Lisboa: 24 de Abril 2012 - 18h00
Grande Auditório, Edifício C3, Piso 2, Sala 3.2.14,
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
By: John M. Archibald
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Program in Integrated Microbial Biodiversity,
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology,
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Abstract: The evolution of eukaryotic (nucleus-containing) cells such as our own from simpler life forms is a puzzle that has challenged biologists for more than a century. The prokaryote-eukaryote cellular divide is enormous and many fundamental questions about the origin of eukaryotes and their symbiotically derived mitochondria and plastids (chloroplasts) remain unanswered. Comparative genomics is a powerful tool with which to address such questions. In this lecture I will place the modern-day study of cellular evolution in a historical context, highlighting advances and lingering uncertainties in our understanding of the role of symbiosis in the evolution of eukaryotic organelles.
Mais info: http://cfcul.fc.ul.pt/biology2012.html
