Gregory Velicer: Katalogdaten im Frühjahrssemester 2021

Name	Herr Prof. Dr. Gregory Velicer
Lehrgebiet	Evolutionsbiologie
Adresse	Professur f. Evolutionsbiologie ETH Zürich, CHN K 11 Universitätstrasse 16 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND
Telefon	+41 44 632 88 00
E-Mail	gregory.velicer@env.ethz.ch
URL	https://evo.ethz.ch
Departement	Umweltsystemwissenschaften
Beziehung	Ordentlicher Professor

Nummer	Titel	ECTS	Umfang	Dozierende
701-0245-00L	Evolutionary Analysis	2 KP	2V	S. Wielgoss, G. Velicer
Kurzbeschreibung	This course introduces important questions about the evolutionary processes involved in the generation and maintenance of biological diversity across all domains of life and how evolutionary science investigates these questions.
Lernziel	This course introduces important questions about the evolutionary processes involved in the generation and maintenance of biological diversity across all domains of life and how evolutionary science investigates these questions. The topics covered range from different forms of selection, phylogenetic analysis, population genetics, life history theory, the evolution of sex, social evolution to human evolution. These topics are important for the understanding of a number of evolutionary problems in the basic and applied sciences.
Inhalt	Topics likely to be covered in this course include research methods in evolutionary biology, adaptation, evolution of sex, evolutionary transitions, human evolution, infectious disease evolution, life history evolution, macroevolution, mechanisms of evolution, phylogenetic analysis, population dynamics, population genetics, social evolution, speciation and types of selection.
Literatur	Textbook: Evolutionary Analysis Scott Freeman and Jon Herron 5th Edition, English.
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes	The exam is based on lecture and textbook.
701-0290-01L	Seminar in Microbial Evolution and Ecology (FS)	0 KP	2S	G. Velicer
Kurzbeschreibung	Seminar of the Institute of Integrative Biology.
Lernziel	Seminar of the Institute of Integrative Biology
701-1461-00L	Ecology and Evolution: Seminar Fortsetzung von der Lerneinheit 701-1460-00L "Ecology and Evolution: Term Paper" im HS.	3 KP	6S	T. Städler, J. Alexander, S. Bonhoeffer, T. Crowther, A. Hall, J. Jokela, J. Payne, G. Velicer, A. Widmer
Kurzbeschreibung	The organization and functioning of academic research as well as academic publishing are introduced and applied: students critically review two term papers written by their student colleagues. Based on the reviews, the authors of the papers write reply letters and revise their own term papers. They finally present their topic during an in-house "mini-conference" with a talk.
Lernziel	• Students become familiar with the academic peer-review and publishing process • They learn to evaluate the quality of a manuscript and formulate constructive criticism • They learn to deal with criticism of their own work (by their student peers) • They practise oral presentations and discussions in English
Inhalt	The organization and functioning of academic research as well as academic publishing are introduced and applied: students critically review two term papers written by their student colleagues. Based on the reviews, the authors of the papers write reply letters and revise their own term papers. They finally present their topic during an in-house "mini-conference" with a talk.
Skript	none
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes	Direct continuation of "Ecology and Evolution: Term Paper" of the previous semester
701-1480-00L	Evolutionary Developmental Biology Number of participants limited to 24. Waiting list will be deleted after 05.03.2021.	3 KP	1S	M. La Fortezza, G. Velicer
Kurzbeschreibung	Students will be introduced to fundamental concepts and current open questions in the field of evolutionary developmental biology (Evo-Devo) primarily through reading, analysing and jointly discussing key literature.
Lernziel	The course aims to expose students to major conceptual themes of the Evo-Devo field through discussion of key papers and to active areas of current Evo-Devo research. At the end of the course, students should be able to present, think critically about and discuss key Evo-Devo concepts.
Inhalt	Evolutionary developmental biology (Evo-Devo) is a multidisciplinary field that studies the interplay between developmental and evolutionary processes. Major questions include: How do developmental systems evolve and diversify? Do developmental programs influence their own future evolution, and how? How does ecology affect the evolution of developmental programs, and vice versa? Fascinating and experimentally challenging, Evo-Devo first empirically emerged from comparative embryology. However, in recent decades this discipline has grown considerably to interconnect with many other fields, from genetics to sociobiology to microbiology. The course will examine questions such as those above and touch on the ongoing inter-disciplinary integration of Evo-Devo, including its interface with ecology (“Eco-Evo-Devo”) and the integration of aggregative microbial developmental systems into the field.
Literatur	Relevant literature: Müller, G. (2007). Evo–devo: extending the evolutionary synthesis. Nature Reviews Genetics 8, 943-949. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrg2219 Abouheif, E., et al (2014). Eco-evo-devo: the time has come. Advances in experimental medicine and biology 781, 107-25. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7347-9_6 Moczek, A et al (2015). The significance and scope of evolutionary developmental biology: a vision for the 21st century. Evolution & development 17, 198-219. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ede.12125 Gilbert, S. (2019). Evolutionary transitions revisited: Holobiont evo‐devo. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 12, 117762501877479 - 8. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.22903
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes	Significant basic knowledge in especially evolutionary biology and developmental biology, and also cell biology and genetics, will be advantageous for readily understanding the course material.