Diseases of Modern Environments–Workshop Reports

This post compiles reports from the five Workshops at the Meeting Evolution and Diseases of Modern Environments, at the Berlin Charite Hospital, October, 2009.  The workshops were held in conjunction with The World Health Summit. Diet and Nutrition Workshop Report...

Evolution and Mental Disorders (Workshop report)

Evolution and Mental Disorders Report from a Workshop led by Martin Brüne, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Bochum, Germany Alfonso Troisi, Professor of Psychopathology, University of Rome Tor Vergata Workshop summary by rapporteur Daniel Stein, University of...

Sanitizing the hygiene hypothesis (Workshop Report)

Sanitizing the hygiene hypothesis: Health lessons from human co-evolution with microorganisms Report from a Workshop led by Kathleen Barnes, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University and Erika von Mutius, Professor of Pediatrics, University Children’s...

Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance Meeting

Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance Workshop Imperial College London 14th and 15th of January 2009 The aim of the workshop is to bring together the following three groups of scientists: experts in genotyping, experimental evolution and mathematical modeling. buy alesse...