Fisher in the 21st Century


2022-04-21 09:10: Nancy Reid: “Fisher’s Contributions to mathematical statistics” (Nancy Reid, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto)

2022-04-21 10:10: Alex Aylward: “On reading a book of two halves: A long history of The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection”  (Alex Aylward, Departmental Lecturer in the History of Science, Faculty of History, University of Oxford)

2022-04-21 11:40: Alan Grafen: “Fisher’s legacy in Darwinian biology” (Alan Grafen, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford)

2022-04-21 14:00: John Aston: “Fisher in the age of data science” (John Aston, Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge)

2022-04-21 15:00: Jenny Bangham: “Blood, race and transfusion: Fisher’s work with the wartime Galton Serum Unit” (Jenny Bangham, Wellcome University Award Lecturer; School of History, Queen Mary University of London)

2022-04-21 16:30: Anne Ferguson-Smith: “Epigenetic variation within and across generations” (Anne Ferguson-Smith, Arthur Balfour Professor of Genetics, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge)

2022-04-21 17:30: Aylwyn Scally: “Chance and ancestry in human genetics” (Aylwyn Scally)

2022-04-22 09:00: Qingyuan Zhao: "Fisher, statistics, and randomisation" (Qingyuan Zhao, University Assistant Professor of Statistics, Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, and a Fellow of the Corpus Christi College, Cambridge)

2022-04-22 10:00: Richard Durbin: “Population genetic variation, inferred and observed” (Richard Durbin, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge and Wellcome Sanger Institute)

2022-04-22 11:30: Robert Proctor: "Why did Big Tobacco love (and fund) eugenicists like RA Fisher?" (Robert Proctor, Professor of History and, by courtesy, of Medicine Department of History, Stanford University)

2022-04-22 14:00: Rachell Sanchez-Rivera: "The histories and legacies of eugenics and its intersections with 'race', class, disability, and gender" (Rachell Sanchez-Rivera, Research Fellow, Gonville & Caius, Affiliate Lecturer, ReproSoc, Department of Sociology,  University of Cambridge)

2022-04-22 15:00: Adam Rutherford: “Control: the dark history and troubling present of eugenics” (Adam Rutherford, Lecturer, Genes, Evolution and Environment, University College London, BBC Broadcaster)