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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Freshwater salinization: From Ecology & Evolution to Real-World Solutions

This talk is hybrid - email the organisers for a Zoom link

Dr Rick Relyea, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).

Part II Lecture Theatre and online via Zoom - contact organiser for details.

Tuesday 14 March 2023, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Birds on a tree: Progress and challenges of whole-genome phylogenomics

This talk is hybrid - email the organisers for a Zoom link

Josefin Stiller, University of Copenhagen.

Part II Lecture Theatre and online via Zoom - contact organiser for details.

Tuesday 07 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Modern views on the diversity, functional disparity, and structure of Cambrian ecosystems

This talk is hybrid - email the organisers for a Zoom link

Karma Nanglu, Harvard University.

Part II Lecture Theatre and online via Zoom - contact organiser for details.

Tuesday 28 February 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The evolution of reproductive isolation: insights from swordtail fish

Molly Schumer, Stanford.

online via Zoom - contact organiser for details.

Tuesday 21 February 2023, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The evolution of reproductive isolation: insights from swordtail fish

Molly Schumer, Stanford.

Part II Lecture Theatre and online via Zoom - contact organiser for details.

Tuesday 21 February 2023, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The evolution of a sexually selected syndrome in Mediterranean wall lizards

This talk is hybrid - email the organisers for a Zoom link

Dr Nathalie Feiner, Lund University.

Part II Lecture Theatre and online via Zoom - contact organiser for details.

Tuesday 14 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Is it the weather or the neighbours? The role of the physical and biotic environment in determining biodiversity distributions.

This talk is hybrid - email the organisers for a Zoom link

Regan Early, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, UK.

Part II Lecture Theatre and online via Zoom - contact organiser for details.

Tuesday 07 February 2023, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Seeing through the noise: how fish use visual information to navigate in challenging conditions

This talk is hybrid - email the organisers for a Zoom link

Cait Newport, University of Oxford.

Part II Lecture Theatre and online via Zoom - contact organiser for details.

Tuesday 31 January 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Heads and shoulders: progress on the origin of the modern vertebrate body plan

This talk is hybrid - email the organisers for a Zoom link

Dr Martin D Brazeau, Imperial College London.

Main Zoology Lecture Theatre and online via Zoom - contact organiser for details.

Tuesday 24 January 2023, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Mexican Waves: The Adaptive Value of Collective Behaviour

This talk is hybrid - email the organisers for a Zoom link

Jens Krause, IGB Berlin.

Main Zoology Lecture Theatre and online via Zoom - contact organiser for details.

Tuesday 17 January 2023, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Olfactory cues in a changing world

This talk is hybrid - email the organisers for a Zoom link

Jorg Hardege, University of Hull.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoolgy.

Tuesday 29 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The hidden depths of avian genomes

This talk is hybrid - email the organisers for a Zoom link

Alex Suh, UEA.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoolgy.

Tuesday 22 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The evolution and assembly of a complex weapon system

This talk is hybrid - email the organisers for a Zoom link

Christine W Miller, University of Florida.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoolgy.

Tuesday 08 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Microbial Communities in an Ever-Changing World

Hybrid talk - email for a zoom link

Alex Dumbrell, University of Essex.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoolgy.

Tuesday 01 November 2022, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Tree islands enhance biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in oil palm landscapes

Clara Zemp.

Zoom only - contact organiser for link.

Tuesday 01 November 2022, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The dynamics of predators in a novel world

This talk is hybrid - email the organisers for a Zoom link

Robert Fletcher, University of Florida.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoolgy.

Tuesday 18 October 2022, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Environment-neuroendocrine interactions regulating larval settlement in the marine worm Platynereis

This talk is hybrid - email the organisers for a Zoom link

Elizabeth Williams, University of Exeter.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 11 October 2022, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Exploring the origin of multicellularity in real time: what we've learned from 5,000 generations of laboratory evolution

Online talk - email organisers for a zoom link

William Ratcliff, Georgia Tech.

Venue to be confirmed.

Saturday 08 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

DNA methylation changes at major animal evolutionary transition

Alexandre de Mendoza Soler.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoolgy.

Tuesday 22 March 2022, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

An ancient DNA perspective on the Ice Age megafauna

Pete Heintzman (The Arctic University of Norway).

Zoom.

Tuesday 15 March 2022, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Tracking oceanic sharks’ ups and downs in a changing world

David Sims (Marine Biological Association).

Zoom.

Tuesday 08 March 2022, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Evolution, ecology, and genetics of live-bearing and egg-laying reproduction

Speaker to be confirmed.

Zoom.

Tuesday 01 March 2022, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Differentiation, Communication, and Collective Behavior in Ant Societies

Daniel Kronauer (The Rockefeller University).

Zoom.

Tuesday 22 February 2022, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Liquid Brains: searching the cognition space

Ricard Solé (Universitat Pompeu Fabra).

Zoom.

Tuesday 15 February 2022, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Using experimental evolution to tackle questions in speciation research

Isobel Eyres (University of Sheffield).

Zoom.

Tuesday 08 February 2022, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Impacts and mitigation of anthropogenic noise

Sophie Nedelec (University of Exeter).

Zoom.

Tuesday 01 February 2022, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Birdwatching on a cosmic scale: The avian fossil record and the origin of modern bird diversity

Daniel Field (University of Cambridge).

Zoom.

Tuesday 25 January 2022, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Behavior is a motor and a brake for evolution

Dr Martha Munoz, Yale.

Venue to be confirmed.

Friday 14 January 2022, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Phylodynamic tools for quantitative palaeobiology

Rachel Warnock, Geozentrum Nordbayern.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology but also online (ask organizers for link)..

Tuesday 30 November 2021, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The functional consequences of extinction and the evolution of gigantism

Catalina Pimiento, Swansea University.

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 23 November 2021, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Quantitative studies of rapid evolutionary adaptation

Dmitri Petrov, Stanford University.

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 16 November 2021, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Y haplotype diversity and male phenotypes

Judith Mank, University of British Columbia.

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 09 November 2021, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Is telomere length a useful biomarker in ecology and evolution?

Dan Nussey, University of Edinburgh.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology but also online (ask organizers for link)..

Tuesday 02 November 2021, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Genomic and developmental drivers of color pattern diversification

Claudius Kratochwil, University of Helsinki.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology but also online (ask organizers for link)..

Tuesday 26 October 2021, 13:00-14:00

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"

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

Renske Vroomans; Matteusz Trylinski.

Online.

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The honeybee waggle dance: evolutionary marvel but modern-day relic?

Elli Leadbeater, Royal Holloway University of London.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology but also online (ask organizers for link)..

Tuesday 19 October 2021, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Morphogenesis and cell ordering in bacterial biofilms

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

Jing Yan.

Online.

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Distribution and ecology of albatrosses and petrels; underlying drivers and implications for conservation

Richard Phillips, British Antarctic Survey.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology but also online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 12 October 2021, 13:00-14:00

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Cell shape determination: Mechanical competition vs. endogenous genetic programme

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

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Nature’s information networks: from collective behavior to ecosystem dynamics

Andrew Hein - University of California.

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 09 March 2021, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Multiple determinants maintain diversity in nature

Swanne Gordon - Washington University.

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 02 March 2021, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Biotic Diversification in Southeast Asia and the Indonesian Archipelago in the Era of NGS

Frank Rheindt - National University of Singapore.

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 23 February 2021, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The links between sensory and motor systems: from cells to organisms

Natasha Mhatre - University of Western Ontario.

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 16 February 2021, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Problem solving in slime molds

Audrey Dussutour - Universite Paul Sabatier.

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 09 February 2021, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Extreme Weapons: A Natural History

Doug Emlen - University of Montana.

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 02 February 2021, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The mind of the bee

Lars Chittka - Queen Mary University of London.

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 26 January 2021, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Genome duplication, gene dosage, and evolution

Aoife McLysaght - University of Dublin.

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 19 January 2021, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

How a year-round breeding tropical songbird copes with seasonal aridity

Chima Nwaogu (Fitzpatrick Inst).

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 24 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The complex consequences of simple sociality in wild populations

Josh Firth (Oxford).

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 17 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Bird migration: evolutionary genetics of migratory behaviour

Miriam Liedvogel (Max Planck).

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 10 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Convergent Evolution of a Social Symbiosis

Joe Parker (Caltech).

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 03 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The late, great bilaterians: hunting down the first animals in the fossil record

Graham Budd (Uppsala).

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 27 October 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Do fish have necks? How fish use the axial muscles and skeleton to power suction feeding

Ariel Camp (Liverpool).

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 20 October 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Replaying the tape of life: how predictable is evolution?

Katie Peichel (Bern).

Online (ask organizers for link).

Tuesday 13 October 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Bird migration: evolutionary genetics of migratory behaviour

Speaker to be confirmed.

Online (ask organizers for link).

Sunday 11 October 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Drivers of seabird movements and their fitness consequences

Annette Fayet (Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 25 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Longevity, senescence and reproductive variation in wild African elephants.

Phyllis Lee (University of Stirling).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 18 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The evolution of plasticity for life cycle regulation in seasonal environments

Karl Gotthard (Stockholm University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 11 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

It's about time: The evolutionary ecology of circadian rhythms during infections

Sarah Reece (University of Edinburgh).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 04 February 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

A deeper take on our sexual nature: Importance of cellular sex and underlying mechanisms

Bruno Hudry (Institute de Biologie Valrose).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 28 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Origins and extinctions of early vertebrates: a story of ecology, phylogeny, and the fossil record

Rob Sansom (University of Manchester).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 21 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Ode to the masalai: New Guinea as a crucible for evolution in plants and insects

Simon Segar (Harper Adams University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 14 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

CANCELLED DUE TO STRIKE ACTION: The complex consequences of simple sociality in wild populations

Josh Firth (Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 26 November 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Tracking trade in underground symbioses

Toby Kiers (VU Amsterdam).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 19 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Causes and consequences of social evolution in spiders

Trine Bilde (Aarhus University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 12 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Linking patterns and processes across scales: a case study with Andean hummingbirds

Catherine Graham (Swiss Federal Institute WSL).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 05 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Why do organisms age? Beyond energy trade-offs

Alexei Maklakov (University of East Anglia).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 29 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Phenotypic plasticity and the evolution of eusociality: How does the queen control reproduction in her workers?

Elizabeth Duncan (Leeds University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 22 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

How coordinated behaviour is achieved through selection, synchrony and sex

James Herbert-Read (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 15 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Out-of-term seminar

Alexandra K. Schnell (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 19 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Note unusual time; out-of-term seminar

Cosima Porteus (University of Exeter).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 15 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Microbial evolution in the human gut

Pauline Scanlan (University College Cork).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 12 March 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The evolution of recombination rate variation in the wild

Susan Johnston (University of Edinburgh).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 05 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Linking all the things: towards a biodiversity knowledge graph

Roderick Page (University of Glasgow).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 26 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Why do females fight?

Eleanor Bath (University of Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 19 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Speciation, horizontal transfer and the evolutionary genomics of bdelloid rotifers

Tim Barraclough (Imperial College London).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 12 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Through a glass darkly - interpreting animal behaviour with the aid of machines

Alex Jordan (Max Planck Institute for Ornithology).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 05 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

High-throughput synchrotron X-ray imaging of extant and fossil insects

Thomas van de Kamp (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 29 January 2019, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Pleiotropy, chance and predictability in the genetic paths of evolution

Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo (Institute Jacques Monod).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 22 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Alarm calls and interspecific eavesdropping

Robert Magrath (Australian National University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 11 December 2018, 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Evolution on the wing

Owen McMillan, STRI.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 27 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Social learning? So what! Looking for evolutionary consequences of social information use.

Rose Thorogood (University of Cambridge and University of Helsinki).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 20 November 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Sexual conflict in ecological context

Jen Perry (University of Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The tension between generality and diversity: what makes biology so cool

Hanna Kokko (University of Zurich).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 06 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Darwin’s Unfinished Symphony. How culture made the human mind

Zoology Graduate Student's Invited Speaker

Kevin Laland (University of St. Andrews).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 30 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Evolution of ant social chromosomes and bumblebee diversity

Yannick Wurm (Queen Mary University of London).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 23 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Epigenetics and social insects

Eamonn Mallon (University of Leicester).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 16 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Timing and pattern of tooth eruption – Investigation of their evolution in wild and domestic mammals

Madeleine Geiger (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 09 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

What genes made us human, and how much did they cost?

James Sikela, UC Denver.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 04 September 2018, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

THE CHEMICAL WARFARE BETWEEN PLANTS AND INSECTS: From pathway discovery to functional diversification of toxins

Professor Søren Bak , University of Copenhagen.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 13 July 2018, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

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

Zuzana Musilova (Charles University, Prague).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The evolution of color vision in Heliconius butterflies.

PLEASE NOTE DIFFERENT VENUE

Adriana Briscoe (University of California at Irvine).

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

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Sexual selection and trait investment in a dynamic world

PLEASE NOTE DIFFERENT VENUE

Christine Miller (University of Florida).

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

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

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Illuminating the start of complex life: Spatial analysis of Ediacaran ecosystems

Dr Emily Mitchell, Earth Sciences (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 15 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Fuxianhuiids and their exceptional contribution to the early evolution of Cambrian euarthropods

Javier Ortega Hernandez (Dept of Zoology, Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 08 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Neuroethology of a striking crustacean, the mantis shrimp

Dr Kate Feller, Dept of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 01 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

On the origin of human sociality: Ape minds and the evolution of Homo sapiens

Christopher Krupenye (University of St. Andrews).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 24 April 2018, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

CANCELLED DUE TO STRIKE ACTION

Canceled

Jennifer Perry (University of Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 13 March 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

CANCELED DUE TO USS PENSIONS STRIKE.

Yannick Wurm (Queen Mary University of London).

Canceled - apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Tuesday 06 March 2018, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

CANCELED DUE TO USS PENSIONS STRIKE.

Helen Leggett (University of Cambridge).

Canceled - apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Tuesday 27 February 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Cognition in the wild: foraging hummingbirds and building nests

Sue Healy (University of St. Andrews).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 20 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Benefits of social relationships in carrion crows

Claudia Wascher (Anglia Ruskin University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 13 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Evolution in island colonising birds: silvereyes of the south Pacific

Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 06 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Paleogenomics beyond humans

Michi Hofreiter (University of Pottsdam).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 30 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Neural circuitry of a polycystin-mediated hydrodynamic startle response in Platynereis: from genes to ecology

Gáspár Jékely (University of Exeter).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 23 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Growing old yet staying young: do bats hold the secret of extended longevity?

Emma Teeling (University College Dublin).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 28 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Genetic and Epigenetic Control of Parental Care

Chris Cunningham (Swansea University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 21 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Neurophysiology in the field: What can it tell us about the ecology of acoustic communication?

Heinrich Römer (University of Graz).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 14 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Can social networks explain why females cheat?

Julia Schroeder (Imperial College London).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 07 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

When males lose their fathers genome: the why and how of a remarkable reproductive system

Laura Ross (University of Edinburgh).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 31 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Adaptive radiations and species(?) diversity

Per Lundberg (Lund University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 24 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Rapid host and pathogen co-evolution following a severe emerging infectious outbreak

Camille Bonneaud (University of Exeter).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 17 October 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

You are what you eat? Gut bacteria and mating preferences in Drosophila

Zenobia Lewis (University of Liverpool).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 10 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Complex Homology and the Neuromolecular Evolution of Social Behavior

NOTE SPECIAL TIME

Hans Hoffmann (University of Texas at Austin).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 14:00-15:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Big Data Meets Geo-Computation: Combining Research Reproducibility and Processing Efficiency in High-performance Computing

PLEASE NOTE SPECIAL DAY, TIME, AND LOCATION

Giuseppe Amatulli (Yale University).

Rayleigh room, Maxwell Centre, JJ Thomson Ave, Cambridge CB3 0HE.

Friday 08 September 2017, 15:00-16:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Bringing Partula up to date: from Captain Cook to the 2017 search for lost snails.

Dr. Justin Gerlach.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 05 September 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Group living – causes and consequences: lessons from the biology of social spiders

Prof Leticia Aviles (University of British Columbia).

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

Tuesday 06 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Neural basis of mating behaviour

Carolina Rezaval (University of Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 14 March 2017, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

From collective animal behaviour to collective motion of football teams

David Sumpter (Uppsala University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 07 March 2017, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Global questions about parenting and movement ecology in the world’s biggest tern

David Craig (Willamette University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 28 February 2017, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Eco-evolutionary dynamics

Andrés López-Sepulcre (IEES CNRS Paris).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 21 February 2017, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Parasites, Immune Function, and Human Life Histories

Aaron Blackwell (University of California, Santa Barbara).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 14 February 2017, 16:00-17:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Inter-group tolerance in humans and other primates

Anne Pisor (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Department of Biological Anthropology Lecture Theatre (Room 41) Pembroke Street.

Monday 13 February 2017, 13:00-14:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Genetic evolution of humans and closely related species

Aida Andres (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 07 February 2017, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The Behavioural Ecology of Mosquitoes

Lauren Cator (Imperial College London).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 31 January 2017, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Information gaps in ecology and conservation

Tatsuya Amano (Centre for the Study of Existential Risk / Department of Zoology University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 24 January 2017, 16:00-17:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Conservation ecology of West African's montane forest habitats - primary seed dispersers and their substitutes.

Hazel Chapman (University of Canterbury).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 17 January 2017, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Dispersal evolution

Jean Clobert (Station d’Ecologie Experimentale du CNRS Moulis).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 29 November 2016, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The evolutionary ecology of innovativeness and personality in the wild

John Quinn (Cork).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 22 November 2016, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Evolutionary ecology and conservation of freshwater fishes

Stephanie Carlson (Berkeley).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 15 November 2016, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Evolution of the sexual genome

Alison Wright (UCL).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 08 November 2016, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Host-parasite coevolution

Kayla King (University of Oxford).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 01 November 2016, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Oral transfer of chemical cues, growth proteins and hormones: crowdsourcing development in social insects

Adria Le Boeuf, University of Lausanne.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 25 October 2016, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Evolution of butterfly brains

Stephen Montgomery (Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 18 October 2016, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Non-genetic inheritance in mice

Rahia Mashoodh (University of Cambridge).

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoolgy.

Tuesday 11 October 2016, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

A global perspective on conflict and cooperation in animal mating systems

Simon Griffith, Macquarie University, Sydney.

First Floor Seminar Room, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 21 June 2016, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Meta-(DNA)barcoding & the ecology of coral-reef fish

Moshe Kiflawi (Ben Gurion University, Israel).

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

Tuesday 07 June 2016, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

A sting in the tail: evolutionary consequences of chemical anti-predator defence in animals

Kevin Arbuckle, University of Liverpool.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 08 March 2016, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Genome packaging: is that enough to explain the caste plasticity in social insects?

Solenn Patalano, Babraham Institute Cambridge .

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 01 March 2016, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Zebra stripes: testing old stories with new data

Tim Caro, UC Davis.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 23 February 2016, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Does colour and colour change matter for thermoregulation in animals?

Devi Stuart-Fox, University of Melbourne.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 16 February 2016, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Far from the deafening crowd: the effects of noise pollution on songbirds

John Swaddle, University of Exeter and College of William & Mary.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 09 February 2016, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The Causes and Consequences of Selection at the Gametic Level in Animals

Simone Immler, Uppsala University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 02 February 2016, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

What chickens and dogs can teach us about genetics and epigenetics of domesticated behaviour

Per Jensen, Linköping University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 26 January 2016, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

You, tree, and me make me me: biotic environments and the expression of genetic variation

Darren Rebar, Zoology Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 19 January 2016, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Genetics and genomics of lifespan in the short-lived African turquoise killifish

Dario Riccardo Valenzano, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 01 December 2015, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Artificial selection reveals the costs and benefits of large brain size

Alexander Kotrschal, Stockholm University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 24 November 2015, 16:00-17:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

How social interactions shape the genome.

Jenny Tung, Duke University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Thursday 19 November 2015, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The valence of experience: learning and the directionality of preferences

Machteld Verzijden, Aarhus University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 17 November 2015, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Adaptive immunity of wild songbirds; how to handle pathogens and maximize fitness.

Helena Westerdahl, Lund University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 10 November 2015, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Behavioral flexibility is not predicted by innovation or brain size in great-tailed grackles, New Caledonian crows, and Western scrub jays

Corina Logan, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 03 November 2015, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Genomics of Recent, Rapid Evolution: Examining the Role of Behavioural Flexibility

Nathan Bailey, University of St Andrews.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 27 October 2015, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Evolution of visual pigments in New and Old World warblers: from genes to function

Natasha Bloch, UCL.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 20 October 2015, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Clever frogs? Behavioural flexibility and strategic planning during parental care in a poison frog

Eva Ringler, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 13 October 2015, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Balancing selection in Müllerian mimicry: causes and consequences

Dr Violaine Llaurens, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité .

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 10 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Social Learning Strategies & Cumulative Culture

Dr Rachel Kendal, University of Durham.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 03 March 2015, 16:00-17:00

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

Ethics Seminar Series

Scientific Fraud and Whistle-blowing

Prof Ronald Laskey, CBE .

Tea Room.

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Does swimming behind get you ahead?: The energetic benefits of moving in fish schools

Dr Shaun Killen, University of Glasgow.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 24 February 2015, 16:00-17:00

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

Ethics Seminar Series

Cloning, Cell Replacement and Human Embryos

Dr John Gurdon.

Tea Room.

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

From species to individuals, a survey of variation in the immune function of birds.

Dr Kevin Matson, University of Groningen.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 17 February 2015, 16:00-17:00

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

Ethics Seminar Series

The Ethics of Publishing

Prof Bill Sutherland.

Tea Room.

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The adaptive use of information within and across generations

Dr Sinead English, University of Oxford.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 10 February 2015, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Evolution of social behaviour in wild populations: European badgers & Seychelles warblers

Dr Hannah Dugdale, University of Sheffield.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 03 February 2015, 16:00-17:00

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

Ethics Seminar Series

The Ethics of Gender Equality: Implications for Women in Science

Dr Rosie Trevelyan.

Tea Room.

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Cooperation under the bark: Understanding sociality and symbioses in ambrosia beetles

Dr Peter Biedermann, Max Planck Research Group Insect Symbiosis.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 27 January 2015, 16:00-17:00

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

Ethics Seminar Series

The Ethics of Using Animals in Research

Prof Sir Patrick Bateson.

Tea Room.

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The diversification of birds

Dr Gavin Thomas, University of Sheffield.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 20 January 2015, 16:00-17:00

Ethics Seminar Series

The Ethics of Informing Public Policy

Prof Derek Smith.

Tea Room.

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Genetic, neuronal and experiential influences on olfactory perception in mice

Dr Darren Logan ( Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute).

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 13 January 2015, 16:00-17:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Population genetics of host-parasite coevolution

Professor Dieter Ebert, Universität Basel.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 09 December 2014, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Colony personalities and the importance of behavioral variance for insect societies

Prof. Dr. Susanne Foitzik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz .

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 02 December 2014, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Behavioural Ecology meets Chemical Ecology: The role of chemical communication in mate choice and family life

Dr Sandra Steiger, University of Ulm.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 25 November 2014, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Of ducks and men – ecology and evolution of influenza A virus in waterfowl

Dr Jonas Waldenström - Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 18 November 2014, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Variation in the anti-predator defences of aposematic organisms

Dr Bibiana Rojas Zuluaga, University of Jyvaskyla.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 11 November 2014, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Competition, cooperation and the evolution of weapons

Dr John Fitzpatrick, University of Manchester.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 04 November 2014, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

How does a bird know what nest to build?

Dr Sue Healy, University of St Andrews.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 28 October 2014, 15:00-16:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Cultured Birds? Social networks, personality and social learning in parids.

Dr Lucy Aplin, University of Oxford.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 21 October 2014, 16:00-17:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The Assembly of Coevolving Interactions

Prof. John N Thompson, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 14 October 2014, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Evolution of behavior through niche construction: architect crabs, cultured monkeys, and gossipy humans

Mark Laidre (Dartmouth College).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Monday 19 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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

What Biologists can learn from bats

Egbert Leigh, Smithsonian Tropical research Institute.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 29 April 2014, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

From Individuals to Populations: Decision-making, Social Networks, and Population Processes in wild songbirds

Damien Farine - Oxford University, UK.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 18 March 2014, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The wandering Irish badger – contrasts with the GB stereotype

Nicola Marples, Trinity College, Dublin.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 11 March 2014, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

What and where is the information on animal vocalisations?

Arik Kershenbaum (NIMBS Tennessee).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 05 March 2014, 12:00-13:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Family life: the evolution of social organisation and prosociality in primates and cetaceans

Susanne Shultz, University of Manchester.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 18 February 2014, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Distributed Decisions: new insights from radio-tagged ants

Elva Robinson, University of York.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 11 February 2014, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Loud calls or big balls? Tradeoff between vocal tract and testes dimensions reflect different male reproductive strategies in howler monkeys, Alouatta spp.

Jacob Dunn (Bioanthropology, University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 04 February 2014, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Begging, vigilance and interspecies interactions in pied babblers

Alex Thompson (University of Cambridge).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 28 January 2014, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Family life of birds: sex, conflicts and cooperation

Tamas Szekely (University of Bath).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 21 January 2014, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Colour evolution in insects: from polymorphisms to speciation

Erik Svensson (Lund University).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 26 November 2013, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Bacteria-phage interactions within their long-lived tree host

Britt Koskella, University of Exeter.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 19 November 2013, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Maternal and paternal effects on offspring behavior and survival

Katie McGhee, University of Illinois.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 12 November 2013, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Population divergence and reproductive isolation in an Anolis lizard

Jessica Stapley, University of Sheffield.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 05 November 2013, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

When the cat's away the mice will play, but what about the rats? Introduced mammal interactions on islands

James Russell, University of Auckland.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 29 October 2013, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Conflict, coadaptation, and the emergence of reproductive isolation in a placental fish

Matt Schrader, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 22 October 2013, 16:00-17:00

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

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Fishy cognition

Culum Brown (Macquarie University).

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 15 October 2013, 16:00-17:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

The Rhythm of Africa: how life history traits affect dynamics of a fruit-feeding butterfly community

Freerk Molleman - University of Rennes, France. WEBSITE:.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Tuesday 08 October 2013, 16:00-17:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Episodic Memory and the Sense of Time: Some Conceptual and Empirical Constraints.

Carl Craver, Washingon University in St. Louis.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 02 August 2013, 16:00-17:00

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