Mysteries Of The Deep: How Brains have Evolved From Fish
About this Event
Talks on Tuesdays is a live event series bringing big ideas, real experts, and curious minds together - at your favourite local venues. Think thought-provoking lectures, audience questions, and post-talk mingling over drinks and dinner.
This isn’t a uni lecture. It’s a social, intelligent night out.Come alone or with friends, leave with something to talk about.
Event Schedule:
6.30pm Arrival & Doors Open
7pm Lecuture Starts
7.45pm Q&A
8pm Talk Concludes
8.30pm Event Closes.
*Please arrive close to 6.30pm
A La Carte menu and full bar available throughout the night - pay as you go.
Your Topic:
Ever wondered what your brain has in common with a fish?
More than you'd think. Dr Alice Clement is a palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist who spends her time peering inside ancient fossils and living animals using CT and X-ray scanning, building 3D digital "avatars" of creatures that lived hundreds of millions of years ago. Her work traces the deep history of our bodies, from the origins of teeth and fingers to the evolution of the brain itself, all the way back to the Devonian "Age of Fishes." Join Alice as she takes us on a journey through deep time to uncover how the fish-like creatures of our ancient past shaped the brains we carry around today.
Your Speaker:
Dr Alice Clement received her PhD from the Research School of Earth Sciences at Australian National University in 2012. Her thesis investigated spectacular Australian lungfish fossils from the Devonian “Age of Fishes”. Her first postdoctoral position was in the Evolutionary Biology Center at Uppsala University, Sweden, where she delved into “palaeoneurology” – the science of fossil brains. Since 2016, she works as a Research Fellow in the Palaeontology Group at Flinders University, Australia's largest vertebrate palaeontology team. Dr Clement continues her work on fish and early vertebrates, with a strong focus on "digital morphology", studying the shape of animals using advanced digital 3D scanning methods. She is lead of the Virtual Australian Museum of Palaeontology (VAMP) and a strong advocate for women and girls in STEM.
Agenda
🕑: 06:30 PM
Doors open and arrival
🕑: 07:00 PM
Speaker starts
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
AUD 27.78
