Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The Nearly Naked Ape: Human Evolution Just Got Hairier

Tina Lasisi (Penn State) .

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

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

CCI Conservation Seminars

Do conservation efforts aimed at slowing deforestation and improving local wellbeing work - and how do we know?

Professor Julia Jones, Bangor University .

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

Wednesday 17 October 2018, 17:00-18:00

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Reprogramming roots for fungal symbiosis

Leonie Luginbuehl, Hibberd group.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 18 October 2018, 13:00-13:30

Genetics Seminar

The Genetic Basis of Clinal Adaptation

Host: Frank Jiggins

Professor Thomas Flatt from Department of Biology, University of Fribourg .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 18 October 2018, 14:00-15:00

CCI Conservation Seminars

Developments in the measurement of natural capital to advance sustainability assessment

Associate Professor Eli Fenichel, Yale University .

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

Thursday 18 October 2018, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

The riparian meadows of Cambridge

Part of the Festival of Ideas - free admission

Chris Preston.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 18 October 2018, 18:45-20:00

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

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

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Music first: hunter-gatherers and the evolution of language

Dr. Jerome Lewis (UCL).

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

Wednesday 24 October 2018, 16:30-17:30

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

How the nutrient status of the plant controls its engagement with microorganisms

Giles Oldroyd, Sainsbury Lab, Cambridge.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 25 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Hacking the gene expression machinery for genome defense

Host: Felipe Karam Teixeira

Dr Julius Brennecke from IMBA, Vienna BioCenter .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 25 October 2018, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Foula: Edge of the World

Part of the Festival of Ideas - free admission

Sam Buckton.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 25 October 2018, 18:45-20:00

Cabinet of Natural History

Elite paternalism and exotic drug demand in early modern France: the case of the Marquis de Louvois and quinquina, circa 1685

Justin Rivest (Faculty of History).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Monday 29 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

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

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Major Transitions in Evolution: When’s the Next One?

Dr. Kit Opie (Bristol).

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

Wednesday 31 October 2018, 16:30-17:30

CCI Conservation Seminars

Forest conservation policy: from monitoring to design

Associate Professor Guy Ziv, University of Leeds.

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

Wednesday 31 October 2018, 17:00-18:00

Genetics Seminar

Organoids and clonal analysis to study cell community interactions during pancreas development

Host: Alfonso Martinez-Arias

Professor Anne Grapin-Botton from DanStem, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 01 November 2018, 14:00-15:00

Cabinet of Natural History

The Curious Martin Folkes (1690–1754): sociability and collecting in the mid-18th century

Martha Homfray-Cooper (Faculty of History).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Monday 05 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

What makes biology so cool - the wonderful tension between diversity and generalizability

Hannah Kokko (University of Zurich).

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

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

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Dr. Erik Gjesfjeld.

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

Wednesday 07 November 2018, 16:30-17:30

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Coordinated approaches to assess the effects of interacting global change drivers on forest composition and function

Kris Verheyen, University of Ghent.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 08 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Getting to know British reptiles

Terry Moore.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 08 November 2018, 18:45-20:00

Cabinet of Natural History

Mountains, rivers and forests: the colonial mapping of southeast Asia, between observation and vernacular cartography in the 19th century

Marie de Rugy (Faculty of History).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Monday 12 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

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Dr Heather Marlow, Institut Pasteur, Paris.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

The Life History of Hunting Skill in 40 Human Societies

Professor Richard McElreath (Max Planck Institute).

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

Wednesday 14 November 2018, 16:30-17:30

CCI Conservation Seminars

Sustainability through environmental liability: getting conservationists and political ecologists into the courtroom

Dr Jacob Phelps, Lancaster University.

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

Wednesday 14 November 2018, 17:00-18:00

Genetics Seminar

Genomic history of human populations in Africa

Host: Aylwyn Scally

Dr Pontus Skoglund from The Francis Crick Institute, London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 15 November 2018, 14:00-15:00

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Experience in founding Cambridge Glycoscience

This is a CambPlants talk

Paul Dupree, Biochemistry.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 15 November 2018, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Wildlife photography

Joshua Harris, CU Nature Society.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 15 November 2018, 18:45-20:00

Cabinet of Natural History

Isaac Van Amburgh the lion tamer: spectacle, education and natural history in Britain, 1825–1872

Oscar Kent-Egan (Department of History and Philosophy of Science).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Monday 19 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

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Dr. Josephine Joordens.

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

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 16:30-17:30

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

How do betalains emerge? The consequences of a de-regulated enzyme in Caryophyllales

Samuel Lopez, Brockington group.

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 22 November 2018, 13:00-13:30

Genetics Seminar

Cell cycle controls enforcing asymmetric spindle pole fate in budding yeast

Host: Helene Rangone-Briatte

Dr Marisa Segal from Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 22 November 2018, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Natural History Society

Discovering lichens

Mark Powell.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 22 November 2018, 18:45-20:00

Cabinet of Natural History

Plant protection in France and Germany from the 1930s to the 1950s: the case of the Colorado potato beetle

Margot Lyautey (EHESS, Paris/Tübingen).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Monday 26 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Social ecology of wild birds: networks and social learning

Ben Sheldon (University of Oxford).

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

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

Biological Anthropology Seminar Series

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

Dr. Susana Carvalho.

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

Wednesday 28 November 2018, 16:30-17:30

CCI Conservation Seminars

Just because you’re small doesn’t mean biodiversity isn’t important! – Importance of phytoplankton diversity for the global carbon cycle

Professor Katherine Richardson, Natural History Museum of Denmark.

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

Wednesday 28 November 2018, 17:00-18:00

Plant Sciences Departmental Seminars

Genetic regulation of tomato fruit ripening

Jim Giovannoni, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University .

Department of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 29 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

TBC [ topic: evolution and genetics of butterfly wing patterns]

Owen McMillan, STRI.

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

Tuesday 04 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

Cambridge Natural History Society

Title to be confirmed

CNHS talk & social - tickets £10

Speaker to be confirmed.

David Attenborough Building, New Museums Site, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ.

Thursday 06 December 2018, 18:45-21:30

Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series

Alarm calls and interspecific eavesdropping

Pat Magrath (Australian National University).

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

Tuesday 11 December 2018, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Chris Illingworth

Dr Aylwyn Scally from Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 17 January 2019, 14:00-15:00

CCI Conservation Seminars

Climate resilience through science, practice, and public participation

Professor Adina Merelender, University of California, Berkeley .

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

Wednesday 23 January 2019, 17:00-18:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Jane Charlesworth

Dr Louise Johnson from School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 24 January 2019, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Berta Verd

Dr Pavel Tomancak from Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 31 January 2019, 14:00-15:00

CCI Conservation Seminars

Saving the world’s biodiversity spreadsheet by spreadsheet

Dr Stuart Butchart, BirdLife International.

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

Wednesday 06 February 2019, 17:00-18:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Richard Durbin

Professor Molly Przeworski from Columbia University, New York .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 14 February 2019, 14:00-15:00

CCI Conservation Seminars

Title TBC

James Wong, Botanist, science writer & broadcaster.

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

Wednesday 20 February 2019, 17:00-18:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Ben Steventon

Dr Sally Lowell from Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 21 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

CCI Conservation Seminars

Linking biodiversity conservation with agricultural sustainability

Professor Pamela Matson, Stanford University.

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

Wednesday 27 February 2019, 17:00-18:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Sam Lewis

Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith from Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 28 February 2019, 14:00-15:00

CCI Conservation Seminars

A university role in fostering social change

Professor Stephen Toope, University of Cambridge.

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

Wednesday 06 March 2019, 17:00-18:00

CCI Conservation Seminars

First Line of Defence: engaging communities in tackling illegal wildlife trade

Dr Dilys Roe, IIED.

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

Wednesday 20 March 2019, 17:00-18:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Alfonso Martinez-Arias

Professor Marino Zerial from Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 25 April 2019, 14:00-15:00

Genetics Seminar

Title to be confirmed

Host: Alexis Braun

Professor Elly Tanaka from IMP - Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna .

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Department of Genetics, Downing Site.

Thursday 09 May 2019, 14:00-15:00