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Emilia Santos, Cambridge
Wed 13 May 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
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What process(es) drive(s) genetic diversity?
Guillaume Achaz, Paris
Wed 06 May 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
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Proposed PhD Symposium
To be added later
Wed 29 Apr 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
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Evolution of germline-soma genome differences in birds
Alexander Suh, Uppsala
Wed 25 Mar 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
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Genomic insights into metabolism and fitness
Florencia Camus, UCL
Wed 18 Mar 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
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Post-grad talk
Daniel Bolnick
Wed 11 Mar 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
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Jonna Kulmuni (University of Helsinki)
Jonna Kulmuni (University of Helsinki)
Wed 15 Jan 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
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Title awaiting
Göran Arnqvist (Uppsala)
Wed 04 Dec 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
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Awaiting title
Stephen Montgomery (Bristol)
Wed 27 Nov 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
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Title still to get
Sandra Breum Andersen (University of Copenhagen)
Wed 20 Nov 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
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IEB seminar 2nd October 2019
Jacek Radwan (AMU Poznan)
Wed 02 Oct 2019, 14:10 - 15:00
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Mechanisms behind drug treatment failure in trypanosomatids
Mike Barrett, University of Glasgow
Thu 06 Jun 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
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IEB Seminar 5th June 2019
Joana Meier (Cambridge)
Wed 05 Jun 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
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Still to be added
Jane McKeating, Oxford
Thu 30 May 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
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IEB Seminar 15th May 2019
John Skelhorn (Newcastle)
Wed 15 May 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
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IEB Seminar 8th May 2019
Ben Ashby (Bath)
Wed 08 May 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
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To be added
Thomas Otto, Glasgow
Thu 11 Apr 2019, 13:00 - 14:00
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IEB Seminar 20th March 2019
Ellie Harrison (Sheffield)
Wed 20 Mar 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
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IEB Seminar 13th March 2019
Greta Bocedi (Aberbeen)
Wed 13 Mar 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
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Major transitions in the mating behaviour of plants
John Pannell (Lausanne)
Wed 06 Mar 2019, 14:10 - 15:00
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IEB seminar 13th February 2019
Aoife McLysaght (Trinity College Dublin)
Wed 13 Feb 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
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Genomic consequences of asexual reproduction in animals
Tanja Schwander (Lausanne)
Wed 16 Jan 2019, 14:00 - 15:00
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Title to be confirmed later in year
Isabel Roditi
Thu 13 Dec 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
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IEB Annual Graduate Student invite 2018
Hanna Kokko (Zurich)
Thu 22 Nov 2018, 15:00 - 16:00
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Talk title to be confirmed soon
Emilie Pondeville
Thu 22 Nov 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
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Insights into early human migrations with modern and ancient genomic data
Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas (Lausanne)
Wed 21 Nov 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
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Virus-host specificity and control of host systems
David Robertson (Glasgow)
Wed 14 Nov 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
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To be confirmed later
Dietmar Zaiss
Thu 01 Nov 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
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Non-coding RNAs in immunity and inflammation
Dimitris Lagos
Thu 18 Oct 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
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Title to be arranged
Amy Buck
Thu 20 Sep 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
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Regulating of HSC function in vivo
Claudia Waskow
Thu 13 Sep 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
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IEB Seminar 13th June 2018
David Duneau (Toulouse)
Wed 13 Jun 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
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To be confirmed later 31/5/18
Achim Schnaufer
Thu 31 May 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
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The holy grail is in the castle of ARG
Jerome Kelleher (Oxford)
Wed 23 May 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
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Antigen processing during cross-presentation by dendritic cells
Patrycja Kozik (Cambridge LMB)
Thu 17 May 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
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Feathers and function; homology and deep homology
Mike Benton (Bristol)
Wed 09 May 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
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To be confirmed 5/4/18
Dominique Soldati (Geneva)
Thu 05 Apr 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
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To be confirmed later 29/3/18
Amy Buck
Thu 29 Mar 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
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IEB Seminar 28th March 2018
Thomas Flatt (Fribourg)
Wed 28 Mar 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
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To be Confirmed 22/3/18
Rose Zamoyska
Thu 22 Mar 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
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To be confirmed 1/3/18
Chiara Romagnani (Berlin)
Thu 01 Mar 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
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Disease tolerance as a defence strategy against malaria
Miguel Soares (Gulbenkian)
Thu 22 Feb 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
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Zoonosis: Virus evolution at the animal - human interface
Sara Sawyer (Colorado)
Wed 14 Feb 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
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Novel mechanisms of tumor immune resistance
Philipp Beckhove (Regensburg)
Thu 08 Feb 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
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De novo evolution of genes
Diethard Tautz (Max Plank Institute, Ploen)
Wed 07 Feb 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
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IEB Seminar 31st January
Lucy Gilbert (JHI)
Wed 31 Jan 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
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To be confirmed 25/1/18
Olivier Lantz (Paris)
Thu 25 Jan 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
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Genomics of sexual dimorphism
Alison Wright (Sheffield)
Wed 24 Jan 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
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Unravelling early host intestinal epithelia interactions with whipworms
Maria Duque (NC3R Fellow from Sanger)
Mon 22 Jan 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
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Evolution and expression of the Drosophila X chromosome
John Parsch (Munich)
Wed 17 Jan 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
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Ant symbioses: from parasitism to mutualism
Naomi Pierce (Harvard)
Wed 13 Dec 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
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TBC 7/12/17
Christian Kurts (Bonn)
Thu 07 Dec 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
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IEB Seminar 8th November
Luis Miguel Chevin (Montpellier)
Wed 08 Nov 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
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“Evolution and the life history of the genome”
William Etges (Arkansas)
Wed 27 Sep 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
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Clarifying the Complexity of Adaptive Evolution
John Pool (Wisconsin)
Wed 13 Sep 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
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TBC Bio 29/6
Cristina Lo Celso, Imperial College London
Thu 29 Jun 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
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IEB Seminar 14th June 2017
Ellen Leffler (Oxford)
Wed 14 Jun 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
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Host behaviour and disease spread in wild mice networks
Patricia Lopes (Zurich)
Wed 07 Jun 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
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IEB Extra Seminar 6th June 2017
Martina Doblin (Sydney)
Tue 06 Jun 2017, 11:00 - 12:00
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TBC Bio 1/6
Georgia Perona-Wright, University of Glasgow
Thu 01 Jun 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
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The Genomic History of Killer Whale Ecotypes
Andy Foote (Bangor)
Wed 31 May 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
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IEB Seminar 17th May 2017
John Davey (Oxford)
Wed 17 May 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
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TBC Bio 20/4
Andrew Mellor, Newcastle University
Thu 20 Apr 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
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Sex-differences in senescence patterns across mammals
Jean-Francois Lemaitre (Lyon)
Wed 29 Mar 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

IEB seminar: 'Adaptive models of growth and maturation'
Rufus Johnstone (Cambridge)
Wed 22 Mar 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
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Transposable element evolution in Drosophila
Andrea Betancourt (Liverpool)
Wed 15 Mar 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
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Life history trade-offs: an experimental study in wild jackdaws
Jelle Boonekamp (Groningen)
Wed 01 Mar 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
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Molecular evolution in parasitic flowering plants
Susann Wicke (Muenster)
Wed 22 Feb 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
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TBC 16/2/17
Oliver Bannard, University of Oxford
Thu 16 Feb 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
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Title to be confirmed 16/2/17
Oliver Bannard
Thu 16 Feb 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
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Hormone-mediated maternal effects of the prenatal social environment
Nikolaus von Engelhardt (Plymouth)
Wed 01 Feb 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
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Chiral shells, cells and F-molecules
Angus Davison (Nottingham)
Wed 25 Jan 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
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Understanding cellular heterogeneity
Sarah Teichmann
Thu 19 Jan 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
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The Evolution of Menopause in Killer Whales
Darren Croft (Exeter)
Thu 08 Dec 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

Synchrony in phenology in space and time
Ella Cole (Oxford)
Wed 07 Dec 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

Unravelling retrovirus and transposon evolution
Alex Hayward (Cornwall)
Wed 23 Nov 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
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What did we learn from high-coverage archaic genomes?
Kay Pruefer (Max Planck, Leipzig)
Wed 26 Oct 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

Mega-evolutionary dynamics of the adaptive radiation of birds
Gavin Thomas (Sheffield)
Wed 19 Oct 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
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Seasonality and cold hardiness of temperate trees
Yann Vitasse (Switzerland)
Wed 05 Oct 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)


A global scale comparative study of biological invasions
Isabella Capellini (Hull)
Wed 21 Sep 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
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Introgression Across the European House Mouse Hybrid Zone
Stuart Baird (Studenec, Czech Republic)
Wed 08 Jun 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

EIG: Mathematical modelling of human CD8 CTL responses during viral infections
Becca Asquith, Imperial College London
Thu 26 May 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
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EIG: Development and Homeostasis of tissue resident myeloid cells
Elisa Gomez Perdiguero, Pasteur Institute, France
Thu 12 May 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
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EIG: How B cell sense antigen
Michael Reth, MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Germany
Thu 28 Apr 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
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EIG: Immunology and immunopathogenesis of malaria infections
Jean Langhorne, Francis Crick Institute
Thu 14 Apr 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
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EIG: Host-bacterial interactions and intestinal inflammation
Kevin Maloy, University of Oxford
Thu 31 Mar 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
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Protective symbiosis: does it really work in nature?
Jan Hrcek (Oxford)
Wed 09 Mar 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
Ashworth Laboratories (LT3)

EIG: Oral mucosa Immune responses
Joanne Konkel, University of Manchester
Thu 03 Mar 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
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Recent changes in the phenology of UK plants and animals
Stephen Thackeray (CEH, Lancaster)
Wed 24 Feb 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
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EIG: Stroke Induced Immune Depression (SIDS)
Andreas Meisel, Charite Berlin, Germany
Thu 18 Feb 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
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How sexual conflict shapes insect phenotypes
Jen Perry (Oxford)
Wed 10 Feb 2016, 14:00 - 15:00
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EIG: Molecular basis of fatal fungal infection
Robin May, University of Birmingham
Thu 04 Feb 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
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EIG: IL-33, an alarm signal for group 2 innate lymphoid cells
Jean-Philippe Girard, CNRS, France
Thu 21 Jan 2016, 16:00 - 17:00
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Male and female from a hermaphrodite vantage-point
Lukas Scharer (Basel)
Wed 09 Dec 2015, 14:00 - 15:00
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The mutational burden of regulatory function
Martin Taylor (Edinburgh)
Wed 02 Dec 2015, 14:00 - 15:00
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EIG: NK cell receptors across species
John Hammond, The Pirbright Institute
Thu 26 Nov 2015, 16:00 - 17:00
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Biased gene conversion: the dark side of recombination
Laurent Duret (Lyon)
Wed 18 Nov 2015, 14:00 - 15:00
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EIG: Lymph node stromal cells in the initiation and regulation of immune responses
Anne Fletcher, University of Birmingham
Thu 29 Oct 2015, 16:00 - 17:00
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Human disease genes and natural selection: Why do we age?
Arcadi Navarro (Barcelona)
Tue 13 Oct 2015, 16:00 - 17:00
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Flip/flop inversion polymorphisms in yeast evolution
Ken Wolfe (Dublin)
Wed 30 Sep 2015, 14:00 - 15:00
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The Invisible Hand of the Black Queen: Reductive Evolution in the Ocean (and Elsewhere)
Jeff Morris (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Wed 09 Sep 2015, 14:00 - 15:00
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