Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Sexual selection and trait investment in a dynamic world

PLEASE NOTE DIFFERENT VENUE

Christine Miller (University of Florida).

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 22 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Cultural evolution of kinship diversity: the micro and macro of talking about family

Fiona Jordan (University of Bristol).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 23 May 2018, 16:30-17:30

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Plant Metabolic Clusters – From Genetics to Genomics

Third "Enid MacRobbie Women in Science" lecture

Anne Osbourne, John Innes Centre.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 24 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The evolution of color vision in Heliconius butterflies.

PLEASE NOTE DIFFERENT VENUE

Adriana Briscoe (University of California at Irvine).

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 29 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Life in the dark: can deep sea fishes see colours?

Zuzana Musilova (Charles University, Prague).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 30 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

T.H.E. G.A.P.P.P, i.e. (re) Thinking Human Evolution: Gorongosa African Paleo-Primate Project

Susana Carvalho (University of Oxford).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 30 May 2018, 16:30-17:30

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

A Ser/Thr receptor-like kinase, Ark1, is required to maintain arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in rice

Ronnelle Roth, Paszkowski Lab.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 31 May 2018, 13:00-13:30

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Climate crises: their social, technological and demographic impact on the rise and fall of the Kingdom of Angkor

Charles Higham (University of Otago).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 06 June 2018, 16:30-17:30

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Developing and Funding a Global System for the Conservation of Crop Diversity in Genebanks

Luigi Guarino, Crop Trust.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 07 June 2018, 13:00-14:00

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The effectiveness of wooden spears as hunting weapons

Annemieke Milks (University College London).

Seminar Room, Henry Wellcome Building, Division of Biological Anthropology, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QG.

Wednesday 13 June 2018, 16:30-17:30