Autumn School
Evolutionary Medicine
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October 11 -
14, 2005
Evolutionary biology is the foundation of the life sciences but medicine has made very little use of it. This autumn school will explore the potential of evolutionary theory for medicine. Aimed at students and professors, the school covers subjects ranging from the evolution of the immune system and virulence to addiction, psychopathology, and aging.
Program
| 8.45 | Peter Hammerstein, Humboldt University, Berlin Welcoming remarks |
| 9.00 - 10.30 | Dieter Ebert, University of Basel "Evolution of virulence" |
| 11.00 - 12.30 | Roland Regoes, University of Zürich "Evolutionary perspectives on viral infections" |
| 14.00 - 15.30 | Francisco Ubeda, University of Oxford "Genomic imprinting and intragenomic conflict" |
| 16.00 - 17.30 | Dan Fessler, University of California, Los Angeles "Reproductive immunosuppression and prophylaxis" |
| 18.00 | Public lecture Randolph Nesse, University of Michigan "Evolutionary biology: Medicine's missing basic science" |
Wednesday, October 12: |
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| 9.00 - 10.30 | Paul Schmid-Hempel, ETH, Zurich "Evolutionary ecology of immunity" |
| 11.00 - 12.30 | Joachim Kurz, ETH, Zurich "The innate immune system" |
| 15.15 - 16.45 | Carl Bergstrom, University of Washington, Seattle "How do immune systems avoid subversion by pathogens?" |
| 16.00 - 17.30 | Gerd Gigerenzer, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin "Evolutionary perspectives on reasoning in medicine" |
Thursday, October 13: |
| 9.00 - 10.30 | Randolph Nesse, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor "What Darwinism offers to psychiatry" |
| 11.00 - 12.30 | Ed Hagen, Humboldt University, Berlin "Suicidality and depression: Illnesses or adaptations?" |
| 14.00 - 15.30 | Roger Sullivan, California State University, Sacramento "Beyond ‘reward’ models of drug abuse" |
| 16.00 - 17.30 | Carl Bergstrom, University of Washington, Seattle "Antibiotic resistance in hospitals: Will cycling work?" |
| 18.00 | Buffet dinner at the Institute for Theoretical Biology | Friday, October 14: |
| 9.00- 10.30 | Dan Fessler, University of California, Los Angeles "Regulation of feeding behavior" |
| 11.00 - 12.30 | Roger Sullivan, California State University, Sacramento "Schizophrenia in cross-cultural contexts" |
| 14.00 - 15.30 | Axel Kowald, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin "Evolutionary theory of aging" |
15.30 | Final discussion |
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Location:
| Room: | Lecture Hall 12 |
| Building: | Institut für Biologie |
| Street: | Invalidenstrasse 43 |
| ZIP Code: | 10115 |
| City: | Berlin-Mitte |
Registration
For registration, e-mail to Simone Monreal before October 6 (s.monreal(at)biologie.hu-berlin.de). The registration fee of 30 Euro (students 15 Euro) is to be paid upon arrival. For details, please visit: http://itb.biologie.hu-berlin.de/events/evolumed.html