Research groups at DUW Zoology
of the University of Basel

Valentin Amrhein

• Field ecology (vertebrates, insects, plants)
• Conservation biology
• Statistics and reproducibility

For more information, see the page of the group of Valentin Amrhein.

For Master thesis projects, contact v.amrhein-at-unibas.ch.

Daniel Berner

• Genomics of adaptive diversification
• Speciation

For more information, see the page of Daniel Berner.

For Master thesis projects, contact daniel.berner-at-unibas.ch.

Louis Du Pasquier

• Evolution of the immune system
• Origin of the lymphocyte receptors of the immunoglobulin superfamily

For more information, see the page of Louis Du Pasquier.

Dieter Ebert

• Coevolution and the evolution of host-parasite interactions
• Experimental and theoretical epidemiology
• Evolution in metapopulations
• Evolutionary genomics
• Evolution of microbiota

For more information, see the page of the group of Dieter Ebert.

For Master thesis projects, contact dieter.ebert-at-unibas.ch.

Walter Salzburger

• Evolution of animal diversity and speciation
• Evolution of sexually and naturally selected traits
• Evolutionary genetics and genomics

For more information, see the page of the group of Walter Salzburger.

For Master theses projects, contact walter.salzburger-at-unibas.ch.

Lukas Schärer

• Sexual selection and sexual conflict in hermaphroditic animals
• Sperm competition, cryptic female choice and sex allocation
• Mating behaviour and mating conflicts

For more information, see the page of the group of Lukas Schärer.

For Master thesis projects, contact lukas.scharer-at-unibas.ch.

Patrick Tschopp

• Evolution of gene regulation
• Cell fate decisions and embryonic patterning
• Developmental plasticity and constraint
• EcoEvoDevo

For more information, see the page of the Laboratory of Regulatory Evolution.

For Master thesis projects, contact patrick.tschopp-at-unibas.ch.