EMBL Forum Science and Society Seminar: Sean Carroll

The Serengeti Rules; The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters - Sean Carroll 20 April 2018

Everything in nature is regulated - from the numbers of vital molecules in our bloodstream to the number of lions on an African savanna. Over the past fifty years, two revolutions have unfolded in biology in understanding the regulation of life at these two scales.

Sean Carroll discusses the discovery of the "The Serengeti Rules," the ecological rules that regulate the numbers and kinds of animals and plants in any given place, and how they are being applied to restore some of the greatest wildernesses on the planet.

Established in 1998, the principal aim of the Science and Society initiative at EMBL is to promote a better and broader understanding of the growing social and cultural relevance of the life sciences. The EMBL Forum serves as an arena for multidisciplinary events and activities highlighting the ways in which recent developments within the life sciences in general, and within molecular biology in particular, are having a profound impact on people, their societies as well as their cultures. We invite speakers – experts within various disciplines of science and the humanities – on a regular basis to the EMBL to give public lectures on topics of interest.