SCIENCE DAY BIOLOGY 2019 12 March, HS 2, UZA 1 09:15 Welcome Functional Ecology Ingeborg Lang 09:30 Vildana Suljevic Botany and “Diversity and genome evolution of (PhD) Biodiversity research – chili peppers (the genus Capsicum, Systematic and Solanaceae)” (Schneeweiss H., Lexer) Evolutionary Botany 09:45 Victoria Oberreiter Center for Organismal “Population genetics of autoimmune (MA) Systems Biology – diseases: Identifying pathways under Evolutionary natural selection in Systemic Lupus Anthropology Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis” (Schäfer) 10:00 Katharina Petschinger Functional Ecology – “Are heavy metal tolerant mosses (MA) Cell Imaging and defined by their cell shapes?” (Lang, Ultrastructure Lichtscheidl) Research 10:15 Julia Steger Center for Organismal “A developmental time course of cell (PhD) Systems Biology – type diversity in Nematostella Molecular Evolution vectensis” (Technau) and Development 10:30 Sebastian Decker Center for Organismal “Life cycle and morphology of a new (MA) Systems Biology – bryozoan species from the Integrative Zoology Mediterranean Sea” (Wanninger) 10:45 Coffee Break 11:30 Johannes Herpell Functional Ecology – “Life on a Leaf - Key strategies for plant (PhD) Molecular Systems growth promotion combined in the Biology genome of a novel Paraburkholderia sp., an inhabitant of the potato yam phyllosphere” (Weckwerth) 11:45 Arno Cimadom Center for Organismal “Host-parasite dynamics: Darwin’s (PhD) Systems Biology - finches and the invasive ectoparasite, Behavioural Biology Philornis downsi “ (Millesi) 12:00 Lukas Waltenberger Center for Organismal “Are parturition scars truly signs of (PhD) Systems Biology – birth: A geometric morphometric Theoretical Biology approach” (Mitteröcker, Müller) 12.15 Vedrana Slipogor Center for Organismal “Personality traits in common (PhD) Systems Biology – marmosets” (Bugnyar) Cognitive Biology 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Barbara Waringer Botany and “What does affect clutch predation risk (PhD) Biodiversity Research – in Capercailie? A large-scale Tropical Ecology and experiment in the Austrian Alps” Animal Biodiversity (Schulze, Fiedler) 13:45 Nikola Krlovic Functional Ecology – “Assessing the impacts of a large (MA) Limnology cultural event on a riverine environment“ (Schagerl/Schelker, Griebler) 14:00 Sinje Neukirchen Functional Ecology – “Distribution of dissimilatory sulfate (PhD) Archaea Biology and reduction genes shed light into sulfate Ecogenomics reduction in Archaea” (Sousa, Schleper) 14:15 Sebastian Schneider Functional Ecology – “What is the role of sulfur for (PhD) Molecular Systems symbiotic nitrogen fixation?“ Biology (Wienkoop, Weckwerth) 14:30 Coffee Break 15:15 Meriel Bittner Functional Ecology – “Biogeography of Euryarchaeota in the (MA) Marine Biology and Pacific” (Herndl) Bio-Oceanography 15:30 Karina Reiter Botany and “Modelling the effect of biomass (MA) Biodiversity Research – appropriation for human use on global Conservation Biology, biodiversity“ (Dullinger) Vegetation- and Landscape Ecology 15:45 Aglaia Szukala Botany and “Convergent and adaptive processes (PhD) Biodiversity Research – during initial phases of speciation“ Systematic and (Paun, Lexer) Evolutionary Botany 16:00 Dominik Javorski Center for Organismal “Yes they can! Structural plasticity in (PhD) Systems Biology – the adult Drosophila brain” (Hummel) Neurobiology 16:15 Coffee Break - short 16:30 Key Note Sars International “The evolutionary origin of synaptic Dr Pawel Burkhardt Centre for Marine signalling machinery and animal cell Molecular Biology, differentiation“ Bergen, NORWAY 17:30 Snacks & Drinks Music and video installation “Regnum plantae – chlorophyta” (scientific film), CIUS .