Dear all,
Please find below, a list of upcoming CEE related events for the coming week.
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Forthcoming CEE Events
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CEE EVENT: Julian Huxley Memorial Lecture
An epidemiologist's life on the edge (of the science-policy interface)
Professor Christl Donnelly FMedSci, FRS (Imperial College London)
Wednesday, 7th June 2017 - 12-1pm
Lankester Lecture Theatre, Medawar Building, University College London, Gower
Street, London, WC1E 6BT
Free to attend and open to all, no need to book
Abstract:
Ebola, MERS, pandemic influenza, SARS and Zika have all posed serious threats
to our health and economic wellbeing in recent years. In each of these cases,
statistical (and more broadly mathematical) epidemiologists contributed to
top-level policy discussions of diseases control policy development,
implementation and contingency planning. The methods build upon foundations of
epidemiological modelling and analysis of both human and animal diseases
(HIV/AIDS, BSE, vCJD, bovine TB and foot-and-mouth disease, among others). The
potential impact of such analyses is enormous, but it can be challenging to
provide robust answers to key scientific and policy questions. In the midst of
an epidemic response effort, it really does feel like living on the edge.
Further details can be found at
www.ucl.ac.uk/cee/events<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cee/events>
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Events w/c 10th April
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10th Apr
New tricks for Old bones - NHM Seminar Series
Time: 12:30
Speaker: Professor Ken Lacovara
Venue: Flett Lecture Theatre, Natural History
Museum, Cromwell Rd, London SW7 5BD
More info:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/biosciences/biosciences-events-publication/2016-2017/gender-equality-in-academia-myth-and-reality
11th Apr
Conserving the mountain chicken frog: the impact of chytridiomycosis under
scrutiny
- ZSL Seminar Series
Time: 18:00-19:45
Speakers: Dr Helen Meredith, Executive Director,
Amphibian Survival Alliance,
Dr Mike Hudson, Durrell
Wildlife Conservation Trust,
Benjamin Tapley, Curator of
Herpetology, ZSL,
Sarah-Louise Adams, Durrell
Wildlife Conservation Trust,
Dr Christopher Michaels, Acting
Lead Keeper, Herpetology, ZSL
Venue: Huxley Lecture Theatre, Main Meeting
Rooms, IOZ, Outer Circle, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY
More info:
https://www.zsl.org/science/whats-on/conserving-the-mountain-chicken-frog-the-impact-of-chytridiomycosis-under-scrutiny
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Integrating molecules with taxonomy and systematics: an introductory molecular
phylogenetics course for species identification and evolutionary analysis - NHM
Course
The Natural History Museum, London and BBSRC are offering a one-week
introductory course ‘Integrating molecules with taxonomy and systematics: an
introductory molecular phylogenetics course for species identification and
evolutionary analysis’, to run from 8-12th May 2017. The course is for anyone
wishing to gain expertise in molecular diagnostics and phylogenetic analysis
for systematic, taxonomic and ecological studies.
The course will be taught by NHM scientists and will benefit anyone wishing to
gain expertise in molecular diagnostics and phylogenetic analysis for
systematic, taxonomic and ecological studies. Note that this course assumes no
prior experience with DNA sequence analyses and is an introductory course. As
such, it is not appropriate for more advanced students. More information can be
found here:
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/courses-and-students/integrating-molecules-with-taxonomy-and-systematics.html
Summary:
This one-week introductory-level course will teach participants the steps
involved to produce molecular phylogenies from raw Sanger and next-generation
sequence data (i.e. Illumina paired-end). A phylogeny is essential for defining
species boundaries, species identifications, recognition of cryptic species,
testing systematic hypotheses, identifying evolutionary and biogeographic
patterns and understanding the evolution of traits. As such, knowing how to
produce a robust tree is an indispensable tool for modern taxonomists,
systematists and evolutionary biologists. By the time the participants have
completed the course, they will have had theoretical and practical experience
enabling them to i) edit raw Sanger and NGS sequence data, ii) carry out
multiple sequence alignments, iii) choose appropriate models of sequence
evolution, iv) carry out phylogenetic analyses (including Bayesian inference,
maximum likelihood), v) interpret tree topology and nodal support, vi) produce
publication ready trees, vii) work with public sequence repositories, vii)
assemble and annotate next generation sequence data, and viii) recognise
cryptic species.
Venue and duration:
The Natural History Museum, London, UK.
The course will run for one week, 9.30am-6.00pm, 8-12th May 2017.
Eligibility and how to apply:
The course is available to anyone but priority will be given to applicants
supported by BBSRC, working on a BBSRC grant or based at a BBSRC institute.
There are a maximum of 12 places available. The course is sponsored by BBSRC
and the NHM and we are charging only a nominal fee of £300, which includes all
course costs as well as accommodation in London (if necessary) and some travel
costs within the UK. Lunch and light refreshments will be provided each day. To
apply please use the application form provided and return by the closing date:
31 March 2017. Applications will be accepted up to the deadline and places will
be decided based on merit and suitability. Application forms can be found here:
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/courses-and-students/integrating-molecules-with-taxonomy-and-systematics.html
Email applications to:
molec_NHMBBSRC@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:molec_NHMBBSRC@xxxxxxxxx> (Note that this is an
automated email account do not send queries. Your application will receive a
bounce back message so you know it has arrived safely).
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State of the World's Plants Symposium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 25-26 May 2017
The State of the World’s Plants 2017 symposium will take place at the Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew between 25-26 May. Similar to last year there will be six
themed sessions and a panel Q & A at the end of each session. In each session
invited speakers have been asked to address a series of globally significant
questions based on their own plant science research and policy work. These
questions are as follows:
1) Madagascar: megadiverse and misunderstood - how can we hope to reverse
threats to biodiversity?
2) The immediate risk of extinction: climate change won’t matter if everything
has already died out…
3) Wildfires: a necessary evil?
4) Invasive plants: born to invade?
5) From field to healed: how do we detect the medicinal plants of the future?
6) Valuing nature: which plant species are most valuable?
There will also be a poster session for which we are inviting abstract
submissions.
For more information, to submit a poster abstract and to register, please visit
the symposium website:
www.kew.org/sotwp-symposium<http://www.kew.org/sotwp-symposium>
Registration deadline: 25 April 2017
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State of the World's Plants Discovery Stand, Discovery Pavilion, RHS Chelsea
Flower Show, 23-27 May 2017
Also please do consider coming to see us this year at the RHS Chelsea Flower
Show in which we will showcase 3 key themes from the State of the World’s
Plants report to coincide with the symposium at Kew;
* New discoveries - a selection of plants described as new to Science
during the past few years and now in cultivation at Kew. Approximately 2,000
vascular plants are discovered each year.
* Madagascar - important and fascinating plants from this biodiversity
hotspot.
* Extreme plants - plants which are able to withstand extreme
environments. Knowledge of their resilience and distribution patterns is
important to predicting future climatic and land use changes.
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If you would like to include a seminar, event or a seminar series to the CEE,
please e-mail details of the event, at least two weeks before the seminar date,
to cee@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:cee@xxxxxxxxx> . Once accepted your event will be
publicized on the website calendar, via e-mail and to the twitter community.
Chris Langridge
CEE Administrator
The Centre for Ecology and Evolution
University College London
Gower St., London, WC1E 6BT
E: cee@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:cee@xxxxxxxxx>
