2. Evolutionary Biology

2.1. Compulsory Modules

MEV 1 Basic Modul Evolutionary Biology

• 300009 VO Evolutionary Biology
• 300511 VO [ en ] Concepts in Evolutionary Biology
• 300515 VO [ en ] Speciation and coevolution - Concepts und case studies

MEV 2 Methods and Research Training in Evolutionary Biology

• 300096 PP Arthropoda - morphology and evolution
• 300190 PP [ en ] Hands-on Cryopreparation techniques and Immunolabelling for Light and Electron Microscopy - To enable advanced BIO-stud. to understand & apply advan.cryo-electron microscopy, immunolabelling within their own research. Supported by lectures & demonst., this intensive, hand-on training courese teaches special. techn.,such as Tokuyasu cryosectioning, high-pressure freezing-freeze substitution & acrylic resin embedding for high resol. localization of intracell. proteins & other intracell. struc. by immunogold labelling
• 300232 PP Fluorescence staining, confocal microscopy and computer generated 3D-reconstruction
• 300302 UE [ de en ] Practical Course in Cell and Developmental Biology
• 300488 PP GIS field methods and behavioural ecology & diversity of neotropical amphibians - PP in French Guiana. In compulsory combination with the seminar "biology of tropical amphibians" 300180 (SE)

2.2. Block of Elective Modules: Evolutionary Biology

MEV W-1 Advanced Topics in Evolutionary Biology

• 300003 VO Island biology Biogeography - Island biology Biogeography and evolutionary processes on islands
• 300055 VO Introduction into evolutionary biology - current topics in vertebrate systematics
• 300114 SE [ en ] Current Topics in Molecular Microbial Ecology and Evolution 1
• 300159 VO Evolutionary biology of birds
• 300281 VO [ en ] Symbiosis - concepts and model systems
• 300316 SE [ en ] Seminar for Masters and PhD students - Current Trends in Metazoan Morphology, Systematics and Development
• 300355 SE Evolutionary Considerations about Sex and Gender
• 300525 SE+UE Scientific research at the Museum of Natural History - significance of scientific collections for evolutionary studies
• 300527 UE Practical course: molecular phylogeny based on museum specimens
• 300713 SE [ en ] Population genetics: theoretical and empirical approaches

MEV W-2 Developmental Biology

• 300222 VO Comparative embryology of animals
• 300489 VO [ de en ] Growth and Proportion - Basics of biosystemstheory II
• 300530 UE [ en ] Imaging and visualization in developmental biology - Principles and applications, including 3 D Methods

MEV W-3 Theoretical Biology

• 300183 VO Human "Evo-Devo": The evolution of human development
• 300188 VO [ de en ] Theoretical Morphology
• 300357 UE [ en ] Mathematical Basics for Theoretical Biology

MEV W-4 Advanced Topics of Hominide Evolution

• 300033 VO Virtual Anthropology - Introduction into digital 3D-methods
• 300078 VO Hominid Evolution

MEV W-5 Processes and Methods in Plant Evolution and Speciation

• 300110 VO [ en ] Macromolecules and molecular phylogeny in plant systematics and evolution
• 300467 VO [ en ] Plant and Fungal Evolution and Diversity

MEV W-6 Advanced Topics of Plant Evolution, Systematics and Biogeography

• 300235 SE [ en ] Seminar in Plant Systematics and Evolution
• 300273 SE Biosystematics and floristics of European Vascular Plants
• 300319 UE [ en ] Plant Chromosome Structure and Evolution: theory and practice - Chromosome analysis in flowering plants
• 300393 EX Field mycology
• 300429 SE [ en ] Seminar in Systematic and Evolutionary Botany
• 300471 SE [ en ] Seminar Chemodiversity Research - Phytochemistry, function, interpretation
• 300548 SE Mutualistic Interactions of plants and ants - Communication & nutritional ecology
• 300620 SE Mycological research in Austria, reports from systematics and ecology

MEV W-7 Basic Modul Zoology

• 300143 VO Animal development and systematics
• 300472 VO [ en ] Behavioural ecology

MEV W-8 Palaeontology and Evolution