On Tuesday 7th of October, Dr. Tobias Pamminger from the University of Sussex gave an invited talk on "Host behavioral defense against the slave making ant Protomognathus americanus".

We were delighted to see so many interested myrmecologists, ecologists and other biologists in the audience. Overall, the event was a great success, with loads of opportunities for PhD students and other scientists to renew and establish collaborations, discuss and revise new project ideas and get, once again, valuable first-hand advice on private and professional challenges accompanying scientific life.

Dr. Tobias Pamminger was invited by the RIGeL Graduate Colloquium Group as their 3rd invited speaker in 2014.