Dear All,

Tickets are fast selling out for the Annual Stamford Raffles Lecture on Tuesday 19th June. Professor Tim Birkhead will be speaking on 'Darwin, Sex and Sexual Selection'. Please click through on the link to the right to find out more about the lecture, and to purchase tickets.

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY: EVOLUTION AND LIFE HISTORY OF PARASITISM -

12th June 2012, 6pm

Parasites are often defined as 'organisms that feed on one host, causing harm, but not necessarily immediate death.' To most people, their name provokes images of ticks, tapeworms and leeches (often accompanied by an involuntary shudder).

While parasites may seem most notable to us in their apparent grotesqueness and oddity, we generally underestimate the importance of parasites in our everyday lives and the natural world.

This meeting will include an overview of the fascinating world of parasites, and give examples of how they manipulate the behaviour of their host, how they alter their own behaviour and life history to maximise their reproductive success, and, importantly, how they have played a central role in the evolution of life on earth, including the development of human life and society. 

Speakers

Dorothy Crawford Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh.

Matthew Fisher Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Frederic Thomas  IRD/CNRS Montpellier, France

Organised by Jon Bielby, Institute of Zoology

These talks are free and open to everyone - no need to book in advance but please arrive early as seating is limited.

DINNER WITH THE SPEAKERS

A 3-course dinner with the speakers will follow this Wildlife conservation event. Places for dinner must be booked by Wednesday, 4 July. Please download the Parasitism dinner booking form for further details and please forward to others who might be interested. Further information can also be found at www.zsl.org/science/scientific-meetings  

We hope to see you at some of our upcoming events.

Megan Orpwood-Russell
Scientific Meetings Co-ordinator, ZSL, London NW1 4RY, UK.
Tel: +44 (0)20 7449 6227. Fax: +44 (0)20 7449 6411.
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