Darwin Day – The Long-Term Evolution Experiment https://the-ltee.org Observing bacterial evolution in action since 1988 Sat, 30 Mar 2024 02:20:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://the-ltee.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/cropped-LTEE-Flask-Favicon-32x32.png Darwin Day – The Long-Term Evolution Experiment https://the-ltee.org 32 32 Darwin Day 2024 in Tyler, TX https://the-ltee.org/darwin-day-2024-in-tyler-tx/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=darwin-day-2024-in-tyler-tx Sat, 30 Mar 2024 02:20:26 +0000 https://the-ltee.org/?p=1514 Read More »Darwin Day 2024 in Tyler, TX]]> Earlier this spring, I had a fantastic visit to Tyler Junior College (TJC) and UT Tyler to give two public presentations as part of their Darwin Day events. One was focused on the long-term evolution experiment (shown below).

Tyler has a long-running Darwin Day event. Many thanks to my hosts, including Brent Bill at UT Tyler and Danielle Pritchard at TJC, and many others who organized events and offered hospitality. I especially enjoyed discussions with students at the TJC STEM Club and hearing about ongoing research projects from students and faculty at UT Tyler. They even have a new faculty member, Wei-Chin Ho, who works on experimental evolution with E. coli!

Lastly, thanks to Tom Hooten for recording and then assembling this video of the lecture. You can check out his channel on YouTube to see videos from other past Darwin Day speakers that they have hosted.

]]> Time to Reflect on Darwin’s Birthday https://the-ltee.org/reflect-on-darwins-birthday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reflect-on-darwins-birthday Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://the-ltee.org/?p=1504 Read More »Time to Reflect on Darwin’s Birthday]]> Charles Darwin, founder of our field, and the one who made biology a real science, was born on this day in 1809, an exact birthday shared with Abraham Lincoln. Remember to think of him and all the work he did to bring us to where we are, being sure to also remember that he did the vast bulk of it all while disabled by chronic illness. 

The Guardian published the following article yesterday on the announcement that Darwin Online, the magnificent online repository of Darwin’s works, has completed its project of cataloguing the full list of titles from Darwin’s extensive library, which he used as references to The Origin and his many other books:

Contents of Charles Darwin’s entire personal library revealed for first time | Charles Darwin | The Guardian

Also, if you want some lessons on the importance of rest and reflection to a productive scientific career from Darwin and others, this is a nice article:

Darwin Was a Slacker and You Should Be Too – Nautilus

Take some time to gaze at Darwin and reflect!

Zachary Blount gazing at Darwin statue
Zachary Blount with the statue of Charles Darwin at the British Natural History Museum in London
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