Selected Previous Presentations
Institutional conflicts between animal breeding and genetics in the mid-twentieth century, or, How the ABGRO lost its ‘G’. Centre of the History of Medicine and Disease (CHMD), Durham University: June 2019.
‘What came first, the gene or the egg?’ Genetics and Embryology Research at Edinburgh. Work in Progress Seminar, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh (invited): June, 2019.
Between mice and men: The role of research ethics committees in the gap between mouse and human embryonic stem cells. Research ethics committees: Origins, development and beyond, international workshop, Uppsala University (invited): May 2019.
Institutional conflicts between animal breeding and genetics in the mid-twentieth century. ‘Approaches to Genetics for Animal Breeding and Livestock Research’ workshop, University of Edinburgh: May 2019.
Teaching genetics under the embryology paradigm: Geoffrey Beale’s Edinburgh lectures, 1941-1961. Science, Technology, and Innovation Studies Seminar, University of Edinburgh (invited): March 2019.
“Fundamental Unity”: Early nineteenth-century studies in evolution and embryology. Centre of the History of Medicine and Disease (CHMD), Durham University (invited): June 2018.
Nineteenth-century cancer: Intersections between medicine, science, and literature. Centre of the History of Medicine and Disease (CHMD), Durham University (invited): June 2017.
Are stem cells entities? A view from history. Integrated History and Philosophy of Science Workshop, University of Nottingham: June 2017.
Utilitarian approaches to past and present stem cell research. Utilitarianism and Medicine: Past and Present Perspectives, Durham University (invited): May 2016.
A history of stem cells in regenerative medicine. Medical Regeneration: Innovation and Imagination University of Leeds / Thackeray Medical Museum (invited): April 2016.
Early conceptualisation of the embryonic stem cell. International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology Montréal: July 2015.
The legal understanding of scientific research: Perceptions of shaken baby syndrome. Centre for Ethics, Law, and the Life Sciences (CELLS) Postgraduate Conference, Durham University: May 2015.
The first identification of embryonic stem cells: What’s the evidence? Integrated History and Philosophy of Science Workshop, Durham University: April 2015.
Why were researchers studying embryonic stem cells before 1998? Department of Philosophy Research Seminar, Durham University (invited): May 2014.
STAP cells and the importance of replication and trust in scientific research: The acid test. Centre for Ethics, Law, and the Life Sciences (CELLS) Postgraduate Conference, Durham University (invited): June 2014.
Replication, Trust, and Three Cloned Mice. History of Medicine Unit Seminar, University of Birmingham (invited): May 2014.
How teratomas became embryonic stem cells: an example of interdisciplinary knowledge production. 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester: July 2013.
The World’s First Cloned Mammals? Historical and
Philosophical Assessment of Scientific Fraud. Integrated History and Philosophy of Science Workshop, University of Aberdeen: April 2013.
A History of Embryonic Stem Cell Research. History of Stem Cell Research and Its Discourses Meeting, Durham University: February 2011.
Twentieth Century Conceptualisation of the Stem Cell. International Historicizing Stem Cells Workshop, Durham University: October 2010.
Institutional conflicts between animal breeding and genetics in the mid-twentieth century, or, How the ABGRO lost its ‘G’. Centre of the History of Medicine and Disease (CHMD), Durham University: June 2019.
‘What came first, the gene or the egg?’ Genetics and Embryology Research at Edinburgh. Work in Progress Seminar, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh (invited): June, 2019.
Between mice and men: The role of research ethics committees in the gap between mouse and human embryonic stem cells. Research ethics committees: Origins, development and beyond, international workshop, Uppsala University (invited): May 2019.
Institutional conflicts between animal breeding and genetics in the mid-twentieth century. ‘Approaches to Genetics for Animal Breeding and Livestock Research’ workshop, University of Edinburgh: May 2019.
Teaching genetics under the embryology paradigm: Geoffrey Beale’s Edinburgh lectures, 1941-1961. Science, Technology, and Innovation Studies Seminar, University of Edinburgh (invited): March 2019.
“Fundamental Unity”: Early nineteenth-century studies in evolution and embryology. Centre of the History of Medicine and Disease (CHMD), Durham University (invited): June 2018.
Nineteenth-century cancer: Intersections between medicine, science, and literature. Centre of the History of Medicine and Disease (CHMD), Durham University (invited): June 2017.
Are stem cells entities? A view from history. Integrated History and Philosophy of Science Workshop, University of Nottingham: June 2017.
Utilitarian approaches to past and present stem cell research. Utilitarianism and Medicine: Past and Present Perspectives, Durham University (invited): May 2016.
A history of stem cells in regenerative medicine. Medical Regeneration: Innovation and Imagination University of Leeds / Thackeray Medical Museum (invited): April 2016.
Early conceptualisation of the embryonic stem cell. International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology Montréal: July 2015.
The legal understanding of scientific research: Perceptions of shaken baby syndrome. Centre for Ethics, Law, and the Life Sciences (CELLS) Postgraduate Conference, Durham University: May 2015.
The first identification of embryonic stem cells: What’s the evidence? Integrated History and Philosophy of Science Workshop, Durham University: April 2015.
Why were researchers studying embryonic stem cells before 1998? Department of Philosophy Research Seminar, Durham University (invited): May 2014.
STAP cells and the importance of replication and trust in scientific research: The acid test. Centre for Ethics, Law, and the Life Sciences (CELLS) Postgraduate Conference, Durham University (invited): June 2014.
Replication, Trust, and Three Cloned Mice. History of Medicine Unit Seminar, University of Birmingham (invited): May 2014.
How teratomas became embryonic stem cells: an example of interdisciplinary knowledge production. 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester: July 2013.
The World’s First Cloned Mammals? Historical and
Philosophical Assessment of Scientific Fraud. Integrated History and Philosophy of Science Workshop, University of Aberdeen: April 2013.
A History of Embryonic Stem Cell Research. History of Stem Cell Research and Its Discourses Meeting, Durham University: February 2011.
Twentieth Century Conceptualisation of the Stem Cell. International Historicizing Stem Cells Workshop, Durham University: October 2010.
Image: ‘In the Garden’ by Chihuly; Desert Botanical Gardens, Arizona April 2014 (C) Cheryl Lancaster