‘Sex and Signaling in Mandrills’ By Dr Joanna Setchell (Durham University, Department of Anthropology) Abstract: Mandrills are one of the most sexually dimorphic mammals. Adult males possess bright red, blue, pink and purple skin on the face, rump and genitalia. Unusually for an Old World primate, which are generally regarded as microsomatic, they also possess […]
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Annual LERN/CEE Medawar Lecture Evolutionary Theory Evolving By Sir Patrick Bateson (Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge) Date: 18.30, 25th November 2009 Location: JZ Young Lecture Theatre, Anatomy Department, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
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‘Troubling the waters of anthropology – Is wading the missing factor in the evolution of hominid bipedalism?’ By Algis Kuliukas (UWA) Date: April 23rd 2009, at 18:00 Location: Daryll Forde Seminar Room (2nd floor of the Department of Anthropology, UCL) Abstract: 150 years after “The Origin of Species” there is still no consensus among anthropologists for a Darwinian
Seeing that Valentine’s day is coming up, as well Darwin’s 200th birthday, we’ve decided to go with a talk fitting for the occasion. ‘Duration of courtship effort as a costly signal’ By Peter Sozou (Warwick an LSE) Date: February 12th 2009 at 6:30pm Location: Archaeology Lecture Room, UCL (Institute of Archaeology, UCL)
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‘On the use and misuse of epigenetics in evolutionary psychology’ By Brian Garvey (Philosophy, Lancaster University) Abstract: In recent decades, there has been much work on the role of non-genetic factors in inheritance, development, and evolution. This has led to a re-evaluation of some traditional ideas, and in particular to a questioning of the traditional
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Annual LERN/CEE Medawar Lecture ‘Bringing fossils back to life: How trilobites lived‘ By Richard Fortey FRS (Natural History Museum) Abstract: Trilobites were a very diverse group of marine arthropods that are now extinct, and without close living relatives. How can we deduce something about the ways in which these organisms might have lived? Plausible answers can
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‘City Wild: The nature of a living London’ By Mathew Frith (Landscape Regeneration Manager, Peabody Trust & Vice-Chair, London Wildlife Trust Mathew will be speaking about biodiversity in London and urban wildlife. Date: 7th October 2008, at 18.00 Location: Drayton Ricardo lecture theatre, UCL * Click here to download a poster for this event.
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‘Evolution in Protein Structures‘ By Janet Thornton (EBI Hinxton) Abstract: Protein three dimensional structures include many patterns at all levels of structure. We are all familiar with the repeating alpha-helices and beta-strands. These combine to generate 3D motifs and superstructures, which recur in many unrelated proteins. Most recently we have focused on the evolution of
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‘Mosquito immunity, evolution, and malaria control’ By Jacob Koella (Imperial College London) Abstract: Genetic manipulation of mosquitoes for malaria control continues to attract much attention (and funding). One idea is to transform mosquitoes with genes enhancing their immune response against malaria (and that can spread though natural populations). Such a strategy can be successful only
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‘The reality of DNA-based approaches in taxonomy’ By Alfried Vogler (Imperial College London & Natural History Museum) Abstract: The advent of DNA taxonomy and DNA barcoding has stirred up emotions widely among biologists, mainly because of sensitivities in the taxonomic research community and the inadequate evolutionary theory of early procedures. Is there a common ground for these
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