14 January 2009
GEE, UCL

Causes and consequences of structural variation of human beta-defensin genes

Dr Ed Hollox (University of Leicester)
Venue: A V Hill, UCL

21 January 2009
GEE, UCL

Sex, drugs and antiretroviral drug resistance

Prof Deenan Pillay (University College London)
Venue: A V Hill, UCL

Evolution in Darwin’s dreampools: the adaptive radiations of cichlid fishes in east Africa

Dr Walter Salzburger (University of Basel)
Venue: A V Hill, UCL

How animal groups make consensus decisions

Dr David Sumpter (University of Uppsala)
Venue: A V Hill, UCL

DARWIN'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

11 February 2009
CEE

EVENT STARTS AT 4 PM

Organs of extreme perfection and complication: how brains evolved

Why primates have big brains
Prof Rob Barton (University of Durham)

Evolution of the monogamous brain
Prof Robin Dunbar (University of Oxford)

Venue: Flett Lecture Theatre, Natural History Museum, London

Fitness in a fluctuating environment and the Haldane-Jayakar model of polymorphism

Prof Russ Lande (Imperial College/USSD)
Venue: A V Hill, UCL

Speciation and natural selection in anciently asexual bdelloid rotifers

Dr Tim Barraclough (Imperial College)
Venue: A V Hill, UCL

Beyond the silver bullet: ecosystem services and conservation strategy

Prof Bill Adams, University of Cambridge
Venue: A V Hill, UCL

11 March 2009
GEE, UCL

Crop epigenetics: does the genomic dark matter matter

Dr Graham King (Rothamsted Research)
Venue: A V Hill, UCL

Searching for the footprints of natural selection in the human genome

Dr Lluis Quintana-Murci (Institut Pasteur, Paris)

Venue: A V Hill, UCL