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Magnus D. Norling will give a talk with title "Universal coefficient theorem in KK-theory". This presentation is part of the final act of the course on "The Baum-Connes conjecture and KK-theory".

”Population Dynamics, Size Hierarchies and Neighbour Interactions of Early Colonizing Vascular Plants of a Norwegian Glacier Foreland”

Bas Jordans will give a talk with title  "Higson's characterization of KK-theory". This presentation is  part of the final act of the course on "The Baum-Connes conjecture and Kasparov's KK-theory".

”Population dynamics, size hierarchy and neighbour interactions of early colonizing vascular plants in a Norwegian glacier foreland”

Steffen Grønneberg (BI Norwegian Business School), gives a seminar in  Auditorium 4, Vilhelm Bjerknes house, at 14:15, Tuesday May 27th:

Econometric inference theories and multiple use of the same data

”Are sperm characters related to genetic diversity in the bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) ?”

We will be discussing a recent paper by Roesti et al. (2014) which uses simulations and stickleback data to test for patterns of adaptive divergence in the genome. We particularly invite participants of the CELS endringsmiljø!

Friday seminar by Anna Iglikowska from Institute of Oceanology of Polish Academy of Sciences

Brit Salbu, Professor, Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Welcome to the GeoHyd Lunch Seminar Friday 23 May @11:15. Meet up in AUD II in the Geology building.

NOTE THE SEMINAR IS HELD ONE HOUR EARLIER DUE TO MEETINGS AT NFR!!!!

This week in the macroevolution journal club we will read a paper by Althoff et al. 2014 : "Testing for coevolutionary diversification: linking pattern with process". Join us for a discussion of this short review on potential mechanisms of coevolutionary diversification and ways to test it.

This week we will read a recent paper by Patrik Nosil and colleagues on the repeatability of the genetic changes driving the divergence of populations into new species. The paper is entitled "Stick Insect Genomes Reveal Natural Selection’s Role in Parallel Speciation" and was recently published in Science. The reported findings indicate that natural selection can drive parallel phenotypic evolution via parallel genetic changes.

Jan Olav Eeg, UiO

Recent measurements for direct CP-violation in decays of neutral charmed mesons (explicitly D⁰-> K⁺ + K^- and/or D⁰ -> π⁺ + π^- ) might indicate the existence of New Physics beyond the Standard Model.  A concrete model to explain the effect is proposed by Altmannshofer et al. This model, based on a colored flavor changing scalar, will also generate  a new contribution to the electric dipole  moment of the neutron (NEDM).   I present a calculation for this quantity within the proposed  New Physics model. The calculation shows that the obtained value for the  NEDM within the model is close  to its experimental bound.

by Professor Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, Director of the School of Earth and Space Science at Arizona State University, and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED).

Late lunch talk by Claudia Junge.

Professor Harry Zheng (Imperial College, London) holder et seminar med tittelen: Existence and Construction of Smooth Solutions to HJB Equations and Applications 

Friday seminar by Per Ahlberg from Uppsala University

Join us this week, Friday 16th of May, to discuss a paper by Monroe & Bokma (2009): "Do speciation rates drive rates of body size evolution in mammals?" and continue last weeks discussion on phylogenetic analysis of speciation.  

This week we will discuss what are the rate-limiting factors for the establishment of new species. In this regard, we will read a recent paper by Trevor Price and colleagues on the factors determining the rate of speciation in Himalayan song birds. The paper is entitled "Niche filling slows the diversification of Himalayan songbirds" and was recently published in Nature. The findings by Price et al. suggest that it is the rates at which new niches are created and occupied that limits diversification, not the rate at which new species form through reproductive isolation.

CEES Extra seminar by Matthew Webster

Professor Yaozhong Hu (University of Kansas) holder et seminar med tittelen: Density convergence for some nonlinear Gaussian stationary sequences

Flow induced vibration (FIV) is a recent discipline in Flow Assurance which focuses on the piping and equipment vibrations caused by the internal flow of gas, oil and/or water in subsea production systems (SPS). Those vibrations may cause fatigue failure at weak spots in the piping such as welds and tees. Due to recent incidents and ever-increasing production rates and velocities, FIV is now considered as a major limiting factor in the design and operation of SPS. Based on real cases and ongoing projects, this presentation provides an introduction to the following aspects: fluid-structure interaction mechanism, fatigue mechanism, design requirements for SPS, analysis tools and vibration monitoring techniques.

Cand. pharm Helene Jonassen ved Farmasøytisk institutt vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d: Polysaccharide based nanoparticles for drug delivery applications.