[ceevol] Forthcoming events w/c 9th Feb
- From: CEE.Secretary <cee@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ceevol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ceevol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 16:32:51 +0000
Dear all,
Please find below, a list of upcoming CEE related events for the coming week.
Events w/c 9th February
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Global land-use change: causes and consequences for biodiversity - ZSL Seminar
Date & Time: 10 Feb 2015 18:00 - 19:45
Venue: ZSL - Zoological Society of London, London, London NW1
4RY
Speakers: Andy Purvis, Natural History Museum/Imperial College London
Global land-use impacts on terrestrial biodiversity
Nathalie Pettorelli, Zoological Society of London
Tracking land-use change at multiple spatial and temporal scales
Kate Jones, Zoological Society of London/University College London
Technology for nature
Drew Purves, Microsoft Research Cambridge
A first-principles approach to understanding the effects of land-use change on
biodiversity and ecosystem function
Chair: Andrew Balmford, University of Cambridge
Details:
Anthropogenic environmental changes, such as global land use and land cover
change, driven by rapid human population growth and increasing demand for
agricultural and forest products, are impacting the balance of the Earth
system. Land use and land cover change is a primary cause of biodiversity loss,
the second largest source of carbon emissions, and has a major impact on the
water cycle and the climate. This meeting will highlight the causes of land use
and land cover change, investigate the impacts on biodiversity loss, ecosystem
functioning and ecosystem services, and explore how non-market and public
benefits, including wildlife conservation, can be incorporated into land-use
planning. The meeting will also present the new Land Use Forum London
(LUFLondon), an interdisciplinary network of researchers, students and
policy-makers who share an interest in the causes and consequences of land use
and land cover change. The Forum is open to all who wish to participate
(http://luflondon.co.uk/).
This Science and Conservation event is free; seating is allocated on a first
come, first served basis. Doors open at 5pm for a 6pm start.
A dinner will follow this Science and Conservation Event and everyone is
welcome. Dinner is £35 per person (includes two glasses of wine). A booking
form will be available online one month before the event For all enquiries,
please contact the Scientific Events Coordinator at
scientific.events@xxxxxxx<mailto:scientific.events@xxxxxxx> or call 0207
4496227.
http://www.zsl.org/science/whats-on/global-land-use-change-causes-and-consequences-for-biodiversity
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Finding novel chemistry in natural product biosynthetic pathways - Queen
Mary's Seminar Series
Date & Time: 11th Feb 12:30pm
Speaker: Sarah Barry (Kings College, London)
Host: Lisa Rooney
Venue: Peoples Palace LT 1, Queen Mary, University of London,
Mile End Rd, London E1 4NS
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Darwin's Birthday Event 2015- CEE EVENT
How Did Life Begin?
11th February 2015 - 4:00pm
Natural History Museum
Abstracts:
Polymerization in hydrothermal conditions: Darwin's prescient idea.
Dave Deamer, Department of Bimolecular Engineering, University of California,
Santa Cruz CA In an often quoted note to Joseph Hooker in 1871, Darwin
speculated that life may have begun in a "warm little pond." We have tested
this idea in simulations of fluctuating hydrothermal fields associated with
volcanism. We found that the chemical energy available in such conditions can
drive polymerization of ordinary mononucleotides into surprisingly long
oligonucleotides resembling ribonucleic acid (RNA). The polymerization occurs
in lipid environments so that the RNA-like polymers become encapsulated in
membranous compartments to form protocells, the first milestone on the
evolutionary path toward primitive cellular life.
Energy and Matter at the Origin of Life
Nick Lane, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL There is a
paradox at the base of life. Membrane bioenergetics - the use of ion gradients
across membranes to drive carbon and energy metabolism - are universal, but
membranes are not. Radical differences between bacteria and archaea in membrane
chemistry and active ion pumping suggest that LUCA, the last universal common
ancestor, may have used natural proton gradients in alkaline hydrothermal vents
to drive growth. I will outline a possible scenario for the origin of life in
this environment, and present some experimental and modelling results which
suggest that proton gradients could have driven the transition from
geochemistry to biochemistry, and the deep divergence of archaea and bacteria.
Location:
Flett Lecture Theatre, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London -
Map<http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/getting-here.html>
Poster:
Download a copy of the poster here -
Poster<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cee/events/DBP_2015_c_Grey-2.jpg>
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TBC - Imperial Seminar Series
Date & Time: 12th Feb 1:00pm
Speaker: Dmitri Pushkin
Host: Samraat Pawar
Venue: Imperial College London - Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst
Road, Ascot, West Berkshire SL5 7PY
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Seaweeds: the good, the bad and the pretty - Queen Mary Seminar Series
Date & Time: 12th Feb 1:00pm
Speaker: Professor Christine Maggs (Queen's University Belfast)
Venue: Fogg LT, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Rd,
London E1 4NS
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What is food security - The Linnean Society
Date & Time: 13th Feb 18:30
Speaker: Prof Tim Benton, University of Leeds
Speaker: Lecture Theatre B33, Birkbeck College, Torrington Square,
London.
World population projections show that there will be many more mouths to feed
in coming decades. This need will follow the actual population trend, but
meeting it depends on many other factors. Food production will continue to
depend upon half a dozen staple food plants. There is a potential fragility in
maintaining production that depends upon land availability, soil fertility,
water supplies, freedom from pests, appropriate technologies and suitable crop
varieties. Equally important is whether the primary crops are eaten by us, or
used less efficiently for meat production. Food can be lost in storage and
transportation. In an increasingly urbanised world, some see the solutions in
energy-intensive, industrial scale farming, fisheries and food distribution,
whilst others advocate smaller scale, local activity. Much of this will be
affected by climate change.
This lecture series explores the issues and tries to answer some of the
questions. Further details of the six individual lectures, and a reading list,
will be available later.
To receive these, please email ecssoc@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:ecssoc@xxxxxxxxx>,
consult the website
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/geds/ourresearch/ecss/free-public-lectures, or pick up a
copy at one of the lectures.
The free public lectures are in a series hosted by GEDS, Birkbeck University of
London. They are suitable for those who may be considering, or undertaking,
university courses in ecology, biological conservation or related subjects.
They will interest environmental and ecological practitioners, natural
historians, wildlife organisations and others with similar interests. The
lectures are supported by GEDS, Birkbeck University of London and would not be
possible otherwise. They are organised and promoted by the Ecology and
Conservation Studies Society, with assistance from the Linnaean Society of
London.
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
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