CEE Autumn Symposium and Mixer

CEE’s autumn symposium 2015 will highlight the diverse array of research conducted by CEE members and provide opportunities for discussion and mingling to foster collaborations across CEE institutions. A series of 10 minute flash talks will cover topics from neurogenomics to palaeobiology to conservation and climate change, providing rich fodder for conversations over lunch, coffee, and wine. All staff, postdocs, and students are encouraged to attend to jumpstart the academic year and engage with other London-area researchers in ecology and evolution.

Speakers include:

Natural History Museum
Andy Purvis/Sandy Knapp - The Open Herbarium Project
Adriana De Palma – Bee sensitivity to land use

Royal Holloway, University of London
Rudy Riesch – Ecological speciation of fishes
Francisco Ubeda/Vincent Jansen - Evolution of sex-specific virulence

Queen Mary, University of London
Christophe Eizaguirre– Evolutionary and conservation genetics
David Clayton - Songbird neurogenomics

University College London
Celine Bellard - Invasions and climate change
Susan Evans - Palaeoherpetology and cranial mechanics

Imperial College London
Jason Hodgson – Human population genetics
Julia Schroeder – Genetic variation in birds

Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
Pepijn Kooij – Mycoviruses and fungal symbionts
Ilia Leitch – Genome size in plants

Zoological Society London
Sarah Durant – Endangered species conservation
Sam Cartwright – Investigating wildlife - livestock contact

Lunch, and refreshments will be provided. Lunch will take place between 1-2pm with talks starting from 2-5:30pm (with a coffee break), followed by a wine reception from 5:30-8pm.