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Events - TalkScience
TalkScience@bl.uk
is a series of events hosted by the British Library, providing opportunities
to inform, engage, debate and network with scientists and all those
who use scientific information.
Infectious disease: what can evolution do for us?
Wednesday 10 December 2008
Infectious agents evolve, just like other living things. And because
they have short life cycles and large population sizes, they do
it quickly. Are we destined always to be playing catch up in the
evolutionary arms race?
Dr Bill Hanage of Imperial College London will
introduce the debate on how natural selection leads to the virulence
of the diseases we know, the emergence of new ones, and how it might
affect the future of both.
- Are we doomed to be always playing catch up in the fight against
resistant superbugs?
- Avian Flu, the next pandemic or a flash in the pan?
- HIV vaccine, dream or reality?
- Information technology and bioinformatics: can it help us predict
evolution of new dangers?
- Humans vs pathogens: an arms race on a microscale?
- Why do some infectious diseases evolve to become less virulent?
Event time: 18.00 – 20.30
Location: Terrace restaurant, British Library
The following event took place on
Wednesday 24 September
Scientific Researchers and Web 2.0: Social 'NotWorking'?
- Is Web2.0 all about attitudes or technologies?
- What can Web2.0 do for your research?
- As a scientist, are there good reasons for getting involved
beyond social ‘not working'?
- Web3.0: another buzzword or a semantic revolution for science
on the web?
Timo Hannay is the Publishing Director of Nature.com.
With a background in biosciences research, Timo oversees Nature's
growing portfolio of web-based activities including Nature Networks,
Connotea, and other initiatives using Web2.0 functionality to connect
and involve researchers.
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