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diss:kurs – Doctoral Candidates and Postdocs of the University of Basel Present Their Research
diss:kurs is all about doctoral and postdoctoral research: Doctoral candidates and postdocs from various disciplines provide insight into their project in inspiring short presentations. The event is aimed at anyone who is interested in doing or is already pursuing a PhD or who is curious about the research conducted at the University of Basel
diss:kurs 2022
On May 12, 2022, eight doctoral candidates and postdocs of the University of Basel presented their own research project to an academic and wider public at Theater Tabourettli. Impressions of the event and the videos of the presentations can be found here:
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Welcome address and introduction by Dr. Stefanie Hof-Seiler, Head of Doctoral Education. (Image: © Christian Flierl)link.zoom -
Welcome speech by Prof. Dr. Thomas Grob, Vice President for Education. (Image: © Christian Flierl)link.zoom -
Carolin Sommer-Trembo gave the first talk entitled "How Curiosity Affects our Biodiversity". (Image: © Christian Flierl)link.zoom -
Talk by Kathrin Gabler & Stephan Unter entitled "Crossing Boundaries – Modern Approaches to an Ancient Egyptian Papyrus Puzzle". (Image: © Christian Flierl)link.zoom -
Many people attended diss:kurs 2022 on May 12. (Image: © Christian Flierl)link.zoom -
Priska Zuber gave a talk entitled "Working Memory in the Presence of Distraction – The Key to Successful Training?". (Image: © Christian Flierl)link.zoom -
Before the break, Umut Kilik presented his talk "Can We Replay Evolution in a Dish?". (Image: © Christian Flierl)link.zoom -
Refreshing drinks were served during the break. (Image: © Christian Flierl)link.zoom -
Ana Zora Maspoli gave a talk entitled "Was bleibt. Eine archäologische Perspektive auf Bestattungsrituale in der Antike". (Image: © Christian Flierl)link.zoom -
Abaas Karim gave a talk entitled "Konsensdemokratie und Nationsbilung im Irak und in der Autonomen Region Kurdistan (ARK)". (Image: © Christian Flierl)link.zoom -
The last talk "Recht in der Not - Die Katastrophe von Schweizerhalle und ihre Folgen" was given by Anja Fankhauser. (Image: © Christian Flierl)link.zoom -
Closing remarks by Prof. Dr. Torsten Schwede, Vice President for Research. (Image: © Christian Flierl)link.zoom -
The event ended with an apero riche. (Image: © Christian Flierl)link.zoom
Carolin Sommer-Trembo, Postdoc, Environmental Sciences
In the face of a worldwide biodiversity crisis, it is more important than ever before to understand how biodiversity works. The biological mechanism being responsible for our biodiversity is called speciation. Carolin Sommer-Trembo explains how the speciation process can be shaped by differences in animal personality, particularly by different levels of curiosity.
Kathrin Gabler, Postdoc, Egyptology & Stephan Unter, PhD Candidate, Computer Science
In the ‘Crossing Boundaries’ Project, the researchers approach a large archive of ancient Egyptian papyri, contextualised and interdisciplinary. While Kathrin Gabler uses an Egyptological and philological perspective on the material, Stephan Unter accesses the papyri from a technical and informatics point of view, applying machine learning techniques to a fragmentary papyrus puzzle. Together, they preserve the past for the future, using modern methods and tools.
Priska Zuber, Postdoc, Psychology
When we get older, our working memory naturally declines and it gets difficult to suppress distractors during a task that relies on working memory. As a consequence, daily life activities can get challenging. Priska Zuber discusses the role of distractors in improving working memory as a smartphone training in elderly adults.
Umut Kilik, PhD Candidate, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Humans reshaped the biosphere by adapting to significant life changes along the course of evolution. In this talk, Umut Kilik will be sharing the perspective of finding the uniquely human features of our guts and how they could guide us to understand gut diseases with the help of organoid models.
Ana Zora Maspoli, Postdoktorandin, Provinzialrömische Archäologie
In der Geschichte der Menschheit haben Rituale schon immer Halt und Struktur in schwierigen Situationen gegeben. Ana Maspoli zeigt anhand von Bestattungspraktiken und Ritualen aus dem römischen Vindonissa (CH), wie die Menschen in der Vergangenheit mit dem Tod umgegangen sind und was bis heute von Bedeutung geblieben ist.
Abaas Karim, Doktorand, Near & Middle Eastern Studies
In seiner Forschungsarbeit zeigt Abaas Karim auf, dass nicht die Teilung des Irak, sondern die föderalistische Konsensdemokratie eine geeignete Lösung für den Irak und die Kurdenfrage im Irak darstellen kann.
Anja Fankhauser, Doktorandin, Rechtswissenschaft
Der Brand eines Lagergebäudes in Schweizerhalle im November 1986 führte zu einem der schlimmsten Umweltereignisse der Schweiz und fand internationale Beachtung. In ihrem Vortrag erläutert Anja Fankhauser sowohl die Umweltfolgen als auch die rechtlichen Konsequenzen dieser Katastrophe. Der Fokus liegt in rechtlicher Hinsicht auf der Entstehung der eidgenössischen Störfallverordnung.
