Previous seminars

Spring 2023

 
Date
Title
28.02.2023 Journal club: Gerard, Henrik, Patrick, Tobia and Chiara

14.03.2023 Journal club: Shareen, Anine and Angeline
28.03.2023 Journal club: Itzel, Jan, Jana and Sophie
11.04.2023 MSc project introduction: Fabrice
18.04.2023 Journal club: Nico, Sandra and Marvin
25.04.2023 Journal club: Yu and Delia

23.05.2023
BSc & MSc projects: Liz and Chiara

Autumn 2022

Date
Title
20.09.2022 Shareen Sanders, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

Biotic resistance of a grassland community is not supported through plant soil feedback

27.09.2022 Dr. Ludovico Formenti, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

FoBEx- introducing an experimental framework to study the effects of  climate extremes on terrestrial biodiversity

04.10.2022 Dr. Silvia Brochet, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

Exploring the effect of climate change on soil-associated bacterial communities

11.10.2022 Gerard Martinez De Leon, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

Fast life in a warmer world: how does warming affect size-at-stage in two soil invertebrates?

18.10.2022 Dr. Susan Everingham, University of Bern, IPS, Switzerland

The Bug-Network: testing the impacts of invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage on plant communities on a global scale

25.10.2022 Yu Sun, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

Altered root traits due to elevated drought: a meta-analysis

01.11.2022 Jan Philip Tscheulin, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

MSc project introduction: Interactions of multiple fungal species with bacteria in soil under extreme condition

Anine Wyser, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

MSc project introduction: Drought influence on belowground trophic interactions in slow and fast growing plants

08.11.2022 Silvan Zünd, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

BSc project final presentation: Interactive effects of drought, eutrophication and heat shock on trophic cascades in a soil food chain.

Anouk Gremion, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

BSc project introduction: Reproductive senescence in Collembola at higher temperatures: myth, reality or just a temporary phenomenon?

15.11.2022 Yinyin Ma, Eawag, Switzerland

Spread of functional novelty during microbial range expansion

29.11.2022 Nicolò Tartini, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

Applications of eDNA in Biodiversity

06.12.2022 Prof. Dr. Madhav P. Thakur, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

Impacts of biological invasion on ecosystems

Spring 2022

Date
Title
01.03.2022 Dr. Jenalle L. Eck, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Strain Diversity and Spatial Distribution Are Linked to Epidemic Dynamics in Host Populations [PDF]

15.03.2022 Dr. Susanne Kortsch, Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Disentangling temporal food web dynamics facilitates understanding of ecosystem functioning  [PDF]

29.03.2022 Dr. Andrea Tabi, Center for Ecological Research, Hungary

Species multidimensional effects explain idiosyncratic responses of communities to environmental change [PDF]

12.04.2022 Dr. Anna Kempel, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Switzerland
03.05.2022 Dr. Anton Potapov, University of Gottingen, Germany

Linking size spectrum, energy flux and trophic multifunctionality in soil food webs of tropical land-use systems [PDF]

17.05.2022 Dr. Rutger Wilschut, University of Konstanz, Germany

Root traits and belowground herbivores relate to plant–soil feedback variation among congeners [PDF]

31.05.2022

Final discussion / Exam