Seminar in Microbiology, Ecology and Evolution (SMEE)

The first SMEE in the spring semester 2026 will be on the 18.02.2026.

Participating Groups

external page Evolution of Human Microbiomes and Pathogens (EHMP, Rolf Kümmerli)
Evolutionary Biology (EB, Greg Velicer)
Microbial Systems Ecology (MSE, Olga Schubert & Martin Ackermann)
Pathogen Ecology (PE, Alex Hall)
external page Evolutionary Epidemiology (EE, Sonja Lehtinen)
Theoretical Biology (TB, Sebastian Bonhoeffer)
external page Evolution of Natural Product Biosynthesis (ENPB, Aleks Nivina)
external page Predatory Bacteria (PB, Simona Huwiler)
Molecular Phage Biology (MPB, Alexander Harms)
Pathogen Evolution (PEV, Barbora Trubenová)
Food Microbiology (FM, Martin Loessner)

Alumni Groups

external page Quantitative Evolutionary Microbiology (QEM, Michael Mannhart, now at Rutgers)
Computational Biology (CB, Joshua Payne, now at Roche)
external page Health Geography and Policy (HEGEP, Thomas van Boeckel, now at UZH)
external page Evolutionary Microbiology (EM, Macarena Toll-Riera, now at IBE)

Organisation

The Seminar in Microbiology, Ecology and Evolution is organized by the Theoretical Biology Group at ETH Zürich. If you wish to receive Invitations to the biweekly meeting please subscribe to the mailing list below!

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