REvolution Transcending the Past
A 2 Day Bio-X Symposium on Modern Aspects of Evolution
March 12-13, 2012, 9:00am-5:30pm
Clark Center Auditorium, Stanford University
Three quarters of a century since the "Modern Synthesis" and twice as long since Darwin and Mendel, evolution is still predominantly a historical discipline. Although the essence of evolution is dynamical and founded in an interplay between molecular and population level processes, this aspect has been hardest to study. Recent breakthroughs in DNA sequencing together with experimental and computational advances, are enabling evolution to be followed and manipulated as it occurs. This has sown the seeds for a revolution in the understanding ofevolution.
Speakers:
Martin Ackermann, Environmental Sciences, ETH Zurich
Jerome Bibette, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles, Paris
Scott Boyd, Pathology, Stanford
Carlos Bustamante, Genetics, Stanford
Michael Desai, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard
Karla Kirkegaard, Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford
Richard Lenski,Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State
Carlo Maley, Center for Evolution and Cancer, UCSF
This two-day symposium will highlight recent developments and prospects for the future in a spectrum of contexts including:microbial evolution in the laboratory, rapid human-driven evolution, and evolution of cancers and immune repertoires within individuals.
After a day and a half of general- audience talks, the second afternoon will be an informal workshop with talks by Stanford students and postdoctoral Fellows on future directions in experimental evolution including technological and theoretical advances and hopes.
Lunch will be provided for participants registered at the door.
