Download 18-19 October 2011 Holmen Fjordhotell CEES Annual Student

CEES Annual Student Conference 2011
18-19 October 2011
Holmen Fjordhotell
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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