Saturday, December 10, 2011

Evolutionary Chemistry: from Darwinism to drugs

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Most therapeutic drugs work by binding to proteins and interfering with their function. A key challenge for chemists working in the pharmace...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Darwin's Pilgrims: The Video

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In February 2009, I hosted 'Darwin's Pilgrims": a visit to England by two Americans with links to the Dover Pennsylvania trial...
Monday, November 21, 2011

Don’t want to believe in evolution?

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Is it possible to be a rationalist (a believer in the laws of logic) but not believe in evolution? Just about! But only just! There are seve...
Sunday, November 20, 2011

Bio380 Human Evolution Genes and Genomes Bioinformatics Practical

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I have a bioinformatics practical class tomorrow and rather than hide it away, I thought I might as well share it with the world via this bl...
Sunday, November 6, 2011

Darwin and Mendel: The Great What If?

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Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel were contemporaries. One of the great “what ifs” in the history of science is “what if Darwin...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The Rough Guide to Darwin

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As part of my attempt to put all my talks, whether for teaching or research online, I have put these two talks I gave yesterday in Oxford on...
Friday, October 7, 2011

Wallace: Darwin’s Rival or Ambassador?

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Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was born in Llanbadoc , near the Welsh town of Usk and grew up in Hertfordshire. He worked as an apprent...
Saturday, October 1, 2011

Open Education and Bio380 lecture on Neanderthals

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This academic year I have set myself the goal of making all my lecture available for all, in the public domain, via YouTube and maybe also S...

Great Read at Birmingham: Captain Kirkup and Chris Stringer

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AV material associated with this week's Great Read at Birmingham events. Captain Kirkup on Evolution and Game Theory Video of the talk a...
Sunday, September 25, 2011

Live tweets from Great Read at Birmingham opening event

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Here are the live tweets from Great Read at Birmingham opening event, sorted from earliest to latest 66. mjpallen : @mjpallen @greatreadatb...

Darwin's Shrewsbury

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Brief tour of Darwin sights in Shrewsbury for speakers at Great Read at Birmingham initiative. Sights include Darwin shopping centre, staine...

Visiting Down House with Randal Keynes

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I have now received two VIP tours of Down House with Randal Keynes (Darwin's great-great-grandson) as tour guide. Randal's mellifluo...
Saturday, September 24, 2011

Ken Miller at the opening Great Read at Birmingham event

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The Evolution Wars: Why they continue, Why they matter, by Ken Miller Ken Miller speaking at the opening event of the Great Read at Birmingh...
Thursday, September 22, 2011

Adam Tickell on Thomas Henry Huxley at Great Read at Birmingham event

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Professor Adam Tickell , PVC for Research and Knowledge Transfer, University of Birmingham , speaking at the launch of the Great Read at Bir...
Thursday, September 8, 2011

Great Read at Birmingham

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This week, all the new undergraduates at the University of Birmingham (~6000 students) will receive a copy of the same book in their Welcome...