Name: Dr Sebastian Shimeld
University of Oxford
https://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-sebastian-shimeld

Events this person is hosting:

Monday 29 October 2018 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Reverse-engineering animal flight: unravelling the evolutionary co-tuning of physics, physiology, and behaviour
Date: 29 October 2018, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Professor Graham Taylor (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford)

Monday 5 November 2018 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Inbreeding and inbreeding avoidance in a population wiht severe inbreeding depression
Date: 5 November 2018, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Professor Josephine Pemberton (University of Edinburgh)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford)

Monday 12 November 2018 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Neural circuit and genetic bases of behaviour in the planktronic larvae of Platynereis
Date: 12 November 2018, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Professor Gaspar Jekely (University of Exeter)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford)

Monday 21 January 2019 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Insights from ancient DNA into the evolutionary history of M. tuberculosis
Date: 21 January 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 2nd week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Professor Anne Stone (Arizona State University)
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford)

Monday 18 February 2019 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

The sweet taste of nectar: novel mechanisms for encoding taste revealed in bees
Date: 18 February 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 6th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Professor Geraldine Wright (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford)

Monday 20 May 2019 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Extended heredity and evolution
Date: 20 May 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 4th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Russell Bonduriansky (University of New South Wales)
Venue Details: Zoology Research & Administration building, 11a Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3SZ, Seminar Room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)

Events this person is organising:

Monday 8 October 2018 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Understanding and controlling the spread of zoonoses - from TB to Ebola
Date: 8 October 2018, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Professor Christl Donnelly (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: 11a Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3SZ (behind University Club)
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)

Monday 15 October 2018 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Using mechanistic experiments and macroecological models to understand biodiversity in a changing world
Date: 15 October 2018, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Professor Nate Sanders (University of Vermont)
Venue Details: Zoology Research & Administration Building, 11a Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3SZ - Seminar Room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Owen Lewis (University of Oxford)

Monday 29 October 2018 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Reverse-engineering animal flight: unravelling the evolutionary co-tuning of physics, physiology, and behaviour
Date: 29 October 2018, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Professor Graham Taylor (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford)

Title TBC
Date: 29 October 2018, 14:00 - 15:00 (Monday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker
Venue: Biology Mansfield Road, 11a Mansfield Road OX1 3SZ
Venue Details: 11a Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3SZ, Seminar room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 5 November 2018 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Inbreeding and inbreeding avoidance in a population wiht severe inbreeding depression
Date: 5 November 2018, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Professor Josephine Pemberton (University of Edinburgh)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford)

Monday 12 November 2018 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Neural circuit and genetic bases of behaviour in the planktronic larvae of Platynereis
Date: 12 November 2018, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Professor Gaspar Jekely (University of Exeter)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford)

Monday 19 November 2018 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Challenges for bees in a changing world
Date: 19 November 2018, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Dr Elli Leadbeater (University of London)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Jonathan Green (University of Oxford)

Monday 26 November 2018 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

How large animals shape ecosystem and planetary function
Date: 26 November 2018, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Professor Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)

Monday 14 January 2019 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

Using structured population models to help understand individuals and communities
Date: 14 January 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 1st week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Professor Stephen Ellner (Cornell University)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Roberto Salguero-Gomez (University of Oxford)

Monday 21 January 2019 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Insights from ancient DNA into the evolutionary history of M. tuberculosis
Date: 21 January 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 2nd week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Professor Anne Stone (Arizona State University)
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford)

Monday 28 January 2019 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Origins of Diversity in islands: The Nexus of Ecology and Evolution in Community Assembly
Date: 28 January 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 3rd week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Professor Rosemary Gillespie (UC Berkeley)
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)

Monday 4 February 2019 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Development, selection, and species diversification: Semi-aquatic bugs as models
Date: 4 February 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 4th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Dr Abderrahman Khila (ENS Lyon)
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 11 February 2019 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

Haploid gametic selection in animals and its evolutionary consequences
Date: 11 February 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 5th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Dr Simone Immler (University of East Anglia)
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)

Monday 18 February 2019 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

The sweet taste of nectar: novel mechanisms for encoding taste revealed in bees
Date: 18 February 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 6th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Professor Geraldine Wright (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford)

Monday 25 February 2019 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

The evolutionary genetics of industrial melanism – an unfolding story
Date: 25 February 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 7th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Professor Ilik Saccheri (University of Liverpool)
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 20 May 2019 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Extended heredity and evolution
Date: 20 May 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (Monday, 4th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Russell Bonduriansky (University of New South Wales)
Venue Details: Zoology Research & Administration building, 11a Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3SZ, Seminar Room
Organisers: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Dr Sebastian Shimeld (University of Oxford), Dr Sonya Clegg (University of Oxford)