Past events

This page lists RSB past events.

18 Sep 2020 | 4 - 5pm

Iteroparous animals often express dramatic variation in life-history traits over the course of a lifetime.

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9 Sep 2020 | 3:30pm

The emergence and implementation of Cas endonuclease technology has undoubtedly taken plant research and biotechnology to a higher level.

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3 Sep 2020 | 12 - 1pm

Metascience, or metaresearch, is a field of research that has grown out of the replication crisis. Amongst other things, metascience evaluates and monitors open science initiatives and other interventions to improve scientific practices and cultures.

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2 Sep 2020 | 12pm

Irrespective of species, plant roots have remarkably similar patterning, and thus, many cell types are considered functionally homologous across species.

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27 Aug 2020 | 4 - 5pm

Menno Schilthuizen is an evolutionary biologist with the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, the Netherlands. He is also an active science writer and speaker.

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27 Aug 2020 | 2pm

PhD exit seminar by Elizabeth Whitty of the Callaghan Group. Research School of Biology - Division of Biomedical Science and Biochemisitry.

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27 Aug 2020 | 1pm

PhD exit seminar by Elizabeth Whitty of the Callaghan Group. Research School of Biology - Division of Biomedical Science and Biochemisitry.

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21 Aug 2020 | 4 - 5pm

Captive breeding and reintroduction are key to modern conservation, but high predation in recently released animals means reintroductions often fail.

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20 Aug 2020 | 4 - 5pm

Why is there a Replication Crisis? That is, why are there so many findings in the published scientific literature that can't be replicated, or are exaggerated far beyond reality?

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