TiBE 2019 | BIODIVERSITY, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION IN MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEMS

Christophe Dufresnes, University of Laussane and Hintermann & Weber Consulting (Switzerland)

Christophe Dufresnes is an evolutionary and conservation biologist with broad interest in population genetics, phylogeography, speciation and the evolution of sex-determination, using Palearctic amphibians as model systems. After a PhD in Lausanne on sex-chromosome evolution in Hyla, Christophe now studies the genetic bases of speciation in European anurans, via the analyses of their hybrid zones. Applying population genomics in a multispecies comparative framework, the goals are to understand how genetic incompatibilities between incipient species accumulate in space and time, and how they relate to the tremendous diversity of amphibian sex chromosomes. In parallel, Christophe actively collaborates on multiple applications of population genetic/genomic tools (e.g. eDNA) for wildlife forensics, conservation and invasion genetics.

 Thomas Schmitt, Senckenberg German Entomological Institute, Müncheberg and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany)

Thomas Schmitt is an entomologist whose research emphasis lies on biogeography, conservation biology, ecology, and evolutionary biology. He is director of the Senckenberg German Entomological Institute in Müncheberg (Brandenburg) and a jointly appointed university professor for Entomology at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. His scientific results are published in more than 250 publications including several influential reviews and other highly cited contributions. Since his childhood, he has been fascinated by nature’s beauty and diversity, and he emphatically advocates and works for their preservation.

  Cristina Linares, Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), University of Barcelona (Spain)

Cristina Linares is an associate professor at the Department of Evolutionary biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona. She combines underwater fieldwork, experiments in aquaria and modeling tools to study the functioning of Mediterranean coastal benthic communities and their response to global change. She is currently investigating how marine heatwaves are transforming marine benthic habitats and the role of Marine Protected Areas and restoration actions in the conservation of marine biodiversity in a changing world.

 Allowen Evin, Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, Montpellier (France) 

Allowen Evin is a bioarchaeologist at the crossroads between evolutionary biology and archaeology. She is a specialist of phenotypic evolution interested in identifying and contrasting the various factors shaping morphological variation using mainly classical and geometric morphometrics. She is particularly interested in the phenotypic changes that occurred during domestication especially on pig and dog (and more recently on cherry) when populations evolved under human control. Allowen’s current interest focus on improving identification criteria of ancient wild/domestic remains in order to track fine-scale spatio-temporal variation on modern and archaeological domesticates.

Early Registration

until November 10, 2019

(included)

Late Registration

November 11 - November 30, 2019

(both included)

BGE MSc students *

1st year – BIODIV PhD program *

2nd year onwards - BIODIV PhD program * (1)

Other CIBIO-InBIO members (1)

Students from other institutions (1) (2)

Non-students from other institutions (1) (2)