Darwin Week 2018

On Thursday, February 18, Dr. Jonathan Losos presented two lectures for the 13th annual Darwin Week Celebration at SIUC. The first (4:00 pm in Life Science III auditorium) was a more technical talk entitled "Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles". The second talk(7:30 pm in the Lesar Law Building auditorium), intended more as a public lecture, was entitled "Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution" after his most recent book. The following are some photos from those events.

Jonathan Losos and Andy Anderson enjoying the reception prior to the 4:00 seminar.

Students enjoying the refreshments prior to the seminar.

The audience waiting for the show to begin!

Dr. Losos beginning his seminar.

Dr. Losos and one representative of an Anolis lizard, the group he has worked on for many years.

The Anolis lizards show incredible diversity in body form, including the morphology of the flap of skin called the delap.

For the 7:30 evening plenary lecture, Dr. Andy Anderson provided the first introduction.

The second introduction actually introduced our speaker. This was delivered by Chancellor Carlo Montemagno.

The Chancellor greeting Dr. Losos

Dr. Losos is a dynamic speaker who holds his audience's attention very well.

A few photos of Dr. Losos during his talk ...

Dr. Anderson giving Dr. Losos the traditional gift - a Darwin Bobblehead!

The Student Center Bookstore representatives selling Dr. Losos' book.

Dr. Losos testing his new Darwin Bobblehead.