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Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Insights into the mechanism of hind limb initiation in Xenopus laevis

UserJohn Young, Department of Biology, Simmons University.

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Temporal patterning during development and tumorigenesis

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

UserCedric Maurange, IBDM, Marseille,France.

HouseIn person at PDN and online.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

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

Housein person at Sainsbury Laboratory and online.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

From microscopy images to mechanical models of tissues and back

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

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Multicellular and extracellular matrix dynamics underlying skin morphogenesis.

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

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

How Cell and Tissue Geometry Influences Morphogenesis

UserDr. Yohanns Bellaiche, Institut Curie .

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Mitotic rewiring on evolutionary timescales

UserDr. Gautam Dey, EMBL.

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Role of mechano-gated ion channels in epithelial tissue morphogenesis

UserProf. Jorg Grosshans, Philipps University Marburg, Germany.

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Connecting spaces and scales in embryos

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

UserJesse Veenvliet.

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

UserSevan Hopyan .

HouseOnline.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Reconstructing brain evolution, one cell at the time

UserDr Maria A Tosches (Columbia University).

HouseOnline.

ClockWednesday 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

UserDaria Siekhaus, ISTA, Vienna Austria.

HouseMRC LMB + online (hybrid).

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Laying (turbanate) eyes on morphological novelties

UserDr Isabel Almudi (University of Barcelona).

HouseOnline.

ClockWednesday 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

UserYuchen Long .

HouseOnline.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

A flexible evolutionary toolkit for neural development

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

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 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

UserStefania Tavano, ISTA Vienna, Austria .

HouseOnline.

ClockMonday 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

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

HouseOnline.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolutionary origin of neuronal signalling machinery and animal cell differentiation

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

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Modelling active morphogenesis of patterned epithelia

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

User Diana Khoromskaia (Crick Institute, London).

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Connecting spaces and scales in embryos

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

UserJesse Veenvliet .

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Life and death of cells a mystery solved through biomechanics

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

UserLakshmi Balasubramaniam (Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge) .

HouseOnline.

ClockMonday 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 

UserGuy Blanchard, PDN, University of Cambridge.

HouseOnline.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The developmental origin of colour patterns in birds

UserDr Marie Manceau (College De France).

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

On the specification of leaf dorsiventrality

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

UserAgata Burian (University of Silesia in Katowice) .

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Building and Breaking the Neural Tube

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

UserClare Buckley (PDN, University of Cambridge) .

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

UserEva Zaffarini (McCaig Institute, University of Calgary).

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Junctional Remodelling in Vascular Morphogenesis

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

UserMaria Paraskevi Kotini (Biozentrum, Basel Switzerland).

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Mechano-chemical feedbacks in plant regeneration

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

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

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

UserKyogo Kawaguchi .

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Evolution of Morphogenesis: the case of cephalic furrow

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

HouseOnline.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

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

UserProf Andreas Wanninger (University of Vienna).

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Dynamics and mechanics of cell shape changes during cellular state changes

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

HouseOnline.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Origin and early evolution of vertebrates

hybrid

UserProfessor Philip Donoghue (University of Bristol).

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Understanding how flowering plants build communication devices on their petals

UserLucie Riglet, Sainsbury's Laboratory, Cambridge University.

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

UserKatharine Goodwin (Princeton, MRC LMB) .

HouseOnline.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolution of regular patterning in plants and animals

hybrid

UserRenske Vroomans (Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge).

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 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

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

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Computational Models of the Development of the Central Nervous System

UserDagmar Iber, ETH Zurich (Computational Biology) .

HouseOnline.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

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

UserProf Mihaela Pavlicev (University of Vienna).

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Cell extrusion—an exciting start to the end of life

UserJody Rosenblatt, King's College London.

HouseOnline.

ClockMonday 24 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

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

HouseOnline.

ClockMonday 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)

UserKatrine Worsaae (University of Copenhagen).

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

4D reconstruction of developmental trajectories

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

UserGiovanni Dalmasso (EMBL Barcelona, Sharpe Lab) .

HouseOnline.

ClockMonday 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 

UserAleksandra Marconi (Zoology Department, Santos lab) .

HouseOnline.

ClockMonday 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 

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

HouseOnline.

ClockMonday 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 

UserGeraldine Jowett (Gurdon Institute, Cambridge) .

HouseOnline.

ClockMonday 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 

UserAntonia Weberling (PDN, Cambridge) .

HouseOnline.

ClockMonday 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

UserDr Dorit Hockman.

HouseZoom.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Drivers of cnidarian morphogenesis

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

User Aissam Ikmi (EMBL, Heidelberg).

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Multicellular coordination in context

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

UserTakashi Hiiragi, Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands .

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

UserDaniel Kierzkowski Montreal University .

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

UserMatteo Rauzi (IBV, Nice).

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

UserNatalie Dye (POL Dresden) .

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

UserPaul K. Strother (Boston College) .

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Mechanisms generating robustness in plant organ size and shape

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

UserAdrienne Roeder .

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

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

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

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

HouseOnline.

ClockMonday 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

UserLaura Pellegrini (LMB, Cambridge).

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

UserSundar Naganathan (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland) .

HouseOnline.

ClockMonday 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

UserXuan Liang (PDN, Cambridge University) .

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

UserMarie-Cécile Caillaud, CR CNRS.

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Developmental Control of Avian Skin Patterning

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

UserMarie Manceau.

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

POSTPONED*Drivers of Morphological complexity: a Cnidarian Perspective

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

UserAissam Ikmi.

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Symplasmic auxin movement and the evolution of plant architecture

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

UserYoan Coudert.

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

UserBertrand Benazeraf.

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

UserBen Steventon, Jamie McGinn.

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

UserRenske Vroomans; Matteusz Trylinski.

HouseOnline.

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

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

UserJing Yan.

HouseOnline.

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

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

UserMaria Leptin.

HouseOnline.

ClockMonday 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

UserRashmi Priya, The Francis Crick Institute, London.

HouseOnline.

ClockMonday 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

UserBuffy Eldridge, PDN, University of Cambridge.

HouseOnline.

ClockMonday 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

UserToby Andrews, Department of Zoology, Univeristy of Cambridge.

HouseOnline.

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

Forthcoming Museum of Zoology Programme

UserDr Rosalyn Wade (University of Cambridge).

HouseDelivered online via Zoom.

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

de novo gene emergence in cichlid fishes

UserEmília Santos (University of Cambridge).

HouseDelivered online via Zoom.

ClockFriday 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

UserSusie McLaren, University of Cambridge.

HouseOnline.

ClockTuesday 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

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

HouseOnline.

ClockTuesday 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

UserMatteo Molè.

HouseOnline.

ClockMonday 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

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

HouseOnline.

ClockMonday 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

UserSally Horne-Badovinac, University of Chicago.

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Stochastic gene expression drives mesophyll protoplast regeneration

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

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

HouseOnline.

ClockTuesday 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

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

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

The evolution of cell division: from archaea to eukaryotes

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

UserBuzz Baum.

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

UserOlivier Ali.

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

UserEva Pillai.

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

UserCharlotte Kirchhelle.

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

UserCaren Norden.

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

From cell dynamics to robust tissue folding

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

UserMagali Suzanne.

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

Cell shape, cell division and the development of early embyos

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

UserNicolas Minc.

HouseOnline.

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

Morphogenesis Seminar Series

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

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

UserAnna Erzberger (EMBL Heidelberg, Germany).

HouseOnline.

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

Who moves the Dial on Diversity and Inclusion?

UserProfessor Dame Sandra Dawson.

HouseDelivered online via Zoom.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

TBC

UserDr Anna Schönauer, Oxford Brookes University.

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

TBC

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

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

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

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

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Extreme morphogenetic canalization of ascidian embryonic development

UserDr Patrick Lemaire, Montpellier Cell Biology Research Center.

HouseMain Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

TBC

UserProf Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, University of Oxford.

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Segmentation dynamics and diversity in an arthropod cell-based field

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

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

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

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

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Left-right asymmetry determination in amphioxus

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

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Multi-level characterisation of cell types in Platynereis

UserHernando Martinez Vergara (European Molecular Biology Laboratory).

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Probing human brain evolution in a dish

UserMadeline Lancaster (University of Cambridge).

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

MicroCT from zoology to pathology

UserBrian Metscher (University of Vienna).

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of limb and fin regeneration

UserAssociate Professor Igor Schneider (Federal University of Pará).

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Salamander regeneration: regulation and evolution

UserProfessor Andras Simon, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.

HouseDepartment of Zoology, Main Lecture Theatre.

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Ageing Rates in Meerkats

UserJack Thorley - Department of Zoology.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

How do predators use social information about defended prey?

UserLiisa Hämäläinen - Department of Zoology.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The role of p53 in cell competition and leader cell migration

UserKatarzyna (Kasia) Kozyrska - Department of Zoology.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

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

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

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

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Understanding consumer demand in the wildlife trade

UserAmy Hinsley, Oxford Martin School University of Oxford.

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

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Conservation and invasive species in freshwater ecosystems

UserDavid Aldridge, Department of Zoology University of Cambridge.

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

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Sex, eggs and videotape: techniques in threatened bird conservation

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

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

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Lizards, skulls and reptile communities

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

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

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

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

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

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

UNESCO biosphere reserves: concept, challenges and opportunities

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

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

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Walking response of crickets depends on surface structure of the substrate

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

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Early life social behaviour and learning in juvenile Hihi

UserVictoria Franks - Department of Zoology.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Surviving the 21st Century

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

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

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Isolated branches in the phylogeny of Platyhelminthes

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

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Selecting For Plasticity in the Harlequin Ladybird

UserLea Van De Graaf - Department of Zoology.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The role of individual differences in defining a species niche

UserAnne-Sophie Bonnet-Lebrun - Department of Zoology.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Managing tropical agriculture to minimise biodiversity loss

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

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

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Science Policy and Expertise

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

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

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Wildlife in the Anthropocene: conservation after nature

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

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

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

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

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Invasive alien species on islands: problems and solutions

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Conflicts in conservation: hunting for solutions

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Plasticity and Evolution of Body Size and Shape

UserChristen Mirth (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência).

HouseMain Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Fishing for the genetic basis of skeletal evolution and disease

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

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Heliconius butterflies: How do bird predators perceive them?

UserDenise DD (University of Cambridge).

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The Fitness Exchange Hypothesis

UserAna Mosterin (University of Cambridge).

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Tracking marine turtles for conservation

UserProfessor Brendan Godley, University of Exeter.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Landscape scale conservation - a bird's eye view

UserDr Juliet Vickery, RSPB Centre for Conservation Science.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

How does an alga become a parasite?

UserEllen Nisbet (University of Cambridge).

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

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

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

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

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

ClockMonday 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.

UserProfessor Nicholas Strausfeld (University of Arizona).

HousePart 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..

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Epigenetic conservation of vertebrate gene regulatory elements

This talk is kindly sponsored by eLife Sciences

UserHannah Long (University of Oxford).

HouseMain Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Model species Daphnia: A Genome for the Environment

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

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of morphological patterns and sexual behaviors in Drosophila

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

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Academic Survivorship Events for Zoology Postdocs

Time management for Postdoc Careers

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

HousePart II lecture hall, Department of Zoology.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Floral quartets link flower development and evolution

UserGünter Theißen (Friedrich Schiller University of Jena).

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

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

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

The Politics of Thinking Big in Conservation

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Making similar embryos with divergent genomes

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

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

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

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

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

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

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Cracking the code of crocodile skin

UserMichel C. Milinkovitch (University of Geneva).

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

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

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

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

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

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

UserGáspár Jékely (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology).

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

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.

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Predicting wildlife dynamics in a changing environment

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Lessons from the Dodo: restoring species and ecosystems on Mauritius

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

UserThanh-Lan Gluckman.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

UserKwaku Aduse-Poku.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

UserLina Maria Arenas.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

UserKrzysztof Kozak.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

UserDavid Labonte.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

UserAlexander Hackmann.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

UserRamona Mogling.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

UserMarius Somveille.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Re-wilding: putting natural processes back on track

**Last talk in Series!**

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Making Poverty History – what role for biodiversity conservation?

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of gastrulation in flies

UserSteffen Lemke, Heidelberg, Germany.

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

In the Belly of the Beeb

UserNick Crumpton.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

UserDave Daversa.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Molecular biology and sustainable agriculture

**First for Lent Term**

UserProfessor Sir David Baulcombe, Department of Plant Sciences.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

**last for Michaelmas Term**

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

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

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolution of dorsoventral patterning in insects

UserSiegfried Roth, University of Cologne, Germany.

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

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

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Developing innovation from regeneration: how the pufferfish got its beak

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

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Shifting baselines and habitat restoration: Setting appropriate goals

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

UserPieter Santema.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

UserYanmin Zhou.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Smarter ways to monitor wildlife

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Shedding light on lunar rhythms

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

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Saving the Tasmanian devil from a transmissible cancer

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

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

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

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

** First talk of term **

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution, function and control of diverse products from microRNA loci

note unusual location

UserMatthew Ronshaugen, University of Manchester, UK.

HouseMain Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

REDD: a good idea, impossible to implement?

Last in Series for 2012!

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The house mouse as a model system for evolutionary research

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

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

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

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

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

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

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

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

How high should Climate Change taxes be?

UserChris Hope, Cambridge Judge Business School.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

iTrade Wildlife: detecting rare online behaviour

First in Lent Term's Series

UserDavid Roberts, DICE, University of Kent.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

Biodiversity offsets and the journey to No Net Loss.

Last talk of term

UserKerry ten Kate, BBOP Forest Trends.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Origin of developmental plasticity in basal chordates

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

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Cambridge Conservation Seminars

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

UserRuth Swetnam, Conservation Science Group, University of Cambridge.

HouseLarge Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Setting up embryonic polarity in the hydrozoan Clytia hemisphaerica

UserEvelyn Houliston, Developmental Biology Unit, CNRS/Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Villefranche-sur-mer, France.

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 09 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Patterning of the anterior non-segmented part of the insect head

UserGregor Bucher, Georg August University Göttingen, Germany.

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 02 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Oviparous chondrichthyans as emerging models of vertebrate development

(note unusual location)

UserAndrew Gillis, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, UK.

HouseMain Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 26 October 2011, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Title to be confirmed

UserTom Clements.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockFriday 25 February 2011, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The Ins and Outs of Fly Guts

UserPaula Cognigni.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockFriday 12 November 2010, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Jaws 5: The Beginning

UserKelly Richards.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockFriday 12 November 2010, 17:00-17:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The odontode explosion: the origin of tooth-like structures in vertebrates

UserGareth Fraser, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield.

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 28 April 2010, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Gene cluster genesis, diversification and decay in animal evolution.

UserSebastian Shimeld, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford..

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 03 March 2010, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The Choanoflagellates: Sister Group to Metazoa

UserBarry SC Leadbeater, University of Birmingham.

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 10 February 2010, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Population Dynamics in Meerkats

UserAndrew Bateman.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockFriday 05 February 2010, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Top Tips for Organ Shape

UserHelen Weavers.

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockFriday 22 January 2010, 17:30-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Homeobox genes, genome organization and animal evolution

UserDavid Ferrier, The Gatty Marine Laboratory, University of St Andrews.

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 16 December 2009, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Limbs gone batty: A second wave of Sonic Hedgehog expression during the development of the bat limb

UserDorit Hockman, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge.

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 02 December 2009, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

How the fly got its sexy legs: the origin and evolution of Drosophila sex combs

UserArtyom Kopp, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California-Davis, USA.

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 21 October 2009, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution and development of the deuterostome pharynx: insight from sharks and hemichordate worms

UserAndrew Gillis, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge.

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 14 October 2009, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Variation in response to intruder scent cues in meerkats

UserCesar Raff Mares (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Large Animal Research Group).

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockFriday 15 May 2009, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Genetic susceptibility to bovine tuberculosis in UK cattle

UserErin Driscoll (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Molecular Ecology Group).

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockFriday 15 May 2009, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Histone modification changes upon DNA damage

UserJorrit Tjeertes (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology).

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockFriday 08 May 2009, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Silicification in Eukaryotes

UserAlan Marron (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Development and Evolution Group).

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockFriday 01 May 2009, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Contextual influences in filial imprinting; behaviour and neural correlates

UserStephen Town (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology).

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockFriday 01 May 2009, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The genetics of pigmentation in the Red-billed quelea

UserNeil Walsh (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Evolutionary Genetics Group).

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockFriday 24 April 2009, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Elucidation of cyclin A function in the human cell cycle through proteomics

UserFelicia Walton (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Cell Biology Group).

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockFriday 24 April 2009, 17:00-17:30

Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience

In Vivo Real Time Control and Imaging of Brain Circuits

UserProfessor Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University, USA.

HouseWilliam Harvey.

ClockThursday 19 March 2009, 16:45-17:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Octopus: Old Friends Through the Looking Glass

UserRahul Parnaik, Department of Neurobiology, University of Chicago.

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 11 March 2009, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Deceptive signalling strategies in the fork-tailed drongo

UserTom Flower (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Bird Behavioural Ecology Group).

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockFriday 06 March 2009, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

The importance of forest fragments in the oil-palm matrix. Could parasitoids save the rainforest?

UserTim Cockerill (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Insect Ecology Group).

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockFriday 27 February 2009, 17:30-18:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Limb architecture in arthropods - how to build a uniramous leg

UserCarsten Wolff, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Biologie, Germany.

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 25 February 2009, 13:00-14:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Pups and personality: Individual variation in helping behaviour in cooperative meerkats

UserSinead English (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Large Animal Research Group).

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockFriday 20 February 2009, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Genetic linkage and reproductive isolation in Heliconius butterflies

UserRichard Merrill (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Butterfly Genetics Group).

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockFriday 20 February 2009, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Large-scale genetic structure and the demographic history of the domestic horse

UserVera Warmuth (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Archaeogenetics Group).

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockFriday 13 February 2009, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Somatic knock-ins + Chemical Genetics = Unveiling the specific roles of Cdk1 and Aurora A

UserPaola Marco (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Cell Biology Group).

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockFriday 13 February 2009, 17:00-17:30

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Information-Energy trade-offs in spiking and graded cells

UserBiswa Sengupta (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Insect Vision Group).

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockFriday 06 February 2009, 17:30-18:00

Zoology Graduate Seminars

Microcephaly genes and primate brain size evolution

UserStephen Montgomery (University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Evolutionary Genetics Group).

HouseTea Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockFriday 06 February 2009, 17:00-17:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Cardamine hirsuta: a new system for evo-devo studies.

UserAngela Hay. Plant Sciences Dept, Oxford University.

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 05 November 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Systems biology of phototaxis in marine zooplankton and origin of the proto-eye

UserGáspár Jékely, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology (Germany).

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 15 October 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The Evolution of Dorsal-Ventral Patterning Among the Insects

UserJeremy Lynch, Institute of Developmental Biology, University of Cologne (Germany).

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 01 October 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of extraembryonic tissue and segmentation mechanisms in flies (Diptera)

Note changed location and time!!!

UserUrs Schmidt-Ott, Dept of Organismal Biology & Anatomy, University of Chicago, U.S.A..

HouseAustin Building Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockTuesday 03 June 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evo-devo in the tropics

UserCatherine Kidner, Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh.

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 14 May 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Genetic Leverage: A Quantitative Measure of Evolvability

Please note location and time!

UserAlexis Gallagher, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.

HouseBasement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology.

ClockTuesday 13 May 2008, 14:00-15:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Neurogenesis and its bearing on lophotrochozoan phylogeny and bodyplan evolution

UserAndreas Wanninger, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 07 May 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolutionary origins of meiosis: a hypothesis

UserAdam Wilkins, Editor, BioEssays, Cambridge (in collaboration with Robin Holliday).

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 30 April 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of dorsoventral patterning in the honeybee Apis mellifera and the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum

UserJessica Cande, Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, U.S.A..

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 23 April 2008, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

A new view on arthropod limb evolution

UserGerhard Scholtz, Institute for Biology, Humboldt University, Berlin.

HousePart II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

ClockWednesday 12 March 2008, 13:00-14:00

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