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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.
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Aug 7, 2026
Aug 7, 2026
33 min
In this lecture Professor Laurence Hurst discusses the most common misconceptions related to evolution and why humans are not the pinnacle of the evolutionary process.

Jul 24, 2026
Jul 24, 2026
51 min
In this lecture Professor Matthew Wills answers the questions, what are fossils and how do they form.

Jul 10, 2026
Jul 10, 2026
13 min
The Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution, Professor Turi King, talks to Dr Will Matlock, a Welcome Trust early career fellow and a computational biologist who works on bacterial genomics and antimicrobial resistance.

Jul 3, 2026
Jul 3, 2026
20 min
The Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution, Professor Turi King, talks to Associate Professor Guillaume Méric, about his research focusing on the human microbiome.

May 22, 2026
May 22, 2026
21 min
The Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution, Professor Turi King, discusses the phenomenon of convergent evolution with Professor Matthew Wills. They also discuss carcinisation and characteristics that evolve repeatedly across the evolutionary tree of life.

May 8, 2026
May 8, 2026
24 min
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.
May 1, 2026
May 1, 2026
21 min
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.
Jan 9, 2026
Jan 9, 2026
14 min
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.
