Events in 2021

Virtual Get-Together

March 19, 2021, Gather Town

Special Exhibition 'evolution happens!'

June 15 - November 28, 2021, at the Zoological Museum of the University of Zurich

Scientifica

September 4 / 5, 2021 at ETH and University of Zurich

Short lectures:

• Quint Rusman: Evolution of flowers and their visitors
• Rolf Kümmerli: Evolution von Bakterien – was uns künstliche Experimente im Labor über natürliche Vorgänge lehren können
• Hanna Kokko: Männlich, weiblich, natürlich, künstlich?
• Simon Aeschbacher: Kirschen, Ketchup und Ochsenherzen – Wie künstlich ist unsere Nahrung?
• Urs Greber: Viren in uns

Guided tours:

• Xenia Münger: «evolution happens!»
• Barbara König: Evolution vor unseren Augen

Workshop:

• Domestizierte Nutzpflanzen: natürlich oder künstlich? / Domesticated crops: natural or artificial?

Annual Retreat 2021

September 15 - 17, 2021 at Hotel Rigi Kaltbad

Keynote Speaker:

• Laurent Excoffier, University of Bern

The program comprised progress reports from all research projects of the URPP Evolution in Action, a poster session, discussion rounds, and workshops.

Internal Event @ special exhibition 'evolution happens!'

October 28, 2021 at Zoological Museum UZH

Sponsored Event: Kyoto-Zurich Workshop in Plant Science

December 6 and 13, 2021, online

Speakers from UZH:

• Verena Schünemann, Thomas Wicker, Ueli Grossniklaus, Cyril Zipfel, Beat Keller, Anna-Liisa Laine, Kentaro Shimizu

Speakers from Kyoto University:

• Ryohei Terauchi, Kentaro Yoshida, Takayuki Kohchi, Yoshitaka Takano, Hiroshi Kudoh, Yuji Isagi, Shuhei Nasuda