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THEMISSINGLINK Issue 8 February 2008 UoB LIFE SCIENCES MAGAZINE THEMISSINGLINK Issue 8 February 2008 Feature: Butterfly larvae hitch a ride with the red ants New: In Focus Mon 4th 1:05 B37 Biological Sciences (BS) Mon 18th 1:05 B37 (BS) Research Seminar: Dr Research Seminar: Professor Steve Redpath, Simon Webster, Bangor University, How crabs moult University of Aberdeen, Population dynamics and the - neuroendocrine reflections. role of intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms. 1pm 2D24 (PD) Talk: Marcus Munafo, Pharmacogenetics of Smoking Cessation Tue 5th 1:00 2D24 Psychology Department (PD) Talk: Sven Mattys, Effects of processing load on Tue 19th 5:15 Staff Common Room (BS) Work- speech recognition shop in Ecology and Behaviour: Joah Madden, Uni- 5:15pm Staff Common Room (BS) Workshop in versity of Exeter, Sexual selection and Ecology and Behaviour: Ashleigh Griffin, University communication in bowerbirds of Edinburgh, Social evolution and communication. Lunchtime (BS) Biosoc film: Check email for details Lunchtime (BS) Biosoc film: Check email for details Wed 20th 4:00 2D2 (PD) External Talks: Wed 6th 4:00 2D2 (PD) External Talks: Geraint Professor Susan Gelman, Michigan, Generic language Rees, UCL, Decoding Conciousness as a window onto conceptual development Thurs 7th 5:00 Staff Common Room (BS) Round Thurs 21st 5:00 Staff Common Room (BS) Table Talks: Chloe Onoufriou Charophyte Round Table Talks: Hugo Rebelo Where to go when distributions in the Cotswold Water Park, Richard it’s too hot? Effects of global warming in the future Sherely Spotting the difference: Towards automatic distribution of tree-dwelling bats, Catherine Davey population monitoring of African penguins The effect of game management for pheasant (Spheniscus demersus), Dr Deirdre McLachlan shooting on vertebrate biodiversity in UK Light-induced motility in benthic diatoms and the role woodlands,Dr Stuart Casson Meristem maintenance THIS MONTH? of calcium signalling in a photomotile response in the Arabidopsis root Mon 11th 1:05 B37 (BS) Research Seminar: Mon 25th 1:05 B37 (BS) Research Seminar: Professor John Endler, University of Exeter, Testing Professor Rod Scott, University of Bath, Engineering hypotheses about elaboration, innovation and species seed yield - lessons from Arabidopsis recognition with Australian Bowerbirds Tue 26th 1:00 2D24 (PD) Talk: Ian Penton-Voak, Tue 12th 1:00 2D24 (PD) Talk: Tom Troscianko, TBA Shadows Lunchtime (BS) Biosoc film: Check email for Lunchtime (BS) Biosoc film: Check email for details details Wed 13th 4:00 2D2 (PD) External Talks: Wed 27th 4:00 2D2 (PD) External Talks: Dr Gemma T’S ON Dr Christian Keysers, Groningen, Mirror systems and Calvert, Bath, Commercial applications of social cognition neuroimaging methods Thurs 14th 5:00 Staff Common Room (BS) Thurs 28th 5:00 Staff Common Room (BS) Round Table Talks: Ben Knott Line of sight: Round Table Talks: Crawford Winlove TBA, Intra-retinal variation in the visual physiology of Christopher Thorogood TBA, Professor Gareth Jones Platycercus elegans, Michael Panagopulos TBA, Molecular evolution of a protein involved in Professor Tony Walsby Measuring turgor pressure in mammalian active hearing cyanobacteria WHA Missing Link Editorial Team Head of Production: Anna Leon Editor: Ariane Whitehead Assistant Editor: Agata Staniewicz Design Editor: Emma Clark Art Editor: Nadège Laici Secretary and Treasurer: Sophie Morgan Proofreaders: Anita Singh, Sarah Haigh, Angharad Rolfe Johnson, Katy Blatch. Supervisors: Laura Saez, Nick Easton Head of Marketing: Carsten Reinhard The Missing Link Dear Life Scientists, Welcome to the first issue of 2008. The New Year This new issue brings you fabulous articles from sees in a new editorial team and a new look for very talented writers within the life sciences that the magazine. can be both entertaining and controversial. Firstly I would like to thank the previous edito- We hope that you enjoy rial team for all their hard work and, in particu- reading this issue as much lar, Laura Saez – founder of the Missing Link. as we’ve enjoyed putting it Had she not had such insight and dedication, together and hope that you the life sciences would certainly be lacking what will be inspired to join us has become an important magazine for all those as we expand our scope who have an interest in science communication, into new fields. and reading everything from the latest scientific research to people’s experiences of travel and working in the field. Ariane, Editor CONTENTS FEBRUARY 2008 Features The birds and the bees 4 Life insurance and life assurance 10 A fool’s guide on how to impress your mates Could we be facing higher insurance premiums as The scent trail 6 advances in genetics allow us to determine our fate? Hannah Welham discovers that the Alcon blue Psychological assumptions 14 butterfly dumps its babies on unsuspecting red The psychology behind experimenter bias ants Evolution 16 Global warming 8 What do people really know about the theory of Who cares about it anyway? evolution? Regulars News and events 2 Interview 20 How the Might Fall Dr Simon Braddy: The giant sea scorpion “1000 Genomes Project” Comment 22 Curried Bird Flu Arthur Goldsmith voices his opinions In focus 12 Review 23 Showcasing your favourite photographs “Elephantoms: Tracking the Elephant” by Lyall Cockatiels and cocktails 19 Watson Stories from the field Entertainment 24 [1] News and events News The latest updates from Theo Webb How the Mighty Fall During the last 5 months the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has suffered the worst deforestation on record. The announcement was made by the Brazillian government based on satellite imagery from the National Institute of Space Research, which shows that during the last 5 months of 2007, 1,250 square miles of rainforest were lost. It is suggested that increases in commodities such as soya have encouraged the illegal deforestation of areas to allow for the cultivation of these crops. This data comes after the success of pio- neering legislation in early 2007, which saw a significant decrease in illegal logging. www.bbc.co.uk/news “1000 Genomes Project” Tuesday 22nd January 2008 saw the launch of the “1000 Genomes Project”, an international project aim- ing to sequence 1000 individuals’ genomes with the hope of guiding researchers to disease-associated regions on the genome and to hasten supplementary follow-on research. Although some observers have questioned whether the project is ambitious enough, the high number of people will allow scientists to look at a greater variation of structural differences than in previous studies and will compare areas of DNA deletion, duplication and rearrangement. www.nature.com/news Curried bird-flu The much-forgotton bird-flu virus is still continuing it’s spread across the world with the virus spread- ing through domestic fowl populations in India. The state of West Bengal in northeast India has seen the H5N1 virus spread into more of the state’s districts, however people are releuctant to hand over the birds for culling. It has been estimated that two million birds need to be destroyed to prevent further spread of the highly pathogenic virus, which can infect most birds and has been known to spread to humans. www.bbc.co.uk/news [2] The Missing Link News and events Events What’s on in and around Bristol this month Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2007 - Winning and commended images from this year’s competi- tion. Until 27 April 2008: Natural History Museum, London. Nature in Art, Gloucester - www.nature-in-art.org.uk It’s a bird’s life - Tuesday 5th February. Bristol Zoo. Ed Drewitt will give an intriguing insight into the wild antics and behaviour of birds on the Downs and in your gardens. 7.00pm – 8.00pm £3.00 Identifying mosses and liver- worts - Saturday 23rd February. Delve into the wonderful world of mosses and liverworts with expert Justin Smith. We’ll venture into Nightingale Valley in Leigh Woods to learn how to identify these mar- vellous flowerless plants. 10.00am – 4.00pm £15.00 Run jointly with the National Trust. Environmental Photogrpaher of the Year - Entries are now being welcomed for this annual competi- tion. Closing date 31 July www.ciwem.org/awards/epoty Biosoc Photography Competi- tion The theme is “Making the most of our time on Earth”. The limit is 3 photos per participant and you should send them to either Robin (rl5766) or Jeremy (jc6135). The deadline is the 7th of Feburary. www.bio.bris.ac.uk/biosoc [3] Biology The birds and the bees A fool’s guide to how to impress your mate Agata Staniewicz Flowers, a romantic candle-lit dinner some less colourful species have or even just a heart-shaped card may to think of other ways to show off. for some people appear to be more Many birds sing but male manakins than enough effort put into celebrat- have gone one better and perform ing Valentine’s Day. Yet, none of a dance that would make Michael it seems very impressive when we Jackson proud. The main steps are as look at other species’ mating habits. follows: fly quickly up into the air, The purpose of life – reproduction swoop down and land on your perch, – has led to many interesting and then lean over and quiver your tail, extraordinary examples of mating flap your wings against your sides behaviour. So if you’re trying to and then start to moonwalk back- think of a new way to impress that wards – just like the King of Pop! special person, here are a few tips based on what has worked well for Bowerbirds have a different ap- birds and bees. proach. They do not dance but use twigs to build a very complex hut- Looking good is an obvious way to like structure called a bower. They attract a mate and the reason why then decorate it with various ‘gifts’: male peacocks have such huge col- stones, flowers, leaves, feathers, and ourful tails.
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