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EESLMU stands for the Munich Graduate School for Evolution, Ecology and Systematics. If you want to do a Master's or PhD degree in the fields of evolution, ecology or systematics, Munich is probably one of the best places in Germany and Europe. EESLMU started in September 2006 and is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. The EESLMU Master's program began in October 2007. In March 2008, we wrote a progress report for the Volkswagen Foundation, which you can download. If you don't find the answer to your questions on this site, please send an e-mail to Elena Berg.
News
EES program welcomes new secretary
Our new EES Secretary, Beate Meyer-Schmidt, has arrived! Please come by EES office any weekday morning and say hello!
On the 1st of February Prof.Dr Christoph Scheidegger talked about Dispersal and estabishment of a lichen symbiosis: patterns and processes at the landscape level
Abstract:Lichens reveal various reproductive strategies where the mycobiont and its photobionts either disperse separately, in the case of sexual reproduction (horizontal transmission of photobionts) or where the lichen symbionts are codispersed with clonal, symbiotic propagules (vertical transmission of photobionts). With a few exceptions, where photobionts grow between the meiosporangia of the mycobiont and are codispersed with the ascospores, sexual reproduction is always associated with horizontal transfer of photobionts. Clonal propagules are generally relatively large and are likely to have a more limited dispersal range than the sexual propagules. Several lichen species including Lobaria pulmonaria reproduce both with vegetative and sexual diaspores. Dispersal is the precondition for new habitats to be occupied, for habitat patches of a metapopulation to get colonised and for new populations to be founded. Some tree colonising lichen species reproducing with large propagules have been suggested to be dispersal limited. Such species are often restricted to old-growth sites and forests with a low disturbance regime und thus threatened in many parts of their distribution area. Establishment, i.e. the post-dispersal processes that involve adhesion, attachment and morphogenesis to a juvenile thallus that shows chemical and physiological properties of an adult thallus, is equally important as dispersal for a species to be successful at colonising new sites and for its long-term persistence. I will present recent studies on how disturbance at different spatial scales influence abundance, genetic diversity and dispersal range of the threatened forest –dwelling lichen species Lobaria pulmonaria.
EES student participated in Celebration of the International Year of Biodiversity in Berlin
On January 11, EES Master's student Jeannine Marquardt traveled to Berlin to participate in the Celebration of the International Year of Biodiversity. The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. The Celebration in Berlin was attended by chancellor Angela Merkel, Minister of the Environment Norbert Röttgen, Achim Steiner (executive director of UNEP, Ahmed Djoghlaf (executive secretary of CBD), and several other prominent leaders. Jeannine is an active member of the board of Young Friends of the Earth Germany and was invited to the event in Berlin by the Germany Federal Ministry for the Environment.
Two EES students at DAAD meeting in Bonn
In December two of our Master's students, Andres Carvajal and Francisco Velasquez from Colombia traveled to Bonn to the annual orientation seminar of the DAAD. DAAD stands for Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service). Andres and Francisco hold a scholarship in the agreement between Colfuturo and DAAD which enables them to study and live in Munich. In Bonn they met with 74 Colombians, 3 Ecuadorians, 4 Bolivians, 3 Peruvians, and 13 Argentinians who are supported by the DAAD in Master and PhD programs in Germany. The DAAD is a helpful organization for those wanting to study in Germany.
New EES Newsletter
The fifth issue of the EES Newsletter is now available, just in time for the Christmas holidays!
Photo shoot for the new flyer
All master students were photographed recently so that we have some nice pictures for the new flyer and poster.
LMU is hiring new aquatic ecology professor
Prof Sebastian Diehl left for an exciting new position in Umea, Sweden (see here). Therefore the university is now looking for candidates to fill his position. The deadline for applications is the 20th of November. For more information, see here.
Updates to website: Erasmus Mundus Master's Program
We have added a page to our website (see sidebar at left, or click here) that describes the new Erasmus Mundus Master's Program in Evolutionary Biology (MEME). Five universities are participating in this prestigious program, including the LMU, Groningen University (Netherlands), Uppsala University (Sweden), University of Montpellier II (France), and Harvard University (USA). Please check out the MEME website.
Professor Susanne Renner chosen as member of German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
The Leopoldina is the German national academy of sciences. The total number of members is limited to 1,000 outstanding academics. Three quarters of the members are from German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and one quarter from about 30 other nations. The election to membership of the Leopoldina is the highest academic honour awarded by an institution in Germany (from Wikipedia).
New book by EES Professor
One of our EES professors and the Director of the Zoological State Collections, Prof. Dr. Gerhard Haszprunar, has just published a new book, entitled Evolution und Schöpfung - Versuch einer Synthese (EOS-Verlag; ISBN 978-3-8306-7384-2). The official presentation of the book will take place at the Museum Mensch & Natur (Nymphenburg Castle) on Thursday November 5th at 6.30 p.m. (with Kardinal Friedrich Wetter and Herzog Franz v. Bayern). The author and a theologist will also be leading a "discussion evening" on the subject at the Zoologische Staatssammlung (Münchhausenstr. 21, S2-Obermenzing) on "Darwin Day", Tuesday Nov. 24th , 7 p.m.
Winter Semester Seminar Series
The EES Masters Program and the Forschergruppe are happy to invite you to the upcoming Winter Semester Seminar Series 2009-2010!!. To see what is all about (names, dates and abstracts) see EES seminars 0910.
You can also download the Winter Semester Seminar Series Poster here
The EES Conference was a great success!!
On Oct. 12 and 13, the EES faculty and students participated in the third annual EES Conference. There were two invited speakers, and Ph.D. and Masters students gave talks and presented posters. Two Masters and two Ph.D. students were awarded the 2009 Young Researcher Prizes for outstanding research: Pablo Duchen, Rebecca Meredith, Elisabeth Bolund, and Winfried Hense. Also, we held the graduation ceremony for our first cohort of Masters students - congratulations Pablo, Rob, Rebecca, Delsy, Ricardo, and Jennifer. Thank you to everyone who organized and participated in this event!
EES Master Guidelines
The EES curriculum committee has made new EES Guidelines for the Master´s program (eg. IRT projects). Please click here EES Master Guidelines.
EES agenda
The EES agenda.
Who is who in EES
- The people who teach in the EES program.
- The institutions that contribute to the EES program.
- The EES Master's Students.
- The EES PhD Students.
- PhD-theses finished in the academic year 2006-2007: PhD theses 0607.
- Diploma-theses finished in the academic year 2006-2007: Diploma theses 0607.
Various
Overview of German MSc programs in evolution, ecology or systematics.
Some interesting research groups in Munich outside EES.
Contact
Elena Berg
EES Coordinator
Tel: 0049 89 2180 74 208
berg*at*bio.lmu.de
Our address:
LMU Biozentrum
Department Biologie II, Room B02.007
University of Munich (LMU)
Großhaderner Str. 2
D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried
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