Royal Society journals seminar collection

Royal Society journals seminar collection

The Royal Society journals seminar collection covers a wide range of impactful research associated with recent innovative journal papers, selected by editors. Also featured are discussions of key issues for the scientific community. All seminars are open to researchers from around the world and across disciplines. Subscribe for updates on the latest seminars in your field and visit Royal Society Publishing to read our published articles and submit your work to our journals.

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Upcoming Seminars

UNSW Sydney
The University of Western Australia

A spectacular recovery: Feral cats and fox exclusion dramatically reshapes a small mammal community in an Australian desert

Katherine Moseby, UNSW Sydney
Chaired by Amanda Ridley, The University of Western Australia
Independent Sector

An assessment of cetacean welfare in the Faroe Islands’ drive hunt

Alick Simmons, Independent Sector
University of Copenhagen

Transnational Studies of 19th-Century Japanese and British Science

Bernard V Lightman
Efram Sera-Shriar, University of Copenhagen
+1 speaker
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Evidence of active sound production by a shark

Carolin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Chaired by Gregory Skomal
University of Cambridge

Scientific hypothesis generation by large language models: laboratory validation in breast cancer treatment

Abbi Abdel Rehim, University of Cambridge
Chaired by David Brown, University of Cambridge
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Manchester

How many plasmids can bacteria carry? A synthetic biology perspective

Cholpisit Ice Kiattisewee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chaired by Eriko Takano, University of Manchester

Recent Seminars

Technical University of Denmark
Cornell University

Settling aerodynamics is a driver of symmetry in deciduous tree leaves

Kaare H. Jensen, Technical University of Denmark
Chaired by Sunghwan Jung, Cornell University
University of California, Santa Barbara
Emory University

Chimpanzees and children are curious about social interactions

Laura Simone Lewis, University of California, Santa Barbara
Chaired by Elizabeth Lonsdorf, Emory University
Bielefeld University

City lizards are more social

Avery Maune, Bielefeld University
Universitat de València

Linking Performance to Powerhouse: Mitochondria Aerobic Metabolism in Blood Cells Reflects Flight Endurance of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)

Riccardo Ton, Universitat de València
Universidade de São Paulo
University of Toronto

Rethinking Thecodonty: the influence of two centuries of comparative dental anatomy on our understanding of tooth evolution

Gabriel Mestriner, Universidade de São Paulo and University of Toronto
University of Leeds
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Science and innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Nora H. De Leeuw, University of Leeds
Vincent Logah, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
+2 talks +7 speakers
California Institute of Technology
University of Minnesota

Comprehensive scaling laws across animals, microorganisms and plants

Huan Liu, California Institute of Technology
Chaired by Richard James, University of Minnesota
University of Glasgow

Foraging and thermally-induced phenotypic plasticity interact in the most northerly distributed freshwater fish

Kevin J Parsons, University of Glasgow

Hidden in plain sound: The scientific potential of house mouse squeaks

Sarah M. Keesom, Utica University
University of Cambridge

Lifespans of the first animals

Emily Mitchell, University of Cambridge

Most Watched Seminars

University of Illinois at Chicago

Assembly Modulation: An Emergent Drug Discovery Strategy Revealed by Viruses and Applicable Across Therapeutic Areas

Vishwanath R. Lingappa, CEO Prosetta Biosciences Inc, Emeritus Professor of Physiology, UCSF
Anuradha Lingappa, Prosetta Biosciences
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

A consensus on the definition of positive animal welfare

Jean-Loup Rault, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
University of St Andrews

Density-dependent dispersal reduces conflict over the sex ratio

Chedhawat Chokechaipaisarn, University of St Andrews
De Montfort University
Royal Society

Women of science in the circle of Sir John Frederick William Herschel

Chaired by Kelley Wilder, De Montfort University
Emily Winterburn, Independent scholar
+4 talks +2 speakers
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Lund University

New insights on sea turtle behaviour during the ‘lost years’

Katrina Phillips, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Chaired by Eric Warrant, Lund University
University of Würzburg

Cold waves in the Amazon rainforest and their ecological impact

Kim Lea Holzmann, University of Würzburg
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Sweating the small stuff: exploring the microclimate ecology of grassland birds

Jacy Bernath-Plaisted, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Exceptional fossils from Peru and an integrative phylogeny reconcile the evolutionary timing and mode of Gavialis and its kin

Camila Zamora-Vega, Museo de Historia Natural (UNMSM)
Liverpool John Moores University

Dinosaur locomotion

Peter Falkingham, Liverpool John Moores University
Royal Veterinary College

The functions of leg muscles, structures and mechanisms in running

James Usherwood, Royal Veterinary College