Research Seminars - Spring Term 2013

1.05 p.m. Lecture Theatre B75

Monday 14th January

Dr Antony Dodd (School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol)
Circadian control of the cell.
(Host: Jane Memmott)

Monday 21st January

Professor Simon Laughlin  (Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge)
Energy, information and the designs of eyes and brains.
(Host: Nick Roberts)

Monday 28th January

Professor Sarah Randolph (Department of Zoology, Oxford University)
Biology determines presence, but socio-economics triggers emergence, of vector-borne infectious diseases.
(Host: Richard Wall)

Monday 4th February

No Seminar

Monday 11th February

Professor Walter Salzburger (Zoologisches Institut, Universität Basel, Switzerland)
Evolution in Darwin's Dreamponds: the adaptive radiations of cichlid fishes in East Africa.
(Host: Martin Genner)

Monday 18th February

Dr Jakob Vinther (School of Biological Sciences and School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol)
When molluscs go wormy - Molecular palaeobiological insights into the evolution of chitons and aplacophorans.
(Host: Gareth Jones)

Monday 25th February

Professor Mike Singer (College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas at Austin/University of Plymouth)
Butterfly life history, anthropogenic evolution and phenological synchrony with host plants in the context of climate change.
(Host: Jon Bridle)

Monday 4th March

Professor Richard Kock (Royal Veterinary College, London)
Investigating mass mortality in the critically endangered saiga antelope in Kazakhstan.
(Host: Eric Morgan)

Monday 11th March

Dr Seirian Sumner (School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol)
Mechanisms and evolution of social behaviour in eusocial insects.
(Host: Jane Memmott)

Monday 18th March

Professor Tom Gilbert (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen)
Next Generation (sequencing) Solutions to Ecological and Evolutionary Biological Questions
(Host:Gareth Jones)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


All staff, postgraduates, undergraduates and academic visitors are welcome. Unless otherwise stated, seminars will start at 1.05pm in Lecture Theatre B75. Please feel free to bring your lunch.

For any queries, contact Alasdair Houston (0117-928-7481).