Symposium "Human reproduction and evolution"

19.07.2023

Three WoBio members are organizing an interdisciplinary symposium on human evolution and reproduction

WoBio members Barbara Fischer, Katya Stansfield and Nicole D. S. Grunstra are organizing a symposium entitled "Human reproduction and evolution: perspectives from developmental biology, obstetrics, orthopedics and biomechanics". Anyone interested in attending (part or all of) the symposium is very welcome to do so!

  • Title: Human reproduction and evolution: perspectives from developmental biology, obstetrics, orthopedics and biomechanics
  • Organisers: Barbara Fischer, Katya Stansfield, Nicole Grunstra, Philipp Mitteröcker
  • Dates: September 7-8, 2023
  • Time: appr. 9am-5pm (CEST) of both days
  • Location: University of Vienna, University Biology Building (UBB), Lecture Hall 2
  • Website: https://human-reproduction-symposium.univie.ac.at/
  • Registration: not required

Scientific sessions

Comparative Anatomy and Biology
Karen Rosenberg (Univ. Delaware), Nicole Grunstra (Univ. Vienna), Nicole Webb (Univ. Tübingen), Philipp Mitteroecker, (Univ. Vienna), Lia Betti (Univ. Roehampton) Nicole Torres Tamayo (Univ. Roehampton)

Obstetrics
Wolfgang Umek (MedUni Vienna), Engelbert Hanzal (Meduni Vienna), Barbara Fischer (Univ. Vienna)

Biomechanics of the Pelvic Floor
Katya Stansfield (Univ. Vienna), Marco Parente (Univ. Porto)

Paleoanthropology
Pierre Frémondière (Aix-Marseille Univ.), Martin Häusler (Univ. Zurich)

Energetics
Jonathan Wells (UCL), Cédric Cordey (Univ. Zurich)

Locomotion
Jochen Hofstätter (Orthop. Hospital Vienna Speising), Sebastian Simon (Orthop. Hospital Vienna Speising), Hans Kainz (Univ. Vienna), Clara Egner (Univ. Vienna)

Developmental Biology
Nicolas Rivron (IMBA Vienna), Mihaela Pavlicev (Univ. Vienna), Günter Wagner (Yale)

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Poster of the symposium. On the left, turquoise silhouette of a pregnant woman seen from profile with a pink oval figuring the uterus, in which a baby is drawn head down. The rest has a turquoise border. At the bottom, there is a QR to the website of the symposium on the right, and three logos on the left (University of Vienna, Department of Evolutionary Biology, FWF). Inside, information about the symposium is written: Scientific symposium on Human reproduction and evolution: Perspectives from developmental biology, obstetrics, orthopedics and biomechanics; organized by Barbara Fischer, Nicole Grunstra, Katya Stansfield and Philipp Mitteroecker; Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Vienna. 7th-8th September 2023 @ University of Vienna 9am-5pm Lecture hall HS2 University Biology Building (UBB) Djerassiplatz 1, 1030 Vienna With Obstetrics Wolfgang Umek (MedUni Vienna), Engelbert Hanzal (Meduni Vienna), Barbara Fischer (Univ. Vienna) Comparative Anatomy and Biology Karen Rosenberg (Univ. Delaware), Nicole Grunstra (Univ. Vienna), Nicole Webb (Univ. Tübingen), Philipp Mitteroecker, (Univ. Vienna), Lia Betti (Univ. Roehampton) Nicole Torres Tamayo (Univ. Roehampton) Paleoanthropology Pierre Frémondière (Aix-Marseille Univ.), Martin Häusler (Univ. Zurich) Energetics Jonathan Wells (UCL), Cédric Cordey (Univ. Zurich) Biomechanics of the Pelvic Floor Katya Stansfield (Univ. Vienna), Marco Parente (Univ. Porto) Locomotion Jochen Hofstätter (Orthop. Hospital Vienna Speising), Sebastian Simon (Orthop. Hospital Vienna Speising), Hans Kainz (Univ. Vienna), Clara Egner (Univ. Vienna) Developmental Biology Nicolas Rivron (IMBA Vienna), Mihaela Pavlicev (Univ. Vienna), Günter Wagner (Yale) For program and contact information see: https://human-reproduction-symposium.univie.ac.at/ Registration is not required. Coffee will be served.