NJHN February 23 Program [Hybrid]: Prof. Robin May Video on Evolution Tomorrow and Beyond

 

This month we’ll watch a video of a presentation by Professor Robin May on the topic of Evolution Tomorrow and Beyond that he gave at Gresham College (London) on May 8, 2024. 

After a brief review of how evolution works, Prof. May discusses the effects of climate change, humans’ accidental impact on animal evolution, pandemics, bacterial resistance to antibiotics, survival through better immune systems, being antisocial, and being violent, gene editing to prevent disease and cosmetic gene editing in utero, human evolution beyond Earth, and more, plus a Q&A session.

Professor Robin May is the Gresham Professor of Physic, Chief Scientific Adviser at the Food Standards Agency (FSA) with the UK Government, Professor of Infectious Disease at the University of Birmingham, and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and the American Academy of Microbiology. May specializes in research into human infectious diseases, with a particular focus on how pathogens survive and replicate within host organisms.

This is a hybrid event in-person at the Franklin Twp Public Library in Somerset and via Zoom. Zoom participants can register in advance at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/r22ntwBTRx-MFPoGrvr8XQ
After registering you’ll receive a confirmation email from Zoom with the link to join the meeting.

The program will start at 1:30 PM in the Community Room. We’ll have our own discussion after the video. Free and open to the public. Please feel free to share the event with anyone you think would be interested. Everyone is welcome to join us after the meeting for an early dinner at a local restaurant.

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