Institute for Life Sciences Conference: 'Epigenetics and Evolution' Event
- Time:
- 09:30 - 18:00
- Date:
- 5 June 2015
- Venue:
- Lecture Theatre 1 South Academic Block Southampton General Hospital
For more information regarding this event, please telephone 023 8059 7280 or email IfLSAdmin@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
The aim of this conference is to showcase interdisciplinary research in this field by bringing together interests on how epigenetics contributes to evolution and the causes of non-communicable disease.
The programme focuses on four broad areas:
• Evolutionary impacts
• Mechanistic epigenetics
• Health consequences
• Relevance to policy
Keynote speakers:
Dr Jordana Bell , King's College London
Dr Tobias Uller , Lund University
Internal speakers include:
Prof Cyrus Cooper , Medicine
Dr Thomas Ezard , Biological Sciences and Ocean & Earth Sciences
Prof Mark Hanson , Medicine
Prof Rebecca Hoyle , Mathematics
Prof Karen Lillycrop , Biological Sciences
Dr Ben MacArthur , Mathematics & Medicine
Dr Deborah Mackay , Medicine
Prof Peter J S Smith , Institute for Life Sciences
Dr Richard Watson , Electronics & Computer Science
Registration: is now closed. Please direct any queries to IfLSAdmin@soton.ac.uk
This conference is free to attend - no travel bursaries are available for delegates.
Poster Opportunity
Attendees are invited to submit a poster for display. Please submit an abstract (not more than 400 words) to IfLSAdmin@soton.ac.uk by 1st May 2015 .