Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Chemo-mechanical signal in embryo development

Roberto Mayor.

In person at Physiology Lecture Theather, and online.

Monday 18 November 2024, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Bioengineering neural organoid morphogenesis

Adrian Ranga.

Online.

Monday 11 November 2024, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

London EvoDevo meeting

Speaker to be confirmed.

Queen Mary University of London (Math Building Lecture Theatre).

Friday 08 November 2024, 13:00-17:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Noah Mitchell - Mapping the Mechanics and Dynamics of Gut Morphogenesis; Stefan Harmansa - Shaping Growing Tissues by Basement Membrane Mechanics

Noah Mitchell - University of Chicago & Stefan Harmansa-Living Systems Institute - University of Exeter United Kingdom.

Online.

Monday 04 November 2024, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Duy-Chi Trinh-How do flowers close themselves: the story from Arabidopsis; Liyuan Sui-Cell tilting: A novel mechanism driving three-dimensional epithelial morphogenesis

Duy-Chi Trinh-ENS de Lyon, France; University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Vietnam & Liyuan Sui-Postdoc from Christian Dahmann’s Lab School of Science, Technische Universität Dresden.

Online.

Monday 28 October 2024, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Developmental Constraint Underlying the Evolution of Morphological Diversity

Madelaine Bartlett, Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge .

in person at Genetics, Part II teaching room and online.

Monday 21 October 2024, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Non-apical mitoses contribute to cell delamination during mouse gastrulation

Isabelle Migeotte IRIBHM - Jacques E. Dumont Institut Interdisciplinaire en biologie humaine et moléculaire - Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, BE .

online TUESDAY.

Tuesday 15 October 2024, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Cortical microtubules shape cell walls to support a wide range of functions

Eva Deinum.

in person at Sainsbury Laboratory and online.

Monday 10 June 2024, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Wolfram Pönisch-Deciphering the role of noise in cell shape changes during epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition; Constance Le Gloanec-Protect and provide: the dual role of the cauline leaf.

Constance Le Gloanec and Wolfram Pönisch.

Online.

Monday 03 June 2024, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Multiscale mechanical linkage elongates tissues in development

Shinuo Weng, Johns Hopkins University.

online TUESDAY.

Tuesday 28 May 2024, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

You are not encoded - a biological theory of form

Alan Rodrigues, Rockefeller University.

Online.

Monday 20 May 2024, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Mechanisms and mechanics of morphogenesis

Katja Röper, University of Cambridge.

In person at Bryan Matthews Room, PDN and online.

Monday 13 May 2024, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Playing with Patterns via VisualPDE

Andrew Krause, Durham University.

Online.

Monday 29 April 2024, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Mechanisms underlying colour pattern variation within and between species of cichlid fishes

Emilia Santos, Department of Zoology.

in person at Sainsbury Laboratory and online.

Monday 11 March 2024, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Holly Lovegrove: Mitosis in Motion: Cell division during collective cell migration; Leo Otsuki: Puzzling out tissue regeneration.

Holly Lovegrove, University of Manchester and Leo Otsuki, Elly Tanaka lab, IMP, Vienna .

Online.

Monday 04 March 2024, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

CRISPy Chickens-screening fate transitions from caudal epiblast to neural tube-Ashley Libby; Coupling mitochondrial energy metabolism to branching morphogenesis in the developing avian lung-Bezia Lemma.

Ashley Libby, Briscoe lab,The Francis Crick Institute; and Bezia Lemma, Nelson lab, Princeton University.

Online.

Monday 26 February 2024, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Insights into the mechanism of hind limb initiation in Xenopus laevis

John Young, Department of Biology, Simmons University.

Online.

Monday 19 February 2024, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Temporal patterning during development and tumorigenesis

This seminar will be host at PDN and we will be streaming it on zoom as well, for details please check our email or website.

Cedric Maurange, IBDM, Marseille,France.

In person at PDN and online.

Monday 12 February 2024, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Echinoderm embryos to model epithelial morphogenesis: from cell biology to evo-devo

Vanessa Barone, Hopkins Marine Station, Biology Department, Stanford University.

Online.

Monday 05 February 2024, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

*CANCELLED*: Cortical microtubules shape cell walls to support a wide range of functions

Sorry due to some unforeseen circumstances, this talk is cancelled and will be reschedulled in next term hopefully.

EE (Eva) Deinum, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research.

in person at Sainsbury Laboratory and online.

Monday 29 January 2024, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

From microscopy images to mechanical models of tissues and back

Hervé Turlier, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology, College de France.

Online.

Monday 22 January 2024, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Multicellular and extracellular matrix dynamics underlying skin morphogenesis.

Dr. Hironobu Fujiwara, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Kobe, Japan.

Online.

Monday 27 November 2023, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

How Cell and Tissue Geometry Influences Morphogenesis

Dr. Yohanns Bellaiche, Institut Curie .

Online.

Monday 20 November 2023, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Turning biological morphology into numbers

Dr. Virginie Uhlmann, EMBL.

Sainsbury Laboratory Auditorium+online.

Monday 13 November 2023, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Drosophila axis extension is robust to an orthogonal pull by invaginating mesoderm-Dr. Claire Lye; Decoding cell fates in the shoot apical meristem through single-nuclei transcriptomics-Dr. Sebastian Moreno.

Dr. Sebastian Moreno, Sainsbury Laboratory and Dr. Claire Lye, PDN.

Sainsbury Laboratory Auditorium+online.

Tuesday 07 November 2023, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Coordinated alternative splicing in development, featuring Transformer2b and ciliary tissues.-Dr. Charlotte Softley.

Dr. Holliday Lovegrove, Univ of Manchester & Dr. Charlotte Softley, University Clinic Freiburg.

Online.

Monday 30 October 2023, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Mitotic rewiring on evolutionary timescales

Dr. Gautam Dey, EMBL.

Online.

Monday 23 October 2023, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Dr. Natasha Shylo-Morphological changes and two Nodal paralogs drive left-right asymmetry in the squamate veiled chameleon; Dr. Nicole Edwards-Discovering the developmental basis of trachea-esophageal birth defects: evidence for endosomeopathies.

Dr. Natasha Shylo, Stowers Institute for Medical Research & Dr. Nicole Edwards, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

Online.

Monday 16 October 2023, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Role of mechano-gated ion channels in epithelial tissue morphogenesis

Prof. Jorg Grosshans, Philipps University Marburg, Germany.

Online.

Monday 09 October 2023, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Connecting spaces and scales in embryos

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09

Jesse Veenvliet.

Online.

Monday 19 June 2023, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Genomic analyses of the evolution and loss of distyly in Linum reveal convergent evolution at the molecular level

Prof. Tanja Slotte (Stockholm University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 14 June 2023, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Cued or cueless? Mechanisms that shape mesoderm and enable cell ingression

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09

Sevan Hopyan .

Online.

Monday 12 June 2023, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Reconstructing brain evolution, one cell at the time

Dr Maria A Tosches (Columbia University).

Online.

Wednesday 07 June 2023, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Opening doors and boosting energy: cellular programs that enable macrophage tissue infiltration.

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09

Daria Siekhaus, ISTA, Vienna Austria.

MRC LMB + online (hybrid).

Monday 05 June 2023, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Laying (turbanate) eyes on morphological novelties

Dr Isabel Almudi (University of Barcelona).

Online.

Wednesday 31 May 2023, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Are plant cells balloons? A biomechanical perspective on plant cell growth.

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09

Yuchen Long .

Online.

Monday 22 May 2023, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

A flexible evolutionary toolkit for neural development

Dr Angelika Stollewerk (Queen Mary, University of London).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 17 May 2023, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

You shall not pass! How ectoderm patterning modulates lateral mesendoderm migration in the early zebrafish gastrula.

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09

Stefania Tavano, ISTA Vienna, Austria .

Online.

Monday 15 May 2023, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

STOMATA DIVISION ORIENTATION: INTERPLAY BETWEEN GEOMETRY, GROWTH, AND MECHANICAL STRESS

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09

Leo Serra The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1LR, United Kingdom .

Online.

Monday 15 May 2023, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Heterochrony and developmental system drift as the forces shaping spiralian development

Dr Chema Martin-Duran (Queen Mary, University of London).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 10 May 2023, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolutionary origin of neuronal signalling machinery and animal cell differentiation

Dr Pawel Burkhardt (Sars Centre, University of Bergen).

Online.

Wednesday 26 April 2023, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Patterning and folding of intestinal villi by active mesenchymal dewetting

Tyler Huycke (UCSF).

Online.

Monday 24 April 2023, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Modelling active morphogenesis of patterned epithelia

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09

Diana Khoromskaia (Crick Institute, London).

Online.

Monday 24 April 2023, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Connecting spaces and scales in embryos

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09

Jesse Veenvliet .

Online.

Monday 13 March 2023, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

To regenerate or not to regenerate? Recovering shape and function in damaged jellyfish

Dr Chiara Sinigaglia (Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 08 March 2023, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Life and death of cells a mystery solved through biomechanics

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09

Lakshmi Balasubramaniam (Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge) .

Online.

Monday 06 March 2023, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Mechanics and patterning combine to orient cell divisions in a planar polarised epithelium

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09 

Guy Blanchard, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Online.

Monday 06 March 2023, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The developmental origin of colour patterns in birds

Dr Marie Manceau (College De France).

Online.

Wednesday 01 March 2023, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

On the specification of leaf dorsiventrality

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09 

Agata Burian (University of Silesia in Katowice) .

Online.

Monday 27 February 2023, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Building and Breaking the Neural Tube

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09 

Clare Buckley (PDN, University of Cambridge) .

Online.

Monday 20 February 2023, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The origins of land plant complexity: interpreting development in the Devonian

Dr Sandy Hetherington (University of Edinburgh).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 15 February 2023, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Cephalo-pelvic integration in hybrid mouse models and implications for human obstructed labour

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09 

Eva Zaffarini (McCaig Institute, University of Calgary).

Online.

Monday 13 February 2023, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Junctional Remodelling in Vascular Morphogenesis

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09 

Maria Paraskevi Kotini (Biozentrum, Basel Switzerland).

Online.

Monday 13 February 2023, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Unravelling 3-dimensional growth in plants

Dr Laura Moody (University of Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 01 February 2023, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Mechano-chemical feedbacks in plant regeneration

Kalika Prasad (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India).

Online.

Monday 30 January 2023, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09 

Kyogo Kawaguchi .

Online.

Wednesday 25 January 2023, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Evolution of Morphogenesis: the case of cephalic furrow

Pavel Tomancak (MPI CBG, Dresden, Germany & CEITEC, Brno, Czech Republic).

Online.

Monday 23 January 2023, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

From rocks to RNA: Reconstructiong pathways in animal ontogeny and evolution

Prof Andreas Wanninger (University of Vienna).

Online.

Wednesday 30 November 2022, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Dynamics and mechanics of cell shape changes during cellular state changes

Ewa Paluch, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge. .

Online.

Monday 28 November 2022, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Origin and early evolution of vertebrates

hybrid

Professor Philip Donoghue (University of Bristol).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 23 November 2022, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Understanding how flowering plants build communication devices on their petals

Lucie Riglet, Sainsbury's Laboratory, Cambridge University.

Online.

Monday 21 November 2022, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Branching morphogenesis of the lung: tales of the sculptor and the sculpture

Katharine Goodwin (Princeton, MRC LMB) .

Online.

Monday 21 November 2022, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolution of regular patterning in plants and animals

hybrid

Renske Vroomans (Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 16 November 2022, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Single-cell phenomics reveals behavioural and mechanical heterogeneities underpinning migratory activity during mouse anterior patterning

Shankar Srinivas, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford .

Online.

Monday 14 November 2022, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The dynamics of hybridization following recent secondary contact

hybrid

Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 09 November 2022, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Computational Models of the Development of the Central Nervous System

Dagmar Iber, ETH Zurich (Computational Biology) .

Online.

Monday 07 November 2022, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Submerged by 4-way junctions: how the early embryo of the brown alga Saccharina e-copes

Bénédicte Charrier .

Online.

Monday 31 October 2022, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Genotype-phenotype maps: which way to slice the pie?

Prof Mihaela Pavlicev (University of Vienna).

Online.

Wednesday 26 October 2022, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Cell extrusion—an exciting start to the end of life

Jody Rosenblatt, King's College London.

Online.

Monday 24 October 2022, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Multi-organ FGF crosstalk orchestrates the construction of the water conserving cryptonephridial complex in a beetle

Robin Beaven, University of Edinburgh.

Online.

Monday 17 October 2022, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

How tissues orchestrate growth and morphogenesis – lessons from the vertebrate retina 

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09

Mauricio Rocha Martins (Instituto Gulbenkian Ciência (IGC), Oeiras, Portugal) .

Online.

Monday 17 October 2022, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

How to reduce body size: dimorphic development of the bone-eating Osedax (Annelida)

Katrine Worsaae (University of Copenhagen).

Online.

Wednesday 12 October 2022, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

4D reconstruction of developmental trajectories

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09 

Giovanni Dalmasso (EMBL Barcelona, Sharpe Lab) .

Online.

Monday 13 June 2022, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Exploring variation in neural crest development among East African cichlid fishes

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09 

Aleksandra Marconi (Zoology Department, Santos lab) .

Online.

Monday 13 June 2022, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

CANCELLED!!!!!! Cell invasion: a casualty of dysregulated cell extrusion

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09 

Jody Rosenblatt, Randall’s Division for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London..

Online.

Monday 06 June 2022, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Organoids – how can they shed light on immune-mediated development and disease?

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09 

Geraldine Jowett (Gurdon Institute, Cambridge) .

Online.

Monday 30 May 2022, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Differentiation of the extra-embryonic endoderm is required for development of the pluripotent epiblast

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09 

Antonia Weberling (PDN, Cambridge) .

Online.

Monday 30 May 2022, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution and Development of the vertebrate nervous system: from lampreys to humans

On Zoom only, ask organisers for link

Dr Dorit Hockman.

Zoom.

Wednesday 25 May 2022, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Drivers of cnidarian morphogenesis

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09 

Aissam Ikmi (EMBL, Heidelberg).

Online.

Monday 23 May 2022, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

One-size-fits-all? Evo-Devo of petal patterning in Hibiscus flowers

Hybrid, ask organisers for link

Dr Edwige Moyroud.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 18 May 2022, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Multicellular coordination in context

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09 

Takashi Hiiragi, Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands .

Online.

Monday 16 May 2022, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

On chemical and synaptic brains and the evolution of nervous systems

Hybrid, ask organisers for link

Prof Gaspar Jékely.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 11 May 2022, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Cell-type-specific behaviour underlies cellular growth variability in plants

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09

Daniel Kierzkowski Montreal University .

Online.

Monday 09 May 2022, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Studying stem cells and differentiation in regenerating animals using single cell transcriptomics

Hybrid, ask organisers for link

Dr Jordi Solana.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 04 May 2022, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Development and Evolution of the skeleton in echinoderms

Hybrid, ask organisers for link

Prof Paola Oliveri.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 27 April 2022, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Composite morphogenesis: how can a tissue fold and extend at the same time

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82089026611?pwd=L2FyclJFL2lYR0J3SFBDbHQyUFp6UT09

Matteo Rauzi (IBV, Nice).

Online.

Monday 25 April 2022, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Getting into shape: new insights into morphological patterning from the Drosophila wing

Join the mailing list for the zoom link https://lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/info/ucam-morphogenesis-series

Natalie Dye (POL Dresden) .

Online.

Monday 07 March 2022, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

The fossil origins of eukaryotic morphogenesis: exploring the beginnings of complex multicellularity in the Holozoa

Join the mailing list for the zoom link https://lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/info/ucam-morphogenesis-series

Paul K. Strother (Boston College) .

Online.

Monday 28 February 2022, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Mechanisms generating robustness in plant organ size and shape

Join the mailing list for the zoom link https://lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/info/ucam-morphogenesis-series

Adrienne Roeder .

Online.

Monday 21 February 2022, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Understanding the role of the extracellular matrix: from elasticity to viscoelasticity

Join the mailing list for the zoom link https://lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/info/ucam-morphogenesis-series

Alberto Elosegui-Artola (Francis Crick Institute & King’s College London, London, UK) .

Online.

Monday 14 February 2022, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Adhesion-regulated junction slippage controls cell intercalation dynamics in an Apposed-Cortex Adhesion Model

Join the mailing list for the zoom link https://lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/info/ucam-morphogenesis-series

Alexander Nestor-Bergmann (PDN, University of Cambridge).

Online.

Monday 07 February 2022, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Breaking the barrier: CSF-producing choroid plexus organoids model pathogen and drug entry to the brain

Join the mailing list for the zoom link https://lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/info/ucam-morphogenesis-series

Laura Pellegrini (LMB, Cambridge).

Online.

Monday 07 February 2022, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Emergence of a left-right symmetric body plan during embryonic development

Join the mailing list for the zoom link https://lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/info/ucam-morphogenesis-series

Sundar Naganathan (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland) .

Online.

Monday 31 January 2022, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

CADHERIN mediated AMIS localisation - Using mouse embryonic stem cells 3D culture as a model

Join the mailing list for the zoom link https://lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/info/ucam-morphogenesis-series

Xuan Liang (PDN, Cambridge University) .

Online.

Monday 31 January 2022, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Characterization of a Mechanical Hotspot for Cell Plate Guidance Near an Adjacent Three-Way Junction

Join the mailing list for the zoom link https://lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/info/ucam-morphogenesis-series

Marie-Cécile Caillaud, CR CNRS.

Online.

Monday 24 January 2022, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Developmental Control of Avian Skin Patterning

Join the mailing list for the zoom link https://lists.cam.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ucam-morphogenesis-series

Marie Manceau.

Online.

Monday 06 December 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

POSTPONED*Drivers of Morphological complexity: a Cnidarian Perspective

Join the mailing list for the zoom link https://lists.cam.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ucam-morphogenesis-series

Aissam Ikmi.

Online.

Monday 29 November 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Symplasmic auxin movement and the evolution of plant architecture

Join the mailing list for the zoom link https://lists.cam.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ucam-morphogenesis-series

Yoan Coudert.

Online.

Monday 22 November 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

To stay or leave? Cell-to-cell heterogeneity and progenitor’s segregation within the bird embryonic tail

Join the mailing list for the zoom link https://lists.cam.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ucam-morphogenesis-series

Bertrand Benazeraf.

Online.

Monday 15 November 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Jamie: "A biomechanical switch regulates the transition towards homeostasis in oesophageal epithelium" Ben: "Integrating pattern formation and cell movements in our understanding of morphogenesis"

Join the mailing list for the zoom link https://lists.cam.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ucam-morphogenesis-series

Ben Steventon, Jamie McGinn.

Online.

Monday 08 November 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Matteusz: "Insights into the mechanism and evolution of glial ensheathment" Renske: "Evolution of selfish multicellularity: changes in gene regulation at the origin of multicellularity"

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Renske Vroomans; Matteusz Trylinski.

Online.

Monday 25 October 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Morphogenesis and cell ordering in bacterial biofilms

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Jing Yan.

Online.

Monday 18 October 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Cell shape determination: Mechanical competition vs. endogenous genetic programme

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Maria Leptin.

Online.

Monday 11 October 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Building organs – emergence of form and fate through local force imbalance

https://zoom.us/j/99568066060?pwd=VjFEYVlwM2ZZY0Z6VHByY1NvRE0yZz09

Rashmi Priya, The Francis Crick Institute, London.

Online.

Monday 14 June 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

"Investigating the role of Syndecan, a conserved heparan sulphate proteoglycan, in the maintenance and proliferation of progenitor cells in the adult Drosophila midgut"

recording can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh_hOcdkup8

Buffy Eldridge, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Online.

Monday 07 June 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

"Single-cell morphometrics reveals ancestral principles of notochord development"

recording can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh_hOcdkup8

Toby Andrews, Department of Zoology, Univeristy of Cambridge.

Online.

Monday 07 June 2021, 14:30-15:30

Forthcoming Museum of Zoology Programme

Dr Rosalyn Wade (University of Cambridge).

Delivered online via Zoom.

Friday 04 June 2021, 14:55-15:20

de novo gene emergence in cichlid fishes

Emília Santos (University of Cambridge).

Delivered online via Zoom.

Friday 04 June 2021, 14:30-14:55

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Stretching out the embryo - Anterior expansion and posterior addition to the notochord mechanically coordinate embryo axis elongation

https://zoom.us/j/94691632022?pwd=a1lrNi82ekE2OHFZYjNLekR3WTU5Zz09

Susie McLaren, University of Cambridge.

Online.

Tuesday 01 June 2021, 14:30-15:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Regulation of Phyllotaxis by Auxin Transport Proteins

recording can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh_hOcdkup8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwSKckxt930

Henrik Ahl, Sainsbury's laboratory, University of Cambridge.

Online.

Tuesday 01 June 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Morphogenesis of the mouse and human embryo beyond implantation

https://zoom.us/j/95435060718?pwd=QzIyS0FTcXF3LzlkT2RiVjdmZDhYUT09

Matteo Molè.

Online.

Monday 24 May 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Size sensing in biological systems- new insights from planarians

https://zoom.us/j/98275702948?pwd=ODl2MDhjb0t5ckV5bnpOdURnazRxdz09

Jochen Rink, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Gottingen,Germany..

Online.

Monday 17 May 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Wisdom of the crowd – Mechanisms that coordinate individual cell movements for epithelial migration

https://zoom.us/j/99970909084?pwd=U0k1RUxOWnhmUlQ4cTZOL3RJNFZSQT09

Sally Horne-Badovinac, University of Chicago.

Online.

Monday 10 May 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Stochastic gene expression drives mesophyll protoplast regeneration

https://zoom.us/j/94519300866?pwd=clh6eU83aHg5Z1QrMEpTUW14WlpLdz09

Yuling Jiao, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Online.

Tuesday 04 May 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

‘Fine-tuning cell mechanics at the onset of collective cell motion’

https://zoom.us/j/97700351610?pwd=MlRTeE5BYzZyU0Z1Wm5UdGFwMWx5dz09

Elias H Barriga, Group Leader at Mechanisms of Morphogenesis Lab, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Oeiras, Portugal.

Online.

Monday 26 April 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

The evolution of cell division: from archaea to eukaryotes

https://zoom.us/j/95511029379?pwd=aXE2M29BWC9tS2lLK2I5blhaSEJFdz09

Buzz Baum.

Online.

Monday 08 March 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Against the grain; Modeling seed growth control as an mechano-sensitive incoherent feedforward loop.

https://zoom.us/j/9605624368?pwd=VVM3d203RGRQdkNjbXFhRTYvRWJidz09

Olivier Ali.

Online.

Monday 01 March 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Two signals converge on a nerve cell’s path: The interplay between chemical and mechanical signals in the developing brain

https://zoom.us/j/92408292136?pwd=WkFSM3k0MDFoT0VacHFQb0o1TG5Edz09

Eva Pillai.

Online.

Monday 22 February 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

The importance of being edgy: directional growth control in Arabidopsis lateral roots

https://zoom.us/j/97556405670?pwd=ZU13RzBIY1NZQVVteVZaSWE2OVdnQT09

Charlotte Kirchhelle.

Online.

Monday 15 February 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Generating order out of (pseudo)chaos during vertebrate retinal lamination

https://zoom.us/j/95883597197?pwd=NHJSZVJWQ2R6clV1Qlp1WXoyWUFqZz09

Caren Norden.

Online.

Monday 08 February 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

From cell dynamics to robust tissue folding

https://zoom.us/j/97571586365?pwd=Tlg2TnRWWnh6andadWdIbzJsRmdHdz09

Magali Suzanne.

Online.

Monday 01 February 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Cell shape, cell division and the development of early embyos

https://zoom.us/j/95172051126?pwd=YllZNXlTcTJJdDAwUkRRd0ZQbkFmQT09

Nicolas Minc.

Online.

Monday 25 January 2021, 14:30-15:30

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

First a war then a dance: How sensory organs take shape

https://zoom.us/j/94781964934?pwd=eDQvMUZjV0tTY3hYZ1drYlJmczlNQT09

Anna Erzberger (EMBL Heidelberg, Germany).

Online.

Monday 18 January 2021, 14:30-16:00

Who moves the Dial on Diversity and Inclusion?

Professor Dame Sandra Dawson.

Delivered online via Zoom.

Wednesday 25 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The role of FoxN3 in the development of the chondrocranium and associated head muscles in the African Clawed-frog, Xenopus laevis

Lennart Olsson, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 22 April 2020, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The genetic basis for leaf development and diversity: from understanding to reconstructing [CANCELLED]

Miltos Tsiantis, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 04 March 2020, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Decoding evolution and development: from gene-regulatory structure to function

Justin Crocker, EMBL.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 29 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

TBC

Dr Anna Schönauer, Oxford Brookes University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 04 December 2019, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

TBC

Dr Marketa Kaucka Petersen, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 20 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

How to build an animal: combining cell cleavage and cell fate to understand annelid development

Dr Mette Handberg-Thorsager, Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology and Genetics.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 30 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Adaptation for life on land – remodelling the pharynx in development and evolution

Professor Anthony Graham, King's College London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 09 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Extreme morphogenetic canalization of ascidian embryonic development

Dr Patrick Lemaire, Montpellier Cell Biology Research Center.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 29 May 2019, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

From development to deep time: the macroevolutionary consequences of phenotypic integration in living and extinct tetrapods

Prof Anjali Goswami, Natural History Museum, London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

TBC

Prof Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, University of Oxford.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 08 May 2019, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Segmentation dynamics and diversity in an arthropod cell-based field

Professor Hiroki Oda, JT Biohistory Research Hall, Osaka, Japan.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 10 April 2019, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The origin and diversification of birds: Big questions, and developmental directions

Dr Daniel Field, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 06 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Dynamical models and morphogenetic fields in evolution and development

Dr Yogi Jaeger, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 27 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Neuronal correlates of behavioral plasticity in social insect brains - approaching the next level of detail

Dr Thomas S. Muenz, University of Würzburg.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 20 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Developmental origins of heart size and shape differences in Astyanax mexicanus populations

Jocelyn Tang, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 13 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution and regulation of developmental plasticity: body size and pigmentation in Drosophila

Dr Elvira Lafuente, University of Helsinki.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 30 January 2019, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Looking with different eyes: exploring visual systems diversity with the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis

Dr Patricia Ramos, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 16 January 2019, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Communication between chromosomes: the evolution and function of long noncoding RNAs in the Hox complex

Dr Matthew Ronshaugen, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 05 December 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Regulation of Cell-Type Specific Regulatory Programs in the Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis

Dr Heather Marlow, Institut Pasteur, Paris.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 14 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Mouse Hox gene enhancers analysed in cell culture; and some proposals on the significance of Hox gene collinearity

Dr Stephen Gaunt, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 31 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Left-right asymmetry determination in amphioxus

Dr Guang Li, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 24 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Deep homology of insect and vertebrate midbrain-cerebellum circuitry

Dr Frank Hirth, King's College London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 03 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Determinants of embryo polarity in the evolution of flies

Professor Urs Schmidt-Ott, University of Chicago.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Monday 17 September 2018, 14:00-15:00

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Gene re-usages constrained the evolvability of the animal body plan?

Naoki Irie (University of Tokyo).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 16 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Mechanics and Evolution of Cell Sheet Folding – Embryonic Inversion in the micro-alga Volvox

Stephanie Höhn (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 02 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Dorsal closure in dipterans: epithelial rupture, contraction and seaming in embryos of the scuttle fly Megaselia abdita

Juan Fraire-Zamora (Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 25 April 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Using single-cell technologies and planarians to study stem cells, their differentiation and their evolution

Jordi Solana (Oxford Brookes University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 07 March 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Modularity, criticality and evolvability of a developmental GRN

Berta Verd (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 21 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Amphibian Evolution through Deep Time: Fossils, Genes and Regeneration

Nadia Fröbisch (Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 07 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The role of choanocytes in the sponge stem cell system and their suggested homology with choanoflagellates

Shunsuke Sogabe (University of St Andrews).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 31 January 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Neuropeptidergic signalling in the anterior nervous system of Platynereis larvae and evolution of neurosecretory brain centers

Gaspar Jekely (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 24 January 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Multi-level characterisation of cell types in Platynereis

Hernando Martinez Vergara (European Molecular Biology Laboratory).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 17 January 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Probing human brain evolution in a dish

Madeline Lancaster (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 29 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

MicroCT from zoology to pathology

Brian Metscher (University of Vienna).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Thursday 23 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Molecular mechanisms of biomineralisation in sponges and molluscs and their relevance to the Cambrian explosion

Daniel Jackson (University of Göttingen).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 22 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Taxon-restricted genes at the origin of morphological novelty and ecological opportunity in water-striders

Emilia Santos (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 08 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Seeing with Sunscreens: How mantis shrimp build and utilize nature’s most elaborate ultraviolet receptor array

Michael Bok (University of Bristol).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 11 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of limb and fin regeneration

Associate Professor Igor Schneider (Federal University of Pará).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 26 July 2017, 13:00-14:00

Salamander regeneration: regulation and evolution

Professor Andras Simon, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.

Department of Zoology, Main Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 15 June 2017, 11:00-12:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Time and space in insect segmentation

Erik Clark (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 14 June 2017, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Competitive coexistence between phoretic mites: between ecology and biomechanics?

Syuan-Jyun Sun - Department of Zoology.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 02 June 2017, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Red vs. Yellow: Genetics of carotenoid coloration in weaverbirds

Hanlu Twyman - Department of Zoology.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 02 June 2017, 16:30-17:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evo-devo of vertebrate cartilage and oropharyngeal skeleton

Dr David Jandzik (University of Colorado Boulder).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 31 May 2017, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Insects at the extreme: midges, beetles, DNA and physiology in the Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic regions.

Felipe Simões - Department of Zoology.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 19 May 2017, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

How does exposure to prenatal cortisol affect foraging success in meerkats?

Tejasvini Chalikonda - Department of Zoology.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 19 May 2017, 16:30-17:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Ageing Rates in Meerkats

Jack Thorley - Department of Zoology.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 05 May 2017, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

How do predators use social information about defended prey?

Liisa Hämäläinen - Department of Zoology.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 05 May 2017, 16:30-17:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolving a big brain: developmental evolution of the vertebrate cerebellum

Dr Thomas Butts (University of Liverpool).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 03 May 2017, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Communication and Coordination: how individuals shape groups

Riva Riley - Department of Zoology.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 21 April 2017, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The role of p53 in cell competition and leader cell migration

Katarzyna (Kasia) Kozyrska - Department of Zoology.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 21 April 2017, 16:30-17:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The Evolution of Arthropods: From Limb Transformation in Crustaceans to Color Variation in Butterflies

Nipam Patel (University of California, Berkeley).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Thursday 06 April 2017, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Shared developmental rules predict patterns of size evolution in vertebrate segmented structures

Kathryn Kavanagh (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 22 March 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Ecological and evolutionary responses of species to climate change

Jane Hill, Department of Biology University of York.

Large Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

Wednesday 15 March 2017, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Amphioxus provides unexpected insight into evolutionary processes

Ildiko Somorjai (University of St Andrews).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 15 March 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Change and necessity: forest resilience and conservation for the 21st century

Jonathan Spencer, Head of Planning & Environment Forest Enterprise Forestry Commission.

Large Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

Wednesday 08 March 2017, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Regulatory evolution and the diversification of pigmentation patterns in Drosophila

Nicolas Gompel (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 08 March 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Understanding consumer demand in the wildlife trade

Amy Hinsley, Oxford Martin School University of Oxford.

Large Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

Wednesday 01 March 2017, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Conservation and invasive species in freshwater ecosystems

David Aldridge, Department of Zoology University of Cambridge.

Large Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

Wednesday 22 February 2017, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolutionary and embryonic origins of the gnathostome axial skeleton

Kate Criswell (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 22 February 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Sex, eggs and videotape: techniques in threatened bird conservation

Debbie Pain Director of Conservation, The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT).

Large Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

Wednesday 15 February 2017, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Lizards, skulls and reptile communities

Johannes Müller (Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Berlin Natural History Museum).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Thursday 09 February 2017, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Lessons from plants that don’t stay put: Mendicant baobabs and acrobat acacias

Christian Kull, Institut de géographie et durabilité Université de Lausanne.

Large Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

Wednesday 08 February 2017, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

How the breakdown of Meckel’s cartilage offers clues to mammalian evolution

Neal Anthwal (King's College London).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 08 February 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

When does environmental science get used in policy and practice?

David Rose, Department of Geography University of Cambridge.

Large Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

Wednesday 01 February 2017, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

UNESCO biosphere reserves: concept, challenges and opportunities

Professor Martin Price, Perth College Chair of the UK MAB Committee Chairholder, UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Mountain Development Director, Centre for Mountain Studies.

Large Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

Wednesday 25 January 2017, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Gene regulatory complexity in chordate neural patterning

Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 25 January 2017, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Can phenotypic plasticity allow specialist parasites to colonise new hosts?

Gabriel Jamie - Department of Zoology.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 09 December 2016, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Walking response of crickets depends on surface structure of the substrate

Edith Julieta (Julie) Sarmiento-Ponce - Department of Zoology.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 09 December 2016, 16:30-17:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

European large carnivores are coming back, but can we keep them?

Guillaume Chapron, Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

Babbage Lecture Room - David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site. Pembroke Street. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 3QZ GB.

Wednesday 30 November 2016, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

European large carnivores are coming back, but can we keep them?

Guillaume Chapron, Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

Babbage Lecture Room - David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site. Pembroke Street. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 3QZ GB.

Wednesday 30 November 2016, 17:00-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Early life social behaviour and learning in juvenile Hihi

Victoria Franks - Department of Zoology.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 25 November 2016, 16:30-17:30

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Unravelling the ecology of insect invasions : from individuals to communities in Britain and beyond

Helen Roy, NERC, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology .

Babbage Lecture Room - David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site. Pembroke Street. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 3QZ GB.

Wednesday 23 November 2016, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Cuckoos, swifts and nightingales: Tracking Afro-Palaearctic migrants to understand population declines

Chris Hewson, British Trust for Ornithology (BTO).

Babbage Lecture Room - David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site. Pembroke Street. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 3QZ GB.

Wednesday 16 November 2016, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Cuckoos, swifts and nightingales: Tracking Afro-Palaearctic migrants to understand population declines

Chris Hewson, British Trust for Ornithology (BTO).

Babbage Lecture Room - David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site. Pembroke Street. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 3QZ GB.

Wednesday 16 November 2016, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Expression of segment polarity genes in brachiopods supports a non-segmental ancestral role of engrailed for bilaterians

Bruno Vellutini (Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 16 November 2016, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Speciation in Heliconius butterflies: Pheromones and Female Choice

Kathy Darragh - Department of Zoology.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 11 November 2016, 16:30-17:30

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Information gaps in conservation science: from data collection to analysis and practices

Tatsuya Amano, The Centre for Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge.

Babbage Lecture Room - David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site. Pembroke Street. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 3QZ GB.

Wednesday 09 November 2016, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Causes and mechanisms underlying changes in the migratory behaviour of birds

Aldina Franco, School of Environmental Sciences, University East Anglia.

Babbage Lecture Room - David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site. Pembroke Street. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 3QZ GB.

Wednesday 02 November 2016, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evo-devo in cartilaginous fishes - teeth, scales and the cartilaginous skeleton of the catshark Scyliorhinus canicula

Mélanie Debiais-Thibaud (University of Montpellier).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 02 November 2016, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Surviving the 21st Century

Martin Rees, Partha Dasgupta, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh and Bonnie Wintle, The Centre for Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge.

Babbage Lecture Room - David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site. Pembroke Street. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 3QZ GB.

Wednesday 26 October 2016, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 – Evolution of digit number through modification of embryonic Sonic hedgehog signalling

Megan Davey (University of Edinburgh).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 26 October 2016, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Developing more systematic approaches for measuring, connecting and expanding the global conservation area network

Bob Smith, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent.

Babbage Lecture Room - David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site. Pembroke Street. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 3QZ GB.

Wednesday 19 October 2016, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Estimating conservation status of Grauer’s gorillas

Andrew Plumptre, Albertine Rift Program, Wildlife Conservation Society.

Babbage Lecture Room - David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site. Pembroke Street. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 3QZ GB.

Wednesday 12 October 2016, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolution of embryonic form: a genetic and cellular analysis of arthropod development

Matt Benton (University of Cologne).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 12 October 2016, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Maternal effects in Speckled Wood butterflies: an eco-evo-devo approach

Casper Breuker (Oxford-Brookes University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 05 October 2016, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Flies, bees, aphids and frogs: what can this menagerie tell us about the evolution of developmental processes?

Elizabeth Duncan (University of Leeds).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 08 June 2016, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Progress and future prospects of resolving the animal tree of life in the era of genomics

Gonzalo Giribet (Harvard).

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 18 May 2016, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of the Animal Face: from Principles to Mechanisms

Arkhat Abzhanov (Imperial College London).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 11 May 2016, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Isolated branches in the phylogeny of Platyhelminthes

Christopher Laumer (EMBL-EBI and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 27 April 2016, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Selecting For Plasticity in the Harlequin Ladybird

Lea Van De Graaf - Department of Zoology.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 22 April 2016, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The comparative landscape of duplications in Heliconius melpomene and Heliconius cydno

Ana Pessoa Pinharanda - Department of Zoology.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 22 April 2016, 16:30-17:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

TCF/Lef regulates the Gsx ParaHox gene in central nervous development in chordates.

Myles Garstang, University of St Andrews.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 20 April 2016, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

An assessment of individual learning abilities and their phenotypic traits in wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus)

Claudia Martina Luna - Department of Zoology.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 11 March 2016, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The role of individual differences in defining a species niche

Anne-Sophie Bonnet-Lebrun - Department of Zoology.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 11 March 2016, 16:30-17:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Impact Evaluation of Protected Areas: what do we know about impacts, moderators and mechanisms?

Humanitas Visiting Professor in Sustainability Studies, John Hopkins University.

Large Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

Wednesday 09 March 2016, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The Evolution of Developmental Regulation in Spiders and Flies: Diversification of Body Plans and Body Parts

Alistair McGregor (Oxford Brookes University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 09 March 2016, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Hook, line and extinction: can science save albatrosses from fisheries?

Richard Philips, British Antarctic Survey.

Large Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

Wednesday 02 March 2016, 17:00-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Ancient genome reveals continuity in East Asia over the last 9,000 years

Veronika Siska - Department of Zoology.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 26 February 2016, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Rewilding and the Future of HNV Species – does restoring flood disturbance recreate suitable habitat for HNV species?

Tim Kasoar - Department of Zoology.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 26 February 2016, 16:30-17:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Why are slow lorises venomous and will this help or hinder their conservation?

Anna Nekaris, Primate Conservation, Oxford Brookes University.

Large Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

Wednesday 24 February 2016, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of animal body axes: insights from the oral-aboral axis of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis

Chiara Sinigaglia.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 24 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Hot dogs: understanding climate change impacts in a tropical mammal

Rosie Woodroffe, Institute of Zoology, London.

Large Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

Wednesday 17 February 2016, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Bats and Emerging Infectious Diseases: conflicting priorities between conservation and public health?

James Wood, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge .

Large Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

Wednesday 10 February 2016, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Managing tropical agriculture to minimise biodiversity loss

David Edwards, Dept. of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield.

Large Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

Wednesday 03 February 2016, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Comparative Analyses of Neuromesodermal Progenitor Dynamics in vivo

Ben Steventon (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 03 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Science Policy and Expertise

Rob Doubleday, Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP), University of Cambridge.

Large Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

Wednesday 27 January 2016, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Three phases of Wnt signaling define three phases of axis development in the hemichordate S. kowalevskii

Jens Fritzenwanker (Stanford University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 27 January 2016, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Biodiversity conservation and the Green Economy: complementary or competing objectives? Can we have both, and what do we need to know?

Kathy Willis Department of Zoology, Oxford University & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Large Seminar Room, Level 1, The David Attenborough Building.

Wednesday 20 January 2016, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Conservation impacts of a warming climate: changes in Massachusetts since the time of Thoreau (1817-1862)

Richard Primack, Biology Department, Boston University.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 02 December 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Wildlife in the Anthropocene: conservation after nature

Jamie Lorimer, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 25 November 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Mendicant baobabs and acrobat acacias: lessons from plants that don’t stay put

Christian Kull, Institut de géographie et durabilité, Université de Lausanne.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 18 November 2015, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Endodermal contribution to orofacial structures in non-teleost fishes: How ancient is the pre-oral gut?

Martin Minařík (Charles University, Prague).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 18 November 2015, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Commonness and conservation: should we bother about the rare stuff?

Sandy Knapp, Life Science Plants Division, Natural History Museum.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 11 November 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns: disease threats to Tasmanian Devils, frogs, koalas and woylies

Hamish McCallum, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London .

Scott Polar Research Institute, main lecture theatre.

Wednesday 04 November 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

The challenge of feeding 9-10 billion people without losing most biodiversity

Charles Godfray, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 28 October 2015, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of eye development in Astyanax blind cavefish

Hélène Hinaux .

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 28 October 2015, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Invasive alien species on islands: problems and solutions

Anthony Martin, South Georgia Habitat Restoration Project, South Georgia Heritage Trust and University of Dundee.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 21 October 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Conflicts in conservation: hunting for solutions

Steve Redpath, Institute of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Aberdeen University.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 14 October 2015, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The molecular basis of developmental buffering: a key to understanding the interface between environment and evolution?

Dr Atsuko Sato (Ochanomizu University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 05 August 2015, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Plasticity and Evolution of Body Size and Shape

Christen Mirth (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência).

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 20 May 2015, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Gill arch serial homology and the origin of jawed vertebrates

Andrew Gillis (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 13 May 2015, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Exploring the genetic toolkit for pattern formation and diversification in butterfly wings

Arnaud Martin (UC Berkley).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Monday 27 April 2015, 13:00-14:00

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

An integrated structural biology approach to flower development

Francois Parcy, Grenoble.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 19 March 2015, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Regulatory Programme and Evolution Underlying the Development of Echinoderm Skelton

Paola Oliveri.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 18 March 2015, 11:00-12:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Biodiversity in a World of Human Dominance and Rapid Change – Anthropocene Challenges and Opportunities

Professor Jens-Christian Svenning, Aarhus University.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 11 March 2015, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Raising the shield: How cell migration changes got the turtle its shell (NOTE UNUSUAL TIME)

Scott Gilbert.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 11 March 2015, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Trees, ‘tribes' and taboos: The political ecology of conservation and culture in Madagascar

Dr Ivan Scales, Dept of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 04 March 2015, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The curious incident of the seal in the pond

Jukka Jernvall (University of Helsinki).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 04 March 2015, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Science in a human-dominated world

Professor Georgina Mace, UCL.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 25 February 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

REDD+ and Biodiversity Conservation: Are The Challenges What We Thought They Were?

Dr Valerie Kapos, UNEP-WCMC.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 18 February 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Evaluating the social and ecological outcomes of conservation interventions: Tanzania's Wildlife Management Areas

Professor Katherine Homewood, UCL.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 11 February 2015, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Biodiversity and the feel good factor

Dr Zoe Davies, University of Kent.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 04 February 2015, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Fishing for the genetic basis of skeletal evolution and disease

Vahan Indjeian (MRC Clinical Sciences Centre - Imperial College London).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 04 February 2015, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Where did plant diversity and sustainability begIn? Arboriculture in the ancient Roman world

Dr Robyn Veal, Dept of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 28 January 2015, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The earliest deuterostomes, or something else entirely?

Simon Conway Morris (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 28 January 2015, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Is Evolution (Not) Working for Infected Amphibians?

Dr Trent Garner, Zoological Society of London.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 21 January 2015, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The development and evolution of vertebrate oxygen-sensing cells

Dorit Hockman (University of Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 21 January 2015, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Heliconius butterflies: How do bird predators perceive them?

Denise DD (University of Cambridge).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 05 December 2014, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Simultaneous camouflage and conspicuous signalling in an island lizard

Kate Marshall.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 05 December 2014, 16:30-17:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Extending freshwater conservation beyond shorelines by linking aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

Dr Andrew Tanentzap, Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 03 December 2014, 17:00-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Behavioural mechanisms limiting cheating behaviour in the cleaner wrasse Labroides bicolor

Max Gray.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 28 November 2014, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The Fitness Exchange Hypothesis

Ana Mosterin (University of Cambridge).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 28 November 2014, 16:30-17:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Tracking marine turtles for conservation

Professor Brendan Godley, University of Exeter.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 26 November 2014, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Bdelloid rotifers: unveiling the mystery of an evolutionary scandal

Chiara Boschetti (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 26 November 2014, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Landscape scale conservation - a bird's eye view

Dr Juliet Vickery, RSPB Centre for Conservation Science.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 19 November 2014, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

How does an alga become a parasite?

Ellen Nisbet (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 19 November 2014, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Environmental and Science Learning through Participation in Scientific Research: From Learning to Conservation Action

Professor Heidi Ballard, UC Davis.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 12 November 2014, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

MPAs, mangroves and carpets: cause for #OceanOptimism?

Dr Nick Hill, Zoological Society of London.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 05 November 2014, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Planetary Boundaries 2.0: the latest advancements on defining a safe operating space for humanity on Earth

Johan Rockström Professor in Environmental Sciences Executive Director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 29 October 2014, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

How do we know if we're making a difference? Finding solid ground in the shifting sands of conservation evaluation

Professor E J Milner-Gulland, Imperial College Conservation Science.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 22 October 2014, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Morphogenesis and Molecular Regulation of Colour Patterning in Natural Populations

Marie Manceau (Collège de France).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 22 October 2014, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

'From individuals to populations to communities: Climate change impacts on birds'

Dr James Pearce-Higgins, Director of Science, British Trust for Ornithology.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Monday 13 October 2014, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Deep Time and Modern Brains

Please contact the organiser, Liria Masuda-Nakagawa (lm546) if you would like to meet Professor Strausfeld after the seminar.

Professor Nicholas Strausfeld (University of Arizona).

Part II room, Department of Genetics. Please use the entrance by the Part II room and tea room underneath the external fire escape. Main entrance is not connected to Part II room due to refurbishment..

Friday 12 September 2014, 12:00-13:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Acoustic classification of New World bats based on phylogenetic and ecological constraints on call design

Veronica Zamora-Gutierrez.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 22 August 2014, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The Bush-crow, the swallow, and a curious climate bubble

Andrew Bladon.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 22 August 2014, 16:30-17:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Conservation of reef sharks in Arabia: between science and fisherman gossip

Dareen Almojil.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 08 August 2014, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Foraging ecology, distribution and individual specialisation of brown skuas

Ana Carneiro.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 08 August 2014, 16:30-17:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Antigenic variation among dengue viruses

Leah Katzelnick.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 25 July 2014, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Periodic incremental markings in the enamel of cynodonts and mammaliaforms: the origin of mammalian growth patterns

Rachel O'Meara.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 25 July 2014, 16:30-17:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Consistency in leaf use by tooth-billed bowerbirds

Carmen Panayi.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 11 July 2014, 17:00-17:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Amphioxus: A laboratory surrogate of the ancestral chordate giving insights into vertebrate head origins

Elia Benito Gutierrez (EMBL).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 04 June 2014, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Epigenetic conservation of vertebrate gene regulatory elements

This talk is kindly sponsored by eLife Sciences

Hannah Long (University of Oxford).

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 21 May 2014, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

RESCHEDULED - The Devil's in the Detail: Designing Instruments, Incentives and Institutions for Stewardship Initiatives on Private Land

rescheduled from end of 2013-14 series

Dr Andrew Knight; Imperial College London.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 14 May 2014, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Developmental Constraints? Why blind cavefish still have eye at embryonic stage

Yoshiyuki Yamamoto (University College London).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 14 May 2014, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Using barcoding to understand British Collembola (Springtails)

Peter Shaw (University of Roehampton).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 07 May 2014, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Model species Daphnia: A Genome for the Environment

John Colbourne (School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 30 April 2014, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of morphological patterns and sexual behaviors in Drosophila

Benjamin Prud’homme (Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille-Luminy).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 23 April 2014, 13:00-14:00

Academic Survivorship Events for Zoology Postdocs

Time management for Postdoc Careers

Dr Geraint Wyn Story and Dr Anne Forde, University of Cambridge.

Part II lecture hall, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 08 April 2014, 14:00-15:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Cricket’s Playlist: an evolutionary neuroanalysis of the singing central pattern generators in different cricket species.

Pedro Jacob (University of Cambridge).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 21 March 2014, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Cricket’s Playlist: an evolutionary neuroanalysis of the singing central pattern generators in different cricket species.

Pedro Jacob (University of Cambridge).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 21 March 2014, 17:00-17:30

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Planetary Boundaries and Action2020: Innovations in corporate Sustainability

Professor Gail Whiteman; Erasmus University.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 12 March 2014, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Floral quartets link flower development and evolution

Günter Theißen (Friedrich Schiller University of Jena).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 12 March 2014, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolution of branching patterns in plants

Jill Harrison (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 05 March 2014, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Hybrid corn and endangered maize: historical perspectives on the conservation of plant genetic resources

Dr Helen Curry; Department of History & Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 26 February 2014, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Integration in Morphological Structures: how it affects evolution and how it evolves

Chris Klingenberg (University of Manchester).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 26 February 2014, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Cow vs. bird: Balancing food production and biodiversity conservation in the Neotropics

David Williams (University of Cambridge).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 21 February 2014, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Modelling the Drosophila pair-rule gene system

Erik Clark.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 21 February 2014, 16:30-17:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

The Politics of Thinking Big in Conservation

Professor Bill Adams; Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 19 February 2014, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Making similar embryos with divergent genomes

Patrick Lemaire (The tunicate group, CRBM, Montpellier, and INRIA Virtual Plants, Montpellier).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 19 February 2014, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Producing Eden: Can wildlife thrive beyond national parks in India?

Joint seminar, hosted with the Cambridge University Geographical Society (CUGS)

Dr Paul Robbins; Department of Geography International Fellow & University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 12 February 2014, 17:00-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The role of previous social experience on risk-taking and leadership behaviour in three-spined sticklebacks

Jolle Jolles.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 07 February 2014, 17:00-17:30

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Lessons from the conservation of Europe's Large Blue butterflies

Professor Jeremy Thomas OBE; University of Oxford.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 05 February 2014, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Friend or foe? Making sense of social research and biodiversity conservation

Dr Chris Sandbrook; UNEP-WCMC & Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 29 January 2014, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Cracking the code of crocodile skin

Michel C. Milinkovitch (University of Geneva).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 29 January 2014, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Diversity and function of stream invertebrates in tropical forest and oil palm ecosystems in Sabah, Malaysia: Effects of habitat conversion and strategies for conservation

Sarah Luke (University of Cambridge).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 24 January 2014, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Investigation of the molecular mechanisms of Minute competition in Drosophila

Iwo Kucinski (University of Cambridge).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 24 January 2014, 16:30-17:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem services to environmental change

Professor Adrian Newton; University of Bournemouth.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 22 January 2014, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The endocrine organs of Drosophila as new model to study extreme evolutionary divergence and epithelial to mesenchymal transitions during development

James Castelli-Gair Hombría (Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Seville).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 11 December 2013, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Finding the balance: agriculture, biodiversity, and ecosystem services

Speaker to be confirmed.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 06 December 2013, 16:30-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Finding the balance: agriculture, biodiversity, and ecosystem services

Speaker to be confirmed.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 06 December 2013, 16:30-17:30

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

The (moral) dilemmas of (conservation) research(ers?)

Dr Bhaskar Vira; Director, Cambridge Conservation Research Institute (UCCRI) and Department of Geography.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 04 December 2013, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Commercial Whaling:  Science, Society and International Relations

Dr Simon Brockington, International Whaling Commission.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 27 November 2013, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

RNA regulation during development and evolution

Claudio Alonso (University of Sussex).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 27 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Conservation of UK seabirds: a big issue or a done deal?

Prof. Sarah Wanless, Seabird Ecologist, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, NERC.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 20 November 2013, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Mechanism of phototaxis in Platynereis larvae and the origin of visual eyes

Gáspár Jékely (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 20 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Valuing nature for better environmental decision-making: A collaborative toolkit for real-world conservation

Jenny Birch, Ecosystem Services Officer, BirdLife International.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 13 November 2013, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Deciphering the onychophoran ‘segmentation gene cascade’: inferences about the evolution of segmentation

Ralf Janssen (Uppsala University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 13 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Predicting Amazonian deforestation and its biodiversity impacts

Dr Rob Ewers, Reader in Ecology, Imperial College London.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 06 November 2013, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Mainstreaming Natural Capital into Decision-Making: Frontiers in Research and Policy

** Note:one-off THURSDAY seminar - no Wednesday session this week ** Joint seminar with CRASSH - Humanitas.

Prof. Gretchen Daily, Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 31 October 2013, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Developmental Modularity, and Evolvability of the Head Skeleton

Charles Kimmel (University of Oregon).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 30 October 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Predicting wildlife dynamics in a changing environment

Dr Ben Collen, Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research, UCL.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 23 October 2013, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Lessons from the Dodo: restoring species and ecosystems on Mauritius

Prof. Carl Jones, Scientific Director of the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, and International Conservation Fellow at the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 16 October 2013, 17:00-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Thanh-Lan Gluckman.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 28 June 2013, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Kwaku Aduse-Poku.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 28 June 2013, 16:30-17:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Probing the molecular and cellular basis of developmental morphogenesis

Tassos Pavlopoulos, Max Planck Institute at Dresden.

Part II Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Thursday 27 June 2013, 14:00-15:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Environmental effects on developmental progression and growth in Drosophila

Christen Mirth, Gulbenkian Institute, Portugal.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 05 June 2013, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

How to bridge the gaps between conservation science and practice

Jessica Walsh.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 31 May 2013, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Lina Maria Arenas.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 31 May 2013, 16:30-17:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Development and evolution of vertebrate electroreceptors

Melinda Modrell, University of Cambridge, UK.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 29 May 2013, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Amphioxus: an unusual model gives insight into chordate development and regeneration

Ildiko Somorjai, University of St Andrews, UK.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Adaptive evolution of voltage-gated sodium channels: stories from electric fish, scorpions and mice

Harold Zakon, University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 15 May 2013, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Alexis Braun.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 03 May 2013, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Krzysztof Kozak.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 03 May 2013, 16:30-17:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

David Labonte.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 05 April 2013, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Alexander Hackmann.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 05 April 2013, 16:30-17:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Ramona Mogling.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 22 March 2013, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Marius Somveille.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 22 March 2013, 16:30-17:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Re-wilding: putting natural processes back on track

**Last talk in Series!**

Frans Vera, Director, The Foundation of Natural Processes, The Netherlands.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 13 March 2013, 17:00-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Jumping without slipping: spiders need sticky feet for take-off

Hanns Hagen.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 08 March 2013, 17:00-17:30

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

From invasion to restoration: how enlightened are New Zealand's conservation policies?

Dr David Coomes, Department of Plant Sciences.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 06 March 2013, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The developmental, genetic, and adaptive bases of morphological evolution: the case of water-walking insects

Abderrahman Khila, Lyon, France.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 06 March 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Making Poverty History – what role for biodiversity conservation?

Dr Dilys Roe, International Institute for Environment & Development (IIED).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Developmental plasticity and life history evolution in amphibians

Ivan Gomez-Mestre, Seville, Spain.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Do mites influence social interactions in the burying beetles, Nicrophorus vespilloides?

Ornela De Gasperin Quintero.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 22 February 2013, 16:30-17:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum as a model to study the ancestral mechanisms of bilaterian metazoan development

Note unusual day and time

Hiroki Oda, Osaka, Japan.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 22 February 2013, 12:00-13:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Expert judgements, Delphi groups, prediction markets: forecasting the future for conservation and national security

Professor Mark Burgman, ACERA, University of Melbourn, Australia.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 20 February 2013, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of gastrulation in flies

Steffen Lemke, Heidelberg, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 20 February 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Rethinking the scope of REDD+ : Carbon stocks or triple wins?

Dr Heike Schroeder, University of East Anglia (UEA).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 17:00-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

In the Belly of the Beeb

Nick Crumpton.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 08 February 2013, 16:30-17:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Dave Daversa.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 08 February 2013, 16:00-16:30

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Conservation of migratory species: the importance of seasonal interactions

Dr Jenny Gill, University of East Anglia (UEA).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 06 February 2013, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Hydra, a model for deciphering the principles of stem cells and regeneration

Brigitte Galliot, Geneva, Switzerland.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 06 February 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Conservation and climate change: how radical do we need to be?

Professor Chris Thomas, University of York.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 30 January 2013, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Molecular biology and sustainable agriculture

**First for Lent Term**

Professor Sir David Baulcombe, Department of Plant Sciences.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 23 January 2013, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

**last for Michaelmas Term**

Prof. Bill Laurance, Distinguished Research Professor & Australian Laureate, JCU, Australia.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Integrative evolutionary biology: a need for interdisciplinary studies of development, ecology and population genetics

Ralf J. Sommer, Max-Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of body axes in Eumetazoa: what can we learn from Cnidaria?

Grigory Genikhovich, University of Vienna, Austria.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 05 December 2012, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

'Prosuming' Conservation: interrogating the value of conservation in the web 2.0 age

Prof. Bram Buscher, Associate Professor of Environment and Sustainable Development at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 28 November 2012, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolution of dorsoventral patterning in insects

Siegfried Roth, University of Cologne, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 28 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

The state of the world's birds: how science underpins conservation and advocacy.

Dr Stuart Butchart, Global Research and Indicators Co-ordinator, BirdLife International.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Developing innovation from regeneration: how the pufferfish got its beak

Gareth Fraser, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Shifting baselines and habitat restoration: Setting appropriate goals

Dr Line zu Ermgassen, visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Control of segmentation clock period and segment number in the zebrafish

Christian Schroeter, University of Cambridge, UK.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Pieter Santema.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 09 November 2012, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Yanmin Zhou.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 09 November 2012, 16:30-17:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Smarter ways to monitor wildlife

Prof Kate Jones, Joint UCL and ZSL Chair, Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Zoology, ZSL.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 07 November 2012, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Shedding light on lunar rhythms

Kristin Tessmar-Raible, Max F. Perutz Laborarories/ University of Vienna, Austria.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 07 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

How useful is local ecological knowledge for conservation management? Case studies from the EDGE

Dr Samuel Turvey, Research Fellow, Institute of Zoology, ZSL..

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 31 October 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Saving the Tasmanian devil from a transmissible cancer

Dr Elizabeth Murchison, Junior Research Fellow, King's College, Cambridge & Research Fellow in Cancer Genetics & Genomics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute..

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 24 October 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Tropical forests in the Anthropocene: what does this mean for conservation?

Dr Simon Lewis, Royal Society Research Fellow, School of Geography, University of Leeds.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 17 October 2012, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

How might we make space for nature in landscapes of the future?

** First talk of term **

Dr Ben Phalan, Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 10 October 2012, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

From apical organs to the bilaterian forebrain: Duplication and divergence of neural circuits in central nervous system evolution

note unusual location

Detlev Arendt, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany..

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 13 June 2012, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The Developmental and Evolutionary Dynamics of the Gap Gene System

note unusual location

Johannes Jaeger, CRG Barcelona.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 06 June 2012, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution, function and control of diverse products from microRNA loci

note unusual location

Matthew Ronshaugen, University of Manchester, UK.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 30 May 2012, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Intensification of West African agriculture: socio-economic processes and gender-influenced patterns in bird distribution.

Hope Usieta.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 25 May 2012, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Migrants in winter: how do ecological conditions in Africa affect the individual success of trans-Saharan migratory birds?

Marjorie Sorensen.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 25 May 2012, 17:30-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Fitting pieces and further puzzles - What 'nobody' can tell about the evolution of arthropod neurogenesis

Georg Brenneis, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 23 May 2012, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of the molecular basis of thermotolerance, focussing on the embryos of an invasive marine invertebrate

note unusual time

Seb Shimeld, University of Oxford, UK.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 09 May 2012, 12:00-13:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Ecological Transactions go Bonk.

Yangchen Lin.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 20 April 2012, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

A window to the past: Does adult ornamental plumage reveal early life environments?

Leila Walker.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 23 March 2012, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Startle displays: halting predator attack.

Alexandra Torok.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 16 March 2012, 17:30-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

REDD: a good idea, impossible to implement?

Last in Series for 2012!

Arild Angelsen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 14 March 2012, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The house mouse as a model system for evolutionary research

Diethardt Tautz, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Ploen, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 14 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Geodiversity, geoconservation & geomorphological services: Challenges beyond 2012.

Tom Spencer, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 07 March 2012, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Genome evolution as seen from each of its genes: what "phylomes" can tell us about newly-sequenced species

Toni Gabaldon, CRG, Barcelona.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 07 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Why Monitoring Matters when designing payment for ecosystem services schemes.

Julia Jones, University of Bangor.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 29 February 2012, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Morphological and molecular evolution of the arthropod nervous system: new insights from studies on the waterflea Daphnia magna

Angelika Stollewerk, Queen Mary, University of London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 29 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Are epiphytes important in oil palm plantations?

Graham Prescott.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 24 February 2012, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Roles of sperm factors in the nuclear reprogramming.

Marta Teperek.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 24 February 2012, 17:30-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Getting the measure of biodiversity: birds as indicators of environmental change.

Richard Gregory, RSPB.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 22 February 2012, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

What's in a Wing? Transcriptome analysis of bat limb development

Mandy Mason, NIMR, London, UK and University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 22 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Wombats, Weapons & Water: the making of international conservation treaties.

Catherine MacKenzie, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 15 February 2012, 17:00-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

An invasive species as a biofilter to improve water quality: using the bad guys for good.

Claire McLaughlan.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 10 February 2012, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Understanding locust phase-shift.

Katja Stettin.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 10 February 2012, 17:30-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

How high should Climate Change taxes be?

Chris Hope, Cambridge Judge Business School.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 08 February 2012, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The Drosophila segmentation paradigm: A product of molecular co-option and the blind clock breaker?

Andrew Peel, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Crete.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 08 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Linking science, policy & practice for wildlife conservation on farmland.

Lynn Dicks, Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 01 February 2012, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The gap junction protein Innexin7 is required for cellularization of the Tribolium blastoderm

Maurijn van der Zee, University of Leiden.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 01 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

iTrade Wildlife: detecting rare online behaviour

First in Lent Term's Series

David Roberts, DICE, University of Kent.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 25 January 2012, 17:00-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Flies and cameras in times of economic crisis.

Francisco Hernandez.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 09 December 2011, 17:30-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Biodiversity offsets and the journey to No Net Loss.

Last talk of term

Kerry ten Kate, BBOP Forest Trends.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 30 November 2011, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Origin of developmental plasticity in basal chordates

Stefano Tiozzo, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, France.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 30 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Stripes and rings: how to make a centipede.

Jack Green.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 25 November 2011, 17:30-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Getting real about Marine Protected Areas: pragmatism in design and implementation.

Amanda Vincent, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia..

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 23 November 2011, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Axial homologies re-examined: a common ground plan at the base of Eumetazoa

Heather Marlow, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 23 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Mapping Africa's natural capital: progress, problems, potential

Ruth Swetnam, Conservation Science Group, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 16 November 2011, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution and development of morphology among populations and between species of Drosophila

Alistair McGregor, Oxford Brookes University, UK.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 16 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

The Natural Way to Care: how exposure to natural environments shapes human relationships.

Netta Weinstein, Department of Psychology, University of Essex.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 09 November 2011, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Setting up embryonic polarity in the hydrozoan Clytia hemisphaerica

Evelyn Houliston, Developmental Biology Unit, CNRS/Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Villefranche-sur-mer, France.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 09 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Offspring sex ratio bias in meerkats (or a lack thereof).

Kirsty MacLeod.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 04 November 2011, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Genome re-sequencing reveals narrow islands of divergence among radiating butterflies.

Simon Martin.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 04 November 2011, 17:00-17:30

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Counting and Conserving the World's 'Missing' Species

Lucas Joppa, CEES Microsoft Research.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 02 November 2011, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Patterning of the anterior non-segmented part of the insect head

Gregor Bucher, Georg August University Göttingen, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 02 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Conserving India's Forests: participation, forest rights and ecosystem services.

Bhaskar Vira, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 26 October 2011, 17:00-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Oviparous chondrichthyans as emerging models of vertebrate development

(note unusual location)

Andrew Gillis, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, UK.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 26 October 2011, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

The Ecosystem Service Paradigm: progress towards a more sustainable future.

Steve Albon, Valuing Nature Network,The James Hutton Institute.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 19 October 2011, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Trade-offs, team work and the challenge of translating conservation science into policy: some lessons and thoughts from the Amazon.

Dr Toby Gardner ( Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology).

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 12 October 2011, 17:00-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The genetic basis of Mullerian mimicry in Heliconius melpomene

Carolina Pardo-Diaz.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 04 March 2011, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Tom Clements.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 25 February 2011, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Neural Circuits Involved in Kicking and Jumping in Locusts and Crickets

Armando Castillo.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 25 February 2011, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Investment and maternal strategies in cooperative breeders

James Savage.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 11 February 2011, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Landscape change and its biological consequences in the Amazonian forest

Jose Ochoa-Quintero.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 04 February 2011, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The centipede Strigamia maritima and the evolution of arthropod head patterning

Vera Hunnekuhl.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 04 February 2011, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

How do cells coordinate entry to mitosis?

Agata Lichawska.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 28 January 2011, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The Arts of Aerobatics and Origami in Insect flight

Kristien de Clercq.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 28 January 2011, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Planar Cell Polarity: pointing towards the right direction

Pedro Saavedra.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 21 January 2011, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Friday night at the movies: Fluorescence, lasers and 4D

Matt Benton.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 03 December 2010, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Developmental and functional crosstalk between the Drosophila gut and its neighboring tissues

Gerit Linneweber.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 26 November 2010, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Scans and Skulls and Holes and Moles

Nick Crumpton.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 26 November 2010, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The Ins and Outs of Fly Guts

Paula Cognigni.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 12 November 2010, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Jaws 5: The Beginning

Kelly Richards.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 12 November 2010, 17:00-17:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The odontode explosion: the origin of tooth-like structures in vertebrates

Gareth Fraser, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 28 April 2010, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Exploring the Relationship between Extinction Risk and Skewed Adult Sex Ratios

Jo Venables.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 05 March 2010, 17:00-17:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Gene cluster genesis, diversification and decay in animal evolution.

Sebastian Shimeld, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford..

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 03 March 2010, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Organizational Principles of the Locomotor Network of Drosophila Melanogaster

Temur Yunusov.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 26 February 2010, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Replication Fork Dynamics - In Vivo Analysis of PCNA-interacting Proteins

Shiphali Shetty.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 26 February 2010, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Life-history trade-offs in the evolution of insect parental care (redux)

James Gilbert.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 19 February 2010, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

A Total Evidence Analysis of Ruminant Systematics

Eva Baermann.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 19 February 2010, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Identifying PCNA Interactors in Human Cells

Simon Cooper.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 12 February 2010, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The Regulation of Motoneuron Dendrite Growth in the Fruit Fly Larva

Maarten Zwart.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 12 February 2010, 17:00-17:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The Choanoflagellates: Sister Group to Metazoa

Barry SC Leadbeater, University of Birmingham.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 10 February 2010, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Population Dynamics in Meerkats

Andrew Bateman.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 05 February 2010, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Analysis of Kinesin-1 function during Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis

Lucy Williams.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 29 January 2010, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Shells and Stones: Molluscan Analyses as a Means of Characterizing Hominin Habitats during the Pleistocene

Tom White.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 29 January 2010, 17:00-17:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolution of determinism: an evolutionary history of mechanisms underlying insect wing patterning

Robert Ray, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 27 January 2010, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Top Tips for Organ Shape

Helen Weavers.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 22 January 2010, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Integrating Costs into Priorities for Conservation Planning in a Biodiversity Hotspot

Jonathan Green.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 22 January 2010, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Signatures of Historical Demography and Pathogen Richness on MHC Genes

Nouar Qutob.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 15 January 2010, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The Influence of Phase Change on Learning and Memory in Desert Locusts

Patricio Simoes.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 15 January 2010, 17:00-17:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Homeobox genes, genome organization and animal evolution

David Ferrier, The Gatty Marine Laboratory, University of St Andrews.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 16 December 2009, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Information and Energy Optimization in the Fly Visual System

Nikon Rasumov.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 04 December 2009, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

A Bird's Eye View: Egg Pattern Mimicry by the Common Cuckoo

Mary Caswell Stoddard.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 04 December 2009, 17:00-17:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Limbs gone batty: A second wave of Sonic Hedgehog expression during the development of the bat limb

Dorit Hockman, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 02 December 2009, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Natural Hybridization in Heliconius Butterflies and the Role of Hybridization in Biological Diversification

Patricio Salazar.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 27 November 2009, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Biomechanical Problems of Load Transport: How Grass-Cutting Ants Avoid Falling Over

Karin Moll.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 27 November 2009, 17:00-17:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Fingers, fins and faces: the role of fossils in documenting the assembly of modern bodyplans

Matt Friedman, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 25 November 2009, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Seabirds as Indicator Species in the Southern Ocean

Claire Tancell.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 20 November 2009, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The Role of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins in Blood

John Cannon.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 13 November 2009, 17:00-17:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Systematics, homology and speciation in time and space.

Julie Hawkins, University of Reading.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 11 November 2009, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

How the fly got its sexy legs: the origin and evolution of Drosophila sex combs

Artyom Kopp, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California-Davis, USA.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 21 October 2009, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution and development of the deuterostome pharynx: insight from sharks and hemichordate worms

Andrew Gillis, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 14 October 2009, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Variation in response to intruder scent cues in meerkats

Cesar Raff Mares (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Large Animal Research Group).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 15 May 2009, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Genetic susceptibility to bovine tuberculosis in UK cattle

Erin Driscoll (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Molecular Ecology Group).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 15 May 2009, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Histone modification changes upon DNA damage

Jorrit Tjeertes (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 08 May 2009, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Silicification in Eukaryotes

Alan Marron (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Development and Evolution Group).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 01 May 2009, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Contextual influences in filial imprinting; behaviour and neural correlates

Stephen Town (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 01 May 2009, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The genetics of pigmentation in the Red-billed quelea

Neil Walsh (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Evolutionary Genetics Group).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 24 April 2009, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Elucidation of cyclin A function in the human cell cycle through proteomics

Felicia Walton (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Cell Biology Group).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 24 April 2009, 17:00-17:30

Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience

What is Consciousness For?

Professor Chris Frith, University College London.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital..

Thursday 19 March 2009, 18:00-19:00

Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience

In Vivo Real Time Control and Imaging of Brain Circuits

Professor Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University, USA.

William Harvey.

Thursday 19 March 2009, 16:45-17:30

Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience

Identifying the Network of Selectively Vulnerable Neurons Associated With Symptom Onset in Alzheimer¹s Disease.

Dr. Peter Nestor, Department of Clinical Neuroscience.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital..

Thursday 19 March 2009, 16:00-16:30

Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience

Gambling and the Brain

Dr Luke Clark, Department of Experimental Psychology..

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital..

Thursday 19 March 2009, 15:30-16:00

Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience

Glutamate, Spikes, and White Matter Disease

Dr. Ragnhildur Káradóttir, Department of Veterinary Medicine..

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital..

Thursday 19 March 2009, 15:00-15:30

Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience

Soft Matters – Neuromechanics in Development and Disorders

Dr. Jochen Guck, Department of Physics.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital..

Thursday 19 March 2009, 12:30-13:00

Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience

What Can Worm Brains Tell Us About Big Brains?

Dr. William Schafer, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital..

Thursday 19 March 2009, 12:00-12:30

Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience

Visceral Neurons in Drosophila: What the Fly's Rear End Can Tell Us About the Brain

Dr. Irene Miguel-Aliaga, Department of Zoology.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital.

Thursday 19 March 2009, 11:30-12:00

Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience

Processing and Storage Within Neurons

Professor Jeff Magee, Howard Hughs Medical Institute, Janelia Farm, USA.

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital..

Thursday 19 March 2009, 10:05-10:50

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Octopus: Old Friends Through the Looking Glass

Rahul Parnaik, Department of Neurobiology, University of Chicago.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 11 March 2009, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Evo-devo and the bristle patterning of flies: attempting targeted transfer of gene regulatory regions between species

Richard Wallbank (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Skylab).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 06 March 2009, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Deceptive signalling strategies in the fork-tailed drongo

Tom Flower (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Bird Behavioural Ecology Group).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 06 March 2009, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The importance of forest fragments in the oil-palm matrix. Could parasitoids save the rainforest?

Tim Cockerill (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Insect Ecology Group).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 27 February 2009, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Investigating nuclear reprogramming of the mammalian inactive X chromosome by somatic cell nuclear transfer to Xenopus laevis oocytes

Vincent Pasque (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 27 February 2009, 17:00-17:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Limb architecture in arthropods - how to build a uniramous leg

Carsten Wolff, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Biologie, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 25 February 2009, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Pups and personality: Individual variation in helping behaviour in cooperative meerkats

Sinead English (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Large Animal Research Group).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 20 February 2009, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Genetic linkage and reproductive isolation in Heliconius butterflies

Richard Merrill (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Butterfly Genetics Group).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 20 February 2009, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Large-scale genetic structure and the demographic history of the domestic horse

Vera Warmuth (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Archaeogenetics Group).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 13 February 2009, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Somatic knock-ins + Chemical Genetics = Unveiling the specific roles of Cdk1 and Aurora A

Paola Marco (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Cell Biology Group).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 13 February 2009, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Information-Energy trade-offs in spiking and graded cells

Biswa Sengupta (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Insect Vision Group).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 06 February 2009, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Microcephaly genes and primate brain size evolution

Stephen Montgomery (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Evolutionary Genetics Group).

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 06 February 2009, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The interaction of epigenetic remodelling and nuclear reprogramming, following nuclear transfer to an amphibian oocyte

Richard Halley-Stott.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 30 January 2009, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

How can the invasive Asian clam help us tackle freshwater pollution?

Nicole Spann.

Tea Room, Department of Zoology.

Friday 30 January 2009, 17:00-17:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Investigating stem cell differentiation and positional signaling in the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea

Aziz Aboobaker, Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 03 December 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Using Papaver somniferum (opium poppy) to study the evolution of flower development

Sinead Drea, University of Leicester.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 26 November 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Mexican blind cavefish as a model system for micro evolutionary research

Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, University College London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 19 November 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Conserved regulatory networks in vertebrate development

Greg Elgar, University of London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 12 November 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Cardamine hirsuta: a new system for evo-devo studies.

Angela Hay. Plant Sciences Dept, Oxford University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 05 November 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Systems biology of phototaxis in marine zooplankton and origin of the proto-eye

Gáspár Jékely, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology (Germany).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 15 October 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The Evolution of Dorsal-Ventral Patterning Among the Insects

Jeremy Lynch, Institute of Developmental Biology, University of Cologne (Germany).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 01 October 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of extraembryonic tissue and segmentation mechanisms in flies (Diptera)

Note changed location and time!!!

Urs Schmidt-Ott, Dept of Organismal Biology & Anatomy, University of Chicago, U.S.A..

Austin Building Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 03 June 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The genetic loci underlying phenotypic evolution in animals and plants: from single case studies to general principles

Note changed location!

Vigrinie Orgogozo, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.

Austin Building Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 28 May 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Understanding the evolution of developmental mechanisms: the role of non-coding RNAs in Hox gene regulation

Matthew Ronshaugen, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 21 May 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evo-devo in the tropics

Catherine Kidner, Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 14 May 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Genetic Leverage: A Quantitative Measure of Evolvability

Please note location and time!

Alexis Gallagher, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 13 May 2008, 14:00-15:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Neurogenesis and its bearing on lophotrochozoan phylogeny and bodyplan evolution

Andreas Wanninger, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 07 May 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolutionary origins of meiosis: a hypothesis

Adam Wilkins, Editor, BioEssays, Cambridge (in collaboration with Robin Holliday).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 30 April 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of dorsoventral patterning in the honeybee Apis mellifera and the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum

Jessica Cande, Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, U.S.A..

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 23 April 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

A new view on arthropod limb evolution

Gerhard Scholtz, Institute for Biology, Humboldt University, Berlin.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 12 March 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Ecdysozoan phylogeny and the origins of crustacean complexity: new data from the Cambrian fossil record

Tom Harvey, Department of Earth Science, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 27 February 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The little Amphioxus: Towards experimental Evo-Devo at the origin of chordates

Jordi Garcia-Fernandez, Department of Genetics, University of Barcelona, Spain.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 20 February 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Recapitulating ancestral mammalian incisor dentitions through disruption of NF-kB and Wnt signalling in the mouse

Jim Blackburn, Dept of Craniofacial Development, Kings College London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 13 February 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Transgenic and transgenomic strategies for studying the genetic basis of phenotypic evolution: prospects and pitfalls

David Baum, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.A..

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 06 February 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The centipede tree: an evolutionary framework for segmentation studies

Greg Edgecombe, Natural History Museum, London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 16 January 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolution of the Bilateria - insights from an acoel flatworm

Andreas Hejnol, Kewalo Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, U.S.A..

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 12 December 2007, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The Great Divide: Life on Earth before and after the Ediacaran transition

Nick Butterfield, Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 21 November 2007, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Segmentation genes in the annelid Platynereis

Guillaume Balavoine, CNRS-CGM, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 14 November 2007, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Cells with a rooting function give new insights into land plant evolution

Benoit Menand, Laboratoire de Génétique et Biophysique des Plantes, Marseilles, France.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 07 November 2007, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolutionary dynamics on phenotype landscapes: where are the constraints?

Tom van Dooren, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 24 October 2007, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Comparative ontogenetic and palaeontological approaches to study the evolution of turtles

Marcelo Sanchez, Museum of Palaeontology, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 10 October 2007, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Ontogeny, modularity, and morphological diversity of the mammal skull

Anjali Goswami, Dept of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 12 September 2007, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Expression and function of spider Wnt genes

Please note unusual time!

Alistair McGregor, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 04 September 2007, 11:00-12:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of Segmental Patterning: Molecular Mechanisms of Segmentation in Spiders

Please note location and time!

Wim Damen, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Germany.

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology.

Thursday 26 July 2007, 11:00-12:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Analyzing evolvability with an exact network algebra

Please note location and time!

Alexis Gallagher, Zoology Department, University of Oxford.

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology.

Thursday 19 July 2007, 11:00-12:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of Vertebrate Developmental Pathways

Please note different location!

Michael Richardson, Department of Integrative Zoology, Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Austin Building Seminar Room, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 13 June 2007, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

High-speed homeoboxes and wayward worms

Please note different location!

Peter Holland, Evolution & Development Research Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.

Austin Building Seminar Room, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 06 June 2007, 13:00-14:00