Interaction Seminar

Schedule Spring Term 2012

Date	Speaker	Title of talk
28.3.	Zuzana Musilova (PostDoc) Salzburger Group, Unibas	Transcriptome sequencing of two African chichlid-fishes systems
11.4.	Marilou Sison-Mangus (PostDoc) Ebert Group, Unibas	Understanding Microbiota Diversity in Daphnia: From Ecology to Function
25.4.	Cesar Metzger (PhD Student) Ebert Group, Unibas	Going for the throat: survival of the stickiest
9.5.	Andrea Kaufmann (MSc Student) Ebert Group, Unibas	Host range and local adaptation in the microsporidia Hamiltosporidium tvaerminnensis
16.5.	Jessica Abbot (Junior Group Leader) University of Lund, SWE
30.5.	Kristina Anselm (MSc Student) Ebert Group

The Principle

Speakers (MSc, PhD, or Post-Docs) give talks in english in front of their peers in an informal atmosphere (round table with drinks and snacks, no auditorium). Talks can be about almost anything (planned or finished experiments, or even theoretical work) in the field of evolutionnary biology or ecology. A very high level of interaction between the speaker and the audience is expected. People are therefore highly encouraged to stop the speaker during the talk for questions or remarks. Max duration of the whole event: 2 hours.

Drinks and snacks are provided, just bring your little coins with to pay for them.

Pros and Cons of the Interaction Seminars

Pros...

...for the speaker:

Get feedback on your project(s)
Exchange ideas with people from different fields
Train your presenting skills and your english in a light atmosphere

...for the audience:

Meet your colleagues, get to know their topics
Learn stuff in a relaxed way
Learn how to improve your own experimental designs by discussing that of others
Have a beer or a soft drink, some peanuts and discuss science, the stuff you love! ;-)
Get credits for attending regularly

PS: Obviously, there are no Cons!

History of the Interaction Seminars

The first "Interaction Seminar" took place in 1999 at the Zoological Institute of the University of Basel (Switzerland). They subsequently moved together with the Ebert Group to the Biology department of the University of Fribourg in 2001 and then came back to Basel when the Ebert Group moved back to the Zoological Institute in Basel in 2005.

When and where do the Interaction Seminars take place?

Every second Wednesday at 17:15 in the seminar room (Room 12.08) of the:

Universität Basel, Zoologisches Institut
Evolutionsbiologie
Vesalgasse 1
CH-4051 Basel, Switzerland

If you don't know how to find us, have a look here.

How do I participate in the Interaction Seminar?

Now that's easy:

If you just want to be part of the audience, come to the seminar room at 17:15.

If you want to give a talk, get informed about upcoming events or if you have any questions, feel free to contact us: Marinela Dukic (marinela.dukic@unibas.ch) or Roberto Arbore (roberto.arbore@stud.unibas.ch).