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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


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