It's the song, not the singer: a new theory relating gut microbiomes and Gaia
Open lecture by Professor Ford Doolittle
| A Research Services research event | |
|---|---|
| Date | 20 September 2018 |
| Time | 14:00 to 15:00 |
| Place | Newman Purple LT |
| Provider | Research Services |
Event details
Event information
Everyone is welcome to attend this open talk hosted by the Global Systems Institute.
Professor Ford Doolittle is an evolutionary and molecular biologist. He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
He is also the winner of the 2014 Herzberg Medal of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the 2017 Killam Prize.
Professor Doolittle has made significant contributions to the study of cyanobacteria. He found evidence for the endosymbiont origins of chloroplasts, and developed a theoretical basis for the initial evolution of eukaryotes. He has shown the importance of horizontal gene transfer in prokaryotic evolution.
Registration
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Location:
Newman Purple LT
