ISEMPH 2017 Program
The program for the 2017 ISEMPH meeting in Groningen is below.
An html version with abstracts linked is available here.
A pdf version ISEMPH2017 Program.
Abstracts are published here ISEMPH 2017 abstracts.
Friday, 18 August
ISEMPH Election Results
The results are in for the election of new Officers and Council Members for the International Society for Evolution and Public Health. Stephen Stearns was elected President for a two year term starting at the end of this year's meeting Grazyna Jasienska was elected...
Ecology and Evolution of Cancer: New book from Academic Press
Ecology and Evolution of Cancer 1st Edition Editors: Beata Ujvari, Benjamin Roche, and Frederic Thomas. Academic Press 2017 eBook ISBN: 9780128043806 Paperback ISBN: 9780128043103 Book Commentary by Leonard Nunney, UC Riverside, Department of Biology Cancer...
Vulnerability to osteoarthritis from antagonistic pleiotropy at loci that induce short stature to protect against freezing?
Capellini, T. D., Chen, H., Cao, J., Doxey, A. C., Kiapour, A. M., Schoor, M., & Kingsley, D. M. (2017). Ancient selection for derived alleles at a GDF5 enhancer influencing human growth and osteoarthritis risk. Nature Genetics. (only a preview, article is behind...
New degree “Evolutionary Biology and Medicine” at University Claude Bernard Lyon
A new degree in Evolutionary Biology and Medicine is available for midwives, nurses, physiotherapists, doctors, pharmacists, dentists, veterinarians, psychologists, etc.) at the medical faculty of the University Claude Bernard Lyon, France. Full information at the...
Where does antibiotic resistance come from?
The world has finally woken up to the grave fact that we face the imminent collapse of our first-line medical protection against pathogenic microorganisms - antibiotics. The pharmaceutical industry churns out over 100,000 tons of antibiotics every year, and much of...
Evolution trades lifetime reproductive success for susceptibility to heart disease
Coronary artery disease (CAD) perennially tops the league for killer diseases. It’s estimated that over 600,000 Americans die from a heart attack every year and CAD is the leading cause of death for both men and women. Furthermore, arterial plaque formation can be...