Director's Seminar Series
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Speakers selected by the Director to deliver seminars of broad relevance to the School.
Past events
RSB Director's Seminar, Andrzej Kilian, Managing Director of Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT), Monday the 19th of May 2025.
RSB Director's Seminar, Professor Maja Adamska, Monday the 17th of March 2025
RSB Director's Seminar, Professor Rod Peakall, Monday the 17th of February 2025.
Malaria infections have plagued humanity for millennia, currently threatening over 40% of the global population. By studying malaria parasites, we can discover innovative ways to combat the disease and gain insights into other pathogens and their hosts.
Our research endeavours to unravel the intricate molecular mechanisms employed by pathogenic fungi to manipulate host plants and cause disease. Additionally, we aim to understand how plants recognise fungal virulence proteins, thereby activating defence pathways.
Professor Ulrike Mathesius, Head of Division, Division of Plant Sciences
Professor Craig Moritz, Director of the Research School of Biology
Biodiversity rests on a foundation of adaptive and neutral variation within populations and species, that interact in communities or coexist in assemblages, to define ecosystems that provide habitat and life support services including a stable climate. New technologies span this biodiversity pyramid and allow rapid and
How do you estimate a good phylogeny? Phylogenetic trees form the backbone of much of our understanding of evolution, so it's important we try to get them right
