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107Th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society Program 107th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Platz der Göttinger Sieben, 37073 Göttingen Program September 11–14, 2014 Content Welcome .......................................................................................3 Program Overview ........................................................................4 Wednesday & Thursday, September 10th & 11th 2014 .........4 Friday, September 12th 2014 ..................................................6 Saturday, September 13th 2014 ..............................................8 Sunday, September 14th 2014 ................................................10 Venue Map ....................................................................................12 Venue Map Zentrales Hörsaalgebäude ........................................13 Sponsors ........................................................................................14 General Information .....................................................................15 Program Key Notes & Special Lectures .......................................................19 Meetings DZG ...............................................................................21 Section Meetings ..........................................................................22 Side Program ................................................................................22 Social Program ..............................................................................26 Behavioral Biology ........................................................................28 Developmental Biology .................................................................36 Ecology ..........................................................................................42 Evolutionary Biology .....................................................................48 Morphology ..................................................................................58 Neurobiology ................................................................................66 Physiology .....................................................................................76 Zoological Systematics ..................................................................82 Satellite Symposium I Arthropod Neuro Network (ANN) ...........................................88 Satellite Symposium II Epigenetics in Animal Physiology ............................................94 Satellite Symposium III Insect Biotechnology ...............................................................95 Satellite Symposium IV Animal Phylogeny - Past, Present and Future .........................97 1 Program Overview Welcome address of the local organizers General Information Program DZG 2014 Liebe Tagungsteilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer, Satellite Symposia im Namen der Göttinger Zoologen begrüßen wir Sie ganz herzlich zur 107. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft in Göttingen. Besondere Grüße gehen an die vielen jungen Wissenschaftler und die zahlreichen internationalen Tagungsredner. Wir freuen uns sehr über die große Resonanz auf unsere Tagungseinladung und die zahlreichen Tagungsbeiträge, die spannende Einblicke in neueste Entwicklungen in der zoologischen Entwicklungsbiologie, Physiologie, Neurobiologie, Morphologie, Ökologie, Verhaltensbiologie, Systematik und Evolutionsbiologie versprechen. Behavioral Biology Die Georg-August-Universität Göttingen hat eine wesentliche Rolle in der Geschichte der Deutschen Zoologie gespielt. Der Arzt und Naturalist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840) gilt als Vater der vergleichenden Zoologie und der biologischen Anthropologie, der Zoologe Developmental Ernst Ehlers (1835-1925) war Präsident der DZG, der Genetiker und Entwicklungsphysiologe Biology Alfred Kühn (1885-1968) verfasste das bekannte und noch immer weithin eingesetzte Lehrbruch „Grundriss der Allgemeinen Zoologie“, und der Zoologe Peter Ax (1927-2013) war einer der Ecology wichtigsten Deutschen Vertreter der Phylogenetischen Systematik. Nach den DZG-Tagungen in den Jahren 1889, 1923 und 1966 findet die Tagung zum vierten Mal in Göttingen statt, und wir bedanken uns ganz herzlich bei allen, die bei der Organisation und Ausrichtung der Tagung mitwirken. Dies gilt insbesondere für die vielen Sponsoren und die Evolutionary Biology Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, die die Tagung finanziell unterstützen, die vielen Studenten, die bei der Vorort-Betreuung mitwirken, die Firma „event lab.“ und die Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Morphology Wir freuen uns über Ihre Teilnahme, auf Ihre Beiträge und auf anregende Diskussionen. Neurobiology Im Namen der lokalen Organisatoren, der Fakultät für Biologie und Psychologie und des Instituts für Zoologie und Anthropologie der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Physiology Zoological Systematics Prof. Dr. Martin Göpfert 2 3 S4: Animal Phylo- Program Overview geny - Past, Present and Future S1: Arthropod Neuro S3: Insect S2: Epigeneti cs in Ani- 107th Annual Meeti ng of kleiner Hörsaal Network (ANN) HS 9 Biotechnology HS 8 mal Physiology HS 7 des Zoologischen 09.00–16.30 09.00–17.00 09.00-15.00 Insti tuts German Zoological Society 08.30–13.00 AG Dürr 09.00 Ernst A. Short Communicati ons Universität Bielefeld Wimmer 09.00–11.00 Thomas Bartolomaeus 09.10 Götti ngen Bonn 08.45 Stefan Vidal 09.30 Götti ngen Stefan Richter S2: Epigeneti cs in Ani- 13.30 Rostock 09.30 mal Physiology HS 7 Gregor Bucher 14.00 S1: Arthropod Neuro Bianca Garms 13.30–19.00 09.50 Götti ngen Bernhard Misof HS 9 Network (ANN) AG Förster 09.45 Acti ve Moti f 11.00 Bonn 10.45 14.00–18.30 Universität Würzburg Hans Merzendorfer Thomas Stach Axel Borst 14.00 Short Communicati ons 10.10 Siegen Berlin 11.30 MPI für Neurobiologie 14.00–16.00 Short Presentati ons Marti nsried Lars Vogt 11.00–12.00 Bonn 11.55 15.15 AG Homberg 15.15 Tyler Stevenson Uni Marburg Aberdeen 13.00 10.45 16.00 16.00 AG Bicker AG Scheiner Tierärztliche Hochschule Heiko Vogel Universität Potsdam Hannover 13.00 Jena Wolf Huett eroth 16.30 Andreas Vilcinskas Universität Konstanz & Marko Rohlfs Gießen 16.30 AG Schachtner 11.15 Oxford Universität Marburg 13.20 Götti ngen Short Communicati ons 17.30 AG Smarandache-Wellmann Short Communicati ons Herwig Gutzeit 14.00–15.00 17.30 17.30–19.00 13.40 Dresden Universität Köln Ivo Feußner 18.00 AG Wegener 18.00 Universität Würzburg 14.00 Götti ngen 18.30 Poster Session and Social Stefan Schütz AG Schmidt 13.30 Foyer ZHG 14.40 Götti ngen 18.30 Universität Köln 20.00 DZG – Board Meeti ng Secti on Speaker Meeti ng AG Rössler 14.00 Marc F. Schetelig 1.141 HS 5 Universität Würzburg 15.00 Gießen 14.00 14.00 Basil el Jundi & Stanley Thomas Roeder Heinze 14.30 Kiel Universität Lund 15.20 Short Presentati ons DZG – Advisory Council Meeti ng 1.141 Final discussion 16.00–16.45 15.45 16.00 Opening: 107th Annual Meeti ng of DZG HS 10 18.30 Introductory Lecture (in German): Prof. Rüdiger Hardeland 19.00 Götti ngen, Germany Historie der Zoologie in Götti ngen 1. Public Evening Lecture: Prof. Frank Jülicher 19.30 Dresden, Germany Oscillati ons in Biological Systems Foyer ZHG 20.30 Welcome Recepti on 22.00 Wednesday, Thursday, September 11th th S Satellite Symposium SL Symposium Lecture K Keynote September 10 PL Public Lecture SP Short Presentati on Social Program 22.00 09.00 K: Prof. Andreas Vilcinskas HS 10 Coff ee Break 16.00 Gießen, Germany SP 7-12 HS 7 SP 7-12 HS 8 SP 7-12 HS 9 SP 7-12 HS 10 16.30 Insect Biotechnology Developmental Biology Behavioral Biology Zoological Systemati cs Evoluti onary Biology OP-DB-07 OP-BB-07 OP-ZS-07 OP-EB-07 10.00 HS 10 K: Prof. Marie-Anne Félix Analysis of embryonic A New World Perspecti ve Nemertean diversity was Evoluti on of Electric Paris, France eye development in the on the Swash-Surfi ng likely underesti mated Organ Discharge (EOD) spider Parasteatoda Behavior of Interti dal in the past - the case in African weakly electric Caenorhabditi s nematodes in an Evoluti onary and Ecological Context: tepiariorum Gastropods of the Lineus ruber/ fi shes: Genomics and Vulva Development and Natural Pathogens viridis - species complex behavioral ecology of a C. Schomburg (Götti ngen) W. Peters (Fort Wayne) (Nemertea: Heterone- magic trait 11.00 Coff ee Break mertea) R. Tiedemann (Potsdam) 11.30 HS 8 HS 9 SL 1: Barbara Caspers SL 1: Susanne Önel D. Krämer (Bonn) Bielefeld, Germany Marburg, Germany “The neglected sense: Olfactory commu- Myoblast fusion in Drosophila: Cellular and OP-DB-08 OP-BB-08 OP-ZS-08 OP-EB-08 16.45 nicati on in zebra fi nches” molecular insights into muscle development Evoluti on of BarH Ambush predators may Phylogeography of Sty- Regulatory gene Developmental Biology transcripti on factors in select for small group gocapitella subterranea networks that shape the Behavioral Biology embryonic development size in rainforest primate (Parergodrilidae) in the development of adapti ve prey Northeast Atlanti c. phenotypic plasti city in a 12.00 HS 8 HS 9 N. Turetzek (Götti ngen) cichlid fi sh SL 2: Holger Goerlitz SL 2: Andreas Hejnol B. Wheeler (Götti ngen) T. Struck Seewiesen, Germany Bergen, Norway (Bonn, Osnabrück) R. Schneider (Konstanz) Auditory interacti ons in the night sky: Protostomy? Deuterostomy? - Does it from neurons to communiti es really matt er? OP-DB-09 OP-BB-09 OP-ZS-09 OP-EB-09 17.00 Behavioral Biology Developmental Biology A single FGF-receptor The long reach of a para- Reconstructi ng phylo- Variati on in adapti ve controls development of site in ant societi es genies by using shallow resilience in natural the mesoderm and the sequenced
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