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The Milner Centre for Evolution has three main objectives, to ask the big evolutionary questions, to find new technological and clinical applications, and to take evolutionary research out into the community.
The Milner Centre for Evolution has three main objectives, to ask the big evolutionary questions, to find new technological and clinical applications, and to take evolutionary research out into the community.
Episodes

Friday May 08, 2026
Friday May 08, 2026
The Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution, Professor Turi King, talks to Professor Robert Kelsh, about his research focusing on fundamental questions in developmental biology.
Friday May 01, 2026
Friday May 01, 2026
The Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution, Professor Turi King, talks to Dr Bethan Littleford-Colquhoun, about her research focusing on understanding how animal diets interact with gut microbiomes to shape nutrition, health and fitness in the wild. Her research sits at the interface of ecology, evolution and microbiome science.
Friday Jan 09, 2026
Friday Jan 09, 2026
The Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution, Professor Turi King, talks to Dr. Corey Holt, about his research focusing on microbial diversity and host-microbe interactions in the marine environment.
Wednesday Dec 03, 2025
Understanding the Evolution of Eukaryotic Cells - Professor Tom Williams
Wednesday Dec 03, 2025
Wednesday Dec 03, 2025
The Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution, Professor Turi King, talks to Professor Tom Williams, about being part of a study trying to understand the evolution of eukaryotic cells, a formative event in the history of life on Earth.
Friday Oct 17, 2025
Friday Oct 17, 2025
The Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution, Professor Turi King, talks to Professor Zamin Iqbal, about being part of a study mapping 100 years of bacterial evolution, to understand just how bacteria have become resistant to antibiotics over the last few decades.
Friday Sep 19, 2025
Friday Sep 19, 2025
The Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution, Professor Turi King, talks to Chris Packham, the naturalist, nature photographer, television presenter and author, whose best known for presenting Springwatch, Autumnwatch, Winterwatch, programmes about nature, neurodiversity, dinosaurs, cats, dogs and honeybees.

Friday Aug 29, 2025
Friday Aug 29, 2025
The Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution, Professor Turi King, talks to Dr Volkan Cevik, whose research focuses on understanding interactions between plants and their pathogens, as well as understanding how these pathogens evolve.
Friday Jul 11, 2025
Friday Jul 11, 2025
The Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution, Professor Turi King, talks to Dr Neil Brown, whose research focuses on discovering new ways to fight major fungal diseases that threaten our food security and health.
