Date :

17.03.2006– 19.03.2006

Location:

pension Zum Goldenen Hirschen

seminar room of the Lindenhof

(1) arrival of the guests from Potsdam in the afternoon

(2) 6.30pm - collective dinner in the Oskar

Saturday, 18.03.2006

(1) talks of the PhD students

9.30am - 9.50am Karoline Franz: “The functional role of biogenic amines in the behaviour of honey bees”

9.50-10.10 Nora Becker: “Control of physiological adaptations to modified ecological conditions by endocrine signals in aphids”

10.10-10.30 Lars Vollborn: “Neuronal control of ecdyson synthesis in Drosophila melanogaster”

10.30-10.40 break

10.40-11.00 Thorin Geister: “Endocrine control of egg size in the t ropical butterfly Bicyclus anynana”

11.00-11.20 Piotr Kos: “Organisation of the microtubule system in Drosophila compound eyes“

(2) 11.30-1.00pm collective lunch

(3) 1.00-1.30 trip to the Botanic Garden

(4) 1.50-3.45 poster presentation in the Botanic Garden

(5) 5.00-6.00 visitation of the Bayreuther Festspielhaus

(6) collective dinner

Sunday, 19.03.2006

(1) talks of the PhD students

10.00am-10.20am Olliver Kress: “The function of dye-producing microorganisms in ar thropods”

10.20-10.40 Syed Abid Hussaini: “Honeybee sleep”

10.40-11.00 Sebastian Ryczek: “Structure and biological significance of buprestin from European jewel beetles”

11.00-11.20 break

11.20-11.40 Claudia Niggebrügge: “Visual physiology of hymenopterans: molecular biological and electrophysiological approaches”

11.40-12.00 Stefan Groß: “Secondary plant products and food choice exemplified by the wood-feeding termite Schedorhinotermes lamanianus“

(2) 12.00-1.00pm concluding discussion

(3) departure of the guests from Potsdam in the afternoon