We are seeking knowledge about biodiversity and phylogenetic relationships among organisms by studying morphologies, DNA, behaviour, ecology and distributions. We use computational methods to estimate phylogenetic trees. We use trees to infer events in the history of evolution and to classify groups of organisms in monophyletic groups

2013

10.June: Louis Boumans, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

Intersexual communication as a barrier to gene flow in stoneflies

30. May: Nataliya Budaeva; Guest researcher, University Museum of Bergen
P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences.

Phylogeny and systematics of onuphid bristle worms (Annelida)

17. April: Frank Nielsen, Professor, Department of Biology, University of Bergen.

The salmon louse genome - a resource for research in basic and applied biology.

Cancelled due to sickness

20. March: Jenny Smedmark, Associate Professor, The Natural History Collections, University Museum of Bergen

Including the uncertainty in topology and divergence times in historical biogeography reconstruction– two examples from the Coffee family

Realfagbygget, 1^st Floor, De naturhistoriske samlinger, room 1106 (kurssal), 13:15 h.

14. February: Gunnar Kvifte, The Natural History Collections, University Museum of Bergen

Male genital homologies of the Psychodini and their phylogenetic significance (Insecta Diptera: Psychodidae, Psychodinae)

RFB, Natural History Collections, kursal 1C13e, (first floor)at 13:15h

30. January: Bjørn A. Hatteland, Department of Biology, University of Bergen.

Invasive species as part of species complexes: the case of the large Arion slugs

Bioblokken B, room K3/4

2012

11. December: Tim Wollesen, Dept. of Integrative Zoology, University of Vienna, Austria.

On pygmy squids, giant brains, and molluscan heads.

Bioblokken B, room K3/4 (ground floor) at 13:15h

14. November: Viktor Baranov, Kharkiv National University, Biological Faculty, Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology, Ukraine.

Significance of amber fossils in phylogenetics and paleontological studies: brief synopsis.

 Bioblokken B, room K3/4 (ground floor) at 13:15h

26. October: Jan Yde Poulsen, University Museum of Bergen.

 Phylogeny of lanternfishes based on mitochondrial gene order

 Bioblokken B, room K3/4 (ground floor) at 13:15h

27. September: Kevin Kocot, Auburn University, AL, USA -

New insights into molluscan evolution through phylogenomics

Bioblokken B, room K3 (ground floor) kl. 13:00

2011

23. June: David Reid - Natural History, Biogeography and Evolution of Mangrove-Associated Molluscs

Lille Auditorium (rom 2142) HIB Datablokken kl. 13:00

2010

28. May: Jan Yde Poulsen - “Scopelomorph phylogeny from mt nucleotides and gene order.”

Science Building Room 1104 (RFB:M1104) kl. 14:00

30. April: Alexander Plotkin - "Sponge family Polymastiidae: morphology and phylogenetic hypotheses."

16. April: Gunnar Kvifte - "The origin of insects."

29. January: Heidi Solstad (UiO) - "Towards an understanding of arctic and alpine poppies - Papaver sect. Meconella."

2009

30. November:  Humberto Fonseca Mendes - "Biogeography of Brazilian chironomids."

28. September: Bjarte Jordal - "Cybertaxonomy. Present possibilities and future perspectives."

14. september: Paco Cardenas - "Report from the MBL workshop on Molecular Evolution, August 2009."

8. juni:  Steffen Roth - "Neuropeptides as a new character set to study insect phylogeny"

18.  May: Jan Yde Poulsen - "Higher and lower mitogenomic relationships of deep-sea Alepocephaliformes (Pisces: Otocephala) and problems in the use of amino acid data as compared to nucleotides"

11. May: Paco Cardenas - "Porifera Phylogeny, focusing on the Astrophorida order (Demospongiae)"

4. mai: Ingvar Byrkjedal - "New developments in bird phylogenetics"

23. mars: Endre Willassen - "Species tree from gene trees using BEST"

9. mars:  Louise Lindblom - One bipolar taxon or two distinct taxa? -  A systematic investigation using haplotype networks"