Seminars at Wilhelminenberg Summer 2014 Guests are welcome! 05.03. JAAKKO POHJOISMÄKI Department of Biology, University of Eastern Finland, FIN Mitochondrial DNA in heart development, disease and ageing ELISABETH OBERZAUCHER IFZ, Inter-University Research Center for Technology, Work, and Culture, A Environments and Behavior. Applied Evolutionary Adaptedness 19.03. FRIEDRICH LEISCH Institut für angewandte Statistik und EDV, Dep. für Raum, Landschaft und Infrastruktur, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, A Statistical variable and model selection for large data sets 26.03. STEFAN FISCHER Behavioural Ecology, Dep. Biology, University of Bern, CH The influences of early and current environment on social and antipredator behaviour in a cooperatively breeding cichlid 02.04. GREGORY FLORANT Department of Biology, Colorado State University, USA To be announced 09.04. YVON LE MAHO Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, How Antarctic penguins cope with climate Dép. Ecology, Physiology et Ethology, F 30.04. THOMAS RUF Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, A Slow going: on the functions of hibernation in mammals 14.05. LOVE DALEN Swedish Museum of Natural History, S Palaeogenetic history of the woolly mammoth 21.05. GEORG REISCHER Interuniversity Cooperation Centre Water & Health, Institute for Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, A Elucidating the co-diversification of vertebrate animals and their intestinal microbiota as a basis for molecular detection and source tracking of bacterial faecal pollution in water 28.05. NICLAS KOLM Zoological Institute, Stockholm University, Sweden Fishing for females: Diversification through sensory drive in the swordtail caracin May April March 12.03. 04.06. PETER H.W. BIEDERMANN Research Group Insect Symbiosis, Max- Wood-boring weevils as models for studying Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, the evolution of sociality and microbial Germany symbioses Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, UK Early environmental effects on adult performance and the rate of senescence 18.06. TYLER J. STEVENSON Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK Light induced changes in epigenetic modifications in the brain 25.06. RICHARD HOLLAND School of Biological Sciences Queen's University Belfast, UK The mystery of true navigation in migratory birds: from quantum physics to global migration June 11.06. NEIL METCALFE Forschungsinstitut für Wildtierkunde und Ökologie, 16., Savoyenstraße 1 Konrad Lorenz-Institut für Vergleichende Verhaltensforschung, 16., Savoyenstraße 1a When: Where: Wednesdays at 16:00 c.t. / 16:00 Start with Coffee and Tea. The institutes are located opposite of Schloss Wilhelminenberg in the 16 th district of Vienna. The seminars will take place at the “Hörsaal” at the Forschungsinstitut für Wildtierkunde und Ökologie (Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology). How to get here: Streetcar (J, 10, 46) or train S45 or underground (U3) to station Ottakring, then bus 46B or 146B to “Schloss Wilhelminenberg”. There is also enough parking spaces for your car in front of the institutes. More info: www.vetmeduni.ac.at/klivv and www.vetmeduni.ac.at/fiwi Mailinglist: [email protected]