This wonderful symposium is free of charge and abstracts are welcome until October. Full information at the website. About: Our evolutionary history has shaped our genomes and thus our susceptibility to disease. Each patient can be viewed as the result of an evolutionary process that started billions of years ago and continues to this day ..read more

Applicants must have a Ph.D. and demonstrated experience in evolutionary medicine, scientific communication, and interdisciplinary research. The postdoc will conduct research in evolutionary medicine, while also working with a program manager to help run TriCEM programming and funding. A broad range of research interests will be considered, including research on cancer and evolution, the microbiome ..read more

The Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine (TriCEM, https://tricem.org/) at Duke University seeks a Postdoctoral Associate to serve as Assistant Director of TriCEM. Applicants must have a Ph.D. and demonstrated experience in evolutionary medicine, scientific communication, and interdisciplinary research. The postdoc will conduct research in evolutionary medicine, while also working with a program manager to help run ..read more

Evolutionary approaches to understanding mental disorders are growing fast. Here are two opportunities to learn more. On August 5-6 in Durham, UK, the Evolutionary Psychiatry ISEMPH Pre-meeting will bring many leaders in the field together for two days of presentations and discussions…and enjoying each other’s company! You can register just for the Pre-meeting or you ..read more

The award for the best articles published in Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health in 2023 goes equally to two articles. Biomarkers or biotargets? Using competition to lure cancer cells into evolutionary traps, by Anuraag Bukkuri, Frederick R Adler (equal co-authors). Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2023, Pages 264–276, https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoad017 . First author Anuraag Bukkuri will present the ..read more

The $5000 Omenn Prize for the best article in 2023 goes to APOBEC3 deaminase editing in mpox virus as evidence for sustained human transmission since at least 2016, ÁINE O’TOOLE, RICHARD A. NEHER, NNAEMEKA NDODO, […], AND ANDREW RAMBAUT, SCIENCE, 2 Nov 2023, Vol 382, Issue 6670, pp. 595-600, DOI: 10.1126/science.adg8116 The first author, ÁINE O’TOOLE, pictured ..read more

Molly Fox and the Program Committee have created a fabulous program of over 180 presentations, all now posted on the web. And Gillian Bentley and the Hosting Committee have made all kinds of special arrangements for tourts, events, comfort, pleasure, and good discussions. Register today, if your plans change, refunds are possible until two weeks ..read more

Call for Writing-Up Fellows in Evolutionary Medicine The Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI) in Klosterneuburg, Austria, is an international center for advanced studies in the life sciences, with a focus on conceptual, philosophical, historical, and mathematical approaches in evolutionary biology and biomedicine. Embedded in a vibrant research community in the Vienna ..read more

Just three days left! Nominate your article or another that you admire for the $5000 Gilbert S. Omenn Prize. The deadline is April 15, 2024. The nomination form is simple, it takes only a minute. The Prize is awarded annually by the International Society for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health for the best article published in the previous calendar year on a topic related to evolution ..read more

Abstracts for the 9th annual meeting of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health are welcome for talks, posters, discussions and symposia. But the deadline is looming! Friday, March 1  is the deadline for abstract submissions for ISEMPH2024! Your abstract for a poster, talk, symposium or discussion will be welcome at the Ninth Annual Meeting of the International Society for ..read more