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Andrew Leitch – DNA in bloom: genome dynamics in flowering plants

For this seminar we are delighted to host Prof. Andrew Leitch from Queen Mary University of London who will be giving an exciting talk on the evolution of flowering plants from a genomics perspective. Date: Thursday, 17th July 2014 at 6pmVenue: G22 LT Pearson Building (North East Entrance), UCL Here I explore the factors influencing genome structures […]

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Isabella Capellini – Secrets of sleep: predators, parasites and the evolution of sleep in mammals

Venue: Tuesday 3rd June, 5pm, Medawar Building (G01 Lankester Lecture Theatre) at UCL. Secrets of Sleep: Predators, Parasites and the Evolution of Sleep in Mammals – Dr Isabella Capellini ABSTRACT:Sleep is an essential requirement for animal life. While we have a good understanding of the major proximate mechanisms controlling sleep, we know much less about the

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Aelys Humphreys – The evolutionary significance of higher taxa

This month we have Dr Aelys Humphreys speaking about the evolutionary significance of higher taxa. Venue: Thursday 22nd May, 5pm, Medawar Building (G02 Watson Lecture Theatre) at UCL. Above the Species: The Evolutionary Significance of Higher Taxa Identifying biodiversity units is fundamental to studying how diversity evolves. Species are widely regarded to represent discrete, evolutionary units

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LERN Conference 2014

The annual LERN conference brings together evolutionary biologists from London and beyond. 5th of November 2014 at Queen Mary University of London. You can download the programme here (conference_booklet_online). Mile End Campus of Queen Mary University of London, in the Fogg Lecture Theatre. Keynote Abstracts Dr Michael Price (Brunel University): Conflict Is the Mother of Morality

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Mark Sutton – Digital organisms: simulating macroevolution in silico from first principles

The London Evolutionary Research Network is delighted to announce the next event in our evolution seminar series, to be held on the 24th of April at 5pm in the Medawar Building (G02 Watson Lecture Theatre) at UCL. Dr Mark Sutton of Imperial College London will be presenting a talk entitled “Digital Organisms: Simulating macroevolution in silico from

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Christopher Badcock – The imprinted brain theory: how evolution explains mental illness

The Imprinted Brain Theory: How Evolution Explains Mental Illness by Christopher Badcock, PhD Thursday, June 6 at UCL – 5:30 PM For more information on Christopher, checkout his blog: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-imprinted-brain Here are the slides from the lecture: Dr.Badcock_Slides_6Jun13 For more information on Dr. Badcock’s work visit his blog or check out his book on the subject.

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Graham Rook – Evolution, microbial “old friends”, immunoregulation and stress resilience

Join us on the 9th of May at 5:30 to hear Professor Rook discuss his work on evolution and stress resilience. We are very pleased to announce that Professor Graham Rook will be speaking for LERN on Thursday, the 9th of May at UCL. Professor Rook is part of UCL’s Centre for Clinical Microbiology and

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