A  joint workshop with "3e cycle romand en sciences biologiques"

Flyer (PDF document)

The target of the workshop will be to investigate conflict and cooperation on multiple levels of organisation, i.e. cooperation among genes, cells, organisms in groups including humans and conflict and cooperation on the level of cultural transmission. We aim at disentangling similarities and differences in the concepts and empirical study of social evolution in different fields (i.e. molecular, organismic and economic) and provide a platform to students who aim at developing a research project.

Invited experts :

• Professor Redouan Bshary (University of Neuchatel, Switzerland)
• Dr Andy Gardner (University of Edinburgh, U.K.)
• Dr Ashleigh Griffin (University of Oxford, U.K.)
• Dr Gilbert Roberts (Newcastle University,  U.K.)
• Professor Carel van Schaik (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
• Professor Claus Wedekind (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)

• Ralph Bergmüller, Department of Biology, University of Neuchâtel (ralph.bergmueller AT unine.ch)
• Daniel Rankin, Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich   (d.rankin AT bioc.uzh.ch)

Dates:  4-5 June 2009

Schedule (preliminary): 8.55 - 17.00

Location: Université de Neuchâtel, Faculté des sciences, UniMail, aula Louis-Guillaume

Credit points: 1.0 credit point (Scientific)

Evaluation: Active participation

Information: Please contact the organisers or the doctoral program coordinator Dr. Christiane Bobillier.

Registration fee and travel expenses:

CUSO participants: are eligible for reimbursement of incurred travel expenses on the basis of the price of public transportation (train ticket, half-fare card, and 2nd class). Please fill in the 3e cycle romand  form (PDF) and send it with original tickets to Mrs C. Bettinelli (Université de Neuchâtel, Institut de biologie,  Emile-Argand 11, Case postale 158, 2009 Neuchâtel) not later than 15 June 2009. No reimbursement will be made past this date.

"Interuniversity Doctoral Program in Organismal Biology" participants : are eligible for reimbursement of incurred travel expenses on the basis of the price of public transportation (train ticket, half-fare card, and 2nd class). Please fill in the Doctoral Program reimbursement form and send it with original tickets to Christiane Bobillier not later than 15 June 2009.

Non-CUSO students :  will have to pay CHF 50.00  as a registration fee on arrival. That covers the 2 lunches and the 4 coffee breaks. The dinner on Thursday evening is not included. If you want to participate let us know at the registration desk.

Please note that accommodation is not provided.

This course is opened to all Ph.D. students.

Maximum number of participants: 30.

Registration through the 3ecycle: Closed

Deadline: 22 May 2009