Data:

Dissabte May 5, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Lloc:

Auditori Joan Plaça

Jardí Botànic de la Universitat de València (UV)

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Del 11 from April to April 27

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Program

09.00 - 09.15 Documentation collection

09.15 - 09.30 Benvinguda paraules (M. J. Lorente, J. Monròs, C. Bañó)

09.30 - 10.15 Petites grans transitions evolutives (S. Elena)

10.30 - 11.15 Great transitions in information technologies (S. Valverde)

11.30 - 12.15 Break

12.15 - 13.00 The genetics of the future and humans 2.0 (G. Marfany)

13.00 - 14.00 General debate with the speakers (moderator J. Peretó)

Organisation and sponsorship by:

Delegation of the rector for the Incorporation of the University, UV

Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Evolutiva Biologia, UV

Institut de Biologia Integrativa de Sistemes I2SysBio, UV-CSIC

Facultat de Ciències Biològiques, UV

Jardí Botànic, UV

Catalan Society of Biology and Institute of Catalan Studies

VLC-Campus: Microcluster of Evolutionary and Integrative Biology

Amb la col·laboració de:

Càtedra de Divulgació de la Ciència, UV

Cabinet de Didactica del Jardí Botànic, UV

Publicacions de la Universitat de València

Mètode Magazine, UV

María José Lorente is a professor at the Department of Functional Biology at the UV and delegate of the rector for Incorporation into the University. Joan Monròs is professor of ecology and director of the Cavanilles Institute. Carme Bañó is a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and dean of the Faculty of Biological Sciences. Juli Peretó is professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, vice-director of the I2SysBio and member of the Section of Biological Sciences of the IEC.

Petites grans transitions evolutives

John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry are going to propose the notion of great evolutionary transitions are those in which the elemental units are reunited to generate something new, larger and more complex. A transition can be considered anecdotal or important depending on the specific level of the biological organization studied. In this sense, I will argue that major transitions can also produce the viral gene: (i) the origin of a new virus, (ii) the evolution of new genetic architectures and the origin of chromosomes, and (iii) the evolution of cooperative behavior between different organisms. virus.

Santiago Elena has a degree in Biology at the UV and is a doctor under the supervision of A. Moya and E. Domingo. He will carry out a post-doctoral stay in the laboratory of R. Lenski (Michigan State University), former professor of genetics at the UV and, since 2006, research professor at the CSIC, first at the Institute of Cellular and Molecular Plant Biology (IBMCP, CSIC-UPV) and, currently, at the I2SysBio (CSIC-UV). He is an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute and a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). He has deployed an extensive research task in the field of virus evolution combining experimental evolution, epidemiology and molecular evolution, mathematical modeling of population dynamics, and development of models of evolution of xarxes of interaction between viral and cell components hoste.

Great transitions in information technologies

In looking at the history of technology, we realize that not all inventions have the utmost importance. Only a few technologies have the potential to create a lasting impact on our society (for example, increasing technological diversity) and are becoming points of inflection. These technological transitions are observed in moments and situations of the passing when they appear together a large number of new processes and artefacts, in a rapid succession. Why is this happening? Is technological change continuous and gradual, or is it produced in a gradual way? The evolution of information technologies allows a quantitative and theoretical approach to study the nature of these transitions. The coexistence of gradual million episodes and discontinuous technological change indicates an asymmetric relationship between the complexity of hardware and software. Using a cultural evolution approach, we conclude that change is in the organization of technological systems depending on the cost of accumulating large quantities of information necessary to maintain and develop these technologies.

Sergi Valverde és Professor of the Department of Experimental Sciences and Health of the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF, Barcelona) and member of the Laboratory of Complex Systems of the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC) he directs the technology evolution program. With a degree in computer engineering and a doctorate in applied physics, his research work covers the evolution of technology, the dynamics and the evolution of complex systems and artificial life.

The genetics of the future and humans 2.0

Moltes films Science fiction in those that present a dystopic mon is able to genetically design humans so that they combine functions in an optimal way. Nowadays we have plenty of genetic editing techniques that allow genetic modifications on demand in any organism, also in humans. How can this future become real? Do we know about genetics and how to identify which genetic variants can be detected? Shall we modify the DNA of the human species to create these optimized humans?

Gemma Marfany is a professor of genetics at the University of Barcelona. His professional and academic career has spanned Barcelona, ​​Edinburgh and Oxford, and he has studied many fields of genetics, from molecular evolution to currently direct a research group that investigates the genetic bases of hereditary human diseases, in particular, blindness. He teaches classes in molecular genetics, genetic diagnosis, gene therapy, development and genomics, and is part of various bioethics and forensic genetics commissions. He has more than 100 publications and has directed 9 doctoral theses. Research in genetics, teaching and scientific dissemination are three of his passions. He has published two books of scientific dissemination: "The CSI effect. Forensic genetics of the 21st century" (Edicions UPC, 2010) and “Per què envellim? The response of science to a small human concern” (Publicacions UB-Omnis Cellula, 2011). I have a weekly scientific dissemination column at www.elnacional.cat.

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