Welcome to the Department of Zoology
The Department of Zoology has a long history, but is also very much with its time. It was founded in 1880, as the first at Stockholms University, and is continously changing to make room for new exciting research fields. The divisions for zoological ecology, ethology, morphology and population genetics are located in Arrheniuslaboratorierna, while systematics och evolution is mainly found at the Swedish Museum of Natural History. We also have a well-equipped research station a few miles south of Stockholm
Research
Our current research is focused on animal evolution, ecology and behaviour, but within a broad spectrum from nervous system to ecosystem - on model organism from fruit flies and butterflies to fishes, birds and arctic foxes. Not even human is excluded - we take part in the interdisciplinary Centre for the study of Cultural Evolution. As part of the research programme Ekoklim we study ecological effects of the climate change. Our research is also theoretical within Stockholm Univerisity profile area biological modelling.
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You can find all our staff in their division:
Getting here
The major part of the department is in biology building D, but we are also in building F, at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, and at Tovetorp research station south of Stockholm.
News
Genetisk mångfald belönas
Kungliga vetenskapsakademin tilldelar professornerna Nils Ryman och Linda Laikre Sture Centerwalls pris 2013 för banbrytande populationsgenetisk forskning om genetisk mångfald.
New environmental action plan
Zootis is actively working with environmental questions and now the new enironmental action plan for 2013 is published.
30,2 million to Zootis
Professor Sören Nylin has been granted a major funding from The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation for the project Insect life cycle genomics and adaptation in the wild - Zootis congratulates!