On Tuesday, 12 February, the English naturalist Charles Darwin, one of the fathers of the theory of evolution, would have turned 204. On the occasion of this celebration, the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, the Faculty of Biological Sciences and the Chair for Scientific Dissemination UCC+I of the University of Valencia have organized a specific cultural programming for the Darwin Day, with the collaboration of Acció Cultural del País Valencià and the sponsorship of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans (Institute for Catalan Studies) and Societat Catalana de Biologia (Catalan Society for Biology). The activities start today.
The programming starts today Wednesday, 13 February at 19:00, at the Octubre Centre de Cultura Contemporània (Centre for Contemporary Culture), where the science workshop will take place, which is entitled ¿Mi médico debería saber de evolución? (Should my doctor know about evolution?). A wide range of subjects will be covered during the session: the importance of the knowledge about evolution when understanding about health and disease, whether medicine or the pathogens alter the course of human evolution or whether doctors should know about evolution or not. Some of the participants will be David Comas, professor of Human Evolution and Health at the Pompeu Fabra University; Joan Brines, Head of the Pediatric Service at the Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, and Núria Cadenas, writer and bookseller.
The Charles Darwin Hall, at Burjassot Campus, will host next Thursday, at 12:30, the conference Origen y evolución temprana de la vida, by Arturo Becerra, professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and visiting researcher of the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Valencia.
Adaption of Re:Design, by Craig Baxter
The celebration of the Darwin Day, promoted by the University of Valencia, will conclude on Thursday, 24 February, with the staging of the play Darwin, an adaptation of the text Re:Design by Craig Baxter, based on the exchange of letters between Darwin and Gray. It is a version of J.V Martínez Luciano and Toni Lluch. The main protagonist, Darwin, is played by Juli Cantó and Enric Juezas is Asa Gray, with the stage management of Imma Sancho and producton of Dramaturgia 2000. At the end of the play, all the attendant people will have the chance to take part in the seminar.
Further information: www.uv.es/cdciencia
Last update: 13 de february de 2013 07:40.
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