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CEES Annual Student Conference 2011 18-19 October 2011 Holmen Fjordhotell www.cees.uio.no [email protected] Tuesday 18th October 09:00-09:10 Nils Chr. Stenseth. –Welcome! 09:10-09:15 Atle Mysterud. –Group presentation. 09:15-09:30 Lars Qviller. Red deer- and tick dynamics: running away from your problems? 09:30-09:45 Inger Maren Rivrud. Can trophy hunting be evolutionary sustainable in the long-term? The case of red deer in Hungary 1881-2008. 09:45-10:00 Anna W. Blix. Feedback processes in grazing ecosystems: are sheep grazing in alpine habitats affecting long-term use and productivity? 10:00-10:05 Thomas F. Hansen. –Group presentation. 10:05-10:20 Kjetil L. Voje. Slow evolution of static allometries in stalk-eyed flies. 10:30-11:00 Coffee & refreshments. www.cees.uio.no [email protected] 11:00-11:05 Glenn-Peter Sætre. –Group presentation. 11:05-11:20 Cassandra N. Trier. Genetics of a homoploid hybrid species: The Italian sparrow. 11:20-11:35 Maria F. González Rojas. Phenotypic variation and species interaction in a hybrid species complex. 11:35-11:50 Magnhild Moan. Co-evolution between haemosporidian parasites and an unusual avian group of hosts. 11:50-12:05 My Hanh Tu. Habitat use and breeding ecology of the two sympatric sparrow species, the house sparrow and the Spanish sparrow. 12:05-12:20 Aubrey Roberts. A new Opthalmosaurus species from the Upper Jurassic of Spitsbergen. 12:20-12:25 Tore Slagsvold. –Group presentation. 12:25-12:40 Stine Dreyer. Brain size and fitness in a wild population of great tits and blue tits. 12:40-12:55 Merethe Andersen. What is maintaining variation in personalities in wild birds? 13:00-14:00 Lunch. www.cees.uio.no [email protected] 14:00-14:05 Kjetill S. Jakobsen. –Group presentation. 14:05-14:20 Monica Hongrø Solbakken. Loss and expansions in cod Toll-like receptors. 14:20-14:35 Martin Malmstrøm. Cod and beyond! Exploring the evolution of the Gadoid immune system. 14:35-14:45 Ole Kristian Tørresen. Bioinformatics approaches to improve the cod genome. 14:45-15:00 Huma Siddiqui. Alterations of Microbiota in Urine from Interstitial Cystitis patients. 15:00-15.15 Hanne Ballestad. The influence of ecological changes on population structure and genetic diversity within a Planktothrix community. 15:15-15:25 Xiao Xi. The Role of Microbiota during Occurrence and Disappearance of Harmful Alage Blooms -Long-period Study on Lake Gjersjøen. 15:25-15:40 Archana M. Rao. Metagenomic Diversity, Ecosystem Functioning and the role in the marine food web of Arctic Marine Picoeukaryotes. 15:45-16:15 Coffee, refreshments & Check-in. 16:15-16:35* Camilla L. Nesbø. Mesotoga; a thermophile cooling off. www.cees.uio.no [email protected] 16:35-16:40 Siri Birkeland/Idunn Skjetne. –Anne K. Brysting Group presentation. 16:40-16:55 Hanna Bjørgaas. Recurrent origins and adaptive advantage of polyploid Parnassia palustris? 16:55-17:10 Siri-Dharma Khalsa. Genetic diversity in sorghum and its associations with cultural and ecological variables in Tanzania, Africa. 17:10-17:15 Nils Chr. Stenseth. –Group presentation. 17:15-17:30 Morten Helberg. Movement patterns and climate change effects in seabirds; strategies and survival of gulls. 17:30-17:45 Jan Husek. Resource pulsed dynamics shapes consumer reproduction: the effects of vole population variability on white stork productivity. 17:45 Nils Chr. Stenseth. Summary and information. 19:00 Banquet (dress: nice/formal). www.cees.uio.no [email protected] Wednesday 19th October 08:00-09:00 Breakfast. 09:00-09:05 Nils Chr. Stenseth. –Welcome back! (Continuing group from yesterday) 09:05-09:20 Alexander Sadykov. Evolution of biodiversity in light of the Competitive Coexistence Principle. 09:20-09:35 Gabriel Yedid. Effects of random and selective mass extinctions on ecology, phylogeny, and community composition in communities of digital organisms. 09:35-09:50 Eric De Muinck. Population and community ecology reach the bacterial strain level in the infant gut. 09:50-10:05 William Ryan Easterday. Ecology and Evolution of Yersinia pestis: future work in natural systems. www.cees.uio.no [email protected] 10:05-10:15 Berihun Gebremedhin. Noninvasive tracking of the Walia ibex – a critically endangered endemic mammal, Ethiopia. 10:15-10:30 Anagaw Atickem. Landscape genetics of mountain nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni): quantifying functional connectivity and dispersal corridors for conservation networks. 10:30-10:45 Ane Mari Bjørnæs. The problematic Bale monkey: Can new genetic analyses shed light on the phylogeny of the Chlorocebus genus? 10:45-11:15 Coffee, refreshments & checkout. 11:15-11:25 Ida Margrethe Aalvik. Spatial ecology of Atlantic cod in a nearshore habitat. 11:25-11:40 Giovanni Romagnoni. Where to set Marine Protected Areas for North Sea cod. A Bioeconomics perspective. www.cees.uio.no [email protected] 11:40-11:45 Asbjørn Vøllestad. –Group presentation. 11:45-12:00 Annette Taugbøl. From Saltwater To Freshwater; Population Structure In Threespine Sticklebacks. 12:00-12:15 Anna Mazzarella. Investigating the Genomic Signatures of Non-plated Sticklebacks (gasterosteus aculeatus). 12:15-12:30 Tina Arntsen. Variation in expression of genes involved in osmoregulation in the three-spined stickleback when exposed to different levels of salinity. 12:30-12:45 Amada Perez Traba. Epidemiological situation and possible management solutions of Saprolegnia infections in salmon aquaculture. 12:45-13:00 Kim Magnus Bærum. Effects of temperature and density on individual growth of trout. 13:00-14:00 Lunch. 14:00-14:15 Group Photo. 14:15-14:30 Ruben A. Pettersen. Genetic structure in the parasite Gyrodactylus thymalli and its host Thymallus thymallus in the Lake Mjøsa basin. www.cees.uio.no [email protected] 14:30-14:35 Dag O. Hessen. –Group presentation. 14:35-14:45 Johnny Håll. The role of bottom-up and top-down processes in structuring zooplankton communities. 14:45-15:00 Marwa Jalal. Temperature effect on genome size and polyploidy level of Daphnia: A flow cytometry analysis. 15:00-15:15 Therese Fosholt Moe. The roles of nutrients and periphyton in nuisance growth of Juncus bulbosus. 15:15-15:30 Coffee & refreshments. 15:30-15:45 Awards & Closure. 16:00 Coach departs from Holmen Fjord Hotel to Blindern. www.cees.uio.no [email protected]