Mendel at 200 programme

On 20-21 July 2022 we marked the bicentenary of Gregor Mendel's birth with a hybrid online / in-person two-day meeting in Bristol. 

Speakers included: J. Arvid Ågren, Berris Charnley, Ute Deichman, Ariane Dröscher, Allan Franklin, Sander Gliboff, Kersten Hall, Julie Hofer, Kostas Kampourakis, Robert Meunier, Staffan Müller-Wille, Samir Okasha, Charles Pence, Adam Rutherford, Rachell Sánchez-Rivera, Eleanor Sanderson, Yafeng Shan, Ida Stamhuis and Paul Weindling.

View the programme below.

10.30            Welcome (and chair for first session): Caroline Relton

10.40            A multitude of MendelsGeorge Davey Smith

11.10            August Weismann: A pioneer of genetics?Ariane Dröscher

11.40            The 1900 “Rediscovery” of MendelYafeng Shan

12.10            Agriculture and MendelismBerris Charnley

12.40            Lunch break

13.40            Rediscovering---and Unrediscovering---Gregor Mendel: His Life, Times, and Intellectual ContextSander Gliboff

14.10            Pea Genetics - Julie Hofer

14.40            Wilhelm Johannsen’s Pure Lines and the Introduction of Mendelism – Robert Meunier

15.10            Break, with Mendel birthday cake

16.00            What findings did Mendel Present?Allan Franklin

16.30            Darwin, Mendel, and LysenkoUte Deichmann

17.00            Eugenics and the misuse of Mendel Adam Rutherford

19.30            Dinner for speakers and helpers

09.30            Gregor Mendel: Hybridist, geneticist, or what? Staffan Müller-Wille  

10.00            Translating MendelKersten Hall

10.30            Hugo Iltis: Mendel’s biographer and fighter against racismPaul Weindling

11.00              Break

11.20            Chance and The MendeliansCharles Pence

11.50            Hugo de Vries, Tine Tammes and early Mendelian statistics Ida Stamhuis

12.20            The Mendelian geneKostas Kampourakis

12.50              Lunch

13.50            The Development of Eugenics in Latin America - Rachell Sánchez-Rivera

14.20            Transmission ratio distortion: Circumventing Mendel’s laws – Tom Price

14.50            Contemporary Genome Wide Association Study findings in the light of Mendelian inheritanceGib Hemani

15.20              Break

15.50            Mendelian randomizationEleanor Sanderson

16.20            The Gene's-Eye View of EvolutionArvid Ågren

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