharynx

Kenneth Kuba

27.04.2021
 

Caitlin Mc Donough

04.05.2021
 

Sandra Wallner

11.05.2021
 

Julia Klein

18.05.2021
 

Elizabeth (Liz) Hambleton

01.06.2021
 

Caroline Reinwald

01.06.2021
 

Costa Pircher

01.06.2021
 

Cornelia Amon

08.06.2021
 

Hannah Schubert

08.06.2021
 

Susanne Reier

15.06.2021
 

MicroCT-based analysis of chemically perturbed axis formation in zebrafish

Anne Petrasko

15.06.2021
 

Body size and condition of Bombina variegata metamorphs: effects on survival, growth and dispersal

Jana Flügge

29.06.2021
 

Andrea Möller

Winter Term 2020

Programme

06.10.2020
 

Silvia Basanta

20.10.2020
 

Luise Kruckenhauser

27.10.2020
 

Effect of phytohormones (jasmonic acid and strigolactone) on stress tolerance of Triticum aestivum towards zinc and nickel.

Mandana Bahadorifar

03.11.2020
 

Logan Hodgskiss

03.11.2020
 

Ahmed J. Saadi

10.11.2020
 

Zita Roithmair

10.11.2020
 

Sebastian Decker

17.11.2020
 

Janis Czurda

17.11.2020
 

Amir Sistani

24.11.2020
 

Luise Kruckenhauser

01.12.2020
 

The secret life of an endangered species: nesting behaviour of the Northern River Terrapin (Batagur baska).

Astrid Dedieu-Machicoisne

01.12.2020
 

Julian Bibermair

15.12.2020
 

Stephan Schulreich

15.12.2020
 

Günter P. Wagner

12.01.2021
 

Florian Stampfer

19.01.2021
 

Sophie Greistorfer

19.01.2021
 

Distribution and population structure of the Alpine- and the Firesalamander in the Defereggen valley in East Tyrol

Hannah Steiner

26.01.2021
 

Margret Eckhard

26.01.2021
 

Stefanie Gruber

03.03.2020
 

Getting at the mechanisms of human gestational length

Mihaela Pavlicev

Unit for Theoretical Biology, Department of Evolutionary Biology

University of Vienna

03.03.2020
 

Human evolution in modern societies: A shifting trade-off model

Philipp Mitteröcker

Unit for Theoretical Biology, Department of Evolutionary Biology

University of Vienna

10.03.2020
 

Arthropod Research in Integrative Zoology

Harald Krenn & Andy Sombke

Unit for Integrative Zoology, Department of Evolutionary Biology

University of Vienna

10.03.2020
 

Deep time evolution of Mollusca: a tale of rocks, morphology, and molecules

Andreas Wanninger

Unit for Integrative Zoology, Department of Evolutionary Biology

University of Vienna

24.03.2020
 

Collecting Bits and Pieces - An Integrative Study on Marine Planktonic Ciliate

Sabine Agatha

CANCELLED!

05.05.2020
 

Attila Sachslehner

 

12.05.2020
 

Hannes Hackl

19.05.2020
 

Brian Metscher

19.05.2020
 

3D Investigation of Anuran Heart Development

Nina Kraus

26.05.2020
 

Anne Le Maître

16.06.2020
 

Phenology and growth of fire salamander larvae in streams and standing waters of the Vienna Woods

Hans Kraus

23.06.2020
 

Sophie Greistorfer

23.06.2020
 

Alexander Krivanek

30.06.2020
 

Barbara Fischer

30.06.2020
 

Katya Stansfield