The Evolution of Social Immunity
MGSE Workshop, 13 - 14 February 2020
On 13 and 14 February 2020, the MGSE hosted a workshop on "The Evolution of Social Immunity" with ETT fellow Barbara Milutinovic. The workshop started on Thursday with three keynote talks by invited speakers Peter Biedermann (University of Würzburg), Dino McMahon (Freie Universität Berlin), and Chris Pull (Royal Holloway University London, UK). On Friday morning, the participants discussed the concepts of social immunity and superorganisms.
Organizers: ETT-Fellow Dr. Barbara Milutinovic
Public lectures
Lecture hall SP4, Schlossplatz 4, 48143 Münster
| 14.00 |
Barbara Milutinovic (IST Austria) |
| 14.30 | Peter Biedermann (University of Würzburg) Evolutionary feedbacks between insect sociality and microbial management |
| 16.00 | Dino McMahon (Freie Universität Berlin) The evolution of termite immunity and new thoughts on the emergence of superorganisms |
| 17.00 | Chris Pull (Royal Holloway University London) Superorganism immunity: a major transition in immune system evolution |