Speaker: Dr. Gregory D. Edgecombe, The Natural History Museum (London)
Title: Arthropod evolution: An integrative approach to fossil evidence
Speaker: Dr. Oren Forkosh, Faculty of agriculture
Title: Animal behavior and animal personalities across species; Why is it good to be different (just like everybody else)?
Speaker: Igor Armiach, EEB Department, HUJI (PhD talk)
Title: Systematics and evolution in a biogeographical crossroads: Lycosidae of Israel as a case study
Speaker: Dr. Michal Segoli, Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Ben-Gurion University
Title: Why do potter wasps collect parasitized caterpillars into their nests?
Speaker: Dr. Shai Pilosof, Ben-Gurion University
Title: Ecological multilayer networks in the microbial world
Speaker: Prof. Eric Wajnberg, INRAE institute, France
Title: Optimal patch exploitation time in insect parasitoids: From ultimate predictions to proximate patch-leaving mechanisms
Speaker: Dr. Hagai Shemesh,Tel- Hai College
Title: The ecological significance of fungal spore banks, from the northern Galilee to the White Mountains of California
Speaker: Prof. Rachel (Ekly) Ben-Shlomo, Haifa University / Oranim
Title: title: Population genetics, invasiveness, and the molecular clockwork of the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri
Speaker: Dr. Yasmin Meroz, School of Plant Science and Food Security, Tel Aviv University
Title: How memory shapes plant tropisms
Speaker: Dr. Julie Verheyen,KU Leuven, Belgium
Title: A deadly cocktail in a changing world: pesticides become more toxic under warming