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Darwin Day 2021: Evolution and medicine

This year's Darwin Day event covers the topic of evolution and medicine. Speakers: Charles Swanton, Felicia Keesing, and Bruce Levin.

PROGRAMME


11.00-11.15 UiO Rector Svein St?len and CEES Chair Kjetill S. Jakobsen

Opening remarks.

11.15-12.00. Professor Charles Swanton

Cancer evolution and immune evasion: Challenges and opportunities

Francis Crick Institute & UCL Cancer Institute, London, UK
Link to Swanton's profile page.

12.00-12.15. Professor Nils Chr. Stenseth

Announcing the winner of the Darwin Price.

12.15-12.45 Break

12.45-13.30 Professor Felicia Keesing

Lecture title: An evolutionary perspective on the ecology of infectious diseases

Bard College, New York, USA.
Link to Keesing's profile page.

13.30-14.15 Professor Bruce Levin

A Darwinian perspective on adaptive immunity, senescence, and why we get cancers

Emory University, USA.
Link to Levin's profile page.

14.15-14.20 Professor Kjetill S. Jakobsen

Closing remarks.

More information

For abstracts and more information about the speakers, visit the Darwin Day main webpage at CEES.

How to attend the event


 

Published Dec. 18, 2020 10:42 AM - Last modified Aug. 2, 2023 9:36 AM