Mutational and pre-mutational shaping of adaptation
Joanna Masel, The University of Arizona, USA Keynote talk at Evolution Evolving: Process, Mechanism and Theory Churchill College, Cambridge, UK, 1-4 April 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8ba7XpEI9o…
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Renee Duckworth, The University of Arizona, USA Plenary talk at Evolution Evolving: Process, Mechanism and Theory Churchill College, Cambridge, UK, 1-4 April 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7fw5UQNFmI…
read moreVacancy: Research technician position
Looking for a research technician position? Why not join the Sediment Ecology Research Group (aka ‘The Mud Lab’) at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, working with Prof David…
read moreThe origins of organismal complexity
…multi-cellular states, is used to determine the contribution of developmental bias to multicellularity. Blog posts Research project 7: The origins of organismal complexity Falkenberg KJ. 6 Feb 2017. …
read moreEvolution and ontogeny of complex group adaptation
Led by Andy Gardner Evolutionary transitions to higher-level organisation (e.g. transition from unicellular to multicellular organisms, or development of complex insect and human societies) requires complex group adaptations….
read moreEcological development and adapting to change
…males, a cool nest mostly females, and a nest close to the temperature threshold, an evenly mixed brood. In other organisms as well, all kinds of environmental factors –…
read morePublic engagment with evolutionary biology research
… Becoming a ‘complex systems scientist’ to analyse how digital organisms evolve and cooperate Dr Jasmeen Kanwal, Research Fellow in the School of Biology at the University of St Andrews…
read moreDr Heikki Helanterä
…and brood communicate their presence to each other, and how kin competition and chemical signaling in nests affects reproductive allocation decisions, gene expression and competitive interactions such as cannibalism again…
read moreConference on Complex Systems 2018
23-28 September 2018 The Complex Systems Society presents their 2018 conference in Thessaloniki, Greece. There are 27 satellite meetings covering a large range of topics within the study of…
read moreVacancy: postdoctoral position in Evolutionary Developmental Biology (evo-devo) and Genomics
Call for applications for a postdoctoral research position in the area of Evolutionary Developmental Biology (evo-devo) and Genomics in the lab of Kevin Parsons at the University of Glasgow….
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