About London Evo-Devo
London Evo-Devo brings together researchers from all career stages interested in evo-devo questions (broadly defined!). Our aim is to provide a regular venue to share recent discoveries and forge new relationships and collaboration.We organise a rotating meeting twice a year that typically last a half-day and continues on in pubs afterwards.
Info on the next meeting
Our next gathering will take place on Friday October 2nd 2026, in the Department of Zoology (Main Lecture Theatre), at University of Cambridge, Downing Street CB2 3EJ, 12:30 - 18:30.Please register with this /LINK/
Upcoming meeting's schedule
| Date | Location | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2 2026 | Cambridge University, Department of Zoology, Main Lecture Theatre | 12:30 - 18:30 | Venue Location |
Schedule
| Time | Speaker | Title | University |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13:00-13:20 | Isaac Salazar Ciudad | What happens to the questions and answers of evolutionary theory when we can model development, the genotype-phenotype map and its evolution | Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona |
| 13:20-13:40 | Margherita Battistara | Morphospace analysis reveals divergent cellular behaviours driving tissue internalisation during insect gastrulation | Cambridge |
| 13:40-14:00 | Arthur Matte | The origins and molecular evolution of animal sperm | Cambridge |
| 14:00-14:30 | BREAK | - | - |
| 14:30-14:50 | Daniel Phillips | How Mutation Rate Evolves: Transcription Coupled Repair Modulates Local Mutation Rates in Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans | Oxford |
| 14:50-15:10 | James Hammond | Coupled oscillators, morphogenesis, and the evolution of evolvability | Cambridge |
| 15:10-15:30 | Alexandre Porcher | Development emerges from ecological interactions at the onset of multicellularity | Cambridge |
| 15:30-16:00 | BREAK | - | - |
| 16:00-16:20 | Noel Cabañas | The molecular identity of the insect neural cell lineages at single-cell resolution | Cambridge |
| 16:20-16:40 | Ekaterina Osipova | Few roads to extreme phenotypes: convergent genomic adaptation in birds | Crick Institute |
| 16:40-17:00 | Martin Minarik | The development of lateral line electroreceptors in teleost fishes: insights into the evolution of novel cell types | Cambridge |
Past Meetings
| Year | Location | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. November 8 2024 | Queen Mary University | 12:30 - 18:00 | - |
| 2. July 11 2025 | Queen Mary University | 12:00 - 18:30 | Joint UK Evo-Devo |
| 3. November 7 2025 | UCL, Bloomsbury Campus | 12:00 - 18:30 | - |
| 4. May 5 2026 | QMUL, Charterhouse Square Campus | 12:30 - 17:00 | - |
Organisers
Roman Arguello, Queen Mary University of London
Margarida Cardoso Moreira, Crick Institute
James Difrisco, Crick Institute
Ferdi Marlétaz, University City London
Chema Martin, Queen Mary University of London
Alex de Mendoza, Queen Mary University of London