Alice Roth Lecture 2024
It is with great pleasure we announce Professor Alison Etheridge as the keynote speaker of the 2024 Alice Roth Lecture.
Alison Etheridge:
Some mathematical models of evolution
5 March 2024
Alison Etheridge is Professor of Probability at the University of Oxford. She has made significant contributions to the theory of probability and its applications to mathematical ecology and mathematical population genetics. Her work has been recogonized by many dinstinctions: she is a fellow of the Royal Society, and she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Edinburgh in 2019.
Abstract: How can we explain the patterns of genetic variation in the world around us? This question lies at the heart of theoretical population genetics. The genetic composition of a population can be influenced by its spatial structure, natural selection, mutation, random mating, and other genetic, ecological and evolutionary mechanisms. In trying to understand the ways in which these factors interact with one another, and their relative importance, we are led to mathematical models. In this lecture we'll discuss some of the ways in which we can distill our understanding of biological processes into workable mathematical models of surprisingly broad applicability.