PHILOSOPHICAL & SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF MICROBIOLOGY
Sponsored by the Wellcome Trust

A workshop exploring a range of profound philosophical issues in
microbiology in relation to their broader social implications

JULY 13th and 14th
University of Exeter, UK

Speakers and topics include:

Jan Sapp (York, Toronto) Conceptual issues in microbiology

Jim Shapiro (Chicago) Bacteria are small but not stupid: cognition,
sociobacteriology, and natural genetic engineering

Carol Cleland (Colorado) Epistemological issues in the study of microbial
life: alternative biospheres

John Dupré (Exeter) Steps towards including microbiology in the philosophy
of biology

Lenny Moss (Exeter) The microbial world and evolutionary contingency

Staffan Müller-Wille (Exeter) Microbiology, biochemistry and genetics
around 1900

Maureen O’Malley (Exeter) Genomic innovations in microbiology

Look for updates about the workshop on the Egenis website: http://www.ex.ac.uk/egenis

For more information and registration details (limited places available),
please contact Cheryl Sutton c.a.sutton@ex.ac.uk

The Wellcome Trust is providing funding for travel and accommodation for
up to four graduate students. To apply, contact Cheryl Sutton by May 12th
with a statement about your research interests and their connection to the
philosophy of microbiology. Successful students will be informed by May
16th.

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