Events - TalkScience
TalkScience@bl.uk is a series of events hosted by the British
Library, providing opportunities to inform, engage, debate and network
with scientists and all those who use scientific information.
The following event took place on Wed 10 Dec 2008
- Podcast
on www.bl.uk (MP3, 15mins 25secs, 14.4MB)
Infectious disease: what can evolution do for us?
Infectious agents evolve, just like other living things. And because
they have short life cycles and large population sizes, they do
it quickly. Are we destined always to be playing catch up in the
evolutionary arms race?
Dr Bill Hanage of Imperial College London will
introduce the debate on how natural selection leads to the virulence
of the diseases we know, the emergence of new ones, and how it might
affect the future of both.
- Are we doomed to be always playing catch up in the fight against
resistant superbugs?
- Avian Flu, the next pandemic or a flash in the pan?
- HIV vaccine, dream or reality?
- Information technology and bioinformatics: can it help us predict
evolution of new dangers?
- Humans vs pathogens: an arms race on a microscale?
- Why do some infectious diseases evolve to become less virulent?
The following event
took place on Wed 24 Sep 2008
Scientific Researchers and Web 2.0: Social 'NotWorking'?
- Is Web2.0 all about attitudes or technologies?
- What can Web2.0 do for your research?
- As a scientist, are there good reasons
for getting involved beyond social ‘not working'?
- Web3.0: another buzzword or a semantic
revolution for science on the web?
Timo Hannay is the Publishing
Director of Nature.com. With a background in biosciences research,
Timo oversees Nature's growing portfolio of web-based activities
including Nature Networks, Connotea, and other initiatives using
Web2.0 functionality to connect and involve researchers.
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