Previous seminars

Autumn 2023

 
Date
Title

19.09.2023

Nicolò Tartini, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

Plant insect interaction in a changing world

26.09.2023

Dr. Ana-Hermina Ghenu, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

Is the whole greater than the sum of its parts?: higher-order interactions impact the resistance and recovery of soil bacteria to extreme heat events

03.10.2023

Daniel Roth, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

BSc project introduction: Microbial colonizers of icelandic nunataks: evaluating fungal and bacterial diversity and the influence of island size and age in glacial landscapes

Anouk Gremion, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

MSc project introduction: Does plant-soil-feedback explain the spatial dynamics of the clonal grass Brachypodium pinnatum?

10.10.2023

Adriana Moriguchi Jeckel, University of Bern, IPS, Switzerland

Chemically mediated host pathogen interactions under climate extremes

17.10.2023

Anine Wyser, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

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

Jan Tscheulin, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

MSc project final presentation: Fungal and bacteria interaction in drought

24.10.2023

Yu Sun, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

Effects of severe drought on root morphological traits across plant functional groups: A meta-analysis

31.10.2023

Itzel Lopez, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

The role of multitrophic soil diversity in the establishment of an invasive plant during global change

14.11.2023

Shareen Sanders, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

The Roots of Triumph: explaining invasive success through plant-soil feedback experiments in the context of climate extremes

21.11.2023

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

Soil community responses to climate extremes at different elevations across seasons

05.12.2023

Jingjing Shi, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

The resistance and recovery of soil fungi and bacteria under climate extremes: a biotic interaction perspective

12.12.2023

Chiara Zimmermann, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

MSc project final presentation: Thermoregulation in a lowland spider species

Fabrice Bucheli, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

MSc project final presentation: Unveiling the role of host-plant dynamics for butterfly range expansions in a changing world

19.12.2023

Prof. Dr. Madhav P. Thakur & Dr. Ludovico Formenti, University of Bern, IEE, Switzerland

Effects of periodic heat waves and predation on Collembola

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