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Darwin Day in Birmingham, 2004
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Subject: Darwin Day in Birmingham, 2004

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Event Host(s):
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England

Event Contact:

Name Professor Mark Pallen

E-Mail [email-masked]

Phone ++44 (0)121 414 7163

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Event Title: Darwin Day in Birmingham, 2004

Event Date(s) / Time(s): February 12-13th 2004

Event Location: University of Birmingham, (precise venue on campus to be confirmed)

Event Activities:
Programme of lectures and other presentations illustrating Darwin's work and influence

Provisional programme below
Feb 12th

Welcome 9.50
Professor Mark Pallen

Opening words and keynote address
by Randall Keynes (Darwin descendent and biographer: to be confirmed) 10.00 - 10.45                        

10.45 - 11.00   Coffee

Session 1: Darwin in a scientific context

Chairman: Professor Robert Arnott (Centre for the History of Medicine)

11.00- 11.45       Professor Mark Pallen (Infection)
       A post-genomic view of the Origin of the Species

11.45 - 12.30   Professor Peter Hawkey (Infection)
      Natural Selection in action: the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance

12.30 - 14.00        Lunch

14.00 - 14.45      Professor Xin Yao (Computer science)
Evolutionary Computation and Artificial Evolution

Session 2: Darwin in an Historical and Cultural Context

Chairman:                   Professor Mark Pallen

14.45 - 15.30                      Benjamin Zephaniah (Rastafarian poet)
>From Ras Darwin to Ras Tafari--the Darwins and the Anti-Slavery Movement: poetry and prose readings

15.30 - 15.45                   Tea

15.45 - 16.30        Professor Mark Pallen and
The Revd Professor David Parker (Theology)
Descent with Modification: Common Themes in the Evolution of Genomes and Biblical Manuscripts

16.30                           Closing Remarks

Feb 13th Visit to Darwin sites in Great Malvern, Worcestershire, including Annie Darwin's grave.

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Mark

Professor Mark Pallen
Professor of Microbial Genomics
Room ELG41, Division of Immunity & Infection, Medical School, University of Birmingham, BIRMINGHAM, B15 2TT
[email-masked]
tel ++44(0)121 414 7163
fax ++44 121 414 3454
http://www.vge.ac.uk/~mpallen/
http://medweb4.bham.ac.uk/infection/BPAG/staff/mpallen.html