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1 Mechanism Endocrinology Genetics Neurobiology Perception Physiology Integrative expertise groups Largest institute of FMNS 43 PI s, 42 support staff, >125 PhD s Unique facilities Algae, birds, fish, insects, microbes, plants, rodents to whales, humans Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences Function & Evolution Animal Ecology Behavioural biology Evolutionary biology System biology Theorethical biology

2 Expertise Groups Genomics Research in Ecology & Evolution in Nature Plant physiology Microbial ecology Marine biology Molecular neurobiology Conservation Ecology Group Evolutionary genetics Evolutionary Genetics, Development & Behaviour Behavioural biology Behavioural & Physiological Ecology Neurobiology Chronobiology Behavioural neuroscience Theoretical Research in Evolutionary Life Sciences

3 PhD Programme 1 Graduate School of Science (12 Research Institutes) GELIFES 2 Research Schools: Behavioural & Cognitive Neurosciences (national) Research School Ecology & Evolution (local) Training ( 30ects) in transferable skills and topical courses, teaching, conference visits, management experience. Awarded certificate of PhD training programme upon completion GELIFES: 150 registered PhD students, 36 nationalities, 30 with form of Double degree, 13 with finalized double degree contract Employed and scholarship PhD students, 3-4 years duration (most 4 years) Peer reviewed Thesis, min. 3 data chapters, 1 published.

4 Ecology & Evolution Theoretical Research in Evolutionary Life Sciences Etienne group - Theoretical & evolutionary community ecology Pen group - Theoretical evolutionary ecology Van Doorn group - Evolutionary systems biology Weissing group - Theoretical biology Conservation Ecology Group Both group - Animal ecology Olff group - Community & conservation ecology Piersma group - Global flyway ecology Smit group - Experimental conservation ecology Genomics Research in Ecology & Evolution in Nature Marine Biology cluster Eriksson lab - Benthic ecology Fontaine lab - Ecological & evolutionary genomics Olsen lab - Molecular marine ecology Palsbøll lab - Marine biology Microbial Ecology cluster Falcao Salles lab - Microbial community ecology Van Elsas lab - Microbial ecology Plant Physiology cluster De Kok lab - Plant physiology Elzenga lab - Ecophysiology of plants Behavioural & Physiological Ecology Hemelrijk lab - Self-organisation of social systems Komdeur lab - Avian evolutionary ecology Tieleman lab - Ecological & evolutionary physiology Verhulst lab - Behavioural ecophysiology

5 Genomics & Neuroscience Evolutionary Genetics, Development & Behaviour Behavioural Biology cluster Billeter lab - Neurogenetics of social and sexual behaviour Groothuis lab - Behavioural biology and endocrinology Maan group - Speciation, adaptation and sexual selection Evolutionary Genetics cluster Beukeboom lab - Genetics and evolution of reproductive systems Van de Zande lab - Functional molecular aspects of biological complexity Wertheim lab - Evolutionary genomics of ecological interactions Neurobiology Behavioural Neuroscience Buwalda lab Behavioural neuroscience De Boer lab Behavioural physiology Olivier lab Neuroscience & pharmacology Scheurink lab - Neuroendocrinology Van Dijk lab Neuroendocrinology & metabolism Chronobiology Beersma lab - Chronobiology Hut lab Chronobiology & molecular neuroscience Meerlo lab Chronobiology & neuroscience Molecular Neurobiology Eisel lab Molecular neuroscience & immunology Havekes lab Neuroscience of learning & memory Schoemaker lab Experimental cardiology Van der Zee lab - Molecular neuroscience

6 Competence Centres Life Long Learning - post academic E-courses for alumni, PhDs & masters Black-tailed godwit, king of the meadow (Leeuwarden 2018 European Cultural Capital) Vole cycles and grassland management Colour polymorphism in buzzards Migration of Montague s harrier Early Alzheimer detection The elder, vital brain Big data & Bioinformatics Brain and Behaviour Competence Centre Science-society collaboration International projects Sustainable Landscapes Competence Centre towards landscapes with a dynamic balance between economic, ecological, cultural and societal values Nature-inclusive agriculture Science-based conservation International projects

7 Facilities Lab facilities Animal & plant facilities Human isolation facility Molecular & sequencing labs Outdoor pools & aquarium house Metabolic, histological & behavioural labs Outdoor facilities Physical-chemical labs Rodent gardens & stocks Greenhouses Field station De Herdershut, Schiermonnikoog Field base Serengeti, Tanzania Climate chambers Indoor & outdoor aviaries

8 Global Change & Biodiversity Community and conservation ecology Ecological interaction networks Ecosystem services & sustainable development Biodiversity conservation Experimental conservation ecology Species interactions and consequences for the dynamics and spatial organization of plant communities Ecology of fear theory, biodiversity & environmental stress, grazing regimes Global flyway ecology Intertidal food web studies Meadow bird ecology of breeding (black-tailed godwit) & migrating and wintering waders (ruff and golden plover) in the Netherlands Global change ecology Global land-use effects on harriers Maintenance of genetic variation Climate change ecology of migration, dispersal and interspecific interactions Marine benthic ecology Consequences of predator declines for coastal function Consequences of non-trophic interactions for the function of intertidal flats The relation between species trait diversity and coastal function

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