Titel | The Growth of the Evolutionary Thought |
Title | The Growth of the Evolutionary Thought |
Schwerpunkt/Focus | ÖEB |
Sprache/Language | englisch |
VV-Nr./Course No. | 134145 |
Modulverantwortlich/Responsible | Dr. Peter Czuppon |
Vertreter/Co-responsible | Prof. Dr. Joachim Kurtz |
Anbieter/Teachers | Peter Czuppon, Joachim Kurtz |
Typ/Type | Vorlesung/Lecture, Journal Club |
SWS/Semerster periods per week | 5 |
Arbeitslast(h)/Work load | 150 h |
KP/Credit points | 5 KP |
Zuordnung/Classification | Fortgeschrittenen-Modul |
Semester/Semester | WiSe |
Studierende/Students | MSc Biowissenschaften MSc Biotechnologie MSc Molekulare Biomedizin |
Corona-Informationen/Corona-Information | |
Zeit/Date | 26.10.2023 -- 15.02.2024 (weekly on Mondays -- journal club); 30.10.2023 -- 05.02.2024 (weekly on Tuesdays -- lecture) |
Ort/Location | tba |
Beginn/Start | 26.10.2023 |
Vorbesprechung/Obligatory pre-meeting | keine |
Voraussetzung/Prerequisite | The course will be taught in English and active participation in discussions is expected. |
Anmeldung/Registration | Online Anmeldung |
Leistungskontrollen/Performance assessments | essay, essay presentation, paper presentation, participation |
Termine f. Leistungskontrollen/Date for performance assessments | |
max. NP/Max. grade points | 200 NP |
Ziele/Aims | overview of the history of evolutionary theory and the emergence of its subdisciplines; introduction into interdisciplinary research related to evolutionary biology |
Inhalte/Content | The lectures and accompanying journal clubs will deal with different aspects of evolutionary biology, in particular offering an interdisciplinary and historical perspective on the development of evolutionary theory. Lectures will be given by various experts from the WWU and from elsewhere on their current research, e.g. in evolutionary ecology, evolutionary medicine, or behavioral ecology. The lectures vary from year to year. The journal clubs will introduce the students to the topic related to the next lecture by discussion of a research or review article. Topics that we cover typically include: - Speciation & Extinction in the Anthropocene - Extended Evolutionary Synthesis - The struggles of evolving cooperation - The danger of story-telling: Adaptations, in hindsight, or not? - Gene-centered view – Organisms as machines? - Evolutionary Medicine -- The (im)possibility to prevent the evolution of resistance - The value and place of theoretical models in evolution (and ecology) |
Methoden/Methods | critical reading of scientific literature; conception and writing of a scientific essay in form of an opinion/review article; presentation of a scientific paper; presentation of scientific ideas |
Berufsrelevante und interdisziplinäre Komponenten/Occupational and interdisciplinary skills | |
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Präsenzpflicht/Compulsory presence | ja/yes |
Plätze/Number of participants | 12 |
Gruppengröße/Group size | |
Materialien/Materials | |
Literatur/Literature | Research articles that will be announced in the journal club. |
Links | http://www.uni-muenster.de/Evolution/mgse/teaching/tgotet.html |
Sonstiges/Further information | Note that this module is running throughout the semester in parallel to the block modules. The workload of this module is spread out so that participation in the regular modules is possible. |
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