2009 marked the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of 'On the Origin of Species'. The University hosted a year of lectures, exhibitions and activities to celebrate the bicentenary.
Professor Crawford traces our history from hunter gatherer to farmer to city dweller and shows how microbes have co-evolved with us, benefiting from o...
Astrobiology is a new science seeking for life on other planets. Prof Ackland reviews the evidence for existence of planets orbiting other stars and w...
Homozygosity means inheriting the same "gene" of a particular trait from both parents. Dr Wilson shows how technological advances have helped us acces...
This talk explores how sound design and compositional practice might incorporate Darwin's ideas and asks whether evolution is a helpful musical concep...
Synthetic biology is an emerging field which aims to construct novel biological parts and systems. It could have interesting implications for evolutio...
Over the last 20 years, the mystery of the origin of HIV-1 has unravelled and we can now paint a remarkably detailed picture of the prehistory of AIDS...