Zoology Department - Tea Talks


2007-10-02 17:00: Impact of genetic factors on extinction risk and implications for conservation management in New Zealand. (Ian Jamieson, University of Otago, NZ)

2007-10-11 16:00: The evolution of life history strategies: individuals, populations, species (Oliver Krueger, University of Cambridge)

2007-10-18 16:00: Jak/Stat regulates dpp transcription in support cells to maintain Drosophila ovarian niche (Acaimo Gonzalez-Reyes, Universidad de Sevilla)

2007-10-25 16:00: The race to prevent the extinction of South Asian vultures (Rhys Green, University of Cambridge)

2007-11-01 16:00: Tinkering with toxicity: How basic research on drug transporters can translate to policy changes on environmental pollution (David Epel, Stanford University)

2007-11-06 17:00: Baboon Metaphysics (Dorothy Cheney, University of Pennsylvania)

2007-11-15 12:00: Development and evolution of the brain: insights from insects (Heinrich Reichert, University of Basel)

2007-11-22 16:00: Predicting dental macroevolution from development: what happened to microevolution? (Jukka Jernvall, University of Helsinki)

2007-11-29 16:00: Spatial Neutral Theory, biodiversity, and coexistence (Stephen Cornell, University of Leeds)

2007-12-05 13:00: Phylogeography reveals South Africa's hidden vertebrate diversity (Paulette Bloomer, University of Pretoria, South Africa)

2007-12-06 17:00: Testing hypotheses about sexual selection and species recognition in Australian Bowerbirds using principles from sensory ecology (John Endler, University of California, Santa Barbara)

2008-01-17 16:00: CANCELLED (Tim Blackburn, Institute of Zoology London/Cambridge)

2008-01-24 16:00: Heliconius colour patterns: from gene expression to speciation ecology (Chris Jiggins, University of Cambridge)

2008-01-31 16:00: 4D-microscopy & some results: fate, migrations, form in C. elegans & some other curious animals (Ralf Schnabel, University of Braunschweig)

2008-02-07 16:00: The early evolutionary history of amniote vertebrates: new insights, new fossils. (Johannes Müller, Humboldt University Berlin)

2008-02-14 16:00: How do insects generate fast and powerful movements? (Malcolm Burrows, University of Cambridge)

2008-02-21 16:00: Patterning the fish inner ear: development and evolution (Tanya Whitfield, University of Sheffield)

2008-02-28 16:00: The Mammoth's Tale: Evolution and Extinction in the Ice Age (Adrian Lister, Natural History Museum London)

2008-03-06 16:00: mRNA quality control: How do cells recognize and degrade aberrant mRNAs? (Elisa Izaurralde, Max Planck Inst Developmental Biology, Tuebingen)

2008-03-13 16:00: Macrophage migration and chemotaxis in Drosophila embryos (Will Wood, University of Bath)

2008-03-20 16:00: Ecosystem decay in Amazonian forest fragments (Bill Laurance, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute)

2008-04-24 16:00: Genetic control of tissue growth and form in Drosophila (Barry Thompson, Cancer Research UK)

2008-04-28 14:00: Emerging complexities in the recovery of Canadian lakes from acidification: the influence of climate change, metal toxicity and Ca decline (Norman Yan, York University Toronto)

2008-05-08 16:00: Timing the end of neural proliferation in Drosophila (Alex Gould, National Institute for Medical Research London)

2008-05-15 16:00: Sexual dimorphism, life history, and social structure in early hominin species (Charlie Lockwood, University College London)

2008-05-22 16:00: Molecular Architecture of the novel RNA binding protein Rrp47 and its role in Exosome-Mediated RNA Processing and Surveillance (Phil Mitchell, University of Sheffield)

2008-05-29 16:00: What comes next in biological microscopy? (Brad Amos, MRC Molecular Biology Cambridge)

2008-06-05 16:00: Fossils and phylogeny: a waste of time? (Matthew Wills, University of Bath)

2008-06-12 16:00: Evo-Devo and 'Typological Thinking': An Exculpation (Tim Lewens, University of Cambridge)

2008-10-09 13:00: Insulin-like peptide signaling in renal tubules of Drosophila is under control of stress-induced release of tachykinin-related peptide (Dick Nassel, University of Stockholm)

2008-10-09 16:00: Alien movements across space and time: non-randomness in bird introductions (Tim Blackburn, Institute of Zoology London)

2008-10-16 16:00: Diversification of the Toxicofera reptile venom system (Brian Fry, University of Melbourne)

2008-10-23 16:00: Evolution of the central nervous system in animals: a cell type comparative approach (Detlev Arendt, EMBL Heidelberg)

2008-10-30 16:00: Segregation of cell fate in C. elegans embryos (Carrie Cowan, IMP Vienna)

2008-11-06 16:00: West Indian mammal extinctions: how much do we know? (Sam Turvey, Institute of Zoology London)

2008-11-13 16:00: Macroecology of the oceans (Simon Jennings, CEFAS Lowestoft)

2008-11-20 16:00: Causes and consequences of avian personality differences (Kees van Oers, Netherlands Institute of Ecology)

2008-11-27 16:00: Hominoid ancestral population sizes and human-chimpanzee speciation (Ziheng Yang, UCL)

2008-12-04 16:00: Sex ratios and rarity in birds: an unhappy balance? (Paul Donald, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)

2009-01-22 16:00: Some evolutionary and neurophysiological aspects of hearing in bush crickets (Andreas Stumpner, Uni-Goettingen)

2009-01-29 16:00: The mammalian middle ear: development, evolution and hearing defects (Abigail Tucker, Kings College London)

2009-02-05 16:00: CANCELLED due to inclement weather (Andy Radford, Univ Bristol)

2009-02-12 16:00: Exploring the hair follicle as an unconventional, but highly instructive tool for neuroendocrine research (Ralf Paus, Uni-Luebeck, University of Manchester)

2009-02-19 16:00: Olfactory specialist D. sechellia avoids costly appetitive learning (Teun Dekker, SLU Alnarp, Sweden)

2009-02-26 16:00: Control of microtubule length by depolymerizing kinesins (Joe Howard, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden)

2009-03-05 16:00: Dendrite development - insights from insects (Darren Williams, Kings College London)

2009-03-12 16:00: Mechanism of microtubule plus-end tracking by EB1 and CLIP-170 elucidated by in vitro reconstitution (Thomas Surrey, EMBL Heidelberg)

2009-04-23 16:00: How can lead poisoning of California Condors be prevented? (Rhys Green, University of Cambridge)

2009-04-30 16:00: Integrative and systems approaches to osmoregulation in insects (and people) (Julian Dow, University of Glasgow)

2009-05-07 16:00: Role of the human origin recognition complex ORC in DNA replication (Aloys Schepers, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich)

2009-05-14 16:00: The Evolution of Human Languages (Mark Pagel, University of Reading)

2009-05-21 16:00: Studies of wound healing and inflammation in flies (Paul Martin, University of Bristol)

2009-05-28 16:00: Ecomorphological diversification and origins of major clades in early mammal evolution (Zhe-Xi Luo, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh)

2009-06-04 16:00: Synchronization of the Drosophila circadian clock by daily light and temperature fluctuations (Ralf Stanewsky, Queen Mary College, University of London)

2009-06-11 16:00: Plasticity of sex pheromone detection in male moths: modulation of behaviour and central nervous processing (Sylvia Anton, Centre de Recherches de Versailles)

2009-10-08 16:00: Phylodynamics of HIV-1 infection and escape from neutralizing antibodies (Simon Frost, Dept Veterinary Medicine, Univ Cambridge)

2009-10-15 16:00: Conflict and cooperation in social birds (Andy Radford, University of Bristol)

2009-10-20 16:00: The Evolution of Creationism (Eugenie Scott, National Center for Science Education USA)

2009-10-22 16:00: Physics, development, and evolution of avian structural colors (Richard Prum, Yale University)

2009-10-29 16:00: Life in rotten places: how O2 and CO2 sensing alter foraging in a worm (Mario DeBono, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge)

2009-11-05 16:00: Comparative analysis of the evolutionary development of brain size in mammals (Isabella Capellini, University of Durham)

2009-11-12 16:00: Smart foot sweat: two phasic foot pad secretion prevents slipping (Chris Clemente, University of Cambridge)

2009-11-19 16:00: Does morality need religion? A selectionist approach (Robert Hinde, University of Cambridge)

2009-11-26 16:00: Actin, pseudopods, and chemotaxis - cell biological and computational modelling approaches to cellular navigation (Robert Insall, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow)

2009-12-03 16:00: The evolutionary biomechanics of dinosaur locomotion (John Hutchinson, Royal Veterinary College, Univ London)

2010-01-14 16:00: Mycobacterial disease in Drosophila: old signals, new biology (Marc Dionne, Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology of Inflammation, King's College London)

2010-01-21 16:00: The developmental origins of type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome (Susan Ozanne, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge)

2010-01-28 16:00: Multi-legged running in the real world: how do cockroaches, dogs, and horses handle different surfaces? (Andrew Spence, Royal Veterinary College London)

2010-02-04 16:00: Taking shape; how Drosophila renal tubules find their way (Helen Skaer, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge)

2010-02-11 16:00: The Cognitive Architecture of a Mini Brain: Lessons from Honeybees (Martin Giurfa, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse)

2010-02-18 16:00: Fifty Years of Wild Chimpanzee Tool Use: Where Do We Stand? (Bill McGrew, Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, Cambridge)

2010-02-25 16:00: Social cognition: lessons from corvids and children (Nicky Clayton, University of Cambridge)

2010-03-11 17:00: Neural mechanisms of sky compass orientation in the desert locust (NOTE LATE START 17:00) (Uwe Homberg, University of Marburg, Germany)

2010-04-22 16:00: Evolutionary genetics of mito-nuclear cooperation, fitness and disease in Drosophila (David Rand, Brown University)

2010-04-29 00:00: CANCELLED (Olivier Hyrien, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris)

2010-05-06 16:00: How and why desert ants learn habitual routes (Matthew Collett, University of Exeter)

2010-05-13 16:00: The Allure of the Centipede (Michael Akam, Department of Zoology, Cambridge)

2010-05-20 16:00: From genes to shape: notions from the study of the Drosophila tracheal system (Jordi Casanova, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona)

2010-05-27 13:00: Termites as ecosystem engineers. Water, soils and architecture in _Macrotermes_ mounds in Namibia (J. Scott Turner, Syracuse University USA)

2010-05-27 16:00: Specification of muscle identity in Drosophila (Laurence Dubois, Centre de Biologie du Développement, Toulouse)

2010-06-03 16:00: p38 SAPK signaling protects the Drosophila larval hindgut against chronic stress (Hugo Stocker, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich)

2010-06-10 16:00: Opening a window on primate and afrotherian evolution: new early Tertiary mammals from Algeria and Tunisia (Rodolphe Tabuce, Université Montpellier 2)

2010-09-16 16:00: Homeostatic growth in the Drosophila intestine (Bruce Edgar, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany)

2010-10-07 16:00: Potassium channel and Calcium signalling in Drosophila learning (James Hodge, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Bristol)

2010-10-14 16:00: Wiring specificity in the direction-selectivity circuit of the retina revealed by two-photon laser scanning and serial block-face scanning electron microscopy (Kevin Briggman (Denk lab), Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg)

2010-10-21 16:00: Is life impossible? Information, sex and the origin of complex organisms (Joel Peck,	Department of Biology and Environmental Science, University of Sussex)

2010-10-28 16:00: Seeing in the dark: Vision and visual behaviour in nocturnal insects (Eric Warrant, Department of Cell and Organism, University of Lund)

2010-11-04 16:00: The evolution and function of jaws: a study in taxonomic, morphological and functional variation (Emily Rayfield, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol)

2010-11-11 16:00: Why pain gets worse - the molecular basis of sensitization (Peter McNaughton, Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge)

2010-11-18 16:00: DNA combing and massive sequencing of replication intermediates suggest a domino model for replication origin activation in the human genome (Olivier Hyrien, Department of Biology, ENS Paris)

2010-11-25 16:00: Control of sexual differentiation and behavior by the doublesex gene in Drosophila melanogaster (Stephen Goodwin, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford)

2010-12-02 12:00: Molecular neuroendocrinology:  how the brain builds its peptidergic sprinkler systems. (Paul Taghert, Washington University, St Louis)

2010-12-02 16:00: Continuous surprises: Live-Cell Imaging reveals that SMG6 and UPF1 inhibit release of nonsense mRNA from the transcription site (Oliver Mühlemann, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Berne)

2011-01-20 16:00: Mammalian phylogenomics and evolution: where are we and what is next? (Frederic Delsuc, CNRS, Universite Montpellier II, France)

2011-01-27 16:00: Cell competition through growth factor signalling (Eugenia Piddini, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge)

2011-02-03 16:00: mRNA localisation at the neuromuscular junction (Alejandra Gardiol, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge)

2011-02-10 16:00: The evolution of transcriptional regulation (Duncan Odom, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute)

2011-02-17 16:00: The Drosophila intestinal epithelium as an immune barrier: from steady-state to pathology (Bruno Lemaitre, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)

2011-02-24 16:00: Epithelial repair in Drosophila (Antonio Jacinto, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal)

2011-03-03 16:00: The origin and evolution of vision (Dan Nilsson, Lund University, Sweden)

2011-03-10 16:00: Neural and mechanical mechanisms of multifunctionality (Hillel Chiel, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA)

2011-03-17 16:00: foraging: from nature to molecule (Marla Sokolowski, University of Toronto, Canada)

2011-04-28 16:00: Transient population dynamics: implications for life history, evolution and conservation (Stuart Townley, School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, University of Exeter)

2011-05-05 16:00: From mice to molecules: the genetic basis of adaptation (Hopi Hoekstra, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, USA)

2011-05-12 16:00: Mechanisms of Hedgehog signalling in Drosophila epithelia (Isabel Guerrero, Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain)

2011-05-19 16:00: Friends at the ends: a dynamic protein network controls the fate of microtubule tips (Anna Akhmanova, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

2011-05-26 16:00: Genetics and  physiology of growth in Drosophila (Pierre Leopold, Institute of Developmental Biology and Cancer, University of Nice, France)

2011-06-02 16:00: The development and modulation of amphibian motor control systems (Keith Sillar, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, Scotland)

2011-06-09 16:00: Trying to make sense of all that nonsense (-mediated mRNA decay) (Oliver Mühlemann, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Berne, Switzerland)

2011-06-16 16:00: Microfossils for macroevolution: planktonic foraminifera, the Court Jester and the Red Queen (Prof. Andy Purvis, Imperial College, London)

2011-07-07 16:00: Electrolyte and water transport by the Drosophila midgut (Subrata Tripathi, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India)

2011-09-30 11:00: ECTOPIC SEMINAR: Regulation and developmental role of the hypoxia response machinery in Drosophila (Pablo Wappner, Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

2011-10-03 16:00: ECTOPIC SEMINAR: Projecto PalNiassa: New fossils from Mozambique (Rui Castanhinha, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal)

2011-10-06 16:00: Luminal sensing and neuromodulation in the gut: different roles for PYY and NPY (Helen Cox, Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King's College, London)

2011-10-13 16:00: Genetic basis of group dynamics in Drosophila (Joel Levine, Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Canada)

2011-10-20 16:00: Looking for novel regulators of cell morphogenesis using microscopy-based functional genomics approaches (Rafael Carazo Salas, The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge)

2011-10-27 00:00: NO TEA TALK (Peter Lawrence Symposium) (Speaker to be confirmed)

2011-11-02 16:30: INFORMAL SEMINAR: Development and maturation of the respiratory system in Drosophila (Maura Strigini, Heraklion, Crete)

2011-11-03 16:00: Physiomimetics: generating functional membranes for buildings (lessons from the ventilation systems of African fungus-growing termites) (Rupert Soar, Wolfson School of Engineering at Loughborough University)

2011-11-10 15:30: Developmental function and possible role in morphological evolution of the vertebrate Cdx genes (Stephen Gaunt, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge)

2011-11-17 16:00: Nano-scale pathfinders: how kinesins move along the microtubule (Zeynep Oekten, Institute for Cell Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Germany)

2011-11-24 16:00: Dynamics of mammalian chromosome evolution (Aurora Ruiz Herrera, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain)

2011-12-01 16:00: The molecular and neuronal control of nutrient decisions in Drosophila (Carlos Ribeiro, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal)

2012-01-19 16:00: Local coordination of cell polarity through cell-cell interactions (Professor David Strutt - MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics, University of Sheffield)

2012-01-26 16:00: From fly embryos to single molecule studies: elucidating molecular mechanisms of cytoplasmic mRNA transport (Dr Simon Bullock, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)

2012-02-02 16:00: The role of mitochondrial DNA in neuronal development and neurodegeneration (Dr Joseph Bateman, Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King's College London)

2012-02-09 16:00: Regulating the actin cytoskeleton during Drosophila oogenesis (Dr Margot Quinlan, UCLA)

2012-02-16 16:00: Organogenesis during planarian regeneration (Dr Jochen Rink, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics)

2012-02-23 16:00: Statistical inference in the fossil record: estimating the divergence time of primates (Professor Simon Tavaré,  Department of Oncology University of Cambridge)

2012-03-01 16:00: Strategies to ensure robustness in genome replication (Prof. Julian Blow, Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation & Expression, University of Dundee)

2012-03-08 16:00: Potentials and Challenges of Developing Ecosystem-Based Co-management: A Case Study From the Swedish West Coast (Dr Andrea Morf, University of Gothenburg, and the Swedish Institute for the Marine Environment)

2012-03-15 16:00: All things bright and beautiful; structural colour in biological systems (Dr Pete Vukusic, Department of Physics, University of Exeter)

2012-04-26 16:00: The physics of bird coloration (Professor Doekele Stavenga, University of Groningen, NL.)

2012-05-03 16:00: Without a leg to stand on: locomotion in the earliest "land" animals (Dr Stephanie Pierce, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge and The Royal Veterinary College, London)

2012-05-10 16:00: Controlling recombination: from worms to human disease (Professor Simon Boulton, CRUK Clare Hall Laboratories, UK.)

2012-05-17 16:00: Neurochemical control of aggression  - insights from crickets (Professor Paul Stevenson, University of Leipzig, Germany)

2012-05-24 16:00: The genetics underlying emergence and diversification of a wing decoration in fruitflies (Dr Nicolas Gompel, IBDML, Marseille, France)

2012-05-31 16:00: Coordinating developmental timing with tissue growth (Dr Alisson Gontijo, Instituto de Neurociencias, CSIC-UMH Unidad de Neurobiología del Desarrollo, Alicante)

2012-06-07 16:00: The secret lives of the translesion polymerases (Dr Julian Sale, LMB, Cambridge)

2012-06-12 16:00: Using C. elegans as a model for neurodegenerative diseases (Chris Li, City College of New York, USA)

2012-07-05 16:00: Cows under the radar: The genetics of tuberculosis susceptibility in Britain (Bill Amos - Department of Zoology)

2012-07-19 16:00: 'Bacterial community diversity of the American alligator gastrointestinal tract' ( Sarah Keenan - Louisiana State University)

2012-07-26 16:00: Be careful what you wish for: the issues and politics of generating a potentially human-to-human transmissible bird flu virus (Professor Derek Smith. Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.)

2012-10-04 16:00:  From Mammoth to Microscope: Life History and Dental Development in Mammals (Dr Wendy Dirks, University of Newcastle)

2012-10-10 14:00: Microtubule assemblers (Rob Cross, Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology,Warwick Medical School )

2012-11-01 16:00:  From VB Wigglesworth to H-factors. Lessons from my first 50 years of research (Peter A. Lawrence, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge)

2012-11-08 16:00: Ephrin and netrin synergy in spinal motor neuron axon guidance (Dr. Artur Kania, Neural Circuit Development research unit Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM))

2012-12-10 17:00: Mouse deer and Water chevrotain: peculiar artiodactyl mammals of today with a complex evolutionary history. (Dr Gertrud Rössner, Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie Munich, Germany)

2012-12-13 17:00: Mouse deer and Water chevrotain: peculiar artiodactyl mammals of  today with a complex evolutionary history  (Dr Gertrud Rössner, Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie Munich, Germany)

2013-04-18 16:00: Open Access: common good or uncommon danger? (Stephen Curry (Imperial Collge London))

2013-04-25 16:00: Nature's glass: half-full or half-empty (Andrew Balmford (Department of Zoology, Cambridge))

2013-05-02 16:00: Life, death and resurrection in the Early Carboniferous (Jenny Clack (Department of Zoology, Cambridge))

2013-05-16 16:00: Museums and Science (Ian Owens (Natural History Museum, London))

2013-05-23 16:00: Fifty Years of Computers, statistics and the Tree of Life (Anthony Edwards (University of Cambridge))

2013-06-13 16:00: The end of taxonomy as we know it? (Alfred Vogler (University of East Anglia))

2013-10-17 16:00: Studies on the evolutionary and functional morphology of mammalian ear ossicles (Prof Dr Wolfgang Maier (Chair of Systematic Zoology (emeritus) University of Tübingen))

2013-11-07 16:00: Tales from Television: bringing the natural world to your living room (George McGavin (University of Oxford))

2013-11-14 16:00: Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution (Rebecca Stott (University of East Anglia, Norwich))

2013-12-04 16:00: Gender, Science and Myths of Merit (Marlene Zuk (University of Minnesota))

2015-01-16 14:00: Going for Gold (Professor Tom Welton, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London)

2015-03-16 16:00: Imaging Brawny Mice and Hypercarnivorous Canids: Applications of CT and MRI for Soft & Hard Tissues (Dr Nathan Jeffrey, University of Liverpool)

2015-05-07 17:00: Seabirds and Conservation: One Life, Many Islands (Dr Michael Brooke)

2015-05-20 16:00: Haeckel's Embryos: Images, Evolution and Fraud (Dr. Nick Hopwood - Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge)

2015-06-11 16:00: Looking back: some conclusions from my career in Science (Pr. Martin Raff - MRC LMCB, UCL)

2015-10-29 16:00: Learning circuits and cue integration in navigating ants (Barbara Webb)

2015-11-18 16:00: Collective Sensing and Decision-Making in Animal Groups: From Fish Schools to Primate Societies (Iain Couzin)

2016-01-14 16:00: "Transforming an 800 year old University to make it even better" (Professor Jeremy Sanders, Pro-Vice Chancellor of The University of Cambridge)

2016-02-25 16:00: ‘Of mice and men -­ and birds, too: how to pack lots of neurons in tiny brains, and why that should matter (Pr. Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)

2016-04-21 16:00: Spatial homogeneity of seagrass faunal biodiversity (Pr. Richard S K Barnes, Department of Zoology, Cambridge)

2016-04-28 16:00: Raising the whale: defining zoology at Cambridge (Prof Jim Secord, Department of History and Philosophy of Science)

2016-05-05 16:00: The behavioural ecology of bacteria in infection (Dr. Ashleigh S. Griffin, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK)

2016-05-19 16:00: Transmissible cancers in Tasmanian devils (Elizabeth Murchison, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Cambridge Veterinary School)