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Online Event: A story of neurons and evolution
1 April 2025 | 6 – 7pm BST | 1 – 2pm EDT
Join Dr Suzana Herculano-Houzel as she takes you on a fascinating exploration of how the human brain became the marvel that it is without ever breaking the rules of evolution. Discover how her groundbreaking method of counting neurons has revolutionized our understanding of brain composition across species and what makes them intelligent. Learn about the technological inventions that shaped the evolution of human brain, giving it unparalleled cognitive abilities and a longer life to explore them. Dr Herculano-Houzel will also delve into the metabolic demands of our brain and the surprising revelation that it functions on the very edge of its capacity.
Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Ph.D., is a biologist and neuroscientist at Vanderbilt University, where she is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and in the Vanderbilt Brain Institute. Since 2023, she is the first female editor-in-chief of The Journal of Comparative Neurology, the main scientific publication in her field. Since 2004, when she realized that neuroscience actually didn’t know what different brains were made of, Prof. Herculano-Houzel developed her own method to turn brains into soup and count cells, and proceeded to apply that to the brains of more than one hundred vertebrate species, in collaboration with various researchers around the world, creating a formidable dataset that she continues to explore in relation to brain scaling and diversity in evolution. She investigates the extent, the constraints, and the implications of brain diversity, particularly at the interface between metabolism, longevity, and cognition, and is currently working on a new multi-level, integrated theory of brain evolution.
What's included in your ticket:
- Live lecture lasting 60 minutes including Q&A with Dr Suzana Herculano-Houzel
- On-demand access to a recording of the lecture and Q&A for 12 months
Event Information
This online event will start at 18.00 UK time on 1 April 2025 and will last for approximately one hour. Access to a recording of the event will be exclusively available to registrants for the 12 months following the live event. The on-demand recording will be available to view within 24 hours of the live discussion. Ring Central will email you a confirmation immediately after registering. You will also receive a separate email from Ring Central, with a link to access the event auditorium prior to the event; please note that each link is unique and should not be shared. Tickets are non-transferable to any other ×îÐÂÂ鶹ÊÓƵ event. All tickets are non-refundable. ×îÐÂÂ鶹ÊÓƵ reserves the right to alter the event and its line-up, or cancel the event. In the unlikely event of cancellation, all tickets will be fully refunded. ×îÐÂÂ鶹ÊÓƵ Ltd will not be liable for any additional expenses incurred by ticket holders in relation to the event. Tickets are subject to availability and are only available in advance through Ring Central. To secure your place we recommend you book in advance.
