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Upcoming activities

Date Activity
08 Jan 2024 FSE New Year reception (16:00 - Energy Academy main hall)
09 Jan 2024 PhD defence (11:00 - Academy Building & online)
Megan Korte (Conservation Ecology): The angle of repose - Facilitation and its effect on the Brachypodium distachyon grass complex
11 Jan 2024 GELIFES Seminar (15:30 - 5171.0415)
Susana Bautista Aguilar (University of Alicante): Vegetation patterns - Mediators of dryland functioning and dynamics
15 Jan 2024 PhD defence (09:00 - Academy Building & online)
He-Bo Peng (Conservation Ecology): Listening to the mud - Exploring shorebird conservation from on and in the mudflats
15 Jan 2024 PhD defence (11:00 - Academy Building & online)
Pauline Romeyer (EGDB): The genetic basis of photoperiodic diapause in the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis
15 Jan 2024 Mini Symposium BPE/TRÊS: "How to prime your offspring - Putting behavioural ecology to the test" (15:00-17:00 5172.0571 & online)
Bram Kuijper (Uni Exeter), Martijn Egas (GELIFES), Josephine Pemberton (Uni Edinburgh, Mirjam Borger (GELIFES)
15 Jan 2024 GELIFES Seminar (15:30 - 5171.0415)
Marie Simonin (​INRAE-IRHS): Towards plant microbiome engineering - Exploring seed microbial diversity and its impact on plant fitness in synthetic communities
16 Jan 2024 PhD defence (09:00 - Academy Building & online)
Mirjam Borger (BPE/TRÊS): How to prime your offspring - Putting behavioural ecology to the test
16 Jan 2024 PhD defence (14:30 - Academy Building & online)
Xipeng Liu (GREEN): Microbial invasions in living soil - Mechanisms, consequences, and roles in ecosystem functions and services
22 Jan 2024 PhD defence (12:45 - Academy Building & online)
Suzanne Lanooij (Neurobiology): Social factors and Alzheimer’s disease - Navigating this two-way street using mouse models
23 Jan 2024 PhD defence (11:00 - Academy Building & online)
Stefano Tiso (TRÊS): Evolvability and organismal architecture - The blind watchmaker and the reminiscing architect
25 Jan 2024 GELIFES Seminar (15:30 - 5171.0415 & online; 16:30 drinks)
David Kleijn (​WUR): Does managing for pollination produce benefits for pollinator conservation
05 Feb 2024 PhD defence (16:15 - Academy Building & online)
Jildou Schotanus (Conservation Ecology/NIOZ): Restoring mussel beds on highly dynamic mudflats
15 Feb 2024 GELIFES Seminar (15:30 - 5171.0415 & online)
Tim Hofmeester (SLU Umea): Adaptations of Scandinavian wildlife communities to the Anthropocene
20 Feb 2024 PhD defence (11:00 - Academy Building & online)
Mila Roozen (Neurobiology): Human social complexity - Evolutionary and methodological considerations
20 Feb 2024 PhD defence (12:45 - Academy Building & online)
Anna van der Kaaden (Conservation Ecology/NIOZ): Patterns in the deep sea - On the interaction between cold-water corals and their environment
29 Feb 2024 GELIFES Seminar (15:30 - 5171.0415 & online)
Kees van Oers (NIOO-KNAW/WUR): Evolutionary ecology of animal personality and cognition
05 Mar 2024 PhD defence (12:45 - Academy Building & online)
Misha Zhemchuzhnikov (ConsEco/NIOZ): Reassessment of trophic mismatches in Arctic shorebirds
07 Mar 2024 GELIFES Seminar (15:30 - 5171.0415)
Sanne Moorman (GELIFES): Behavioural neurobiology of learned song in zebra finches
12 Mar 2024 Mini Symposium TRÊS: "Evolvability in the context of antibiotic resistance" (10:00-13:00 - FB 5615.0118)
Program
12 Mar 2024 PhD defence (16:15 - Academy Building & online)
Timo van Eldijk (TRÊS): Evolvability in the context of antibiotic resistance
15 Mar 2024 Farewell symposium Franjo Weissing: "Adaptation to a Complex World" (08:30-17:30 - online)
Program
19 Mar 2024 PhD defence (14:30 - Academy Building & online)
Werner de Gier (ConsEco/Naturalis): Ecomorphological aspects in the evolution of endosymbiotic crustaceans
19 Mar 2024 PhD defence (16:15 - Academy Building & online)
Shu Xie (TRÊS): Trait-dependent diversification in island biogeography
21 Mar 2024 GELIFES Seminar (15:30 - 5171.0415)
Sin-Yeon Kim (University of Vigo, Spain): Maternal effect senescence and transgenerational effects in sticklebacks
28 Mar 2024 GELIFES Seminar (11:00 - 5171.0415)
Simon Dellicour (VU Brussels, Belgium): Molecular epidemiological approaches to investigate the dispersal dynamic of viruses and the environmental factors impacting it
02 Apr 2024 PhD defence (14:30 - Academy Building & online)
Carlijn Lammers (ConsEco): A sandy symphony - Unraveling dune grass interactions and their role in landscape formation
04 Apr 2024 GELIFES Seminar (15:30 - 5171.0415)
Ted Abel (University of Iowa): Corticostriatal circuits underlying neurodevelopmental disorders
08 Apr 2024 PhD defence (11:00 - Academy Building & online)
Simona Laukaityte (Marine Biology): The role of fauna in seagrass habitats
08 Apr 2024 PhD defence (12:45 - Academy Building & online)
Iris Riemersma (Neurobiology): Making sense of autism - The role of synaptic dysfunction in shaping sensory trajectories
09 Apr 2024 PhD defence (11:00 - Academy Building & online)
Paolo Panizzon (EGDB): Ecological consequences of laterality in sticklebacks
09 Apr 2024 PhD defence (12:45 - Academy Building & online)
Flavia Berlinghieri (EGDB): The missing link - Exploring laterality and personality development in two fishes
16 Apr 2024 PhD defence (12:45 - Academy Building & online)
Gerrit Potkamp (EGDB): An eye for change - Evolutionary consequences of visual system plasticity
18 Apr 2024 GELIFES Seminar (15:30 - 5171.0415)
Jonna Kulmuni (University of Amsterdam): Semipermeable species boundaries and adaptive potential of hybridization
25 Apr 2024 GELIFES Seminar (15:30 - 5171.0415)
Alexa Veenema (Michigan State University): To play or not to play - How oxytocin and vasopressin regulate social play through reward-related neural circuitries
14 May 2024 PhD defence (11:00 - Academy Building & online)
Lauren Seex (TRÊS): The self-organisation of lemur social systems
16 May 2024 GELIFES Seminar (15:30 - 5171.0415 & online)
Maria Luisa Dindo (University of Bologna, Italy): Biology of fly parasitoids and their relevance for biological control
17 May 2024 PhD defence (16:15 - Academy Building & online)
Dahise Brilinger (EGDB): Integrated management of Drosophila suzukii - Monitoring and management strategies
27 May 2024 PhD defence (14:30 - Academy Building & online)
Fabricio Garcia Furni (Marine Biology): The evolutionary history of baleen whales in the genome era
28 May 2024 Mini Symposium ConsEco: "Large carnivores, herbivores and landscapes of fear" (10:00-12:10 - 5172.0571 & online)
Program
28 May 2024 PhD defence (14:30 - Academy Building & online)
Bjorn Mols (Conservation Ecology): Landscapes of fear in anthropogenic environments - How landscapes of fear created by humans and wolves affect deer behavior and structure ecosystems
04 Jun 2024 Mini Symposium ConsEco: "Sharks and rays in marine ecosystems" (10:00-12:30 - Academy Building, Senate Room)
Program
04 Jun 2024 PhD defence (12:45 - Academy Building & online)
Tao Xu (Marine Biology): Diversity and evolution of coral-dwelling gall crabs (Cryptochiridae: Opecarcinus)
04 Jun 2024 PhD defence (14:30 - Academy Building & online)
Guido Leurs (Conservation Ecology): Sharks and rays in troubled waters - Threatened species in dynamic intertidal ecosystems
06 Jun 2024 GELIFES Seminar (15:30 - 5171.0415 & online)
Marc Naguib (WUR): Communication and social organization of zebra finches in the wild
07 Jun 2024 PhD defence (11:00 - Academy Building & online)
Henrique Bravo Gouveia (Marine Biology): On the symbiosis of species in coral reefs
27 Jun 2024 GELIFES Seminar (15:30 - 5171.0415 & online)
Werner de Gier (Naturalis Biodiversity Center): Diving in the world of symbiotic crustaceans: A phylogenetic and ecomorphological approach
02 Jul 2024 PhD defence (14:30 - Academy Building & online)
Karla Escobedo Quevedo (EGDB): Optimizing toxic bait composition and application to control Drosophila suzukii
02 Jul 2024 FSE Summer Event (15:00 - Outside between LB and BB)
09 Jul 2024 PhD defence (16:15 - Academy Building & online)
Aurelia Strauss (Neurobiology): Variation in avian chronotype - Causes and consequences
Jul - Aug 2024 Summer break
2 Sep 2024 FSE Opening of the Academic Year 2024 - 2025 (10:00 - Atrium, Feringa Building)
05 Sep 2024 PhD defence (16:15 - Academy Building & online)
Anna Langener (Neurobiology): From data streams to mental health predictions - Improving the use of passive measures from digital devices

12 Sep 2024

GELIFES Introduction HSE (09:00 - 5172.0571)
Marten Staal (GELIFES): Health, Safety and Environment in the Linnaeusborg
12 Sep 2024 GELIFES Seminar (15:30 - 5171.0415)
Darrell Kemp (Macquarie University): The visual significance of limited-view structural colouration in butterflies
17 Sep 2024 Mini Symposium ConsEco: "Restoring ecological connectivity in the Serengeti ecosystem" (11:45-13:15 - 5172.0571)
Program
17 Sep 2024 PhD defence (16:15 - Academy Building & online)
Yustina Kiwango (Conservation Ecology): Restoring ecological connectivity in the Serengeti ecosystem
19 Sep 2024 GELIFES Seminar (15:30 - 5171.0415)
Daniel Hooper (American Museum of Natural History): Adaptive introgression of carotenoid processing genes across an avian hybrid zone
26 Sep 2024 GELIFES Annual Retreat ("Heidag") (09:30-18:30 - In 't Holt 1654, Zuidhorn)
27 Sep 2024 Inaugural lecture (16:15 - Academy Building & online)
Chris Smit (ConsEco): De biodiversiteitscrisis te lijf - Een nieuwe en onmisbare rol van ecologen voor natuurherstel
02 Oct 2024 GELIFES Annual Symposium (09:30-18:00 - De Biotoop, Haren)
Programme (registration closed!)
03 Oct 2024 GELIFES Seminar (15:30 - 5171.0415)
Henkjan Honing (University of Amsterdam): Unravelling our capacity for music
04 Oct 2024 PhD defence (09:00 - Academy Building & online)
Martje Birker-Wegter (BPE/EGDB): Behavioural and physiological parental effects - The effects of partial incubation and yolk thyroid hormones on embryonic metabolism
17 Oct 2024 GELIFES Seminar (15:30 - 5171.0415)
Gunther Zupanc (Northeastern University, USA): From neuroethology to biotechnology - How a failed experiment led to the development of a novel in-vivo assay for evaluating anesthetics
22 Oct 2024 Mini Symposium TRÊS/EGDB/BPE: "Phenotypic plasticity and social evolution" (09:30-12:15 - 5173.0055 & online)
Program
22 Oct 2024 PhD defence (16:15 - Academy Building & online)
Jan Kreider (TRÊS): Phenotypic plasticity and social evolution
07 Nov 2024 GELIFES Seminar (15:30 - 5171.0415)
Yagmur Erten (GELIFES): An integrative approach to studying life history evolution, cancer, and senescence
12 Nov 2024 PhD defence (14:30 - Academy Building & online)
Joshua Lambert (TRÊS): On the dynamics of biodiversity on insular systems
12 Nov 2024 PhD defence (16:15 - Academy Building & online)
Pedro Santos Neves (TRÊS): Determining the drivers of diversification - Evolutionary models of island biogeography, their robustness, and the effects of data uncertainty
26 Nov 2024 PhD defence (14:30 - Academy Building & online)
Stephen Salazar (BPE): Individual risk and reward in the wild - A study on blue tits
10 Dec 2024 PhD defence (16:15 - Academy Building & online)
Vicente Castillo Chora (TRÊS): Drivers of distribution patterns of Mesoamerican tropical forest birds
19 Dec 2024 GELIFES Seminar (15:00 - 5171.0415)
Kira Tiedge (GELIFES): The Chemistry of Christmas - An Aromatic Adventure
19 Dec 2024 GELIFES Christmas Party (16:00 - 18:30, Linnaeusborg Canteen)
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