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Darwin Day 12 February 2019: Darwin's finches

Welcome to the annual Darwin Day lectures! This open event is for everybody interested in science and history. All are welcome! Lectures by Peter R. Grant & B. Rosemary Grant, Arkhat Abzhanov, and Leif Andersson

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Research news

New grants to CEES researchers Dec. 20, 2018

Congratulation to Boris Schmid on a Young Research Talent grant, and to Bastiaan Star and Sanne Boessenkool on becoming partners in a new Innovative Training Network (ITN).
Kjetill S. Jakobsen new Chair of CEES Sep. 28, 2018

At a meeting for all CEES members, Professor Kjetill S. Jakobsen was introduced as the new Chair of CEES by the Head of the Department of Biosciences, Rein Aasland.

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Our researchers in the media

Århundrets funn fra middelalderen Jan. 4, 2019 5:12 PM
Noen meter under overflaten, i strandkanten under Ekebergåsen i Oslo, har flere hundre år gamle skatter kommet til overflaten.
Spørreundersøkelse om skrantesjuke og storviltjegere Jan. 4, 2019 2:09 PM
Hvordan synes den norske storviltjegeren at myndighetene har håndtert funnet av smittsom skrantesjuke hos villrein i Norge?

News from Titan.uio.no

Hopper etter Wirkola og vil ta CEES til nye suksesser Jan. 15, 2019 12:58 PM
Kjetill S. Jakobsen fikk litt følelsen av å skulle «hoppe etter Wirkola» da han overtok som CEES-leder etter Nils Chr. Stenseth. Men skal du hoppe etter en vinner, er det bare én ting som nytter: Å satse for fullt. – CEES skal videreføres som merkevare og prosjekt, men også utvikles videre, fastslår han.
Pesten ble importert til Europa flere ganger gjennom nye handelsruter Jan. 7, 2019 8:26 AM
De gjentatte utbruddene av pest i Vest-Europa i middelalderen skyldtes neppe at smitten var der hele tiden. Det ser isteden ut til at pestbakterien, som blant annet forårsaket Svartedauden, ble fraktet til Vest-Europa flere ganger i løpet av middelalderen – langs nye handelsruter for import av dyrepelser østfra.

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Publications

New publication: Hunting and evolution: theory, evidence, and unknowns

By Marco Festa-Bianchet § and Atle Mysterud* in Journal of Mammalogy.
New publication: Ecological niche modeling as a tool for prediction of the potential geographic distribution of Bacillus anthracis spores in Tanzania

By Elibariki R. Mwakapeje, Sood A. Ndimuligo*, Gladys Mosomtai, Samuel Ayebare, Luke Nyakarahuka, Hezron E. Nonga, Robinson H. Mdegela, and Eystein Skjerve in International Journal of Infectious Diseases. Open access.
New publication: Infection prevalence and ecotypes of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in moose Alces alces, red deer Cervus elaphus, roe deer Capreolus capreolus and Ixodes ricinus ticks from Norway

By Vetle M. Stigum*, Ryanne I. Jaarsma, Hein Sprong, Christer M. Rolandsen, and Atle Mysterud* in Parasites & Vectors. Open access.

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Outreach

The role of climate and size in the spawning distribution of cod Dec. 4, 2018

Where the fish are spawning is of tremendous importance for the population ( see our post) but also for the industry relying on it, especially since harvesting is often concentrated on fish that aggregate for to spawn. Climate change and harvesting are known to strongly affect the fish population with effect on the spawning location. In a recent paper (Langangen et al. Global Change Biology ) we explore the question: “who is the culprit of spawning location change: Climate or fishing?”