Mendel at 200 webinar series

Following on from our two-day conference to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mendel's birth, we are continuing the discussions with a series of webinars through the year.

2025

Edith Heard of EMBL spoke about 'Epigenetics and its contributions to phenotypic variation within and between individuals: lessons from the X chromosome'

2023

Professor Anne Ferguson Smith of University of Cambridge spoke about 'Epigenetic inheritance – models and mechanisms'
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Laurence Hurst from University of Bath on 'From evolution at synonymous sites to improved gene therapy and diagnostics'
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Samir Okasha from the University of Bristol on 'The Significance of Mendelism for Evolutionary Theory'
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Greg Radick from the University of Leeds on 'Disputed Inheritance: The Battle over Mendel and the Future of Biology'
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2022 Mendel Series

Kevin Mitchell from Trinity College Dublin on 'Taking the “neurodevelopmental” part of “neurodevelopmental disorders”'
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