Speaker: Prof. Hadas Hawlena, Ben-Gurion University
Title: How do parasites persist in host populations and communities despite strong immune responses against them? The eco-epidemiology of Bartonella in Negev Desert rodents as a case study
Speaker: Prof. Shirli Bar-David,Ben-Gurion University
Title: Water sources impact on population genetics: from the fire salamander to the Asiatic wild ass
Speaker: Prof. Ariel Chipman, EEB Department
Prof. Rivka Rabinovich, National Collections
Title: Combining fossils and embryos to understand the evolution of the arthropod body plan
Challenges in studying Miocene- Pliocene fauna along the Levantine Corridor
Speaker: Dr. Raphael Aguillon, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University
Title: Time’s anatomy: Decoding the circadian clock system in the sea-anemone Nematostella vectensis
Speaker: Dr. Yael Lubin, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Title: The case of the missing widow spiders
Speaker: Dr. Merav Seifan, Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Title: On pollination services, plant reproduction and some smells – insights into plant-pollinator interactions in the Brassicaceae family
Speaker: Dr. Tamas Szuts, University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest
Title: Quo vadis Eresus: integrative taxonomy of the genus
Speaker: Dr. Shrutarshi Paul, Mitrani, Department of Desert Ecology, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University
Title: Revival of the lost world: Grasslands and swamp deer
Speaker: Dr. Yael Mandelik, Faculty of Agriculture, HUJI
Title: Wild bee conservation and health
Speaker: Dr. Jose Gruenzweig, Faculty of Agriculture, HUJI
Title: Will warmer and drier ecosystems worldwide function more like deserts?